Fishing in Sutherland, I had a charming companion in the gillie. Hewas well educated, a great reader, the best of salmon fishers, and Inever heard a man curse William, Duke of Cumberland, with moreenthusiasm. His father, still alive, was second-sighted, and so, to amoderate extent and without theory, was my friend. Among otheranecdotes (confirmed in writing by the old gentleman) was this:--The father had a friend who died in the house which they bothoccupied. The clothes of the deceased hung on pegs in the bedroom.One night the father awoke, and saw a stranger examining and handlingthe clothes of the defunct. Then came a letter from the dead man'sbrother, inquiring about the effects. He followed later, and was thestranger seen by my gillie's father.Thus the living but absent may haunt a house both noisily and byactual appearance. The learned even think, for very exquisitereasons, that "Silverton Abbey" {192} is haunted noisily by a "spiritof the living". Here is a case:--
