The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-05-12
1 thought of Adela and Julia; which
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lating during my stay at Mr.. Rubert's
/ left next morning "hving and low
ing" =
Two years after the above mention
ed incident took place, I was passing
through that part of the. country
again, and of course I called on Mr..
Rubert. s-...-
I, - :. found that the neighborhood was
as superstitious as ever: The place
Where Bill jenkins had heard the
ghost was still haunted. Many things
had been heard; sights had been seen
from an angel to Beelzebub him
self. .-t .f-.' -. -. a. ~
1 was very anxious to come across
one of the ghosts, and during my stay
at Mr. Rnbert's passed through the
haunted place at all times of the night
but saw and heard nothing. l finally
came to the conclusion that it was all
immagination. .....,-...... ...--..-..
One dark night in July ] was pass
ing through this place, and heard
something make noise III the dry
leaves near me; turning toward the
noise 1 beheled something that looked
very much like a ghost. 1t seemed
to be the figure of woman. There
was no waist in her dress, and it was
very long. Ait I could make out,
not withstanding the darkness. =.
I stood still to see what she would
do. / must acknowledge that | did
not feel exactly cool just then, but |
managed to appear so. q 80
Marion" said the ghost, eff you
will be happy you must marry Julia
Rubert. Remember, Marionl'
Il Judge of my surprise and horror
when the ghost spread out her arms
and ascended upwards, until she. was
lost in the timber! What could l do!
Scared as l was, I did not run, knock
ing down the fence. as Bill jenkins
did. +. 80 ~. - -.
u I9started on slowly toward Mr.. Ru-
bert's; after had gone a few PAGES, |
heard a distant roaring behind me
that continued more than two minutes.
/ did not look back, for l did not care
about coming in contact with another
ghost that night.
At an early hour l retired. Next
morning when l came into the parlor
Julia was there alone. When | en-
tered she greeted me, blushing and
trembling. - . -
After / had looked around and con
vinced myself that no one was near,
said:
s:Julia, at last / have seen a ghost" !"
T. When I said this, Julia again blush
ed and turned her head from me.
ns'What kind of ghost was it.? said
She ',. -'' %
told her all I had seen, but omit
ted what the ghost had said.
"Julia told me that she had seen
one just like it two or three nights be-
fore. i..' & -.'f.. 1870
II suppose" said she, t.'that you
have become superstitious ?"--'i ..-'
a l could not deny, yet I would not
acknowledge that l was superstitious.
/ implored Julia not TO mention it
until could find out something more
about the ghost, and she promised. -
I determined to pass through tn 8
place every night during my stay at
Mr. Rubert's which was to continue
about two weeks from this time. E''' Z.
= For several nights heard nothing,
nor did I see anything like a ghost
until the night before my departure,
when walking along, I beheld the
same ghost, at the same place, stand
ing aho,.t twenty feet from me when
I first beheld it. l stopped '!l, end the
ghost said: ' r-'''i. , - - -. -
'a ''Alarion, to morrow you leave this
place and you have not asked Julia to
be your wife: Go and ask at once
:. Remember, Marion !"
a. Instantly I rushed forward and
threw my arms around the ghost.
She shrieked and started up; I held
fast, and up we went. . -.
Z No pen can describe, no tongue can
tell, in fact no one can 'iinagine my
feelings at this moment.
Up we went. Still 1 held Oh to the
ghost. But l was becoming sick of
my situation. had my whole weight
to hold up by holding. to the phaar-
b: rLet me down J" shouted T. 90 81
,stPromise me one thing" said the
ghost. l'''Proihise that you will, leave
the spot as soon as you touch the
ground"
III promise anything to get from
here" said [. -. Z. . ,.1i"f f'~-.-s-
"Let us down ?" she shouted as loud
as I had. -- fri'' -9 -5#3F- r."5-i i.
Down we went. But as we went
down ] was very busy trying to find
out something more about her. I
found that she had large rope around
her, and was drawn up by it! A loop
was made for feet, then one for each
hand; and she could stand upright
with the greatest ease. 5si'iff = ..7a +.
Just as we touched the ground, 1
took out my knife and cut the rope,
Just above the head of the ghost. Il ;. =
She shrieked and fell to the ground
I raised her up. .''7 -s" =
'.Not said she, "Beelzebub will be
here in moment. See! there he
comes now J" ~li5 -sil-i. .ti-s
/. Here she tried to leave me, but I
held, on to her. j: / heard terrible
noise in the dry leaves just behind
me. I looked around and something
was approaching. AS near as I could
discern in the dark it resembled a
very large man ''i.4 '.'.'''-'i' 9;i' q.
= 1t came up very close to me and
stood still for moment then it tap
ped me on the shoulder and said in a
rough, hoafss voice: ''.' 20
'Come %.
I put my hand down to the ground
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about as large as a mans ARM ]
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