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women. Obviously it was no ordinary person. Although the soldier could see through the form, he could make out the features plainly. The form told the soldier to leave at once if he valued his life.
The women were speechless, for they recognized the figure as the dead husband and father. The soldier ran out the door and rode off as fast as he could. The form left as quietly and silently as it had come.
Each of the women thought she had imagined the whole affair, but all soon realized that the father had come back to save them from death.
25: A Face in the Window
During Civil War days, Charles Perry, a soldier in the Union army, was often sent out to get supplies for the hospitals â butter, eggs, milk, chickens, and so on â and had many interesting experiences. One morning when he started out to gather supplies, he came to a farmhouse situated near a small creek.
He rode up to the place, hitched his horse to the post, and knocked on the door. After a few minutes he decided no one was home, but as he was going down the steps, he saw someone peering out the second-floor window.
Charles went back up to the porch and pushed open the door, gun in hand. There by the chimney stood a middle-aged lady, as white as a ghost. He asked her why she hadnât answered the door, and she replied that she was afraid he would kill her, since he was a Union soldier. Remembering the face at the window upstairs, he asked if anyone else was in the house. She swore to him that they were alone, but he asked if he could look around. Although she said she would rather he left, he started upstairs.
Slowly he climbed the steps, expecting a Confederate soldier to jump out of a doorway to shoot him at any moment. He ventured first into one room and then another. Finding no one, he had almost decided that he had imagined the face at the window.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye he saw the figure of a young woman slide into an opening in the wall. The girl had long brown hair and a beautiful complexion. She wore a pink silk dress that fell in folds around her legs. As he turned toward her, the opening in the wall closed and, upon inspection, could not be found. Thinking it could be a passage to an inner room of the house, he closely examined the wood. There was not even a crack in the wall!
Bewildered, he went to find the woman he had spoken with, but when he returned to the first floor of the house, she was nowhere in sight. Searching the house carefully, he could find no trace of her anywhere. Knowing she couldnât have gone far, he looked around the farm, but could find no clue to her disappearance.
He rode to the nearest farmhouse, and a lady came out on the porch to greet him. He asked who lived in the farmhouse to the south, and she replied that the place had been deserted since an intoxicated Union soldier had come upon the house where the mother and daughter lived alone. The soldier had taken both their lives when they would not give him food and money! Shocked, he asked the housewife to describe the mother and daughter. Her descriptions fit the women he had seen exactly.
Charles rode back to the house in hopes of seeing the beautiful girl again. A strange feeling seemed to attract him to the place. Upon entering, he saw for the first time that the rooms were filled with dust and cobwebs, as if no one had been in the house for months. All he could see were his own footprints leading up the stairs.
26: A Ghostly Avenger
In the southern part of West Virginia there is a gravestone with the following inscription: âSACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JIM BROWN.â There is no date, no epitaph, because Jim Brown was hanged. This is the story.
At the close of the Civil War, a company of Federal soldiers was stationed in Marion County. Charles Murphy was a lieutenant in this company. His brother, who was an officer quartered in a neighboring county, was sent one day to receive funds for the payment of some men. After he had
The women were speechless, for they recognized the figure as the dead husband and father. The soldier ran out the door and rode off as fast as he could. The form left as quietly and silently as it had come.
Each of the women thought she had imagined the whole affair, but all soon realized that the father had come back to save them from death.
25: A Face in the Window
During Civil War days, Charles Perry, a soldier in the Union army, was often sent out to get supplies for the hospitals â butter, eggs, milk, chickens, and so on â and had many interesting experiences. One morning when he started out to gather supplies, he came to a farmhouse situated near a small creek.
He rode up to the place, hitched his horse to the post, and knocked on the door. After a few minutes he decided no one was home, but as he was going down the steps, he saw someone peering out the second-floor window.
Charles went back up to the porch and pushed open the door, gun in hand. There by the chimney stood a middle-aged lady, as white as a ghost. He asked her why she hadnât answered the door, and she replied that she was afraid he would kill her, since he was a Union soldier. Remembering the face at the window upstairs, he asked if anyone else was in the house. She swore to him that they were alone, but he asked if he could look around. Although she said she would rather he left, he started upstairs.
Slowly he climbed the steps, expecting a Confederate soldier to jump out of a doorway to shoot him at any moment. He ventured first into one room and then another. Finding no one, he had almost decided that he had imagined the face at the window.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye he saw the figure of a young woman slide into an opening in the wall. The girl had long brown hair and a beautiful complexion. She wore a pink silk dress that fell in folds around her legs. As he turned toward her, the opening in the wall closed and, upon inspection, could not be found. Thinking it could be a passage to an inner room of the house, he closely examined the wood. There was not even a crack in the wall!
Bewildered, he went to find the woman he had spoken with, but when he returned to the first floor of the house, she was nowhere in sight. Searching the house carefully, he could find no trace of her anywhere. Knowing she couldnât have gone far, he looked around the farm, but could find no clue to her disappearance.
He rode to the nearest farmhouse, and a lady came out on the porch to greet him. He asked who lived in the farmhouse to the south, and she replied that the place had been deserted since an intoxicated Union soldier had come upon the house where the mother and daughter lived alone. The soldier had taken both their lives when they would not give him food and money! Shocked, he asked the housewife to describe the mother and daughter. Her descriptions fit the women he had seen exactly.
Charles rode back to the house in hopes of seeing the beautiful girl again. A strange feeling seemed to attract him to the place. Upon entering, he saw for the first time that the rooms were filled with dust and cobwebs, as if no one had been in the house for months. All he could see were his own footprints leading up the stairs.
26: A Ghostly Avenger
In the southern part of West Virginia there is a gravestone with the following inscription: âSACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JIM BROWN.â There is no date, no epitaph, because Jim Brown was hanged. This is the story.
At the close of the Civil War, a company of Federal soldiers was stationed in Marion County. Charles Murphy was a lieutenant in this company. His brother, who was an officer quartered in a neighboring county, was sent one day to receive funds for the payment of some men. After he had
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