Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-12-19
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10, 1855:

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f s.Fhesc times are ditIerent;'i Allie goes on
fisolcmuIy,; ssthere arc no such fine assemblies
lat the great houss now is there were when l
1 was q lass. l remember one night lived
lnursemaid at the rectory then, and mistress
had sent us to bed got up and put on my
gowr, aud stole across the paddock into the
/ pleasure grQnnd, and mp TO the window Of the
room whore they were dancing. The blinds
were not down, and, as it was dark, 1 watched
ever SO l6ng without any body seeing me bat
II last gentleman and lady came suddenly
to the window, and 1 suppose they must have
seen mel warrant 1 looked queer in my
inightcap-for. she screamed and fell down in
faint, and | heard the gentleman cry out, 'the
DevilH Ididn't stand to be told to run, you
may be sure; but got home as fast as / could,
ana teh did laush. But it got about that
ghost haunted the gardens; and if you believe
me, the squire had wooden shutters pat to all
the low windows Immediately. 1 didn't tell
| for I Should haze lost my place
/ e-Bnt are there ghosts at Noor5scE, Allie
real ones ~ Task with interests :.for if there
is one thing I relish more than arother, it is a
E Eghgsga.Ory." Allie is q rather enlightened
character, bat sac admits that she old grange
where the colonel once lived, and which vas
burnt down two years aso, lad very bad
name.
I The servants would not stay one willie )"
she says Seand even the family did not like.
Iit. YOU see the old colonel had done awrong
thing IN Leaving it as he did, ana 50 people
/ .alSei. There were footsteps tramping about
| at night, and sometimes great sig. would be
/ heard, trough nothing could be seen; it came
and sighed over them as they lay in bed, l
/ have heard the girls tell, and then something
was sure to happen. And before any Of the
family was going to die there was always the
noise Of shudIing down coffin heard, follow
ei BY several people going down the great
staircase, slow and heavy, as if they carried 4
3bGrden That happened before the old colonel
! died, pnd the nurse told Eie herself, when 1
was .str5aking him for his coffin. lie was a
! l,gfnr-lookiag CO. pse withl.i5 thick gray nous
I ticl4es .sI.i is biack broEs. Eve laid ont
can't t.Il Low rlang OF taat ftnily: there. was
! Tie co!oneis wife, aad Miss Eleanor, wAo died
/ Of Il ,vaSte-she WAS beautiful girl, and rs
Z good IS she was bonnie; then there was that
/ sd sc1pccr&ca, Master Eyerarl, and the little
boy; the oil oliAel ou,lived 'em all, and was
rs bitter asaIoes. he got his nephew Rich
ara to live with him when all the rest were
( gone, bUt dare SIS he iarried him almost to
death. Richard mawiad great lady for his
/ wife. and so tlie old man was pleased and LEFT
the estate to hIm iusteat otto his elder bro
Tiers fimiIy, WHO expected it so the two
ssts quarreled. Then Richard and his wife
wen; al,road and the house was left to Sir
Jegn Grafton. 1t was while he had it, arr just
before his youngest dlugllser was married that
it was burnt down; ali her wedding-clothes
were burnt. and, as it happened at night, the
girls escaped in their niaft-gowns, and took
.I refuge at tlle squires. Hiss Louisa was mar
ried from there month after. There are a
great many people who say they saw the old
Colonel walking about the house when it was
bur,iipg, and that at the last he went oil like Il
pillar Of Blue fame. say myself that spirits
4 no doubt there were, Iut they were in the eel
I lar. ana as they were not got out, they made
4 a fine lowe, as spirits always do.''
Il aIn afraid yon are right, Allie, and that
4 We caunot lay claim TO genuine ghost at
.Moo4b4ck. aier all.
TOWNSHIP Allie accommodates, laying an en-
! pl.atic fore finger on my hand. at was when
'EIiy husband was took for death, and had to
fetch The doctor f oIn Marston. n othing would
serve him. but se6ing Doctor Liniey-he
q thought \ vast Of Or. Linley. II was misty
:. October night, and set off across the fields
i-i4 is 9hree miles from MoorbecN TO Marston.-
The doctor had been called out, but they prom
2 ised to send him as soon as he came back; and
as / Was in, a. great fear FOR poor Willie,
did d'ntwaii to see him. Well, had got just
4 by tie stilc in the rivcr-closes, when 1 a
light before me. 1t danced up and down in
the mist Ike Il live thing; but l said my pray
ers and it kept going and on till got out
in the road, andthen missed it. Now, that's
true, Miss
f. ..Ailie, it was ill-o'the-wisp-a marsh
+ Light r ~
n 7 ..No miss, it was a solemn warning. Willie
died that day week"
The Old woman, was firm in her own super
sti,ien, so Ilmade 10 further attempt to van.
i quishit.t = rsiHe Eat@a Ha5
!, ,.Tout.v5e been over the ruins of the Percies
castle, down y-onder, MISS 70 s.sE a
s.Yes.i' 80 H esisi aas s5e
"welI, light haunts them such as saw
Tive seenft often."
ssThe ruins are not far from. the marsh,
ground by the river Allie
..Fyhat does that n,atter7 And ever since ]
y can ryT,eIntlsr the. FOLKS have said there is
buriedt treasure watched by raven, Penhii
Eieslop iathor aotualiy dug forit, but he only