Ghosts in the Temple.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 102, 30 April 1892, Page 4 (Supplement)

Ghosts in the Temple.

A strange story reaches me from ono ox the Inns of Court. A set of chambers had been vacant lor some time; indeed, they hud only been tenanted for three weeks during the last six years. The rent was remarkably moderate and the rooms were comfortable. Accordingly a young barrister took them for a month or so. He never inquired why it was that they had been so long empty, nor had he any idea that they were supposed to be haunted. Ho had not, however, been in possession many days before he announced his determination to quit the rooms, though he had spent a good deal of money in doing them up and furnishing them.

His friends naturally asked for an explanation, and he confessed that he had seen a ghost, or rather a collection of ghosts, for every night, he said, the door opened of its own accord and in walked three men and a woman, dressed in last century costumes. They sat down at the table and commenced to talk and to drink. EventMally the talk got louder and a violent quarrel broke out; in the course of this the woman was stabbed, after which catastrophe the ghosts disappeared. Such is the ghost story, and naturally enough ifc is arousing a good deal of interest among people, fond of investigating physical phenomena.—London Cor. Manchester (England) Courier.