Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-15

They had not resided here many months !,
fore he was visited by a brother in a deer y
cline of health. TOO i'll to labor, and.too W. w.
TO purchase otherwise, the care and at,cn ~
his case demanded, he had sought out his el5'I
brother, with the fond hope that under his ro.,
fraterna affection would soothe his pain. .n%
rob his death.bed of half Its anguish.
For many weary time, he had pursued Il,
way through poverty and sickness; and wbsa
compelled to seek repose in some hospi,s5s
cabin, he looked round upon its inmates and
thanked Heaven, that he too, would soon b,v'
friends and home. He found, indeed II.
house Of his elder brother, but he found h.
brother Tiger. Instead Of the kindness AM,
cipated he received treatment, at The bare mon
lion of which humanity would revolt.
Let relation Of the last act Of unkindreu
suffice the reader. IL the depth of winter ,bs.
left him alone, and made visit forty or a.;
miles distant, when he was too sick 10 ADM.
lister to his wants or scarce leave his BE-!
They had been absent for 2eyeral DAYS, VIE.
some people, njheir way % st.Louis, called,
the house, and found him without fire an
destitute OF food.-They provided him viii
wood, kindled fire, and from their own ,tnrt
cooked him some victuals, but he could no, 81,
Next day his brother and sister-in-law re,ur,j
and found, as they expected, that the hand
death was on him.
In the spring following, they left that mart
the country, aud the house ever after stood ,pr
antless.
Although no legal investigations were mad
L ,,onn1 hro MAD tI,.,
the deceased brother with the appalling nam,
Of murder.
Three years after, man who was pas;iueu.
| night, during a,hunder storm, behcld The hOus
in blaze. Whether j, was consumed BY lgh.
ming, or as many believe, by fires tia, bclouprq
to earth, is left 10 the decision of others.
An incident occurred last summer, caurs;,
ed with the Haunted House that shows howe,
tensive is the empire Of superstition. your,
gentleman Of the country, who had often mad
merry with the tales Of the spectre said 10 hspr
the place We have mentioned, started one d, il
August, to procure medical assistance for h.
family of ncighbor. II was the middle ol,L
afternoon when he reached 81. Louis The PHI,
stefan promised, after having called upon ",
or three patients, 10 set out on a fresh hoIs
and oveitake him before he reached tie Ris
DIES Percs, The young man, soon after Iea,n,
St Louis took wrong road, aud saw nisa
closing around him, black with coming s,Oru,
as he struck into the Bonhommc road mix
from the river The horse he rode was fs
spirited animal, and dashed ON, regardless d
fatigue, as if he fully understood the omnoa
appearance Of the Heavens, AS the night d.
vanced, the darkness seemed almost visible
Along the road there was no habila,ion TO sen
its cheerful light across the waste, and disx
the loneliness Of the solitary traveller by a.sar
ing him that human beings were near.
In spite of his efforts 10 prevent il, he tii
sensation Of fear creep over him when he lOuE
by the flashes Of lightning, that he was ~
preaching the Haunted House. He attemPE
to sing, but so hoarse and sepulchral were tie
tones he-ern.rSs~s, xiSor ne osarrva VA, sOV'.
Of his own voice. In vain did he attempt, VIII
arguments against the existence Of speelr,, .;
reason himself into calmness: the blast moans
among the branches Of the solitary trees like;
spirit Of the air, and the livid flashes Of liStt
ming wore a, hue more dreadful than tota! t,t
ness. An owl several time, fitted across n
path with the most piercing screams ToS
affrighted fancy they seemed ominous, tti
some dreful scene was near. His stralrlF
eyebalIs were directed, with painful inlemG
towards the place Of blood, and his whole 4.
was wound up 10 the highest pitch ofierU
when fash of lightning displayed, jus, bos
him, pale horse, and rider upon it dress
in The habiliments Of the dead. He uueRil
wild scream, and in The next moment bis sI
struck The earth He avoke IN con.ciuUspts
but Immediately reiapsed when he found bio
self clutched by. the spectre. Soon after,
found himself moving through the air, 81
firmly held in the phantom grasp. "h
reason returned again, he gazed around, and b
held faces and room with which be va'lr
miliar.
The Doctor, who rode white horse, bad l'I
en- of his coat TO enjoy what little Of co'sln
belongs TO a snltry evening in August !h
bore him 10 the nearest house, where his VII
and incoherent rawlings, of the Haunted Hos
will long be remembered.