, 1881-03-12


II tho poor tnifor dt,csnt tnko T. back md nnko
another, mud apologize for RpollnH tho first ono,
he ia nyer1nat.nKly hinwcd by the cMst!,incF, IND
i1ns tho ploAsuro or beirG abused all nrouud
tOWI.
4 GHOST STORY.
Lartasttr to- E0rrfsJnnHsnet Cincinnati COMMERCIAL
Tho lucMle Ia the old FoglcsauE rnntl. which
leads North from this oty out pnst tho Fa!r
Grounds. and tho legendary MI. Pleasant; ont
past the Old Van Penrso homestead, tip tito rocky
HIT mud through, the oak wno,ls, by tic STILL
HOuhe Hollow, and ont through tho beautiful
reaches Of woodland md meadow beyond. Tho
timo was. more THU n hntf a ceutury since,when
Lancaster was d bnokwouls hamlet with
iiowitng wilderness nil round ab0ut. Then tho
uld Foglrsdng road was hardly moro than
brldc- path. md tho rocky hltI next ia lmpaasn-
bio on nceount Of its shNp and auBnlar proJec-
tons, its Offsets, deep ftlrrows, crevfccs, and
Irregularities, and tho sturdy old farmers who
lived up In that section Invariably snado thosr
trips 10 town On horseback. Tho Stlll-1fusu
Hollow was deep. dark heavtls-t -t'nhoretl,
f0rbidding rurinc, ut tho head OF which, vol
hidden III tho rocks md exuborant vcgetn"
ton. was m oll log. still, owned nnd run by
y mysteFl.n's .specilnen or antla.lntcd hl-
communicative ,lug, with scow'Ing vsage nrd
repeslntlt Nspect. aud tho fnsincrs always rave
him and his wide berth. much profurriug to 20
through tho hollow IN tho broat gsare of inc Bn
th94 utter tho ahu,lcs Of evening ind begun to
fuff' Ono night. whcH tho chi Nuvomher Winds
s'aks @ and s ts rst @ great iiskes % of winter woro
descending. murder WIS enmrnitte:l In tho
racky pass ly the stlll:1{ou Hollow. Tho VIC
Vicinity. who cnno from Licking County, nnd
who WAS stock dc4lcr. md in tt,s'so days snnn
~ orer e @ /! at iii tSs vos ti pe %as
pic Of tho region were fully ngrced upon this
point. lily hnrso cnnle honio ridor!css. With
bruins, and hatr. A Krcnt crowd visited tho spot
the nsxt nornInF: en- y tho arks % ~ ,9
alon ro y s 'o Srse. S tsst eo at tho of tho
srlvcra from out the soil: Tho rncu aissovered
H Sscr III ,rsKe Iy fro.' ' tho roadsc Tito tic BUSH
III to IT'S verj door. which wins closed mud hurried.
mt to 10 frustrated by bnrs and bolts, aud 4
few vigorous strokes with n, N ax aote,i lko tho
breath tIoy cntorcd tho iIslnai abo.o Of tho old
aoross is tho maiti r1,oni and ,nto sma'cr and
ssyessa sna SsasSi,!e;' x!S dSoa tho iifs|ess
corpse ora ycArllnx stGerl y
soy aS o lc wss tss st9d Aa Th's sy wst Rsea m n
scarch wAs ti,on n,nde throughout tho still, It's
eKriea ie i's but 'u.ts no,hls lss was fn Even Old
AZ completely as II ho bad ,ra nse" ,pe: re.
;foyiI's oinctlI,m; the grc.t cracKs In tic wills
luoke1 us if about to ot,e,l ind swaiiow tho in
trijers. mid u,Orc thntl one nycrrml nftor we'll
dit on thn hIrhwuy nvmin. thut thoro wis q sui.
phurUl,s ssnuii aipr,t tho plltco.
Dnys vruw into months, ana months into years,
md oil crowley wMs never heard Of agafn. nor
nniuen' Tho si iov Hit s,III wont into rDt and
:lnrnv. The lovs tiIttiblctt down, and tho c,-
trnn ~ hTcnnr 5.hokrti with i,rjnrs and hrnm.
bcs. Tho wolf nil hes litter beneath tho n,oI,ly
ioDr. and m owl nude his t1'!t!tAtton Ia tho
HtnesoV 9nrtct. Gu nnm!y. uE u ~ tU1 Ut
tlreiy' and 4 thickot OF haw and dogwood sprung
up on lis site.
4no ola To4ebnt,g ttNla 9yce mator u.ats - .au
inI1itrd snot, and In tho Willing winds Of au-
tlIn,n il is Inserted ttnt tho mourning tolcs OF
moor OrtnstiOrf hnro becn heard mid Butnu even