Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-09-04

-.-1holr very hair stood on end-tho cold pcrs.
piratioh to stand out from their forehcads-
when tho object rapidly receded from thoir
vision; then each drew long breath, when
Will said
Boys this is terrible; would rather die
than bo filled with this horrible fear"
Mao" Perhaps if we load our horses, we
can got by before it appears; I would not see
it again for hundred dollars
Stephen and Dick" Let us do Il nri,l,
thou !"
In a" instant they d;smountcd Will han
ded his bride to ono of the boys aud said,
I" Lead my horse on boys, intondod to SEQ
what that is"
Mac-"Wby, Will, how foolish you might
lose your lifo"
The three boys thon caush! hold Of VIII
aud endcayored to drag him with thcm, but
ho resisted, and at last said, "Lct us pass the
object, aud then will explain what moan
aud Intend to do.
They passed tho plaoo whore the object was
last seen, about fifty yards. aud stopped
"Boys," said w., I said T intended seeing
what that was; will give you GOOD reason.
feel now that the thing we saw was ghost !;
and though thero may be danger in It, would
rathe' die than fear that at any .i,uo, may
soc some other tcryiblc thlne and besides, I
don't intend to have any foolish follow say he
frightened mo-"
They used cvory effort 10 stop him, but he
Insisted, aud just chen tho horses ted, and
on looking back, they found the objeo Of their
fear in apparently the so;no place.
"stMnd horo, boys" said W., ".ill re.
turn" OF he startcd, armed only with his
riding whip. AS hc approached tile object he
walked slowly, so that no might determine
what was. Thcro it stood, about tho height
OF q man pparcntly covered With gauze it
was mo'!ohless, except tho slight trcmor
which passed oycr i. occasionly. Sill gazing
steadily, Ito advanced within few :cet Of il
and spoke" Who are you, and What arc
you ?"
No answer; but che troamor was little
more decided. Wills hair began to stand on
end, aud no could sec The staring eyes, and
almost tho mouth opened TO answoi him. His
Imagination was clothing it with new !crrors
horlifcl himself, and with his hear. almost
Sill, III as loud voice AS lie could command
he cried, "Speak, I say; if you do no., |
wall strike you with my whipw
No answer, but tho figure began to loso il,
brightness, aud Will being wrought up to The
highest pitch Of excitement, and fearing that
even then he would not discover what was be-
fore him, struck with nll his force at the
same moment, he folt his hand and arm smart
ing with pain, and the object of his teyror,had
entirely disappeared. The othor boys heard
terribly shrick-whioh one only can uttcr
whon III mortal terror, and rushod to his as
sistance. CAS- they came up, hc roso from the
ground 10 which ho had fallen, aud went io,-
nediatolyy 10 the place where the ghost lad
stood) lie passed his hand about the sno,
aud it came in contact witil-wnat? why. a
thorny bush, covered with thic,:ly woven
spider web. This, in the night air, had be-
come covered with dow, and Tho moon shin
ing on this through an opening in tic lcsvo,.
above, had made The Ghost.
la, ha, ha p roarod win. awe arc
bravo sol of boys, to DO scared b. spidor
web =
stcphcu--" Will, what did you thin..
when you saw that thing trembling in tho
the wind p
"Think" says Will, I" it does vcry we'll
to laugh now; III tell you that when struck
that thing and it disappeared suddenly and
the briars scratched my hand, + was 50 scared
tilas:. tts: screetchcd as loud as ! could, for then
I thought it was over viii. ms. II makes me
smile now, TO think how easily was scared
for Of course when struok it, knocked ali
the dew of. WeIl, let us 60 and look ;,ftor
horses. ! have killed one ghost aud want to
go home"
Stephen" We'll boys, l. have hunted
through tho woods all my life, and seen good
many things, but would not have been iu
WINS place tonight, for pretty sum"
Mac" Nor I; though am clad VIII
wont, for it shows us how We ought to act at
such times"
Diok.-" Boys, hunting wild oats is dan
gerous, but had rather be treed by one than
look after anotl'or ghost. by The wy, SUP
pose we take cat-huot tomorrow. NV dogs
Will hunt thcm mud that will So, -, 49,