For years ago, villagers believed t

For years ago, villagers believed that Endley
farm has haunted. The farm was owned by
two brothers, Joe and Bert Cox. The farm
labourers said that they always woke up to
find that work had been done over night. Hay
had been cut out and cow sheds had been cleaned. No one suspected that three might be
someone else on the farm who had never been
seen. This was indeed the case. A short time ago, villagers were astonished to learn that the
ghost of Endley had died. Everyone went to
funeral for the ‘ghost’ was none other then
Erick Cox, a third brothers who was supposed
to have died as young man. After the funeral,
Joe and Bert revealed a secret which they had kept for over fourty years. Eric had the eldest son of the family. He had been obliged to join the army during the
first World War. As he hated army life, he
decided to desert his regiment. When he knew
that he would have been abroad, he return to
the farm and his father hid him until the end of
the war. Fearing that authorities, Eric remained in hiding after the war as well. His father told
everybody that he had been killed in action.
The only other people who knew the secret
were Joe and Bert. They did not even tell their
wives. When their father died, they though it
their duty to keep Eric in hiding. All these year, Eric had lives as a recluse. He used to sleep during the day and work at night,
quite unaware of the fact that he become the
ghost of Endley. When he died, however, his
brothers found it impossible to keep the secret
any longer.