Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-11-12
TIE GOBLIN j RECORD.
BY JOS. O. oANnrnn

Man, as we'll the lettered as the nm.
!ettered, is attracted by mystery. While
: the educated one ridicules the extrave.
gance and the unchecked wildnesa of
the Ignorant brother in his persiptent
chase after phantoms, he must oonfesa
that the same ghost is playing iwaflson
with his own senses.
i have often been induced to inyesti-
gate delusions, although convinced that
was hunting a shadow, if not a sillv
cheat. To dissipate ali ideas In ones
mind OF goblins, haunted houses and
weird noises has required more philos-
ophy than has yet been acoeptad Ana
so we must admit that IL there ia NOT
cleverness i'll q mystery there ia that in
lt which fascinates in spite of a better
Judgment, and carris the os a,ozzof ha.
Mond the control of reason. while sShav
listen with eager ears and excited
ptM,ns. n1i. III, MA ii N s,lN s
Tarrying ct friends house. I was in.
formed that there was an nnoceunied
dwelling in the 'neighborhood fre-
quented by unseen Spirits, It inter-
ested me, and shortly discovered that
= ms sister was anxious and even wiling
70 visit It, I offered myself nd an es.
ooft Coz and .proteetor, end was accented,
Inc building was called, slie Redwood
mansion, formerly the property OF an
old, old aristooratio family Of chez DISTRICT
Ihe last inmates were too elderly ladies.
sisters OF the Redwood lineage. For
Years they had utterly, refused oommu-
niGatlon with the world, and were char
iftfaply rated as eccentric. Their. wants
were supplied byaI slave OF the butcher,
WHO passed, at regular hours, all the
ts. tnseceseasiea OF life through the gate OF
sne yard, and at each .time found the
ls.Hay soMey ana other orders. They had
I'll I'll aiiu#ed their unsocfal wllims
tnrough the Indulgence of kind com.
Redwoods until dread eircn mstan"as 70 s
broke The living chain. The ractnr ya0os oS
the parish, while passing one mnrn;ne ] ~
was, attracted by moans from the ao-o, ~
Der honge,. and forcing an entrance
fonhd the eldest sister in ilyinn aoon;es o. ME q
ana the other hurriedly + aSin9 the
apartment In state of frenzy. 2 Tbe
result was death to the one and the re.
moval OF theIsurvivor BY distant rela.
tives. seP,5 -, = 'io "u' Aoife-
Such was the history given to me nv
Mics p, She added "I have such n
! sfrraEnege desire to visit this mansion.
! ! however foolish It may he."
The dwelling was large, and in it's
glory must have been MS famous for it's
grandeur as, it wns popular for it's en-.
ssertai1ments when Col. Redwood with
his princely welcome was it's courteous
lord. 2GNow the wallis were cracked. che
ohiimneys fallen. the windows broken,
and its aspect desolate. detected the
Z slightest tremor in the arm OF my com.
2panion Ea, as we pushed into it's silence,
me mold OF neglect, the bat, the spi.
aer y her magnificent tq!gppiiffii festoons, tattered
wlndow-hanngings. and general decay
surrounded us. We could almost i'm.
aglne the gibbering Of Uneasy Rpirits at
our nold Intrusion as we passed from
room to room sfes the Stiffness Of G q
charnel house only prevailed ~ 1n'
IL have heard" whispered Miss IL.
THAT there4isIan old desk, or. ,oab;net
which has never been removed. t.
would be so novel and romantic to f,nJ
1t and search for relics, perhaps traaa.
ure. BIT no room contained it.
THE attic I" she exclaimed. "Dare
.yon go up and explore ?"
j" II you do not wish TO- accomrpanS