at Heaven had at least inspired two
hearts with that greatest of all virtues--_Charity_.

It was now January, 1879,--just four months since the manifestations
first commenced. Esther had been at White's residence for two weeks, and
had not seen anything of the ghost. She had improved very much in that
short time, her nervousness having almost subsided, and she was
contented and happy. Mrs. White, who found her of great assistance in
the house, had become much attached to the girl, and treated her with
the same kindness that she did her own children.

Towards the end of the third week her old enemy--the ghost--returned.

While Esther was scrubbing the hall at her new home, she was astonished
to see her scrubbing brush disappear from her hand. When the ghost told
her that he had taken it, she became much alarmed and screamed for Mrs.
White, who, with her daughter Mary, searched the hall for it in vain.
After they had abandoned their search, to the great astonishment of all,
the brush fell from the ceiling--just grazing Esther's head in its fall.
Here was a new manifestation of the ghostly power. He was able to take a
solid substance from this material world of ours, and render it
invisible by taking it into his mysterious state of existence; and, if
he could take one object why not another; if a brush, why not a broom?
But why speculate on so great a mystery? The ghost did it, and as we
must draw the line somewhere, it is better to draw it here than to allow
our minds to become dazed by such fellows as ghosts. Many other
remarkable manifestations continued to take place almost daily for the
next two weeks. The ghost could now tell how much money people had in
their pockets, both by knocking and by telling Esther. He would answer
any question asked in the above mentioned manner, and behaved himself
very well indeed until the end of the sixth week, when his true devilish
nature broke out again. He commenced setting fires about the house, and
walking so that he could be heard distinctly. Of course John White would
not run the risk of having his house burned down. So he persuaded Esther
to remain during the day in his dining saloon, which stands opposite the
well known book store of G.G. Bird, on the principal street.

While standing behind the counter in the dining saloon, also while she
worked in the adjoining kitchen, many new and wonderful things were
witnessed by the inhabitants of Amherst and by strangers from a
dist