He had given
her the medicine, and had just remarked that she would have a good
night's rest when the loud sounds commenced, only they were much louder
and in more rapid succession than on the previous nights. Presently the
sounds left the room and were heard on the roof of the house. The doctor
instantly left the house and went out into the street, hearing the
sounds while in the open air. He returned to the house more nonplussed
than ever, and told the family that from the street it seemed as if some
person was on the roof with a heavy sledge hammer pounding away to try
and break through the shingles. Being a moonlight night he could see
distinctly that there was not any one out on the roof. He remained until
twelve. Everything becoming quiet again, he then departed, saying he
would call the next day. When he had got as far as the gate, the sounds
on the roof commenced again with great violence, and continued until he
had gone about two hundred yards from the cottage, at which distance he
could still hear them distinctly.
The next week it became known throughout Amherst that strange things
were going on at Dan Teed's cottage.
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