Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-02-11
FAYETTEVILLE TENN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY H. 1851.


r 'Stoner's hors was d dark bay.
vas buzzed arou I'd the table in los
i? tones, every one looking seriously j
, his neighbor's fac e.
'Yes!' said the Squire, rising ant
, stepping uneasily to the window
'Stoner's horse was a good deal ik1
yours; he must have got away from
him, and that is what detains him
But then the ma 9 was a very kint
creature, and well trained. / wonder
it should have behaved sop
Don't believe bay would have
done it, Squire said one of the men
Something's gone wrong, l think
Was the bride down, Mr.. Henry?'
i 1T was too far for me to tell. ]
followed in the direction the horse
took, and soon found myself here
and expected to-fnd it here tool'
No! Stoner's is beyond here: said
the Squire. The wagon trail you
were turning and twisting about I'M
is road | had opened to a number
Of board trees we cut and rived out
there; you might have followed it for
hours and not been more than mile
or so from the place you started from.
That ghost of yours, by-the-way,
may be some crazy fellow, who has
wandered off into these parts, with
mischief in him! Did you hear no
gum
4 thought l did-about an hour
after parting with that man, or devil,
or whatever he wa@but the sound
was so faint and distant, that, for
fear might be mistaken, l did not
go to it; and the road had turned so
frequently, could not tell whether
it was in the direction he,Went off or
not
Here the driver interposed, saying
that he had heard rifle about that
time on the right, but supposing it to
be Henry or Stoner, he thought
nothing of it. And a halflaughing
discussion followed as to. the probable
character of the wood-ghost Henry
had reported-of some asserting that
he was quizzing us-for these men
were too much accustomed to tho
exigencies of hunters life to be fol
more than moment seriously af
fected by the circumstance of STD /
ner's non-arrival. In the midst of
this, a horses feet were heard gallop-
ing up to the door, and loud :hilloa!'
followed. The Squire rose hastily |
and wentout. In amoment after he
entered, locking pale and excited.
Tom Dix Zone Of Stoner's neigh
bors) says that his horse has come
home without a rider, the reins upon
its neck, and clot of blood upon the
pommel of the saddle! Boys! he's
been shotl Just as suspected from
the frstp
Everybody rose at this announce
ment-looking in the face Of him
opposite with blank palid stare.
THE crazy mani CALCULATED seve-
raj. ',Stranger- er-'Very mysterious
businessi said others.
Il tell you what, said the Squire
lfter a pause, Ehas struck me from the
first. It's that this strange-looking
fellow Henry saw, mistook him for
Stoner, until he looked into his face,
for Henry's horse and general ap-
pearance are not. unlike his,-and
when he found that he was wrong,
got out of the way and went on till he
net Stoner himself, and has shot
limp !;
NO doubt of it!' said several. Fl
But it's a very mysterious affair,
continued he-I know Of no such
ooking man in this region as Henry
describes; but at any rate he viii be
hunted down tomorrow, for Stoner
vas one oftAe Regulators, and Hinch
S a perfect bloodhound! lie can
hardly escap T him-crazy or not era
sy'
This seem ed to be the most salts
actory solution Of the difficulty, and
IS it was too dark for us to do any
hing that ight we resumed our seats
o discuss over and over again these
letails; while the Squire sent of mes
'engers summoning Hinch and the
to be on the ground early
n the morning!
(Coneladed nert aceek.)