The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-10-05
ny HERO STRONG.

neaft tnei story wlien q imert
child, and1 remember that cover
edniy shend in the quilt that nigh,
after went to bed, for fear 1 might
see deaf Iqanb ghost, and mental
ly vowed Cat when Il grew tp
would forever and always avoid no.
tells, for the story was about an inn
1t was in Germany, L think, tina,
the Black Wolf was situated, a little
removed nom on5 Of those quaint
old -0efmah towns Which are so fruit
full OF sleep. destroying legends. A
lonesome wood OF great extent SUR
rounded the house, and a little back
of it ran a dark and sluggish stream
fringed with a rank growth of reeds
and bushes. t. 80. t.-., t....
The place was wierd and uncanny
but itibad a,good run of custom, for
its wines were celebrated the coun-
try over. aud their was no pleasante tel
fireside in the Fatherland for one Ia
smoke a pipe over a mug of lage,
thauthe chimney corner in the bar.
room of tie Black Wolf.s, -, \. +
Frpm tifnsinme,norial It had been
Kept by n man named Fredericks,
and Oh the death OF the old man, his
son Rudolph assumed the control Of
affairs. ,a
HoSSdsya yonus man Of twenty.
five or-thifty,s ugly of countenance
and somewhat celebrated for his un.
manageable temper and sullenness
OF disposition. A part of his life had
been speat abroad, and rumor said
1t bad been ill~spent indeed, there
were dark whispers to tile effect that
II the gallows had its due the BLACK
Wolf would be needing a new mas,
ter. 'But oh Rudolph kept up the
cellars, and treated all his reg,
ular patrons well, the Wolf flourish.
ed under the new regime, and young
Fredericks made money twice as ra,
pidly as had bis father. y ? 80 ''' u
People who were unfriendly %
him insinnatad that q Jew peddler
who had taysteriously disappeared
in that vicinity was murdered at the
Black Wolf, and two drovers return
ing home with q large amount OF
money about them, from the sale OF
cattle, were never seen by mortal
after entering the gloomy forest
which'skirted the grounds around
the old inn.l r' u i9 n,7' 'i'll ~
As Year, went on there occurred
many other mysterious disappearan-
ces in the vicinity bat lthough the
authorities we're, ipfovnsd,s and ex-
pert detectives were sent down 10
watch the place, nothing substahtial
against Rudolph Rrederioks was OBJ
tanned. ..,.. Il.
One thing took place which SEEM
ed TO have enraged Rudolph a great
deal too much for such an exceed
ingly trivial circumstance. He own.
ed an immense dog, known as Satan,
and this dog wes never seen away
from the inn. His master, set great
store by him. One nightAa rainy,
sleety winter night-ra traveller came
70 the W04 and songhl shelter. He
engaged his bed I'D his room, drank
his beef, and s,t a. q 2 2. No one ever
saw him, aiterwsrd, and the .3same
night Sslsn, also, disappeared.
Rudolph behaved, lik6 q idah disA
tracted. lie sought over the coun,
try far and wids f0t tlSe dog he ad-
!.srtissf ty3 M4ithB Blapsss oaars
ing large rewards ioe his safe return
tohim he ooEssed the walks in town
sithihapd bills headed With tempt-
iag prohlSsb 10 spy opa who would
ind ~ missing animal. ,r., ,as
But II seemed that the dog was r..
letrisvably loskl an1 Two years went
cy, and not word had been heard
nom hiAgiIlu 4 aYI,taTiol TQ3'
Rudolph eurpad ~ end deeply
sAe strasesr, who ~, declared lad
satieed The dog away, and was cou-
tiaaAlH y Wishing that - right mset
Nm belpre b died ,thAk b. might
give him viis1 "a mean and snsaking
: thief dSS5Fs6d. D ~.,as IS (. '.si...l
just three years from ~ night n
1AAa'a disappearance there eanA %