the point where I saw the ‘spectral gig’ disappear) and, coming up to the Rectory, he told my housekeeper in a great state of agitation that he was quite sure that his brother, with whom he had always lived, was dead.  He said he must return home at once.  My housekeeper advised him to wait until I returned, but he changed his clothes and packed his box, saying he must catch the next train.  Just before I returned home at 12 o’clock, a telegram came saying his brother had died suddenly that morning, and that he was to return at once.  On my return I found him almost in a state of collapse.  He left by the next train, and I never heard of him again.”

K——­ Castle is a handsome blending of ancient castle and modern dwelling-house, picturesquely situated among trees, while the steep glen mentioned below runs close beside it.  It has the reputation of being haunted, but, as usual, it is difficult to get information.  One gentleman, to whom we wrote, stated that he never saw or heard anything worse than a bat.  On the other hand, a lady who resided there a good many years ago, gives the following account of her extraordinary experiences therein: 

DEAR MR. SEYMOUR,

I enclose some account of our experiences in K——­ Castle.  It would be better not to mention names, as the people occupying it have told me they are afraid of their servants hearing anything, and consequently giving notice.  They themselves hear voices often, but, like me, they do not mind.  When first we went there we heard people talking, but on looking everywhere we could find no one.  Then on some nights we heard fighting in the glen beside the house.  We could hear voices raised in anger, and the clash of steel:  no person would venture there after dusk.

One night I was sitting talking with my governess, I got up, said good-night, and opened the door, which was on the top of the back staircase.  As I did so, I heard some one (a woman) come slowly upstairs, walk past us to a window at the end of the landing, and then with a shriek fall heavily.  As she passed it was bitterly cold, and I drew back into the room, but did not say anything, as it might frighten the governess.  She asked me what was the matter, as I looked so white.  Without answering, I pushed her into her room, and then searched the house, but with no results.

Another night I was sleeping with my little girl.  I awoke, and saw a girl with long, fair hair standing at the fireplace, one hand at her side, the other on the chimney-piece.  Thinking at first it was my little girl, I felt on the pillow to see if she were gone, but she was fast asleep.  There was no fire or light of any kind in the room.

Some time afterwards a friend was sleeping there, and she told me that she was pushed out of bed the whole night.  Two gentlemen to whom I had mentioned this came over, thinking they would find out the cause.  In the morning when they came down they asked for the carriage to take them to the next train, but would not tell what they had heard or seen.  Another person who came to visit her sister, who was looking after the house before we went in, slept in this room, and in the morning said she must go back that day.  She also would give no information.