Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-03-24
Miscellaneous
From " Home Lifr, or a Peep Across the Thresholds
THE HAUNTED HEARTH STONE
".AH houses wherein men have lived and died

"Do | believed in haunted houses p said the aged
woman, speaking rather TO herself than to the fair
sweet grand child, who nestled at her feet and
looked up SO earnestly into the wriukled face.
"los, indeed | do. There is not a house in this
Whole village, nor for miles around, but that to
me is haunted-npne, though, SO much as this"
Haunted" continued she, speaking SO slowly
that a solemn emphasis seemed to rest ON each
letter, . yes, yes, ,hcrc arc such things as haunted
spots" Aud then she dropped her knitting, took
oft her glasses, wiped her eyes, and leaning back
% n "fia,' with the iyse eariis4 Ssss % 9 sS OF li ys' "0''
lt was a dark, stormy, winters night, The wind
howled Hereby nrounu the old farm house, drift
ing the snow nigh on the window stills, fastening it
to the rough pannels of the doors, siltingft through
the crevices of the messy roof, and heaping it up
like giants graves all along the pathways through
ogt the garden. But indoors all was bright, and
of a summer warmth. The huge backlog had been
dragged III ere twilight, and was now slowly drop
ping into Goals while the flames from the lighter
wood, which every few minutes was cast on with
80 free Il hand, Jlazed high and rudy, and cast a
genial light and glare in the darkest corner and
scintillating on the timc-darkened ceiling like polar
flashes on the midnight sky.
1t was one Of those bitter nights that make the
heartl-stonc the bonniest spot on all the %eaIth,-a
night when the sheltered lift up their hearts in
thanksgiving, when the homeless bow in supplica-
ton a night when chill rem knecl before the fire
and read bright prophecies in the living Goals !;
when the aged draw their chairs yet nearer to the
blaze and warm their shivcring memories a night
"hcn an turn thelr BACKS TO the DARKNESS, their
t'.. T, e"s nhLt' -
- Is " nlS"t 20 maze Shost stories relish WE'LL
az 40 sian9mo!ner' tel US one,
= ~ '""- SiIl IeS'Gu Oh tis HHeeS
~ or k tnv C r. ,n'y, IN ~ II Ilttc' los. we 'Hrcau
enthusiastic eagernCss pictured in the bright blue
eye, Il longing for some tale of romance, that, drop
lp; In3 Sbn bosit, 81 I~0uu' MY "a ~ i.n' pHs
nnas.rr H. nna !" ~ an" 'iV to"u1iiS
~ Ill too nv ro NV -o"o PI " "oi ios"li S"G S'LI :
w. vi ~ " ';4'y nGoHt u haun''o neaFtH-
nm y wv n,1M.'i ~ WI! pe no u!e OF hetion'
u go' - H"n ~ y" l,'nS memories INC scene
/ !aa : y u "er FeEHuIous voice no"
qm,''Iu ",,n u'o u no'e'' upu uIlcT u homent :
:" ~ w IIi ~ JiFco'''oii ~ prlSV ~"
SpoS 81 i?uu NV Hnu 'n"' tney rl'a'eu inc cries
u rne winter Nlnu' ,,
go'ns = IN n'J mucn iI'sI.eu1t' aIo
SP"I' '7 ""I'' u 1tiS Oh'I'N ~
n'n suo n'1 " e. "' ~ "sNc' '"c s''Iy' WV"
u "5l'G' 5'"SP' lne PnioAJHLl uN "oI Ton'l.uo
i',o, ~ "s " t"sstu ""Yl' me " . ~" IL'H"
h9I ueu'9'"s s'ep9 '9""I'3 'nG coiu' urn prr
VI" T'' 5o' IL ~ Tu's0N 'No oooi' NV N"S ~
s:n n d III my = ~ 'e"' ; ':'nlSu u3T" -
ON : na ! u : ~ "'o.''' a'u 1t vas llueni !"
"5o0 IIIt,lo M sonG sc'Itt soLroM o'eI Nni1I
Wy -" ".'uet!i ""Tu 'uv a"
anu aS1"n sed'eu hetsClt Ill her usual cHdiE'
ohly craving IL u Iltcc closer 70 the hre' tAefe was
Huch y c"lm' De"uul"l' s!'r'uaI I9,A expressed
uPoL / I'u unn.n rHI' yIu cou.u u W q t,m
any alusloh 10 fhe past Wliholt any preface she
oesan' ,'e d s'ence u perhaps nan an nog'' We
pr!miseu STORY liahueu GOWN 10 me- IreNus ike
III -,
~ a. a n'snV "en II? 'nLs ioIlf vi m;t
yc"lS nave paSseu SINCE lS WlhuS Dew ana IFS
snow urrteu' since us co'd palSleu ana us darkness
NiSu'oueu' Dest'o 'Ho s"ine Z ~ tT''1, tio
same, only mat 1t was not worn so smooth, Tor the
mouse then nad teSleu ou' tnlI.y, lhS'cauol Is now
seEehly SnG oau Wlners,-ae age man anu ms
wiz ~ ONlVAS tN bihHihS nv .cAilNlhS NillS
away inc lohg e'ehnS hours Ahere was mo-
the a as now aaily mans coming INTO our remote
T Taa 49, IA r S",o ~ W ~ G'oiy SnaPc
inG PlnSs Wv y 'cun,' 70 NOW, Nltn hluS'~.neS
an9 GoJAs II was raro 10 see u heWsPaper III tmlS
NJ ~ IA ~, NV i".ei aay ,1iuno, 9a.o inh y
Ell u Nv nan Ina,' :" =. .Ia p;t 'h' e9nio '.he "nu o"io
July [Gptaceu y ~ pip qIu no1 men, as now
e." UU'fI Tuio tne poohS "eIu tnGHpcu ~
ftoSoo, ~ Il "'o n9 aPtcteS' ur"nh ms ciUoI'
anu crasAeu somc walnut: lor MS we whose
teeth were soUIGoF 'han MS own, ana now Sat
erJ'V - nV Ooui ~. ut"M n,nlse' " u ha'ieS Mith-
ou' SvolonnS ms nomeSPuh garments hOuulis
go0a-Dye TO the Sky-bonnd sparks. The old lady
raI fo!ou up h9r khittihg' ana WIN her broken
lork'-h thJSe days thcy had not heard OF nut
Pchs'--"' Her VWo-tihcu lorh when hau Iost one
OIL IT'S members SAT Juggling out with a patience
worthy Oh tne Soid mines OF these times, the rich,
sweet kerneiS'
SuuuehIy she dropped Doth FORK ana nut, ana IN
nh1IhGr instant started 70 hef ieet, her pan falling
lfoHi her zap ana threatening many n grease spot
Oh 'Ic ~cH Sco"reu Hoor. llastehihS To her nus
panq, She Sh9ok ms shoulders saying " Wake ~
qulIN, ana hs'eh, ha!t-ir@htcned ne Jumped
anu c'-le near seIIns ms sto1kinged teeF upon
Aylns cD"i5; out ms "a[chiG! VIE. drawing HIN
Oh t.e heaFIH' Whispered a niue Wildly, Listen
nov u2n ! you near H. llear what! sald ne
SUI! nan asleep "hy' the sound IKE a chic
crying lhere' mere now 1t goes again DO g
10 the door; The od man, now FULLY reused
stood Ti5n ms hand to his ear the right one,-th'
ZEE nag oetn aeil lor many a year IT the winu
VIE; aoh you know 1t is II fashion 1t ha
When 1t Is cold;
~ wasn't the wind" said she, so!emnly, Wit
a niue nervous agitation yet visible in her face
u knoW the cry Of the wind 1T never makes
sound like that There" and she chung to him
I%'erln? T. ~ : H Vaa i9a,, . YOU mar ! /.
tie crv of : ch;id : and n nr l. IA a." nov JGn ~ = ~ q