Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-11-12
THE GOBLIN RECORD.
By JOS. O. CANNING. .

Man, as we'll the lettered as the nm.
iettered, ls attracted by mystery. While
the educated one ridioules the extrava.
. gance and the unchecked wiIdaesa of
the Ignorant brother in his peraietent
chase after phantoms, he must confess
that the same ghost is playing wahton
with his own senses.
L have often been induced to inyesti-
gate delnsions, although convinced that
was hunting shadow, if not a sillv
cheat. To dissipate ali ideas In ones
mind OF goblins, haunted houaes. and
weird noises has required more philos.
ophy Than has yet been accepted. And
so we must admit that il there is NOT
oieverness In mystery there is that in
~ Whch fasolnateg in spite of better
Judgment, and carris the OF polos he.
:. Aond4 the control of reason, while thew
listen with eager ears and excited
Tarrying at q friend's, house, was in
formed that there was an unoccupied
aWeliing in the 'neighborhood fire.
aIel1eo ny unseen spirits. It inter-
ssted me, and shortly discovered that
~ a,s Mssef vas anxious and even willing
~ Yislt IL. offered myself MS an es-
T1. 1Tss ana protector, and was accepted.
mansion, formerly the PROPERTY ~ an
old, aristooratio family Of cha djstr;ctl
The last inmates were too elderly ladies
sisters of the Redwood lineaye Far
years they had utterly refused oononn-
nicasion with the world. and wafe nhar-
afably rated as eccentric. Tlfe;r ,wanta
were supplied bya slave of the butcher
VINO passed, at regular hours. all the
necessaries Of life through the cate az
the yafd, and at each time fonnd the
money and other orders. They had
Desn allowed their unsooial whima
through the indulgence of kind oom.
munity and the esprit dc corps of the
hedwoods until dread circumstances
= nfoke ene living chain. The rector of
she parish, while passing one morning.
was attracted by means from the som.
per house,. and forcing, an entrance
found the eldest sister in diving eyonies
and the other hurriedly r aeing the
apartment IN d state of frenzy. T,he
result was death to the one and the re.
moval OF the'surviyor by distant rela.
Such was the history given to me nv
MISS eg +. She added: "I have such q
strange desire to visit this mansion.
however foolish it may be-"
The dwelling was large, and in ita
glory must have been.as famous for it's
grandeur as. it was popular for. it's en-.
Sertainments'w when Col. Redwood with
his princely welcome was it's courteous
lord. 2fMow the walls were cracked. The
chimneya fallen. the windows broken.
and its aspect desolate. detected the
sllghtest trenaor in the arm Of my com.
Ranion na as we pushed into it's silence.
me mold OF neglect, the bat, the spi.
der Y her magnificent g festoons, tattered
window" hangings, and general decay
surrounded us. We could almost inn.
ag,ne the gibbering OF uneasy spirits at
our nold Intrusion as we passed from
room to room Yet the Stiffness of {
charnel house only prevailed - - 1tf'
~ have heard" whispered Miss r.
"that there lis'an old desk, or cabinet
~h!eh has never been removed. II
would be so novel and romantic to find
It and search for relics, perhaps treas
ure." BIT no room contained it.
The atticl' she exclaimed. "Darf
you go up and explore ?"
81. II you do not wish TO aooombani