The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-10-24
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TEIE HAUNTED sssANTY.
FROM THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY.


know it, Me an Rachel was more an more
together, the more we growcd up only more
sccret-likc: SO by the time | was twenty an
she was nineteen, VIC was promised TO one
another as true as could be. did MT keen
company with hcr, though--leastwav no
reg lar | was afraid my father a find il out.
an knew what he ID say about il. He kep'
givin' me hints about Mary Ann Jones'
Her father had two hundred acres, an mon
ey out at interest. an only three children.
He'd nud ten. but seven Of EN- died. had
nothiu' agin Mary Ann. but never thought
of her that way, like did towards Rachel.
"Well things kcp runnin on; / was n
good deal worried about it, but u young fell
Ter. YOU know. don't look fur ahead. so got
along. One night. howsever,--'t was Jus,
about dark as last night was-I Il been to
sss ss 'T.S R,b. % 9s %,s cqs@g nse g % ss Ss1o % o
a pound o tea, think it was am some sew
in thread. ] went out little while after
her, an follcrcd as fast as could, for we
had the same road nigh to home.
at weren't long aforo I overlook her.
Twas m;phtv dark as was savin' nm 50 I
hooked her arm into minc nm VIC went ON
comfortable topether tal,ip' oh,rt how we
/ list suited each otber lle yc was emf ont
/ o. ru,YDosc. an how lone we'd have TO wait
an what folks wou'd say oh Lord don't
| remember eyerv word ~ tbo, nirhtq.-
! Well. we got cute tendcr.Iil;c wban we ,yot
TO Old Emmon's cafe. nm mn and ,,ovo her
hug an lot o kisses. to mako un orlost
| time. Then she went into the bouse and
turned for homc but Ihad'nl rome len stems
afore como arr somebody stand;n' in The
/ middle o. the road. 'HuIjov saws Tho
next t5irr he had holt o. nv coot-coIIar an
shucll me like tarricy-dog shakes a rat
| l<nowed who il WAS arore he smoke. an 7
couldn't o. been moro syeered if the life bad
all pono ont ~ mo Ha'I henn dawn 10 thn
tavern to sec "a dyover. an comm homo he'd
folIcred behind us all the way. boorin' evcrv
word we said.
| 81 don't like to think o the words he used
! that night. He was a profcssin' member.
! an vet he swore the awtullest I ever hecr.
| ed.''
Here the man involnntariIy raised his
hands to his ears. as if TO ston them even
! AGAINST the memory Of his fother's curses
~ cxpnctcJ every minnie bc'd n sirpc,,
me down. I've wished serce he Lqd: lon't
think | could o stood N1s. Howsevcr. Lc
dl aged me home, never icttin' 60 nv col
lar, til we got into the room whore mother
was settin' mn for MS. Then he told her on
" maxim ten times worse thaut really Was,
! Mother alwas kind o. liked Rachel 'cansc
she was mjgbty handy at SEWN and orilt-
in INIT she no mora dornl stand ny eoir
father than sheen arm . LnlIlor $he
! looked at me pitvjn'-l'kc rmust sov an' ;st
begun to crv-an | couldn't heID erwin
nuther. when saw how il hurt her,
"Wel. after that twas no uec thitI,;u' ~
Rache! any more. had to 90 10 Jones's
whether i wanted TO or 10. fclt miphtv
mean when | thoseht O. Rachel an was
alcared 70 good Il come Of il, but fltherist
rnunagcd things his way, an I couldn't help
myself Old Jones had dnothn' agiu me. for
! I was a stiddv, hard-worl;ing reller as there
was round, aud Mary Ann was always as
pleasant as could he, then; we'll ought MT
| to say anything agin her now; she had a
hard litc 'loAgsde o me. Aroro long we
were bespoke and the dav set. Father hur-
red things when it got that fur. | don't
! think Rachel knew anythin., aboutitt,ll tho
day uforc the wedding. or mebbv the very
dav. Old Mr.. Larrahee was the minister,
an there was only the two families at the
house, an Miss Plankcrton. her that scwcd
! for Mary Ann. never felt so oneasv in nv
| life. though tried hard not to show it.
| "Well, twas all list over and the kisstn'
about to begin when heerod the house
| door bust open suddent | felt my heart
give one jump right up to the root of my
tongue, and then fell back sick and dead
like.
The par'or door flew open right away,
an in come Rachel without a bonnet. an
her hair all irowzed by the wind, She was
as white as a sheet an her eyes like two
burnin Goals. She walked straight through
en- all and stood right atore me. They was
all 50 taken ahlck they never thought O
stoppin her. Then she kind o screechcd
out-'Eber Nicholson what are You doin {?
You are married to mc in the sight of God.
You belong TO me an | TO You forever an
torcvern Then they begun cTyin' out
| Go way' Take her away What does
| she mean? an old Mr.. Larraboe lctched
| hold of her arm. She begun to Jerk an
trenble all over; she drawed in her breath
in a sort O groanin way, awful to hear, an
then dropped down on the floor in fit
! | bust out in terrible spell O. cryin; |
couldn't o helped to save my life"
The man paused, drew his sleeve across
his eyes, and then timidly looked at me-
| Seeing nothing in my face, doubtless but
the profoundest commisserat;on, he remark.
ed in a more assured voice, as K in iustif-
cation--
1T was pretty hard thing for a man to
go through with, now. wasn't it?"
"You NAV wcD saw that s,id nYour
story il not vot fn:sbcJ bou,o,.o,. rbis
Rachel Emmons-von saw she is stiIl livino,
in what wav does She coTse tbe distnrboT,
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