The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-04-04
"TREMEWEN GRANGE"

| ''IREM EVE EN GRANGE.
One stormy evening in January, a
week or two after Christmas, family
in the draw room Of country house in
the north of England
The night was cold, and in the dis
| tance the moaning of the wind was heard
among the tir-trees, as it swept with a
wailing sound across the moors On
such night the inauguration natur-
ally turns to the horrible; and as we
drew our chairs closer to the fire, we be
gan to speak of the unseen world and
unearthly visitants. We talked all
over these things; one after another
remembered some tale which added
fresh horror to those already told
But amongst us, my uncle Edward still
kept silence not inattentive, for he was
listening patiently and with interest but
&i;5ing back in his easy chair, gazing
dreamingly into the red glow Of the
fire an expression Of pain and sadness
his usually happy countenance
Oh, Uncle Edward" | said. you
have been across the world, YOU must
have seen a ghost during your wander
ings. What buccaneers. have you
seen III the Spanish Main, dis
embodied spirits watching by their
graves in lonely churchyards, or
ghastly huntsmen doomed perpetually
to ride in the forests Of Germany be
cause, Of course, you have been every
where, and must have seen something
of that kind"
No, mySdear Maggie said my uncle,
| Il have seen nothing of the kind you
mention
well, but you have seen ghost" -
all the eager voices.
Eyes, uncle, do tell US your story
said /, entreatingly
Il have travelled" lie said, ''half my
lifetime, and slept in the most desolate
places and although | have lived at
times a very solitary life, l have but
one story to tell. Once and once only,
in my life, was I ever consciously in
the presence of what. could under
stand to be a living being, and yet
knew not to be certainly an appari-
ton"
"Oh, uncle, tell us your story =
What is it? what depends upon it
what happened from it %
''Do not talk all at once," he said !;
nothing happened, nothing came oft.
Why [ should have seen anything is
strange-stranger even than the sight
itself"
But we cried, "you did see a
ghost p
Il do not know was the reply; and
his voice was solemn and distinct, ''but
[ saw something once in my life; and
from that time | never listen carelessly
to what is called "a ghost story"
ooh, tell us what it is ~
We'll, then,' he said, 'syou shall
hear. You may judge for yourselves,
whether it is credible. only know
that, though it happened to me long
ago, the impression on my mind is as
vivid now as when it occurred, and, at
the time, it caused me a great deal of
pain. and perrlexity.
CIV hen | was about thirty years old,
on my return from India, | received an
invitation to visit an old friend who had
not long been married, and who was
living with his>wife in remote part of
Cornwall, about thirty miles from the
Land End
He had come into his estate very re-
Gently, on the death of an uncle, and
as they were young couple, and much
attached to each other, r,they did not feel
the want Of society, nor the loneliness
of the situation.
The country round was of the very
widest description. The grounds
opened on a long range of cliffs, bor-
dering the sea. There were few habi
tations within many miles, only 8
neighboring village or two, with fisher
mans huts scattered here and there
The coast itself was far too dangerous
to allow of very many boats putting
out to sea.
Sea birds alone appeared to find 6
home among those dreary rocks; and
often have | watched them before ;
storm, sitting on the high cliffs, OF
skimming along the surface of the wa
ter. You may well imagine, that or
such coast shipwrecks were numerous
and many a sad tale have listened tc
while sitting as we are now, around the
at Tremewen Grange-a fire which wa.
in that part of the country often com
posed of ,lrifted wood, the remains il
all probability of some unhappp YES
J sci.
'Tremewen Grange was an old
fashioned country house, which, with
out having the slightest pretensions t.
grandeur, hid about it an air of com
: fort and solidity. Solidity, indeed, wa
very necessary, considering it's bleal
and axrnnSad Sit1atinn Ii lau in q h 0l