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Show HAUNTED BY SISTER'S GHOST. Massachusetts Man Loses Power of Speech When Spirit Arrives. A cioEt that stalks nbout In th daytlmo Is worrying Ainbroso La-perlo La-perlo of Webster. Mass. Tho apparition appari-tion Is tho form of a sister who died nbout a month ago. 8ho apcars to him, ho tolls neighbors, at his home, on tho street, and as ho does his work at a loom In tho South vlllago mill. Sho wears a shawl over her head and carrier her hands banging stiffly by her side. Sho talks to him but ho cannot muster tip courago enough to reply, or else ho Is stricken dumb when sho Is around. On several occasions whllo at work weaving In tho mill bo missed his reed hook and scissors. Usually ho has thorn attached to his trouser's waistband, and when ho reaches for them they aro gone. Search as much as ho will, ho cannot And them anywhere, any-where, but after a fow momonts they return, but he sees no hand replace them nor any Angers looson them from their accustomed placo. Ills sister confines hor conversation conversa-tion with him to a small bill for rent she owed him previous to hor death, and If he could talk ho would tell the ghost to novcr mind payment of tho bill. Tho apparition has boen appearing ap-pearing to tho man for about a week. In llfo his sister, when on tho stroot, and often about the houso, was In tho habit of .wearing a shawl thrown over her head and Bhouldcrs, and hor spiritual visits to this earth aro mado In this customary wearing apparel. Frequently ho has encounterod the ghost In the hall of his home. |