Nay, nay,--it's to no use, Mally," he
continued, turning to his wife, "we may as weel turn back again to th'
owd house as be tormented in another not so convenient."
They did return; but the Boggart, having from the occurrence ascertained
the insecurity of his tenure, became less outrageous, and was never more
guilty of disturbing, in any extraordinary degree, the quiet of the
family.
[Illustration: INCE HALL, NEAR WIGAN.
_Drawn by G. Pickering. Engraved by Edw^d Finden._]
THE HAUNTED MANOR-HOUSE.
"But he was wary wise in all his way,
And well perceived his deceitful sleight;
No suffered lust his safety to hetray;
So goodly did beguile the _guiler_ of the prey."
--SPENSER.
Ince-hall, the subject of our view, stands about a mile from Wigan, on
the left hand of the high road to Bolton. It is a very conspicuous
object, its ancient and well-preserved front generally attracting the
notice and inquiry of travellers.
About a mile to the south-east stands another place of the same name
once belonging to the Gerards of Bryn. The manor is now the property of
Charles Walmsley, Esq.
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