The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-11-04
EBENSBURG A. FRIDAY NOVEMBER A, 1881.

pie used to wander clear out TO this lane and
meet when the moon was full and, when IL
was gibbous and when it was half, and
when it waned into its last quarter. and
when there wasn't enough moon to excuse
gas company. They sat in the shadow Of
silent rock, or they clsmbered mp on its
broad old summit and ate gum-drops and
ia Iked of the stars, and planned a quiet, lit
tie wedding in the cathedral of Fredericton
and a modest little trip to Niagara and Chi
cag0. and out to Colorado and the noun
tains And he held her In his strong arms
while she cried and sohbed over her troubles
with pa, and they talked all the sweet non
sense that young people are very liable to
talk in that lonely night, out under the lis
tening stars, and in the shadow Of disceet
and most silent old boulder. And together
they sang old love songs that the henlocks
bent to hear, and their stolen hours at that
woodland trvst were fun to ovprhowing with
truth and the tenderness Of their love so
full that sometimes they could not speak.
hut could only sit and hold each others
hands. soft and dimpled. and strong and
manly, while their thoughts dreamed out Of
their eyes.
And so one night while he hent his head
to gaze into the happy face that was nestled
against his breast, and laid his hand softly
against the dimped cheek to press it vet
moro closely to his heart that thrObhed he
Meath It there was moving shadO.g bv the
rock that was not cast by the swavinC hem
locks a stifad hiss Of p breath that was not
the signing wind of TIE night. the cold cruel
fhrohbinr so warmly beneath the cheek Of
fha Girl was sti1. and she held her lover in
her arms only 70 sec the love light in his dear
ayfs die ont in rhe CLASSY stare Of death.
ONLY the gloomy ais1ps If the forest and the
rocky caves Of the mountain called hack her
screams a anguish in melancholy echoes.
end q r1oNing Iaugh from a voice she knew
and hated iarrp7 on her snuI
r. anraars that the rejected rival. Pierre.
rrrt T. Nfchf1fmachfrac, had taken p hov-ie.
tuffa two inches wide and foot and q halt
BONG. end tarrpd GEORGE for Iaudahle pms.
penetrating the perfhelfon ut the base Of the
r7rirc anothagm nv n lateral incfSion hear
fn- sau' west through the metararral nha1
rr~s- in aDngae with the hase of the fftl
r-N. The operation was hi~hlv sUcceSSfu
and the Coroner was notified the same even
fr~
The fraacherous Nf-hi1fmarhfnac fed f.
fra Worth woods ar6 I'm the following month
afa hirrself up with Wild hear. end the In
dfars cohl'ed M an his skins PemiCewos
set got her 70 the nunnerv. and foIlowed hp
lover ~ the simmer land in q few months
The storm narpnt. having hit of a LITTLE mor'
Nerantir stock than he could maS'ioate
went on Change 70 unload ona dav and 90
caught on falling market and was skinned
alive.
And 70 This day when the hell in the cast',
tolls the hour of midnight. two cNosf'v fC
ures walled down the la0e with the skat
inc-Tink-cIidp affected by ghosts. and, in IN
shadow of this rork. the lady ghost on he
Blended knees lifts her clasp-d hands I'm -h
passionate p1oqunnce of q voioe'Css auUPa't 2
the rIittaring stars. while her shadow il
urp bends above the rros'r7te n'autor
stretched before her strinniug the crU~he
ferns with the criupSon current of p life
B5r-detfe in Burlington HatrEevs.