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A WOMAN IN BLACK.wkolat•refor1Careful Observers Relate the yotExact Facts.IS IT A «EM'1E WHOSTJeramovej1of! set Ut rocThe Problem One That As Answered In 1 Different Way*by Peter Krtle and dames P°! My ere, Jr.—The Latter Preseuta Expert [ i T«timony. , ]; f Some little time ago Peter Ertle stood ™ j on the corner of Prospect and Plum ^OJ § streets conversing in low bat impas- ^ i sioned tones with a young woman who in« listened with an eagerness that did not cia prevent her from taking mental note of a wl j woman m black, who appeared with - mincing steps, and hovered near, as ^ ? though to listen. The first impulse of ha 8 the couple thus rudely approached was da 1 one of indignation, but a second glance aj; ® evoked curiosity, as it showed that the of creature wore garments belonging to , quite another generation, and its head seemed ridiculously small—no larger e : than Peter Ertle’s manly fist. When f the interest shifted, and the young peo*' pie began to scrutinize the strauge ap-^ parition, the latter gathered up its skirts c and floated rather than walked in the j ,e direction of Cedar street. Mr. Ertle g *e and his companion followed—somewhat z-‘ i- i gingerly, it must be confessed, and after, j '$ 1 following it through the labyrinths of ^ * | Kendal town, returned again to their ** | corner, and resumed the thread of their 3r ' purely personal discussion.And then something strange occurred.in1*O“•ifAlthough they so stood that every ave* i 1-:S, i.nue of approach was under their eyes they became conscious all at once of a presence close* at hand, and turning, discovered to their amazement this same woman, man or spirit, grinning and listening as before. Again it fled and t again it strangely disappeared. Mr. Er-? l tie submits the opinion that this woman in black is a sure-enough woman, afflicted with some malady of the head, which causes her to roam the streets at night. But Peter Ertle and that particular 3 ■ young woman no longer carry on con-| versacions in low and impassioned tones i. j at ■ the corner of Prospect street and1 e i Plum.
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Massillon Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Thu, Sep 05, 1895
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