Grand-Dame’s Ghost Story

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌⁠BY C. D.

I don’t know whether you ever tell your children ghost stories or not; some mothers don’t, but our mother, though of German descent, was strong-minded on the ghost subject, and early taught all of her children to be fearless mentally as well as physically, and, though dearly fond of hearing ghost stories, especially if they were real true ghosts, we were sadly skeptical as to their being a