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


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He returned with the landlord 10 the
house, and both were not little pleased
to find The butcher gone. Lethwaiie con-
tinued chatting sometime with the land.
lord.
Il do not like this ghcs, story of yours.
he said. If such n spectre has really
been seen, depend upon i, that it is snme
deep conlrivance 10 hide worse danger -
wish, for the good of community, that
| may be lucky enough 10 fall in with
the ghost
An! Mr.. Lethwaite, sir, YOU are only
tempting Providence When you talk i'll
that careless way. The ghost is real
ghost for, though it has frightened many
and myself among the rest, never heard
Of any person being robbed. Old bod.
son, the lame beggar, lost his senses but
then he was always halfwited creature,
and a mans reason is not his money. -
Did not see the horriG thing myself, |
who, God forgive me had made game Of
1t. aud these who believed in it, just as
you do at this momcnt-I saw the mon>
s!er with my own eyes; and how es-
capped from i'll never could tell. ran
so fast that never felt the ground under
my feet, while it pursued me with the
mos, frightful yells. kept my bed
for week after, and have taken good
care never 10 tread that road by night
again
1T is strangev said Lethwaite, mu-
sing; 'some truth must be mingled with
this fantastic error! What time of night
does this spectre generally appear!'
1T has been seen at all hours, from
twilight until the gray dawn of day. Il,
was abou, nine o'clock in the evening
when it appeared to me. 1t is near eev-
en- now, sir. You will just reach tha,
black, crooked turning in the road, which
winds round the foo, Of the hill, by mid.
night. That lonely spot is the demon S
favorite haunt
'Iknow the place. said Le,hwaite..-
Yes, it is a frightful gloomy spot. with
steep banks, and high rocks on either
side. Dark almost at monday, but doub-
ly dark at noon Of night
Then, whistling an old border song. to
keep up his courage the yeoman dashed
the spurs into his fine horse, and rode of
at a quick pace, and in few minutes
was out of sight. The landlord listened
for few minutes to The clicking Of his
horses hoofs, striking against the frozen
ground, and, thinking him a contounded
fool, closed the door and went to bed.
Lethwaite sped merrily along, The
moon shone bright and high above Rim in
the cloudless sky, and the sharp cold win
try wind whislled in h '''r. and chilled
his manly cheek Al h 'rs riding
brought HIM 10 III, 70 f til" steer
crooked Hill, which la been pointed
out to him as the fNyoIne haun, Of the
ghos',
At the foot of his hin; tba road tool
an abrupt turn, and iho high locks. pro
jectpg on either side hid. the open space
and presented 10 the traveller the appear
ance of a huge cavern, until he reached
the bottom of the glen, when the deluson
vanished. Stun,ed ho!lv.trees had sprung
up among The crevices OF ttie rocks, an'
their close dark foliage cast sepulchra
gloom into the deep hollow below.
L. is an ugly spot, though Lethwaite
as he checked his horse TO Tread at ioo.fal
the steep descent. Murder may have
been committed here in the olden time
but pooh, pooh, there are no such thing:
as ghosts ; but if ever there was spo
more capable Of inspiring such a dreaG
than another, it is surely
The side of tie road to his left was 6
deep shadow. The very spirit of dark
ness seemed to brood over the gloomy re
cess, while the moou glid.d with a wa,
and spectral light the opposite wall o
rock Lethwaile, in spite of his boas,et
courage felt sudden chill creep through
him as he approached the awful spot.
God of heaven he murnured IN 4
tone helow his breath, I" what can th,,
be :" as horrid shape slowly and dislinc
tly rose before him, and became stationar!
in The center of his path.
1t was not the form Of man and Ger
tanly it was not beast, but it appeared
shocking compound Of both. Imagine
creature upwards OF six feet high cover
with shaggy black hair, The head that @
a bull. with huge white, wide ly exten
ded horns.
The sinewy bare arm o man ex,ende
above this ghas1ly head, grasping bul
ming brand, which emitted thin clod G
pale blue smoke. The lower part Of tn
body was so enveloped in shade thu, it or
ly presented dark underlined shapeles
mass. Lethw ait, who never expected I
behold real edition Of the Windermer
ghost. felt his hair stiffen and his tee.
slightly ,cha tier as he suddenly reined in hi
horse and forced himself to look steadiI
upon the ghas.ly phantom. The horse pos
) sessing less self. reliance than his maste
plunged, snorted, and reared. as with
hideos yell the apparation sdvanced, braT
; dishing his fiery weapon in threatenin
manner.
Steady, boy-steady, cried his ma'
ter, in soothing tone, Shamed out Of