The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-08-30
The GHOST IN The OLD MILL.

Ian not, a. . general rule. easily fright
eDad. Especially has i ever been M IA
ture - laugh 70 sC9-u al tbuss who, II ny
presence, have declared that they believed
ii The realities Of ghosts And vel ! have
q lways listened AttsutIvely 10 ghost stories,
thus proving. l imagine, that ny disbelief
IL then ~as not - thorough after all !
remember vel that when snail boy, /
used % listen respectfully, and wIfh great
interest 10 those which ny grandmother
told me but shocked her sense Of ETOpTl-
ety when ~ the conclusion ! would laugh
and say that I didn't believe there were
such things a. ghosts Then she woulo
tel ne that seeing i believing.
A. the years passed by and ! grew up 70
uacLood- ny disbelief became more mark
81. ana I ssUuI5 tel her l Vas afraid thai /
zuuId Bever see = ghost a. long - ! lived.
Then EraU6uojEeT would shake her head
and say
y o. need never want 70 see one, ny
boy g
The only reason can assign for not BE-
ing AFRAID il the dark Is tbaT ny parents
never Uried 10 frigbteL ne by telling ne
thai the dark wgald catch D6.'s In fact
they never tined - make ne afraid of any
thing tEev did not want ne - co and
he c9useg ue1ce bzs been that, though
naturally II . ll1lI8 OF exclIabIe disposition,
Ine number Il i-las Ilaj have been real :
frightened IL ny lie Cal be counted On ny
fingers
once eben walking along a road after
dark ! saw beside Il q huge object thai
caused the hair u Tlss up straight OF ny
lead i Eas -arEe animal Of some kind,
/ supposed and - I slipped along the fence
Oh cle opposite SIDE of the road till I got
vel pasI IL and thea ran fo- dear life
Tie next morning l returned % the spot
- ~ =
v2s disguised a. md only big Jog.
y Lax puZZlas ne most - -tar ! had
frequently Travelled that road and had never
8olE5sd u until that DARK night
On another occasion, when passing by
the country graveyard not very faT from
ny fathers home, ! began 70 think of
things JbaI ! ought - have kept out Uf ~
mind
! wzs going towards bone and had
emerged from heavy belt Of timber IN
which there weIe WIld aUIUziS-ihougb
none which were considered dangerous 70
uaa-znG a. ! approached the CITY 1f the
dead and the darkness began 10 gather
around. the Ulsc6evluus thought entered
ny head IBzt s1ne dangerous wild animal
was following ny footsteps GlaBcIng
backward I imagined I could see q DARK
object near the -1a6si6s- Then i was
that ny footsteps CUickeDe6 5a19 ruD =
and Il was when only near home and ont
Of breath that halted, and began 10 .hiuk
how foolish Il WAS 70 get 50 frightened a.
Uothing
These, however, were about the only
tines, when boy. that l was frightened
when there was really DO danger and
haioeT myself that no. many boys cJue OF
- vel - that u tie way Of fTiEhGs-
At the time 0f seeing the ghost IN the
cd mil / Vas = fuE grown man and had
entered upon the stern aud UnPoeticzl r.
ailt5es Of life Everybody believed hat
Vas Ia iove with JBe miller daughter, and
most people also Jh5ught We w01l6 soon be
married. Alas for M she did not seem 10
reci procate ny love, and l was forced u
admire and love bs- - TlCh treasure be
yoI1d ny grasp. She was friendly and SIS
. 5erly 20 me- buG / felt convinced almost
from the first that she cared nothing for
men TIE way J 6id for her Perhaps she
did uot even know that ! l0ved her. for she
was = beauty and bad 50 many admirers
that she jbougbt cbe homage l paid her
a. hers Of = right aud meant nothing
more than vas abe 60 recognize ard ap-
F p-ecIate beauty and worth whenever saw
them.
Besides ! Vas only . poor engineer, and
xhy Should sbs have 1bought that I really
/ aSEirsd fo- her hand
Well % ! remember the night I saw the
f ghost The day had been cloudy, the al
damp and rather agreeable AstSIlighi
grew into the C4Tk1ess r night, tie Gry
. leaves rus-le5 IL tbe Wind with that noise
which ibry can 5nly make when tbe
z weather a. been dry, followed By damp
. ar, sld, IA badly, rain.
Several events had trzDsglred that DAY.
whiCA were. when taken es 4 whole, vel
Z calculated 70 shake ones nerves though
altJudiBg % great Gz1se for excitement
! EEen taken separately
One was thai a nan had been found dead
{ On the IA irOzd tT2cE- not far away thai
Z morning Al theories - - whether b
Z vas killed and pct n the track o. Ebel1
+ er lie had committed suicide. OF was Intox
+ lc8tsd sDa asleep upon the track, and Wa
/ thus ran over, we're accepted and rejected
{ u tlru - falling 10 socOuut for Al tbs
( known facts - tie case - The myster1
I concerning bO1 he came - his death ID
creased, TIE state Of fsverlsb ezCIssusn
among the people became greater
i was also inst pine days before that
mad dog Eas killed DeaE the NH and III
man wI.h whom boarded having z % dog
MS residence seemed 70 be beadquErtsr
for a. TIE DIGS u tbe usigbborhOod ate
u1gbtfal- They cane IL such BurD bsrs Z
search for stray bones and other sztzbleS
thai ! began ~ doubt tie ec0DoI1y of hzy
lDg no dogs upon the premises.
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