Show KNOR HOUSE mysterious MUSIC AND PARADE OF MONKS IN AN ENGLISH HOME SIGHT TERRIFIES SICK CHILD nurse witnesses strange procession Proc eslon of spirit forms forma but Is in too hor and frightened to speak of matter london my father who Is IB a cal man lived for or many years in the tha pait of f england but won roon after hla his second marriage which occurred a few years ego ago went with his wife anil and two children to where he ha rented an old place called the minor manor ilou houie io a house which stood in its own grounds and some distance from any other dwelling when my father took the place he be wished SOT era cral alti aitt rations made one of 0 them being the kt knocking through of some tremendously flick walls Not withstand ing many of the walls walla in houses which have stood tor for centuries in ingland rn iland being several feet thick he be believed in this case it was more than thick walls wall 3 and that some rooms had been brick bricked ed up on speaking of it to people in the village my fattier father was advised to let the house stand as it was evidently the villa villagers geis had some superstitious thoughts about the matter but they could not bp made to say bay what these superstitions were my father therefore had bad the walls pulled down and the workmen found that two small email rooms one over the other had bad been bricked up tip the lower one was then tinned into a store closet and the up por per one into a nursery for the children if I 1 remember rightly this part of the building was wag supposed to have bavo been used at one time as aa either a chalet or a refectory by monks who it was understood had previously lived la in the house perhaps several to the time of which I 1 am apt speaking liking one night my father and step moth er cr sitting up quite late as they often made it a habit of doing after all the servants had retired suddenly heard board music beautiful milt m BS as though several people were chanting chant lne they were utterly surprised at this and at a loss to understand where the sounds came from they were enchanted and yet perfectly mystified they listened and listened and finally procured a lantern and went outside and hunted all around the house but everything was quite still and no ti ace of an thing in th ohp way of a human being could bo be found they then returned to the room where they had been sitting and to their surprise still haid hi aid thOi amol ot of in music alsid my stepmother stel another said it reminded her ber of she had heard at a thea 1 4 do monk went through the room ter in one of the plays it became so near and loud that even the of the piano vibrated and let othera otherwise ise everything inside and outside of the lie house appet appealed tied to be perfectly still they sat up tip for about an hour and finally rethel ret i el lea leaving leading ving the music still going on the youngest child at this time was about a ear and a n half of old in I 1 vi as vety very sickly and the nurse nursa who mho took charce of the children at night had bad been given strict orders to call my father immediately sh should ou I 1 d the baby rot be well during the night this nurse had been with them hem for some time and they thought she could be relied upon and did not worry about the children while in tier her care the iho first thing in tho the morning roy my father ft as 03 aus accustomed tomed to go to the nursery to 0 o see that everything waa all right will and the he after tha th above he wont went liu lati nedi ate abely t to see aeo the childr as usual ve lye vas sur to find baby la in a high fever aad sick aud and abken the he nurse what was wag the matter ap aal A to know why if I 1 the child had been lin in thia tate for some tim etnis he liua floy boen called the rhe nurse I 1 ic ot 1 l at fed notwithstanding my iny fa fathers repeated questions at last he ha beragl became angry and I 1 Insl stel without Alt hout further dclay the tha artuse ruse af pf f mi ni little lit apis ter B s then the auls coin cam plemely ely broka barq ati docu and bald some boma i thing no ao terrible had happened that she could not bear to speak of it however she bhe was waa induced to tell her story when she bhe stated that in the be middle of the night eight she ehe had bad been awakened by sounds of singing and looking up had seen several apparitions parit ions loas in the room monks with books in their hands bands and with beads bent over them going through the room la in procession and chanting us as they went the music bad awak ened the tha children and aad the ae baby had bad become so terrified at seeing the ap partitions parl parit tlona ions that ehe bal been unable to quiet her and henre hence the fever tho the tol fol lowing loving morning ahe nurse too her telf self had bad been too to call tor for anyone and appeared terribly afraid to even speak ot of the occurrence and it was therefore with great difficulty my fatlich pre prevailed vallel upon tier her to recount the story as has been mien men tinned of course my father and stepmother remembered the strange music of the night before but stand ing the careful way they thought out the matter ore ere never able to unravel the mystery |