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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. 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
able to describe more fully. He said he felt dreadfully frightened and ran away crying for his father. Joseph W. proceeded in the direction indicated by his son, and found Helen V. sitting on the grass in the middle of a glade or open space left by charcoal burners. He angrily charged her with frightening his little boy, but she entirely denied the accusation and laughed at the child’s story of a “strange man,” to which he himself did not attach much credence. Joseph W. came to the conclusion that the boy had woke up with a sudden fright, as children sometimes do, but Trevor persisted in his story, and continued in such evident distress that at last his father took him home, hoping that his mother would be able to soothe him. For many 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!”  NAKED MAN WHO HE SEEMED UNABLE TO DESCRIBE MORE FULLY HE SAID HE FELT DREADFULLY FRIGHTENED AND RAN AWAY CRYING FOR HIS FATHER JOSEPH W PROCEEDED IN THE DIRECTION INDICATED BY HIS SON AND FOUND HELEN V SITTING ON THE GRASS IN THE MIDDLE OF A GLADE OR OPEN SPACE LEFT BY CHARCOAL BURNERS HE ANGRILY CHARGED HER WITH FRIGHTENING HIS LITTLE BOY BUT SHE ENTIRELY DENIED THE ACCUSATION AND LAUGHED AT THE CHILD'S STORY OF A STRANGE MAN TO WHICH HE HIMSELF DID NOT ATTACH MUCH CREDENCE JOSEPH W CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE BOY HAD WOKE UP WITH A SUDDEN FRIGHT AS CHILDREN SOMETIMES DO BUT TREVOR PERSISTED IN HIS STORY AND CONTINUED IN SUCH EVIDENT DISTRESS THAT AT LAST HIS FATHER TOOK HIM HOME HOPING THAT HIS MOTHER WOULD BE ABLE TO SOOTHE HIM FOR MANY 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
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