Out of this grove, and across this meadow, a charming little
female figure would advance, about eight inches high and exquisitely
proportioned, dressed in a loose black silk robe, with long, smooth
black hair parted up her head and hanging loose over her shoulders.
She would come forward with a slow and regular step, becoming more
distinctly visible as she approached nearer, till she came even with
the surface of the closet door, when she would smile upon me, raise
her hands to her head and draw them down on each side of her face,
suddenly turn round, and go off at a rapid trot. The moment she turned
I could see a good-looking mulatto man, rather smaller than herself,
following directly in her wake and trotting off after her. This was
generally repeated two or three times before I went to sleep. The
features of the mulatto bore some resemblance to those of the Indian
man with the bass-viol, but were much more mild and agreeable."
"I awoke one bright, moonlight night, and found a large, full-length
human skeleton of an ashy-blue color in bed with me! I screamed out
with fright, and soon summoned the family around me. I refused to tell
the cause of my alarm, but begged permission to occupy another bed,
which was granted.
"For the remainder of the night I slept but little; but I saw upon the
window-stools companies of little fairies, about six inches high, in
white robes, gamboling and dancing with incessant merriment.
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