The Lincoln County herald., 1873-03-05
Young and healthy. he soon fell into q

Young and healthy, he soon fell into
sound slumber, from which he wac
aroused by an unearthly yell, that
seemed to come from under the bed
Bold and Intrepid as he was, he could
not prevent the cold feeling Of horror
which instantly crept over him, for the
moment paralyziug hin, so completely
that he was uusbls to reach the matches
which were within easy distance Of his
right hand. Finally by powerful effort
no gained self control sufficiently to
strike light; he sprang from the bed,
cast hasty glance under it, aud satisfying
himself that the sound had come from some
other direction, ho Immediately stirred
the FIRE, threw on more light wood and
tried to regain his natural warmth by
the genial heat of the FIRE. He seated
himself upon the only chair the poorly
furnished room contained, and had rea
soned himself into thinking he had been
mistaken after oil, and that the disagree.
able sound had been the result Of
dream.
In q moment, however, this dolusion
was dissipated, for succession Of peals
OF laughter. sounding just over his head,
convinced him of the presence Of some.
} thing, either mao or spirit In spite Of
, himself he trembled. The voice changed ;
now a gurgllug sound, as if some one
, we're suffocating; then threats, impreca
| tions aud groans, followed in quick sue
cession. First above him, then under
the house, and sometimes as if far away.
Summoniug all his courage, be arose,
, light in hand. made careful survey Of
the apartment be had occupied, then
locking the door carefully behind him,
he searched the entire house. Convinced
that no one had entered, be returned
again to the fire. He had scarcely en-.
, tered the room when he heard distinctly,
in the adjoining room, o voice as if one
person we're begging another to dcsist
from some purpose ruinous to the person
begging.
These supplicasions we're replied to by
5 another voice, which said very plainly
"Ill let you alone, that l will, presently ;
5 but you will not bother me again"
, Then succeeded chorus of screams
mingled with prayers for mercy.
t "Curse on your worthless dead carcass,
followed and then, when the last groau
of the FIRST voice had subsided, silence
. deep aud profound, reigned.
0 Our hero was wide awake, and muster.
S lug his fears sufficiently, he again entered
. that room, expecting to see the mutt
lated body Of some one before him. IL
3 this he was mistaken. Tie room re
NAMED just as he had left it; not boil
o had been turned. His bravery availec
him nothing in finding the cause of th'
1t strange disturbance.
, While be still looked around him, b.
o heard voice, as if retreatiug in tho dis
IS tance, calling him by name. He listened
: SPELL bound. The language was to-
e PLAIN to be misunderstood. 1t told bic
d good night, saying it chad to leave now
s, to visit other scenes where crime ha'
8, been committed" He tried to compos
q himself, but the effort was fruitIess
q He remained n the house the rest Of th
,e night, without hearing . sound. Whe
Y the FIRST grey streak Of dawn approaohe
% in the east, he silently left the house
b, determined to try again to learn what ha
r frightened him the night before. Whe
r. he narrated tho events Of the night, th
\. fact that the house was haunted sprea
ID far and wide. There were many person
~ who declared that the dialogue heard
10 the adjoining room were the voices {
Of John Moore and bis nephew that .h
d. room was the identical one which the bo
TO used, and that be was seen to enter
e, the night before he disappeared. and as
j. had never been seen since, that his uuol
,e 10 rage had murdered him.
,e The place now became the frequentt
at spot Of the ueighbcrhood. Persons fee
ID ing curious on the subject paid dai
,g visits to the scene. At first nothing vi
as heard in tho day time, but as the day e
g the sale Of the property approached, si'
OF gular sounds began TO be heard 10 au
D. around the house. So many visitor
came to the scene that it became nece'
n. sary to keep one Of the servants in q
as tendance to show strangers the premise
be Milly, q sprightly mulatto woman, vi
ce selected, as she had been one Of the hou
to servants, aud had acted Is housekeop'
Ok for her late master. Milly took n,ut
re pleasure in answering the nunero,
lis questions of visitors. 1t was her speci
a delight to show the room which Il
be younger John Moore had last been SCI
b to enter. One day she had just open'
rb the door to admit . group OF visitors
d. this room, when loud knock at the fro
,al door caused her to hasten away, ssyi.
be she would como back as soon as she cou
70 get off. No sooner had she turned h
els back upon them than groans, shris
he aud dismal howls filed the room. II
vi. consternated visitors ru he'd out pt
Ill. nell, almost knocking Milly down
ird they ran past her, to escape the dreadi
X sounds. The voice was then distinc,
he beard ordering them to leave the hou'
to saying:
70, 1.-THE dead ought to be allowed to n