Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-12-18
a Specter In the wtsssv.

A PHENoNkNAL MYSTERY THAT pTsruxp.
THE 9UIETuDk or s'CLELLAN asLsa
From the Helena lMontanaD IndepeDdes1l
IL seems that Mcclellan Gulch has tsst
been thrown into a state of unaccountaAls
excitement by the appearance there OF en-
dr,ysp ~ sPe cs a s, OF Split WHICH, sss
cumstAnces attending this remarkable CD
sode are a. follows;
some poDths ago. John Hewitt n miner
sharing The cabin or William Burton diel
iesNing his partner, 20 whom he was teodertv
stscneu, In great distress. They had come
10 Montsns together and bad never bcsa
separated Tor even day; had endured priva-
lion, and bad mutually shared the perils aaa
dangers of the mines. But early In me ao-
partner has secluded himself more and nsrD
ever since. The other night the whole oau.O
WAS aroused by succession OF pter0ioe
shrieks in his lonely cabin. Rushing ped
nell into the house, Burton was discovered
on his knees facing the single glass window
IN his cabin, his eye-balls nearly protrudlne
from bis head, bis hal. ON end. and his tsss
white and hsegard from a deadly terror.
IL was some moments before he could Be
got TO speak. Indeed before his psralyring
night could be removed. Even then he coutd
only point IN the solitary window. and NUT
tering hoarsely. say, Look there" In the
CLEAN OF light q human face was Distinctly
visible, apparently pressed against the wis
dow pane. closer examination proved a.
IN bee the perfect likeness Of John Hewett
resembling I'm outline and character tAs
negative OF photograph, bat nevertheless q
T.
While eating his supper Barton happeued To
glance that way and was Mortified at what
be supposed was the spirit al his dead friend
come back To haunt him. In the awful her
ror of the moment ne shrieked aloud, but the
cold but paSsionless face, from which Ills
eyes never turned, stiu riVeted his look with
a strong glare.
A thorough examination revealed the facts
rs They are here reCited. The likeness a. 10
deiihly impressed on the window pane, bat
The question ~ sim unsolved how NJ came
there. Some suppose that during the life
Time OF The deceNS ri IL must have been pho-
tosraphed 10y lash OF lightning and re-
manned until low undiscovered, aud was
revealed al last by an accidental glance OF
the surviving miner. 10 can only be seen Of
night and IN the glow az tie lamp, and tina
circumstance strengthens the .heory OF an
electric influence. Others imagine aud
among them the miner, that 10 is a spiritual
visitation, meant To further an inscrutssls
purpose, which Will in time be revealed.
4 VILLAIN OF North Hin man, who was
set 10 stirring the mince meat because has
vile was busy, dropped paper OF ine cut
steaithily try ing 10 take a chew. After SCALE
Ing all his fingers dreadfuIly by making in
efiectual dives after his lost treasure ne let
III go and stirred tt. then he astenished his
wife and family by declining minoe pie, ana
ne was, by singular coincidence, the only
member OF that family who didn't remark
mat "it tasted awful queer" and who was
not subsequently tormented with the belief
That the mince meat was poisoned. They
threw the mince meat away, aud tue msa
told the story down town, and a. got around
10 his wife, and now there is a man on Nor,h
Hill who props his hat up on three lumps
every time he puts IL on. and would as lfsf
cat percussion cartridge as take n chew 20
tooacco within block OF his happy home
burlington Hd,Dk- ENe.