The Ghost on the Hearth — Susan Milord

In the summer of her twelfth year, a poor girl named Emily leaves home to work on a farm in rural Quebec. The farmer and his wife love Emily, but when she falls ill and dies, another girl is hired to take her place. Soon a strange event keeps recurring in the farmhouse. What is going on? On the first night, the farmer fails to solve the mystery. But on the second night, the farmer's wife snaps awake to find herself staring at a ghost!