The Wingham Advance-Times, 1937-12-16, Page 3Thurs., December 16th, 1937
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ROYALTY’S CHRISTMAS
GHOSTS STOCK
IN PALACES
By Arthur Nettleton
The homes of British Royalty have
some uncanny tenants, and the stor
ies told of these are we,11 worth re
calling at Yuletide.
To Royalty, as .well as. to.their sub
jects, Christmas is the ghost season.
If rumor and tradition are to be be
lieved, indeed, King George always
stands an excellent chance of exper
iencing a ghostly thrill. Though
Buckingham Palace and Sandringham
House are yet too modern to possess
ghost tales, other palaces of His Ma
jesty do not lack such stories.
Even during very recent years some
apparently supernatural happenings
have occurred in the old Royal resi
dences. As may be expected, Wind
sor Castle ranks foremost in this res
pect. So numerous are the. ghost leg
ends of this place that the wraiths
are taken largely as
course by the castle
military guard. *
Shock for Guard
.Most notorious ’ of
spooks are concerned, is the East Ter
race, though the apartment known as
the Queen’s Library runs its a close
second. The Terrace spook was first
seen by a sentry nearly 100 years ago,
its last appearance "was as recently as
1926.
On a clear moonlight niglft not
many years ago, an amazed guard
was approached by a tall lady in
black. “She” made no reply when
challenged, but continued to walk to
wards- the sentry. He raised his gun
and was about to fire, when the ap
parition threw itself at his feet
then disappeared.
The closest investigation by
soldier’s superiors failed to prove
the spook had any material origin.
Yet orders were given that a strict
watch was to be kept for hoaxers.
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Some time later, the ghost was
seen again. On this occasion the sen
try did not hesitate, but fired low at
the .yelled figure. .The bullet spatter
ed against the wall and once "more the
figure simply disappeared.
During renewed, investigations it
was revealed that there were records
of previous appearances of this
wraith. Though it has never yet dis
turbed King George himself, British
Royalty are evidently not immune
from- the possibility of a real super
natural thrill at Yuletide,
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It is commonly
wraith reported to.
Queen’s Library in
end of last century
parjtion. This • ghost was !
that of a tall woman in dar
In no case has Windsor Castle had
a really malevolent wraith—they have
in every case been'seen quietly walk
ing and have never screeche'd—yet ev
en the stolid guards still recognize
the possibility of theit .meeting a
1 spook.
The castle is a veritable labyrinth
of corridors, in which it is possible
to become hopelessly lost, and as a
hunting ground for Yuletide ghosts
it would be unique. One reason why
the late King George invariably spent
Christmas at Sandringham House and
not as. his more resplendent Windsor
palace, it is Said (though unofficially);
is that he wished to spaie .his guests
the fright that a Windsor ghost might
give them.
The history of the Royal Family
throughout the last 500 years has
contained quite 'sufficient tragedies
for many ghost stories. The tragic
Mary Queen of Scotts, King Charles,
and others who met a severe end,
however, are not the only royal per
sonages whose ghosts are said to’ be
seen at various times.
Queen Victoria, for instance, haunts
Balmoral Castle, according to . one
story. It cannot be denied that she.
had a special liking for this Scottish
palace during her lifetime—slip pho.se
the .site herself, and she had tlie place
built in accordance with her- own
ideas.' For sentimental reasons, the
late King 'George allowed few' altera
tions during his reign.
Queen Mary’s Home
Richmond Palace Park, iu Surrey,
was well known to Queen Mary in
.her'girlhood., for she was .brought rip
at White Lodge within ithe park. She
took particular interest in the report
which came from the old palace not
very long ago. . , ’ •*-.
A newly discovered underground
passage was being searched., and it
was stated that :a workman saw a fig
ure^ in old-time costume. The plaqp
was built by Henry VII, '.so there was
at least a little foundation for the
description — though .unkind people
gave another explanation of the
workman’s report.
Much more .sinister .is another
ghost connected with the Royal‘Fam
ily in the heart’of London. Strangely
enough, though this wraith is said to
have a deep significance, it does not
haunt a royal home. Its sphere of
activity is the Thames.
Taking the form of a bent old man,
this ghost rows up to the steps be
neath the Houses of Parliament. His
arrival is always timed for the mo
ment Big Ben strikes midnight, and
he always’ cOmes immediately before
the . death of a member of the Royal
Family,
. •Whatever./ significance may be
drawtf frojn the fact, it is true that
reports of this, figure’s appearance
were made, just: before the deaths of
Princess Alice, the Prince Consort,
the Duke of Clarence, and the late
King George’s youngest son, Prince
believed that a
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42nd birthday, the King celebrated the two little princesses, whose charm
the .anniversary of 'his accession to has won the hearts .of. the empire. The
the throne. By his side was his wife, Queen is the first conimOiici to mat-j naval battles in Britain’s history, by world. He is shown in his uniform.
i rv a man who became king in 250
years. The King won his spurs by
taking part in one of the greatest
stoking a British battleship, by rid
ing herd on an Australian ranch, and
by travelling 34,000 miles about the
The Queen is seen with Princess Mar
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Queen .and Wraith
When the„Queen, the former Ducli-
: ess of York, visits her girlhood home,
; GlaniiS' Castle, in Scotland, she has
the chance of seeing rrfbre than one
wraith.. Actually, one of the ghost
' tales told .about the place is so ter
rible .that it is •rarely mentioned with-
'. in .the building,. • '
Outside the family, one belief is
■ that a secret room in the castle is
haunted by the participants in a re
volting murder, a orime _ .committed
'■ centuries .ago by the Macbeths. Oth
er people, particularly the Highland
ers, talk of a vampire; while others
whisper about a former Lady Glamis
(from whom the Queen is descended)
who was tortured to death for alleg
ed witchcraft
There has for generations been an
understanding that the secret of the
castle is not to be divulged by any
of the present residents, tin Strath
more family, io which the Queen be-
longs-
Holyrood Palace is anothei Scott
ish residence to which stories of
ghostly tenants are attached. Actual
ly, it is here that King George, if he
does subscribe to such tales, is hiost
likely to -have an eerie experience.
The sleeping quarters of His Majesty
and Queen Elizabeth are but a few
yards, from a room in which a tragedy
occurred in the middle uf^tlie 16th
century. . c
Here, in this apartment so close to
the royal bedchamber, the Italian
musician Rizzie was put to death be
fore the eyes of Mary Queen of Scots.
The old abbey of Holyrood, adjoin
ing the present palace, claims another
supernatural happening — about the
oldest of its kind connected with any
of the royal homes. The abbey was
built) by David the bifst of -Scotland,
tokcarry out a vow- Hunting in the
'fdre’St one day, he was attacked by a
hart, but a ghpstly hand holding a
flaming cross came to his aid. He
built the abbey as. a'token of faith and
appreciation.
PHIL OS1FER
OF LAZY MEADOWS
By Harry J. Boyle
“MYSTERIOUS CHRISTMAS”
As every day is stroked off our Life
Insurance calendar and we get that
much closer to Christmas Day, our
old house down here at Lazy Mead
ows becomes more and more, of a
mysterious place to live in. Every
member of the household seems to
have some strange secret that they
hug to themselves.
It was a snowy day and after buzz
ing wood all morning and getting
soaked to the skin as the dampness
crept through the clothes, I decided
to go into the village. To my sur
prise, and when I had looked forward
with a certain amount of anticipation
to sitting in on the cracker barrel in
Tim Murphy’s store for the after*
noon, the whole family decided to
come along even to the hired man. |
’There could be only one answer . . j
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS! •
Everybody was -quiet . . . and that
was a surprise as well. There was the
■wife biting just a little at her lip, and
1 suppose wondering just what would
be suitable for each one of us. Every
so often her forehead would wrinkle
up and her hand would go up to
smooth them out. Daughter was sort
of darting in and out of her purse
and, I suppose, wondering how she
could stretch those few dollars of;
hers into enough for something for
“us folks" as well as that young man
who has been taking her out for the
last few months. The hired man was
sucking away at a cigarette and flick
ing the ashes off .about every second.
Boy, picking a present for that little
girl who lives on the Ninth Conces
sion was a real job for a man.
When we got into the village they
ali seemed to disappear, but I saw
my daughter loitering a little and I
called her back. “Have you enough
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“STORK BREAKS CONTRACT”
toDorothy ' Lamour, who came
fame as “jungle, queen" in a movie,
is in another jungle picture. She has
ordered two storks, will keep them in
a' cage, and confidently expects to
have a baby within a year. She’s un
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present arc. It’s no use and you get
slowly but firmly shoved out of the
room. ■
There a feeling of holly in the air
and everyone seems to have a diff
erent attitude about everything. I
notice that everybody seems to be in
better humor and there’s fewer of
those little “tiffs” that’ seem to hap
pen in every-day life.
Sitting down here in the old rocker
in the front room, the old house at
Lazy Meadows seems to have a queer,
mysterious air all about it. There’s
preparations in the front room to
hang up some holly and already a few
.bells ■ are being strung around the
room.
There’s a big- Christmas cake all
wrapped up in a towel and sitting- in
that old trunk. I was poking in the
pantry the other day, when the wife
was 'Upstairs wrapping .parcels, and I
seen the bottle of brand}’ in under
the bread-pan. That spells good cheer,
and a nice flavour in the plumb pud
ding. It's been snowing like blue
blazes for the past few days, and now
it’s stopped the countryside stretches I
away off in the distance . . a sheer,
white scene, and there’s the sound of
tinkling sleigh and cutter bells . , all
of them saying “MERRY CHRIST
MAS TO YOU.”
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favor.”
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money, Kathleen?” “Well, I don’t
know . . . but oh yes.” Somehow or
other it made my old heart warm up
to see her flash a smile when I slip
ped her that bill. Right then and
there, a lot of those worries that had
been bothering her were’'gone. The
young man’ would get a present that
she wouldn’t be ashamed of.
I got that little girl in the depart
ment store to pick me out a, good I
common-sense present for each of the .
family, and then I slipped them in the
trunk on the back of the car and went
in to soak up some of the heat from
the old box-stove in Tim Murphy's
and a lot of the “blather" from the
boys who hang around there.
Going back home everyone was
hugging a bundle. "Maw” was look
ing quite well pleased with herself,
daughter was smiling quite broadly
and the hired man was" puffing on a
cigar.
That starts the'mysterious goings-
on. Doors suddenly arc . locked and
through the transoms you can hear
the rustling of paper and an occas- ..
ional burst of whistly or humming.
I have to sneak my own parcels up
to the attic and burry them under
neath a pile of old papers in my late
tmele’s trunk and pray that the mice
and rats go on strike until after
Christmas.
You open a door and go walking
in quite bravely and there comes a
startled shriek. I’apcr is bundled up
in u hurry , , and ribbons and seals
go flying through the air. , , “Dad,
you get out of here this very minute 1”
You tarry a while as if you were
looking for your pipe or some tobac*
co or something and trying all the
time to get a glimpse of what the
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