CHAPTER X. 



DICK'S GHOST. 



"DEFORE old Dick gave up, he had re- 

 -*-^ peatedly declared to father and me that 

 he had seen a ghost near the Devil's Den. He 

 said that you could neither see or hear it com- 

 ing until it slid by ; but it was just like a calf, 

 made no noises, but glided along as if on 

 skates. He had met it three or four times, just 

 about the same place, and he got so nervous 

 that he would not go past the Den on his way 

 home at night. 



One Sunday night, father had gone to Hyde 

 Heath Chapel, and I was at home keeping 



