Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1855-05-24

cOfpSeS Of the Oead. | was acttvt and
young vet these horid fancies clsst.,-.
ed continually about me, despite ny en-.
.deavors to drive them away, and filed
ME tnIl IF foolish fears to.approach the
solitary frame house I argued the
whole case over and over and repeat
|edly and ussiessIy convicted myself of
nerv susness, al folly, Or silly dreaming.
Bit as soon as the procession Of the
reasoning had passed by, and even be-
g.'.rl gf,re up jumped again sihe pallid ghosts
tf,f nie.,antaitt couple: At lasf. quite
out Of patience, 4 drove my hdrseto his
capacity; hurrying since 1 could d. ~
better, TIL disprl, BY close encounter
and familiar experience of the sag. d
faces and dtatte,ing forms u the old man
and woman, the uncomfortable phan-
stnns that haunted he, and that crowded
and plagued me more and more every
hour.
s Af.e. several days hard travel, /
approached the oId house. ri watched
the road earnestly fin traces o,f footsteps
VI horse .or n carriage tracss i bur could
se only the half-effac.d remains ms ,ol old
ones, washed OF BY rain, o. filled with
wind driven dust. Yetthis afforded
only . faint presliinptnn and how IL
s.ird did the idea SEEM that too people.
III a hahttable house on a pubic road,
should stnrye III solitude for lack 81
prnvisio,,
crossed the summit of ridge.
from which ! could look down Nv from
the rim ~ 4 basin, upon the bntt team md
sides III the wide valley 10 tie higher
region of the Cumberland Mnuutaiissia,
!. ia the middle Of which the old hsine
stood The low rays of the western
sun, in the foods Of the thick yellow
light which Is the peculiar illumination
of the middle and latter half uf 7the
golden afternoon, poured over an lhe
ainphitise seemed even II, CON
centrate il still and filming glo,'ies upon
the barenld house and within the small
clearing around II. Utter and dolefu,
silence slept over all the region. The
heat was intense and, neither die
breeze stir'the woodlands, nor did hire
or beast move nrs speak insthe forest.
/ refined up and looked forward with 4tht
Eindistinct yet intense voli1ion which N.
1exercise when upon the margin Of soifas
Undetermined revelations, as ii d strong
and earnest wish might suffice ID show
us what wedesireto to know. Slowly sans
hesiiatirglyl set forward again: me
none. saw none but old tracks.
/ heard nothing except the redaplicatint
j ]. tramp .tfra Of my weary horse as / urge.
i him on ny IA quick walk, his painting, fh'
IIlcrcaking of his acknowledgements For
ward, forward !; nearer and nearerEt
1ifhe vpftex of these most gratuifons an,
absurd, but now involuntary ard almos
Uncomfortable terrors Of NINE.
came suddenly out firm, beneatl
the shadowing hrancss of the high ior
esttrses upon the open ground bel'tr,
lths house. The hot yellew fiig,ils strsit.,sss
tne almost faint. TN doors mud sliin
4 dows were closed. Llust anti il.i,c'
possess ali the e,lte tlll'
Homestead. The rusty axe lay npo'
Il the chips before the daars mold buck
IL, sstaod npon the III 4 q ssq,,isr.
l<kitisrsd acrs,ss the front M q; ths ilnildin,
land rams sqsssss king iisnto tfls rich tsy gar
den fence VI, ,esssfin.
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