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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!" 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
, and he hastily threw down his tools and ran to see what had happened. Tracing his path by the sound, he met the little boy, who was running headlong, and was evidently terribly frightened, and on questioning him the man elicited that after picking a posy of flowers he felt tired, and lay down on the grass and fell asleep. He was suddenly awakened, as he stated, by a peculiar noise, a sort of singing he called it, and on peeping through the branches he saw Helen V. playing on the grass with a “strange 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. N IN WHICH HIS SON HAD GONE AND HE HASTILY THREW DOWN HIS TOOLS AND RAN TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED TRACING HIS PATH BY THE SOUND HE MET THE LITTLE BOY WHO WAS RUNNING HEADLONG AND WAS EVIDENTLY TERRIBLY FRIGHTENED AND ON QUESTIONING HIM THE MAN ELICITED THAT AFTER PICKING A POSY OF FLOWERS HE FELT TIRED AND LAY DOWN ON THE GRASS AND FELL ASLEEP HE WAS SUDDENLY AWAKENED AS HE STATED BY A PECULIAR NOISE A SORT OF SINGING HE CALLED IT AND ON PEEPING THROUGH THE BRANCHES HE SAW HELEN V PLAYING ON THE GRASS WITH A STRANGE 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
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