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From: capndale4@aol.com (CAPnDALE4)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.ghost-stories
Subject: Glass Chimney
Date: 5 Mar 1999 04:47:57 GMT
My story is set in the state of Iowa, close to Des Moines, in the mid 40's. I have attempted to tell this several times but was unsure of how to go about it. I'm still unsure. But I'm gonna try. This was told for the truth.
My Uncle Jack and Aunt Mary had just gotten married and like most newley weds, needed a place to stay that didn't cost an arm and a leg. My Uncle Tom, (Uncle Jack's brother) offered to let them stay rent free at his farm in a converted chicken house. As he had two chicken houses when he moved to the farm, he decided to convert one of them into a one room guest house. They agreed and every morning Uncle Tom would come to visit awhile and have a cup of Coffee. Usually he would just tap the screen door and it would come open and he'd come in and help himself. My Uncle Jack had a habit of reading before he went to sleep at night. (This habit is rampant in our family) One night as he got ready for bed he started to light the coal oil lamp by their bed and noticed that the glass chimney was missing. They looked all over that one room place for that chimney. They even took the bed apart. No chimney. The next morning, Uncle Tom came in and got his coffee and sat down at the table by the bed and started conversing with Uncle Jack. Uncle Jack, sitting up in bed, recounted the past nights' adventure which caused his brother to reply " Who do you think you're fooling? What is that on your chest?" There on his chest sat the glass chimney.