Supernatural brief story written especially for the youthful Anne (Nannie) Wynne. It had been originally published as The Ghost’s Touch in The Irish Fireside, 30 Sept – 14 October 1885; Harper’s Regular, 23 Oct 1885; and in The Ghost’s Contact and Other Tales (with My Lady’s Money and Percy and the Prophet, Harper’s Useful Series, no 30, 1885).

Mr Rayburn, a widower, and his young daughter, Lucy, match Mrs Zant in Kensington Landscapes while she is experiencing a vision of her deceased spouse. The ghost warns her against his brother, who goals to power her into an unlawful relationship. Rayburn rescues Mrs Zant, hoping to marry her himself, as the supernatural force returns to strike her brother-in-law with fatal paralysis.