“October 9th, 1896.—­Some friends of mine took the place this year for the shooting, and, relying on the glowing description they had received, took it on trust, and in July last took possession of it without having previously seen it.  For a few days all went well; the family established themselves in the old part of the house, leaving a new wing for their guests.  The haunted room (for so I may justly call it) was inhabited by two or three persons in succession, who were so alarmed and disturbed by the violent knockings, shrieks, and groans which they heard every night, and which were also heard by many others along the same corridor, that they refused to sleep there after the first few nights.  Those who serve under her Majesty’s colours are proverbially brave; they will gladly die for their country, with sword in hand and face to the foe.  For this reason a distinguished officer [Colonel A——­, above quoted] was the next occupant of the haunted chamber, and was told nothing of its antecedents.  The morning after his arrival he came down refreshed, and keen for the day’s sport.  I may here mention, no one is ever disturbed the first night of their stay.  During the succeeding nights, however, he was continually roused from his slumbers by the most terrific noises, and want of sleep would cause him to become drowsy when out shooting on the moor, and would tempt him to make a bed of the purple heather and fragrant myrtle.

“A friend of mine, a man of great nerve and courage, next inhabited the room, and went through the same experiences.  He took every possible means to discover the cause of the sounds, and failed in accounting for them in any way.  He said the blows on the door were so violent he often looked, expecting to see it shattered to atoms.  Since he left no one has been put into this room, but the noises continue, and are heard throughout the house.  Even the dogs cannot be coaxed into this room, and if forced into it, they crouch with marked signs of fear.

“The disturbances take place between 12 and 4.30, and never at any other time.  A young lady, of by no means timid disposition, and possessed of great presence of mind, has often heard the swing-door pushed open and footsteps coming along the corridor, pausing at the door.  She has frequently looked out and seen nothing.  The footsteps she has also heard in her room, and going round her bed.  Many persons have had the same experiences, and many have heard the wild unearthly shriek which has rung through the house in the stillness of the night.

“I will now give my own experience.  I arrived with my husband and daughter on September 17, having been duly warned by my friends of the nocturnal disturbances.  We were put in rooms adjoining, at the end of the new wing.  I kept a light in my room, but the first night all was still.  Next night, about 2 A.M., a succession of thundering knocks came from the end of our passage, re-echoing through the house, where