Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-04-04

rlenced, revealed the whole surrounding
scenery to mo in, gtastly dlstihctness--
deep woods, through which the marrow
, road wound sinuOusly77a SunkeD, zigzal
fence on either side, and - -
Could it have beer possible that I wat
I mistaken9 ? Or did a white, terrified
i.face glare st mine through the low cedar
thickets, in that instant of Illumination,
Sultan, too, started, and sprang to the
side Of the road with motion very pn-
usual to him. '',-l -''
'Halloa 7 cried out, listening intently
for some other sound than the rush Of
the rain and the perpetual Autter Of
moving foliage in the wind, But no
sound was returned. Twice I repeated
the summons--twice it was in vain.
we are dreaming, Sultan + | said, en-
oOuragingly, to my horse. Come, get
on, old fellow, or We shall fancy ourselves
hemmed in by whole colony of witches
and wizards
an not nervous nan by nature, but
those three miles seemed to me the long
est three had ever traversed, and un4
consciously I kept listening for footsteps
on the side Of the road, watching for
pale, frightened faces, with the hair mat
ted back by wind and rain And when
at last the ruddy lights Of the wayside
tavern cleaned through the dense, misty
darkness, I welcomed them with glad
heart .,,.... ..,,
That night slept The dull, heavy
sleep Of a thoroughly wearied man, and
rose; depressed and unretreshed, in the
morning. Not even the fragrant slices of
ham, each crested with tie golden globe
Of an egg, and the genuinely good coffee
Of the country-inn breakfast could in
spire me with az appetite.
Bring me my bill, landlord, if you
please.' 4, ga ,f-l,r'T
I'm sorry you should have been de-
layed, sir said tho fat and jolly Boni-.
face, bustling in, 'but the servants have
JUS! come in from the village, and they're
telling me Of very extraordinary ocl
currenceT-a lupRdc, sir, of their
worst cases, escaped from the asylum,
and at large in the woodsP az
"A lunatic T Fra gs
l. felt the blood ebb away from my
cheeks as / remembered the white face
among the cedar thickets Of the wilder
ness. ..t;-.-1 .,a... ,r...e
sWhat time did he escapeT asked.
About seven o'clock, sir
And i had seen the apparition at
little after nine. Then it was no optical
delusion-no spectre of disordersd i'm.
aginatiOn-b but something more terrible,
more real, far. .,,
I paid my bill without word; then /
told my host what I had seen.
'Dear me, sir, said the excited land.
lord. But they're on his track they'll
soon secure him..
Landlord l SAID, as l drew on my
gloves, is it far to Arch Han?'
Arch Hall, sir2 Squire Ackley's?
Only about two miles by the footpath
through the wOOds-siz by the high
road ,o,-s.
l waited an instant. Bright and warm
the summer morning sunshine streamed
in upon the floor; softly the breeze
stirred the 'matrimony vines that trailed
over the porch pillars I thought of
Sultan, already Overwearied by his long
journey. Ind s gH
I have half a mind TO walk, and let
them send Sultan after me this after
noon.' se-s "a a.., sI.a .l3
Its just q pleasant walk, sir said
mine host, rubbing his hands and smil-
ing. Squire Ackley an OLD; friend of
you're, sir p 19'piaaeo avaa
X es--no !; I have never seen him.
He was my brothers. friend. aisi1 I'd
The landlord looked at the deep
mourning weed on my hat and nodded.
'Are you expected, sir2'saal1sia oi 10
4 suppose so.' 1odlG 20 bg,oa eds
Other questions no doubt my landlord
would have asked, but checked them BY
inquiring the exact way, and set forth,
breathing in the delicious summer air as
if it were draught Of wine / -Ass4'a
It was alonely, 1odt-of-the.way path,
lying through solitary glen, through
whose eshadowy depths a noisy little
stream went raving along, sparkling here
and there through the underground like
stray diamonds. The trees we're yet
drenched and and dripping from the
storm Of tho night before, and as L
pushed my way through oVerhanging
bushes, tho drops of moisture dFsnehed
lae with miniature showers; but Iucared
not. The sweet air, the lovely woods
land glen, and the noisy rapture of innu-
merable, birds, all contributed to- make
me happy, and H. Whistled Chs tfilyas /
walked along!el3 sasdi 10 a5e9 Ia olg
9lywas picking my way cautiously over
theistones thatllay across ths little RVS
ulet directly in the patb,i when, looking
up, Imet theotull gaze Of apairiof dark
eyes, FpsaiG ea5.li iie nI .iaebiv5 sid3I
aaAaiman wearing o littlo Scotch cap,
and with his hair and clbthing sgEinklcd
faH0J ch3 iagi tgeUI9m ps4t