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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 DOCTOR WAS IMMEDIATELY SUMMONED AND AFTER SOME EXAMINATION HE PRONOUNCED THE CHILD TO BE SUFFERING FROM A KIND OF FIT APPARENTLY PRODUCED BY A SUDDEN SHOCK
, 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!” 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.  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 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
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