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Show TRUE GHOST GHOSTSTORIES GHOSTSTORIES GHOSTSTORIES GHOSTSTORIESBy STORIES . II o oa oBy a . By Famous PeopleCopyright People PeopleCopyright I ICopyright Copyright by Public Lcdicr LC4gcr Ledger ! , . Ino Ina Inawi Ino.WNU InoWNU . . wi WNU u SorTic Barvlco 6orvico 6orvicof 6orvicoBy * I f IBy By GUY KIBBEEActor KIBBEEActor KIBBEE KIBBEEActor Actor . , I ' " 0 0NE N'R NR NE ' at ot of the thft most mnat gruesome T'rnpcr Trnpcr ' ! > m ( * expe- expe experiences experiences pT-np pT np - . - ' riences I pad had ad " related ever , Guy GuyKibbee GuyKibbee GuyKibbee Kibbee , motion pictuie pIctUlc picture and stage star star"was starwas , "was was " when I was with the Alpine Mock Stock Mockcompany Stockcompany Stockcompany company , . then playing in Vermont . "The The " leading lending 1'idy 1idy hdy lady ' , , t : 1\ 1 1eI I \ eI ebn elyn ) n Grey Gre , , then thenon thenon thenon on her way to fame and success , was wasrery wasvery wasvery -rery rery very - ill m She had a very bad case cae . , o of oftuberculosis oftuberculosis ! tuberculosis , yet was so 50 ambitious and andEnjo andenjoyed andenjoyed Enjo enjoyed : ; } ed her work so much that she shewould shewould shewould would not stop long enough to get getwell getwell getwell well . Many people In tlie the theater are arethat arethat arethat that thatay way \\ay ay nay \ ; : they love their professIon professIonunto professionunto professionunto unto death"nvery death'Every death death"Every ' "Every Every "nvery nvery 'Every " night , after the show , she shewould shewould shewould would lie down in her dres dressing < ; lng roomtor roomfor room | goinghome for tor halt half an hour or so before going goinghome home . "On On " this particular occasion we were wereplayIng wereplaying wereplaying playIng "East East 'East " ' Lynne , ' ; , ' in which she shewas shewas shewas was taking tahlng the lead In the last scene sceneshe sceneshe sceneshe she wore a long white garment After Afterthe Afterthe Afterthe the ehow show was 0\ 0 over 0er \ er we all a11 left for our ourhotels ourhotels ourhotels hotels , except ecept " ' { Evelyn velyn , who stayed stayedalone stayedalone stayedalone alone , as was her wish , for her rest rest"We . . "We We " all got up to the hotel , talked talkedtor talkedfor talkedfor tor for an hour or more , then decided to toplay toplay toplay play a bit of poker . The Tbe cards were wereback wereback wereback back at the theater , . and as ns actors made madelittle madelittle madelittle little or no money In those days , we wewent wewent wewent went back after them Instead of ot buy buy- buying buying buying - ing new ones"We ones"We ones ones"We "We We " entered the theater and saw a afigure afigure afigure figure In white walking slowly down downthe downthe downthe the aisle alsle . We got a look at her ber face faceand , and it Iool looked ed like Uke E\ E EeI E- E Eebn Etie13n \ - eI ebn ) n , , yet It was too toopale toopale toopale pale and nnd awful to be she It was way waypast waypast past time hme for her to hive h\ve h ve have ' \ left the thea thea- theater theater - ter . The apparition apparltlon gave us the jlt- jlt jit- jit jltters jitters jit jitters - ters , , so we left without the cards cards.Evelyn cardsEvelyn . IBveIyn BveIyn Evelyn never neHr walked wal1.ed wal1ed . about the theater theater.It theaterIt . It all aU seemed so unreal and ghostly ghostlythat ghostlythat that we went home and to bed . . . If the thefigure thefigure thefigure figure had bad been Evelyn Dvelyn , we felt sure sureshe sureshe sureshe she would have spoken to us"Net us"Newt us us"Next "Next Next "Net Net "Newt Newt " " { morning we were all ready forrehearsal for forrehearsnl forrehearsal rehearsnl rehearsal at ten o'clock oclock ' Evelyn did didnot didnot didnot not appear appe.lr appelr . . Some one went back to tolook tolook 1001 look . In her diessing dlessmg dressing room and found foundher foundher foundher her She had on the same white gown gownand , and was lying on her copch , In the thedressIng thedressing thedressing dressIng room dead She had died during dur dur- during during - ing the night , alone " S . SBy . . By JANE COWL COWLActress COWLActress COWLActress"TJEAVEN COWLActressTJEAVEN Actress . "H H "HEAVEN " H HEA EA EAVEN VDN I knows nows we mortalsc'1n't mortalscan't mortals J- J Jcin't - cin't cint c'1n't c1nt can't cant ' ' guess the elaborate work work- workings workIngs workings - ings of the subconscious mind , nor of ofmental ofmental ofmental mental telepithy telep'1.thy telep1.thy telep1thy ' . nor of ot psychiC psychiCforces psychicforces psychicforces forces forcesI forcesr I r ' " exclaimed e\.claimed e.claimed e .claimed claimed ' \ . Jane Cowl , the thebrIlliant thebrilliant thebrilliant brIlliant actiess actress nch esa "Every Every "Eery Eery " , now and andthen andthen andthen then w \ \ \ e see an obvious Ob'IOUS ObIOUS ' example of theIr theIrpowers theirpowers theirpowers powers , , but most of the time we 'Wc Wc ' are arc incomplete In Incomplete incomplete complete darkness about their Intri intrI- intrIcacies intrIcactes Intricacies - cacies cactes cacies"When cactes"When "When When " I v . was as a child cblld , I was early earlyImpressed earlyimpressed earlyImpressed Impressed with an example e\.ample e.ample e .ample ample ' \ . of psychIc psychIcwarnJDg psychicwarning psychicwarning warnJDg warning , " " continued Migs \ Mi 1\1I 1 1I 1s < s Cowl , as she shescanned shescanned shescanned scanned the rows of books boohs of ofmysteryIn mystery -mysteryIn mysteryIn - In the book stoic stole wluc which ' ! she was visit vIsIt- vIsItIng visiting visiting - ing'One ing 'One One ' One day , while mv my Glandmother Grandmother GlandmotherJulia GrandmotherJulia GrandmotherJulia Julia , my mother's mothers motber's motbers ' mother ruether , was ill 111 , I Ivisited Ivisited Islted visited ' \ her . She lay In her great greatearred greatcarved greatcarved ear-red ear red carved - \ walnut alnut bed , an Invalid im alid , helplessbedridden helpless , bedridden For ror years bhe she he had not been beenable beenable beenable able to move from l that lt at bed Above Aboveber Aboveher Aboveher ber her wa wa'5 wa5 was ' a huge painting palntmg In a n weIghty weIghtycaned weightycarted weightycarved caned carted fiame flame , . all nil part of the maSSlve massive massiveugly , ugly dccoiative decolahve decoiattve scheme of the day . "Suddenl Suddenl "Suddenly Suddenly " , Grandmother Julia JuUa as- as astODlshed astonished as astonished - - tonished tODlshed us by jumping jumpmg fiom flom from her bed bedand bedand bedand and rushing to the middle > of the room"We room"We room room"We "We We " asked what was the trouble , the thecause thecause tliecause cause for hei hel het unexpected unexpectdi unexpectccl act 'My My ' sis sin sister sinter sister ter called to me , my sister called me mel me'ghe meghe t ! ' she ht ' exclaimed"Just exclaimed"Just exclaimed exclaimed"Just "Just Just " then the weighty weJghty picture fell fellfrom fellfrom fellfrom from the " , wall all upon her bed , and its itsglass itsglass Itsglass glass shattered Into hundreds of plpces"If pieces"If pieces plpces pieces"It "It It "If If " grandmother had been In her bed bedthe bedthe bedthe the heavy thing would woulrl have doubtless doubtlesskilled doubtlesskilled doubtlesskilled killed her her'It ' 'It It ' It " would "ould ould seem SCLW that the spirit spirJt of her hersister hersister hersister sister , \ who ho was "as as " In another city at nz fhe fhetime thetime hme time , . wained wmned warned her of her danger , . and andsustained andsustained andsustained sustained her with une unexpected pected strength strengthto to Jump from frow her bed Perhaps notbut not not , , but It Is plausible plauslbe ] the tht ' spirits SpUJts of our ourfriends ourfriends ourfriends friends and relatives relntives can visit VISlt us In Inotber Inother Inother otber other forms tliin t11'1.n t111.n t111n thin ' . physical , , " concluded concludedMISS concludedMiss concludedMiss MISS Cowl , as she discovered a book bookon bookon on criminology crlmmology wl which cll she wanted to tolead tolead 1 lead ead . , and to which whIcb she turned herkeen ber her berkeen herkeen keen attention I i . 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