The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-01-30

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So saying, she dropped her arms.
and nscended slowly upwards until
she was out Of sight.
John afterwards married Jane
and the hubert family we're at the
wedding.
expressed desire TO see or hear
some such ghosts, but Austin tho,
that | would repent my wish when
| saw them.
Bed time came and we retired az
the clock struck twelve.
| lay awake in he'd a long time.
thinking Of the incidents OF the dnv
| thought OF AdeIia and Julia.
which ] loved best, could not tell
Nothing elee took placs wortl, re
lating here during my stay at Mr.
Roberts. left next morning, 'liv,
ing and loving
Two years after the above men.
toned incident took place. | was
passing through that part Of the
country again, and of course | called
on Mr.. Rubert.
l found that the neiehborhood
was ss snperstiti3ns AZ ever. The
The place where Bill Jenkins had
heard the ghost, was still haunted. -
Many things had been heard; sights
mad been seen-irom an angel 70
Bezebub himself.
was very anzions to come across
one OF the ghosts, and during my
stay at Mr.. Rubett's | passed through
the haunted place at all times ofthe
night. but saw and heard nothing. -
| final 2 came TO the conclusion that
it was oil imagination.
One dark night 10 July was
passing through this place, end
heard something make noise 10 the
dry leaves near me; turning towards
the noise, | beheld something that
looked, | thought, very much like a
ghost. 1t seemed to bs the fiyure O.
. woman. There was the waist in
her dress, and it Sss very long, all
| this could make out notwi,nstand.
ing the darkness.
stood still to sse what it would
DO. l must acknowledge that | did
not teei exactly cool jaat then, bat |
managed 10 appear 80.
Marion, ssid the ghost. II vou
will De happy, you must marry Jal q
Rubert. Remember Marion
Judge to my surprise and horror
when the ghost spread out her arms
and ascended upward, until she was
lost in the timber, What could |
do2 Scared az | WAS, did not run,
knocking down the fence as Bill
Jenkins did.
| started on slowly toward Mr.
Ruber.'s; after had gone few pa
ces, heard distant roaring behind
ma that continued more than two
minutes. | did not look back, for
did not care about coming in contact
with another ghost, that night.
At sD early hour | retired. Next
morning when | came into the par
lor Julia vas there alone. When
she entered, she greeted me, blush
ing and trembling.
After | hal looked around and
convinced myself that no one was
near, / ssid:
'Jalis. at lsst | have seen a ghost ;
What kind ofa ghost was itl' said
she.
told her ell had seen, but
omitted what the ghost had said.
Julia told mo that she had seen
one just like it two or three nights
before.
al suppose" said she, THAT you
have become superstitious?"
could not deny, yet would not
sckno wledge that | WAS eupersti.
sious.
| implored Julia not to mention
it until | could find out semetb ing
more about the ghost, and she prom.
ised.
| determined TO pass through
this place every night during my
stay at Rubert's, which was to con
tinue about two weeks from this
time.
For several nights l heard moth
ing, nor did | see anything like a
ghost until the night before my ds-
parture, when walking along, l be-
held the same ghost, at the same
place, standing about twenty fest
from me when | frat bebeld it.
stopped, and the ghost said:
marion, tomorrow you leave
this place, and you have not asked
Julia to be your wife. Go and ASK
her at once. Remember Msrionr'
| Instantly | rushed forward and
threw my arms around the ghost. -
She sfirieked, and siarted up; held
fast, and up we went.
No pen can describe, no tongue
can tell. in fact no one can imsgins
nv feelings at this moment.
Up We went. Stll | held on e
the ghost. But / WAS bscomine
sick OF my situation. | had my
whole weight TO hold up, by holdins
to the phantom.
LET me down." shouted l. .o
"Promise me one thing" said tn,
, ghost. ''Promise that You will lsav,
7: this spot az soon ss you touch th'
; ground" . a"tsH