Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-12-01

" >P'o"N"'"', i'aisHaht biohce upon
The brutal aggressor.
a year passed, AMI Ellen during that
interval heard nothin. Of Edward D.
lie had suddenly disappeared, and no one
knew the secret Of his absence. Whether
he had gone to visit foreign countries.
whether he had soj"urned in his own, or
whether the grave had swallowed him up.
NJ one could tell A. for Ellen sn. con-
tlnued faithful and hopeful she rr!, con
t!dens that he would come uccoriiny to
promise. During the year that had elapsed
she refused many eligible oilers, and her
father had failed to shake her cou>,ancy.
lhe anniversary OF. The January came
The storm fell faster ani tn. wind
howled more savag-ly than wear ago -
lhe wool was piled h. IA upon .he hearth,
and all was warm and coMtJitabl- within
Ellen was precisely where the reader h,st
saw her. She was looking in,o the slr,e,
whrre she had >ean Edward appvvat hing
at the time oi thler last meeting.
Hour after hour passed and he came not.
The family had retired, ana she Was the
so'e watcher in The house
lie cannot come on such dreadiut
night as this thought Ellen. No h4'
man being would be 50 imprudtnt as to
leave the hreslde 10 brave suci a iteezins
s,orm'
1t was in yaiu that she said to herself.
wili retire-I will wait ~ louyer :" she
was fascinated, chaire to the -pat by some
s.ra"ge and mysterious influence.
Tne clock struck ,cn-eleven, aul still
the fair watcher sa, by the window, recall
ing fall Of the words of her lover:
\ year from this night Iwi!i visit you,
'img or dead, anI Tie grave canaot hold
NE.
| i. grew colder aud colder. She wind
Enved more turioasly, and the icy seet
drove against the window pains in rafting
showers. Suddenly the wind was ha>h4d,
and tne storm p.u<ed IN its career. Ii
was quarter pAssad.twe,ve Tne street in
front Of the dwelling MAS lighted up uui!
/ ti.e individual snU1llti.es were visible. Ar
at once, following this strange il!um.na
ton, reflected directly in the middle OF the
street, Was the shadow Of the terrier dog
/ close upon the shadow came the terrier,
/ upon a hard ran, with his tongue hanging
from hls mouth, As if spent with exerion.
In an instant after the terrier made. hi,
/ appearance, came the most wonderful OF
ala dark looking horseman, mounted
upon large black steed, with dila;ed nos
/ trlts, dIstentcd avs. and s,eamnc sides
/ He seemed to tread upon the air Th,re
was no heavy tramp-no vibration OF th-
carth-no tracks in the snow TO tell
/ that the phantom horseman had passed
/ The darkness closed in agan--,he wind
how'el, and the snow burst forth again
with re'lou'lei fury
The ensuin. night found the sad wat cher
at the window wa!llns the re-appearAnce
Of the phenomenon. She d;d not wait n
'aia. Again came the same superna,
! Ural hight, again came tue shadow Of The
terrier, then tbs terrier. and then pas e |
madly by the phantom rider upon his
phantom Stee!, pausIug not moment in
his wild career, turning not his head to
the right nor to the lcft--c isting no lutive
| glaaces to the uwc-s,rcsen behulder.
Oa went tn solemn spettr,, and the
darkness shat in again bat n re was no
track upon the new-t.leu snow, and ~
| sign that living man had ridden there.
Alas. TO, Eden? She knew ,ha, her
lover was NJ more, AMI that from the
world OF the dead he had reIoeusl his
promise.
The story goe, tat sh, and others
watched night a:tes NJ Inland night at
ter night th4 san, my,tcraui RI Ter
And thus he came ;or many yeaes, a. IL
quarter bet,r. midnight, in fair weather
or Ia foM-in rain, snow, storm, wiai,
darkness AMI moonlight.
Tae ehan.c Of seasoas. and the change,
| OF temperature, and the incidental iuclem
enrics. wrought no changes in bin.
E!Iens father always grew p,le when
the phantom horseman WAS men'i,ne /,
ana sternly forbade them TO refer t, the
subject; but The whole affair so n Lecame
public property, aud hundreds cane to
watch the nightly visit of the phantom
rider. and nhne failed 10 see him at the
usual hour, AMI in the usual order-the
terrier invariably preceding him, following
his own shadow
AT length, after many years, on the an.
n'versary Of the January night, the phan.
! tom Gene without the horse The terrier
walked slowly before him, and be followed
ut pace measured aud solemn His ha,
was slouched over his eyes, and his head
Was bent upon his brea,t-but Ellen knew
i. was Edward. She tried TO speak, but
her tongue refused to articuiaIe.
I'm tho following night Ellen awaited
his appearance with irn determination
t" speak and kd'w the object OF his cou.
tinned visits --but when he came her con,
age failed. Instead Of keeping straight
f"rward, rs on other occasions. III, spec
tre crossed the street, and stood for mo-
J inent beside the fence near the window