The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-12-25

separation. But as she approached the
figure, and before she had had time "a
speak, or, indeed, 10 do more than notice
that her friend looked very pale and i'll,
her horse, an unusually quiet, steady ami
NAL, seemed struck with sudden terror
reared, shied, and finally plunged into
hollow by the roadside, from which she
had some difficulty in extracting. him.
When she did succeed In bringing him
back TO the level road, ,sbe, found, 10 her
establishment, that the young girl had dis,
appeared. Completely mysified,S she
hastened home, there to learn that her
friend had died suddenly that very morn.
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The next instance shall narrate was
told me by German gentleman, whose
mother was the heroine Of the tale. His
father had been appointed to some public
office In 10 small German town. and
among the emolnments Of! the place was
the privilege of residing In large, old
fashioned, but very handsome mansion.
The husband, and wife (named .Caroline)
set of in high spirits to behold their new
abode, TO which some portion OF their fur.
niture had already been transferred. They
went from room to room, inspecting and
planning, till they came TO an apartment,
the ceiling OF which was deliberately de-
corated with plaster Cupids, baskets Of
flowers, ETC, modelled In high relief, and
with q sceptre.piece OF unusual size and
Imsgnifcence. a small table, the only ar
ticle OF furniture the room contained, was
placed directly under this centre piece.
The young vile, rather weary of her re-
searches, was standing beside this table,
and was leaning on 1t, while she went on
talking with her husband, when suddenly
q loud, imploring voice called from down
stairs, "Caroline !! Caroline! come down
to me-comeW ,
aWho can that be?" asked the hus-
band, ID amazement. II fastened all the
doors and windows before we left the
lower rooms!'
Again came the loud call, this time
with an accent Of agonized entreaty.
"Caroline oh, Caroline! Come down
do GOMEZ" LIZ.
The young couple hesitated no longer,
but hastened down stairs. There was no
one there. Doors and windows were
securely fastened, and the old house
looked as solitary as when. they had first
entered It. : -
every strangeI" said the gen tleman.
"But now that we are down here, Caro-.
line, suppose we take 9 look at the gar.
den."
So they sailed forth TO examine that
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" had they entered 1t when they were
startled by u loud crash within the
house. Looking up they saw. volumes
Of what appeared to BIZ smoke issuing
hon the windows Of the room they had
Just Quilted and fearing that the room
was on fire, they quickly returned TO 1t.
There was no fire what had appeared to
be smoke was only cloud Of dust; for
the massive and deliberately ornamented
ceiling had fallen, and the heavy centre.
piece had crushed to fragments the table
against which the young wife had go
lately been leaning. eBut for the warn
ing voice, her destruction would have
been inevitable. My informant went on
10 state that the pieces Of tho shattered
table were preserved as sacred relics by
his parents; and that his mother always
declared that she had recognized In the
mysterious voice that Of q dear relative
long before deceased. --''--.'''s''
II was once my fortune 10 pass some
veekS In Q sahaunted house, was quite
yodnR then-a mere schoolgirl, in fact
and the friend whom I came to visit was
also very young, and both of US were
too gay and froiicsome to care much Tor
what was strange or startling in our sur
roundings. Not that we ever saw any
thing-my friend herself, the daughter Of
TIN house. had never done so-but the
sounds We heard were sufficiently odd
and inexplicable to FL us with astonish.
ment, II not with terror. Twice during
nv visit I was reused from my sound
slumber by loud, heavy crash, resem.
bling that which might be caused by the
overthrow Of q handicapped wash
stand or bureau, or some other equally
ponderous piece Of furniture. The room
aliySibrated, and yet q close scrutiny
Of that and the adjoining apartments
failed tofeveal any cause for the peculiar
noise. Il was q sound which could pos.
sibly mot have been produced by cracking
furniture, falling bricks, scampering rats,
or any other OF the numerous causes Of
supposed, ehos,ly eounda q The room
oven d a was tSed Is q linen room, and
was always kept locked; And besides, the
noise (which I afterwards heard on an
other occasion In broad daylight, when l
was wide awake was unmistakably in
the room where we found ourselves. My
friend told me that she had heard It often
There was another room In which (also
In broad daylighi) / heard strange
cracking sound like the rustling OF a
large sheet Of stiff paper or parchment
turned slowly In the readers hands.
Among the things seen by other members
OF the family was light that glided over
walls and ceilings 10 points inaccessible
To outside light orreflection. Then there
was o lady 10 black elk who had more
than once been seen gliding about the
Rotse, But who always disappeared when
accosted or followed. Three slow, sol
emf steps sounded NJ the dead Of night
Al he door Of one member Of the family,
a akep,ical and iraScible old gentleman.
But. strange to say, all these uncanny
aiehts and sounds portended nothing, and
Sseined 10 be utterly without q purpose or
4 cause. The house was 0 cheerful mod
orn one, and the father Of my friend was
n occupant: 90 there was nothing IN the
naGiI IA EhiC6 II eieuneG rthfY oeuffencel
ronid ysier, Mr. SSefe kh0Y NafninRl Of