He didden only hear the ghost, but zeed en;

An', hang me! if I han't a'most a-shook,

To hear en tell what ugly sheäpes it took.

Did zometimes come vull six veet high, or higher,

In white, he zaid, wi' eyes lik' coals o' vier;

An' zometimes, wi' a feäce so peäle as milk,

A smileless leädy, all a-deck'd in silk.

His heäir, he zaid, did use to stand upright,

So stiff's a bunch o' rushes, wi' his fright.

JEM.