ny weeks, however, the boy
gave his parents much anxiety; he became nervous and strange in his
manner, refusing to leave the cottage by himself, and constantly
alarming the household by waking in the night with cries of "The man in
the wood! father! father!"

In course of time, however, the impression seemed to have worn off, and
about three months later he accompanied his father to the home of a
gentleman in the neighborhood, for whom Joseph W. occasionally did
work. The man was shown into the study, and the little boy was left
sitting in the hall, and a few minutes later, while the gentleman was
giving W. his instructions, they were both horrified by a piercing
shriek and the sound of a fall, and rushing out they found the child
lying senseless on the floor, his face contorted with terror. The
doctor was immediately summoned, and after some examination he
pronounced the child to be suffering form a kind of fit, apparently
produced by a sudden shock. The boy was taken to one of the bedrooms,
and after some time recovered consciousness, but only to pass into a
condition described by the medical man as one of violent hysteria. The
doctor exhibited a strong sedative, and in the course of two hours
pronounced him fit to walk home, but in passing through the hall the
paroxysms of fright returned and with additional violence. The father
perceived that the child was pointing at some object, and heard the old
cry, "The man in the wood," and looking in the direction indicated saw
a stone head of grotesque appearance, which had been built into the
wall above one of the doors. It seems the owner of the house had
recently made alterations in his premises, and on digging the
foundations for some offices, the men had found a curious head,
evidently of the Roman period, which had been placed in the manner
described. The head is pronounced by the most experienced
archaeologists of the district to be that of a faun or satyr. [Dr.
Phillips tells me that he has seen the head in question, and assures me
that he has never received such a vivid presentment of intense evil.]

From whatever cause arising, this second shock seemed too severe for
the boy Trevor, and at the present date he suffers from a weakness of
intellect, which gives but little promise of amending. The matter
caused a good deal of sensation at the time, and the girl Helen was
closely questioned by Mr. R., but to no purpose, she steadfastly
denying that she had fr