The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-01-25
gelett Story,
lFrom Ballou's Monthly Magazine.]
THE HAUNTED WHERRY.
BY ESTHER sERLE KENNETH.

Take you across? yes sir! River
pretty high now; always is in tn,
spring. Good smooth river. Il ough
never knew any accidents to-hrppen {
Go 'sing. .Umph not from he rough
rPss of the water
I've new bat? Yes sir, have
Been across with me b, fore. th,n.--
Don: +, collect you. Yes sir, tits {
good boat, 81 very good bat. Other
one w0rn oit No sir, it wasn't
Sold it? No :ir, | didn't
don't mean To be uncivil. Sir
Perhaps Pd better tell you the story
as we 90 over.
You're fond of stories. ell? Wei,
his is precious strange one.
don't tell it often In the first
place, Pm not alwa,s in the whim for
it. There are times VIXEN don't like
10 think of it even. Then, again, il
isn't everybody I'd tell it 10. There
are thn-e people who wouldn't believe
a word of it, and people who'd laugh
in your tacr at the idea Of a Mheri y
being hau,td. But, by Jedediah,
SIR, that old wherry of mine was
haunted
There's an oli place, hack a piece
Oh the opposite bank. called the Ro
ses. Ii has ieen very fine place,
bun it's changel owners a good many
times, aud has got somewhat dilapida
tel It's called the r 'ses, as l said.
but flowers and such lik. have mostly
died out. But there's some old trees
and stately lcok about the house, as
if twas meant for rich folks
It's about four years, now, sine
Lady Viva va liere c;tme there to
live, She was French lady, and
right handsome, sir: I've seldom
seen Landowner woman, and I've
taken many a fair freight in my old
wherrt. She had a soft, moony kind
of face, with hair that was half black
anl half gold, Iippling around her
dimplrs. ami eyes as brown as chest
nut, with curlcd black 1ashes. HeI
smile was that sweet that it had son e
thing intoxicating in it. I've seen
men look at her as I've seen hungry
child 10 * at basket of rip. peaches
Well, she came to the Roses with
her hou usekeeper and her servants
She had some wealth, / suppose Not
enough. likely, for she aimed ior more
and got It.
Well, she gave party after she
had got settled, and the towniolks had
called on her. She had very pleasant
ways and was very popular.
rem mher that nisht-how the
house was all lighted, and the trees OF
the avenue hung with colored .nterns
and the people came in such crowds
| could hardly get across with u EN-
There were the Goldings, aud the
Bromleys, and the Vanbrugs There
were the. .Silhs of Appleton, and the
Greys Of Seigerville. There was
the beautiful Miss Liddell of Bays
water, and though Mr.. Montcalm
didn't come, his nephew, young Wer-
ner. d d, AMI that WIS the worst of it
Well there was high times at the
Roses that n .ht. There was laugh
ing ard taking, and dancing, and
beaua aful singing. After all the peo-
pie had, gone over, | got u rest, aud 1
called to my wife 10 come down from
our little house the pines, there, and
Listen 10 muse they wers playing for
to. dance by. She came, bringing lit
tie Jim all wrapped up in shawl
for the night dews were heavy and
and we three sat in the boat and look
ed and listened fer long hour. You
see it wasn't often that such doings
went on among US, and perhaps we
enjoyed our share as much as some
others whose name was on LADY Wv
ia's invitation liar