The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-30

We test him with wcll-auth enticated story OF
haunted spot on the track of n certain West
gstn LLoal, whore NC engineer saw nisht after
spectral nguro ot a man who always vanished
ti' ilSi hht th" io'ououNc stopped, and We ask
this ro9i Ills nu4wer i- short hut cofnrro-
h'h- Nc; NJ. When % man g'ts like that il
IS inc for j. m t. leave his engine"
Smmi r. and r"p liant ns The massive prison
walls at Sing $ nr always are they are never
moro ~ than ut night. and we breathe more
d. a. gag, ...i1t, o. "A gu 'uiii'l /, lnNe'
for the wretched mon within thu walls to
St'r 10 tue sounds without that tell tnvm of
freedom aud motion. The very voices oi tho
IRA seem fo moan In the dark "ut through tho
lrsun grounds. For the track has voices.
There nre places where il sings. others where 1t
pastoral beauty a' out II only mnrmurs; hut
here Us voice samoan, 1t may be that echoes
ana revcrhsrutions make the changing tones .
our lhey are there, tcVrrtheless. And the en-
rinr. TO-. moves TO Measured music Of it,
own. You ciln easily make II out No "a, on
"Y't we are i,-hslt seems o. he arolhcklug
~ tNuw in his musi al tastes. Milo after
song OF Ln Porichoc' and then be changes to
4Yscpl u-, Olapgc blossom TRY him with
iln... llr Fort. or "Amri 'cn." and yuu shall
near bis ucu-ur, s.orr ihn-" proper tunes
A. we approach Tarrytown. our wheels touch
IN t.,',lris slAual N'y down 10y the tra \. and
That We nre coming Moro thnn this elcctricity
docs here for NJ W. pass the tall signals. TINT
subtle agent causes them io change their co,ors
s"en~ % rNrcut" g mechanical wink at MS that
N'cS 10 hNfiu. lut itS clear eye turns hloudshut
iu second. SOFT viii main. too. until We are
We count eleven soops and schooncrs within
sight al once on the river near Hastings
hrrrz.s; and beyond them rise the Palisades.
An rNcaims the engineer. in the tone OF
them in the spring, when the sun rises over
these bills behind ne. II is worth p long nights
run to see them then. There Is nothing pref
Two lonc-drqwn shricks by tho engine Ms we
near Spuy.n Duy,ol creek warn the switch
man there that w wish To- 40 on to the LETT Of
tge little station. to the Grand Central Depot
IT, iakes notice. and governs himself accord
light. Near the station we cut loosr from the
tram and come g. halt a hundred yards away.
lhen NOISY ilit.e eng Inc hurgcs w wheeling
" and draws OF from our train three express
cars which are TO 40 on down the old road to
the Hudson street depot. TINS done. We back
up, MAKE last g. the rr-t of our tram. give two
snort tuois. signify ng good enough nnd
are on At a more rapid pace We now skirt the
uuper side # Spuyt,n Dnyvel creek. now Dart
passing fertile fields and beautiful country
-ehis. now seeming to graz" the very edges OF
cottages near the track. The cleaning tia,
Irr 't'its the dawn ~ upw over all. but u Ii not
~uf'ieicnttn hide rom u the prominent features
"i TIE lands ape. Iie long i!ue Of regularly
EiDHu hr Ehly. ThO-" on the top ~ II IN
Brids" twinkle above us like stars. Over tue
city toward which we arc hurry M. n paic glow.
the ref. On ui uany lights MASSES d luminous
.aAoiy. The smell uf tAf -llt air renrlirs us
q breath borne on the bosom Of the incoming
tide.
Crossing the Harlem draw we are at length in
q e city, and. early rs the hour still IL. We pp-s
men walls ing on the trasss. preiernuturuIly
carly birds. 1t would seem. in quest Of the proc
verbal worm. one woman. too. appears
abroad. crossing the 1884 stree, bridge IL We
dart under IL. And now W" are between tho
walls that form thc approach 60 the tunnel. and
All The noises that have hitherto cncOupilssei
u sem 10 have been silence ny contrast With
q o. Iulrrutl llu tlHf ltr" a-~ail- MS.
Then We draw out 90 the tunnel. up again 20
the surface OF the earth. Before Us rises tie
great front Of the Grand Central depot. orr
? '"''d slarSens. we stop Six o'ciock-tho n gilt