Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-05-20

this be The devil, stand still. and let Thy
master face him like a man"
Re.assured by the well.known voice,
and the earess Of t.e well-known hand,
the noble animal did as he was comman-
ded but he shook and shivered in every
limb.
Lethwaite had by this time drawn a
pistol from his belt. and riding towards
The spectre, he cried oui in a stern voice,
Miserable imposIer ! throw off your dis.
guise, or you are dead man; for, by The
living God that made me, will see il
your body is proof against leaden ballr'
A wild mccarthy yell was Ire only an
swer he got to his threat; und the demon
was within ten PAGES of his horse. The
sharp report of Lelhwaile's pistol woke
up all the lonely echoes Of the place and
the huge hairy monster fell heavily 10 the
earth wi smolherod curse; and the yeo-
man yielding for moment to uncontroll-
able fear, turned the head of his terrified
steed, and never slackened his speed till
he reached the door Of the public house.
After few minu'es Of breathess sus.
pense his lond hurried knock was answer
ed by the landlord, who, ,hrusting his
head out of the window, demanded, in no
very gentle tone, the cause of such an un>
reasonable attack upon his door,
" 1t is |, Lowther-it is Richard I.eth.
waite get up and let me in directly"
"Ah !ah thought, how it would end,
said the landlord, as he descended to unbar
the door; and he called up the groom to
relive his guest of his tired horse.
'The ghost has driven you back faster
than you went. This is 10 dish live the
word of honest folks. Why, man, wha,
have you seen you look like one just
risen from the dead.
Il fear have sent one to dwell with
the dead little before his 'ime," said L"th
waite. drinking off the glass of brandy
proliered to him by his host at draught.
have shot the ghost-whe,her it be
man or devil, it was not proof against pow.
der and ball.
am more distressed al this event than il
had encountered all the hosts Of hell,
with Satan himself 10 back theal Call
up your people for can no longer 60
alone to ihet Internal spot-and let US ex
anime and identify the corpse
1t was daylight before Low ther coult
persuade any Of his servants or neigh
bors to Accompany him and Mr. I.elh-
waite to the lane: They believed tina
th- lalteF had seen it, that was sort o.
waking Misunderstanding too incred
ibc even for The supernatural wonde RS o
u dream.
Many were the questions put to Le,h'
waite by the little band OF men bu. he
walked on silently and thoughlful'y, with
out speaking word to any.
Why did you not call up the big butch
or, Low her!' said one of The party. 'lr
anv case Of danger that man is host in
himself
! have great doubts as to his courage,
said Low1her, drily. lie is great buI'
Iy, and these wordy men are all froth
t'.ey make great noise, bu. are very
slow in ac,i on. IF Mr.. Lelhwai,e ha.
killed the ghost, big Wat would be o
small service 10 US, as the danger is al
ready past
! Killed The ghost" said the first spea
ker with sneer who ever heard o.
mortal man killing ghost ?-i. is not ir
flesh and blood 10 do that
But suppose the ghost was man.
said Lelhwaile-' suppose that it was The
big butcher of kendal himself
Now God forbid y said several voices
at once the man is a devil. but moi
bad enough to turn ghost
We shall soon know, said Lelhwaite
at the bottom of This hull tie riddle will
be solved
They had now reached The brow Of the
steep Mill. The sun was jus. rising above
the dslan: mountains and his frs
beams glanced upon tree tops, withou
penetrating The gloomy recess which sill
lay buried in dense shadow
Slowly and with evden, signs Of feu
the tile party wound down the HILL
One man tried TO hum tune, another tt
whistle, while third talked very loudly
abou. his own courage-in reality possess
ing very little but all endeavored to dis
sipate the fear TO which they involun,ori
ly became the prey, as they approached
the dreaded spot. E
Le.hwaite, who had fingered behind
now walked briskly forward and headet
the party. A dark, indislincl mass Ia,
; hudded up in :he centre Of the narrow
road. All drew back Lelhwaite step
ped up to it and remainsd stationary
beckoning with his hand for the others t.
advance. They did so; but what wa
the surprise and establishment of all. tt
find, in the supposed spectre, the dea
and bleeding form Of Wa. Robinson
wrapped up in the hide Of bull hi
naked arms bare. and club smeared wit
phosphorus still grasped in his .tiffene
hand. s'.'
i He deserved his death, said Lowthel
looking down upon his ghastly corpse. =
Ii was cruel thing Of him to adopt thi
hideous disguise, in order to frighten hi
friends and neighbors.'