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Miss Anson was very fond of children, and possessed an unusual talent for entertaining them--and thus was a…

Date of account: Published 1920
Source: True Tales of the Weird: a record of personal experiences of the supernatural
Reference: True Tales of the Weird: a record of personal experiences of the supernatural · selected passage 6
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Miss Anson was very fond of children, and possessed an unusual talent for entertaining them--and thus was a great favorite of my little daughter, who hailed her arrival with rapture

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Miss Anson was very fond of children, and possessed an unusual talent for entertaining them--and thus was a great favorite of my little daughter, who hailed her arrival with rapture. This fact furnished Mrs. Candler with an idea which she immediately advanced in the form of a suggestion that Miss Anson might be willing to care for the child during my wife's absence. To this proposal Miss Anson at once assented, saying, in her lively way, that, as her school was then in recess for a few days, she would like nothing better than to exchange her boarding-house for a hotel for a while, and in consideration thereof to act as nursemaid for such time as might be required of her. It was finally agreed, therefore, that Miss Anson should come to the hotel the next morning, prepared for a two or three days' stay;--this she did, and early in the afternoon Mrs.

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