The Lincoln County herald., 1869-07-22

TROY, NO. THURS
~ rtsk tanner, and the friends and ,rsls.
tivss take . Last look on the iacss Of the
husbaad ADD vile. Tho souusry people
credit the report thal.tAe ghost Of The
maniac wife sDpssrs niShtly oa HEWITT
Bridge. Some say that ~ husband, and
the lover, of lsa accompany her. never
saw sithss. che husband 90 Ms lovss, and,
therefore, I cannot, verify yths assertion.
"No, sers ,Ioq psssr ,Ssw The, lady Z
ghost sitkstlT Nj, Dopbtsff sSclaims.
D,dnt I. HAppyh. Well, Al !, have 70
eay is: Listen 70 ny story. And s Jos
don't believe that ! sav tho ghost Of the
good tanser,s vito, that uucla Of mine,
whom I rsspsstsd and loyed 20 much,
would swear 70 hia dying day. that be
saw tho "Ghqst Of Hewitts Bridge"
There were many handsoms girls iq tho
old town Of Random. IL would be hard
to and 40 old town, in Ireland Of which
the same, could not n. said. We may
have besn deprived. Of fame, and. lands,
-Aad culnssy end svsa honor, bus ths 90
commodatine and ever attentive Saxon
cannot deprive us Of the, beauty of our
Irish girls. And proud We should b,
that, comparatively, 20 few Of our maidens
are a. silly % poor Margaret Lawson was.
Jano O'Donovan was the daughter of q
wealthy farmer, and thero was not girl
in or near Random that town noted far
aud vide for ths beauty ofits girls-who
could compare with her 10 everything
that was handsome, and good, and witty,
and generous. l fairly aaored Jane
O'Donovsn. Her kind words aud still
kindlier smiles, we're irresistible. Little
did the farmers beautiful daughter i'm.
agips that the young orphan on whom
she merely bestowed the common e,vili.
ties Of social life, looked on her with
feelings almost amounting to alteration.
But so II was, and 10 it has been through
this life Of mine. Through all its weary
struggles aud welcome changes, that
bright, winsome, fair face has ever held
. cherished place in my heart. .....,,
And what do you suppose that fasci
mating uncle Of mine had the impudcnce
to do2 lie sought to win Jane ODono.
van for his wife. That peevish, over.
bearing, selfish man, with not one noble
trait in his character, not one PROPOSES.
ing feature on bis face, with no grace or
beauty 10 his form, had the audacity to
pay court to the lovsliest girl in Munster.
Pity il is that I was not . oomely
young man then. What q glorious
triumph it would have been could have
won Jano O'Donovau from that hateful
uncle 49,. ''.
All, we'll, the marriage bells have been
rung ere now, and Jane is the good wife
Of : noble Irish farmer. That farmer
may thank the "Ghost Of Hewitt's Bridge
fnr his good fortune But I Am sarv
much afraid that il I mention any more
people who are indebted to the ghost for
tho qualification Of either their revenge
or their love, my ghost will not be taken
for ghost at al, bat regarded as some
good fairy, whose mission il was to foil
the evil and assist tho good. ''1 o. ."
Tho ghost Of Margaret the tanner Q
wife, appcared on Hswitt's bridge every
night-so said the carmen who 'camc
from the west on their way to the sea.
port. So said the farmers who remained
iu town late on fair and market days. So
said tho game keeper Of the. lord who
owned the estste iu the ,nsighborhood.
Hundreds had seen the ghost, and scsrsely
any ops, doubted the earnest tturies 70
lated about its appearance.
That dnclo Of mine prefesssd to doubt
the existence Of such things. Relaughsd
at the bafo idea, and asserted over and
over that be would watch on the bridge
with any one who cared to accompany J
him and expose the trick, for such he
declared it TO be. '.'s 10 -. ''sa
We had . joyous merry making one
night at the hospitabls; farm. house ol
Dir. O'Dopovan. All tho young lads,apd
lasscs Of the neighborhood wore asssm.
bled, and tbs merry dances, tho'joyou,
laughter peais, the pleasant songs. 'ant
the amusing games lkspt us all linitl
ding till near midnight. ssy %, !. ,j,,S
Jane O'Donovan had teen oil mirtl
and good nature during The early part o.
the evening. and Il was noticed lha
James Murray, the son vf nsig&behn(
farmer,y. wiG hote than Usually attehtiv'
y her. About fen o'clock ! missed Jam
from the daneiag, and slthosgk ! soagh
III her III Ill the rooms whore the gasstl
we're ssssmblbd, 1 could not and As1.,,i
=, "whS Irs Uu .toctipg fO5 Das''
,sked Nat, U'Douoxan, ! Young brGths,
! "Wona.r vhsrs Jlps q r"'wis ths 70
Ily; sThey .S ~! ~ lssoDkipg sMot,h,sss. M N, =.
there : fsv moments lgc, nYss., snt
Somebody vas, With her, TOO" a foot
step VI, heStd o1 tho gravel walk Ital
the Window, and, athiutitg That yjni
might bs rstdrnihg, ! looked out. Idis
not ~ Jana o. Donovan, but I W, @j
iaviSg nncls, MiShDt Ds1pssy. vslksui
kssilfy tolsrd thA, gsiheh sgsts.e .erf ta!
on. .his tysck, In .. few moments, but Will
III nv 'hsst3 Ecvald not FeiSh thG kafast