The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-26
THELATEsT FRoM sURRENcK:
The : Ghosts Still on the Rampage
Thrilling Adventure with q Goblin.

AAHAuS AutonkuAU Wall"
Thelast we have from the rendezvous Of the
ghosts is tnatia gentleman recently aSrive
In this city after going to see what he could
find out In regard to the mysterious affair,
states that soon. after his arrival and5while
sitting at q table In the room, a large empty
shoe walked In at the end door, and after
reaching the middle of the room stood upon
the toe for q few seconds, then vanished. Of
course all were amazed, but no satisfactory
explanation couldibe given. fInthis connection
we publish the following, which shows the re-
suit of one daring gentleman who undertook
to solve the mystery, perfectly confident that
| he could not be bamboozled az other folks had
been. Here Is his experience as published in
the Macon Telegraph and Messenger:
While the talk about the ihobgoblIhs that
were creating such q CONSERVATION, at the
residence OF Mr.. SurreDcy, was at Its height,
8 Macon gentleman, who does not belieYe Id
| ghosts, simply because he never sawEone,
concluded he would 60 down to No. 8 and
solve the matter, and let the public know how
sadly 1t had; been duped. Accordingly he pro-
vided for the trip BY, eating q hearty supper,
and slowing a wholesome lunch away In bis
satchel, he look the train and wa of for the
exciting scenes Of ghostdom.
In due time be arrived at %surrency, and
disembarked from the train. His first impress
sion whenihe landed (about 8 A.. M was that
If ever ghosts did stalk abroad, that was pre-
clsely the kind of a spotthey' would select for
| and starlight failed TO force Its way through
! the outrageous pines, which interlocked their
| long branches fer overhead. It was dark
dark asiErebus, and as dismal az q graveyard.
Owls !hooted and screamed away up in.the
| branches ofthe pines, while ever aud anon
| one, holder than the rest, would 1utter down
close to the ghost-hunter, snapping Its bill as
It's wings. .Occasionally,h FREELY would emit
it's slckly spark, while from the adjacent
marshes rolled the deep basso of the bull
frogs. = .aii1ad IEt-I ,1114
The explorer was not charmed with 1.-The
situation. His confdenceln Ills " courage
began to weaken. He began to believe It
barely possible that ghost might walk abroad
at night, and II. some dreadful goblin had
reached out Its lank,, long fingers TO clutch
him BY the hair, be, would notlhaye thought It
unreasonable. .ulli.,5Ig
Alter the train had. left, he stood upon the
railroad track, waiting for bis eyes to become
accustomed to the darkfsothat he could:see
which way togo. He stood'f for aome minutes
listening 10 the sounds above described, and
endeavorlng TO look around him, when all at
once an apparitlon appeared very near him,
moon the railroad track, which drove every
drop of his blood back 10 bis heart, and set each
hair of bis head upon. end and stiff as q crow
bar. To say that he was frightened by no
means expresses the sensation he felt. His
first idea was to fly, and he Immediately put
nc INTO execution. He took the line of the
railroad track and ran. he never before had
any idea what speed he could make In an
emergency. Crosslies beneath bis flying feet
were blended into q solid pavement Of wood.
Yet close at his heels wa the hideous spectre,
gaining on him slowly, but surely.
Along the track he continued In hls. flight,
uinlIl he had run about nve miles, the goblin
all the time In the closest pursuit. Here he
remembered that the bridge over the Ocmul-
gee was lust ahead Of him, and inevitably he
must fall through and perish, or else stop and
perish at the hands OF the demon that pursued
him. He never before had any conception OF
what horror was. he felt that he was rapidly
approaching the last leap, and just as the last
thread of his hope had snapped, and he had
given up all for lost, he was shaken roughly
by the arm and q voice exclaimed /: wake up
here. Didn't you say you wanted TO get OIL al
No. 6 ?" .l t.
= s.No, I'll be id II 1 did ~ was the re-
Spouse. I'm going to Jessup."
The conductor passed on, aud the ghost. hum
ter sadly opened his satchel. drew forth a bot
tie of Hostetter's bitters and proceeded to
drown the effects OF the nightmare that had
disturbed bis slumbsr upon lhe car.