An Amiable Apparition

In the old city of St. John's, in the older neighborhoods, there are haunted houses... residences with revenants... apartments with apparitions... even schools with spectres; and there is one edifice with an eidolon that I know well: a softhearted shadow very benevolent, not at all maleficent. It is supposedly the ghost of a child who passed many years before; a tale from days of yore not well-known in local folklore. This ghost is known to close latches, doors and windows, as if the occupants are being told "Please keep out the damp and cold!" - a phenomenon inexplicable by a force completely invisible. Some years ago, I observed this first-hand and I'm sure I did not fully understand, but I quickly deduced that it would be most polite to say "Thank you" to the ghost - a sudden burst of intuition to please and placate this amiable apparition!