I said not a word, but I wasn't one bit afraid for I thought it was a living lady.

I could tell the color of her eyes and hair and just how she looked every way.

In the morning I described her to Mrs.Wilkes, and asked, 'Is there any strange lady in the house ?' 'No, Ellen.

Why ?' she said.

Then I said: 'Why, there certainly was a pleasant-looking lady in my room last night, in her night dress, and she patted Maud as if she thought a sight of her.' "'Why,' said my mistress, 'that is surely the former Mrs.Wilkes!' "She said that the older daughter had seen her several times standing before her glass, fixing her hair and looking at herself, but if she spoke to her or tried to speak, her mother would take up something and shake it at her.