The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-18
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THHHAUNTED HOUSE OF TuIARE
ny nj MAXWELL.
Sands are ever drifting, drifting where NIsalia'l
Like !ne snow drlGs Of The winter in the Now
Mitassss forever horer-yain phAnsasnagorla
Gardens q The air aud llvou fed gushing crysta
Beauty gag !s ln be,aa.ys beauty painted on III,
Or upon The lnIis Of morning resting low like
sncw-Nhits Ahrouds. l'I3
In that land whee sands are drifting and whcr,
Meath their hlseSad iestlpg shadows. every obyec
In that dS.sIt stands mansion, BY The andsa,
Long s sSS s 81 ssit toxetsp: simeon. round /
waillnE Der The deso!ation; and haze Is in the
And sIoll.uds of ruin, hopeless, cherries every
Worn BY yearof EtormS and tempcsta, dIugy stand
the walls and old, - ~
orerSew11s win dSsertiyy and with dry and husky
IAteh I doors on sssaking hinges swing unecas,
As ,hs Wind f. through fiCd gables rushCs ruthless
Sash In warped and sllnkell Windows rattles as tho
storms goes by,
Hardly Ike The demons laughing when the world
was doomed to die.
Long $50, the story rlnnc.h, when the wet wa
Twas 5way4ldsinn, and miners passing th,t
dread desert through. -
Found within these walls afcsting, weary at the
Weary with the iitry Journey and the petlls Of the
Far and .y wide , was y, tROwp and never turned
Who had not been gtyeu welcome In these tsz.eG
years ofyote. m Z,
lut the hoa;e Is now iorsakcn; lettering ruins now
Tilted g Is wrecked foundations. pel.sd by the
And " VII $s 4 herl.nsn passing by It In
Hear the crazy ceiling aud they treuhe In
For they teli 81 voices moautns 'mOng tho ruin d
tho rooms,
shades and giooms-
Dark ana dreadful arc the stories OF the deeds that
~ there were done;
Black ef crimes were neer enacted meath the shin.
Ing OF The SUI. TTId rl
In the gloomy vaults arc buried. underneath the
brlck:laid door,
Many n,Ins .i who in dying stained the robbers
Everything + dun. says:efious. None can tell OF
Who has rerishOd at the midnight, when the lamp
was burning low; 9II y
Who, by one fell stroke has Welded unto deaths
~, chill arms and cold
Who has piled the robbers dagger for the cursed
price hi gold. Zoo
Who ga m tn11 m tFhn tvFN11 1tstn,s Fo,,t,a q,
,.,, tr1!h viii never say,
TIL the aeTe avenging angel tells II on the Judg-
tnent Day. :
Mlneri tell as at the evening bv their fires they
Other comrades who had persisted In this holo.
-, eauSt OF crime.
touch his face
And who leeped for liic bu. useless-feli and per.
islsd In his place.
And Of him who y his comrades cried for help but
For they rushed 70 him and found him gasplns
dying on the floor.
And they tell of many and many thus alluted into
and no more among thcllytng werc they ever seen
again. n
Then and rs they tcll 1t kindness Gains the
miners brow, 6s
For they love her as thev loved her. and they know
shes happier now
Then q her heytclI the story, how she came from
To her brother who was wasting with consamp.
tons slow decay.
Into the Wild mines she yentuTed-and no dread or
Tobe WIN hcF dying brother, and she at his pillow
TIL his !, q were closed forever and had ceased his
And she knew BIS palm was over and relief had
Not tear she shed above him as they laid him TO
his rot IFH ,55sa
Meath the'bmnehCs Of a cedar standing on the
mOunttin's crest:
Not tear the shed above HIN, for she felt that
after life
cometh peace aud calm and resting from all sor.
row, care and strife.
Then 10 her own land departing passed she through
Palsing Of lear about her winds In sadness sigh
4 aud moan.
In The dstsnce. twilight. deepening, rose Tulape's
- House in view,
And efore It's open doorway soon her horsss rein
she drew.
Twas a wight otdreaf and darkness. O the gloom
and lie dGslHifi ~
lIeayen'Slneroy guard her, shield her, save her
froai the villains lalfl
All In vain. That night she persisted. Murdered
and no hRndttu save!
And no .ympathizing tear was shed above her
midnight gave.
In she desert sun standing yet more dreary than
What REMAINS Of the old haunted pile where
storms forever roar.
And the hcidsmea in the darkness see It aud they
feel afraid
Seeing, as they fancy, spirits hit aud glide from
shade 10 shade;
Hearing speeteFS hOATScly laughing at some kin.
dred IliouVs remark, f4-5
Hearing spirits speaking calling to elch other III
the dark:
Hearing tread o. heavy footballs, gallOplng from
room TO room,
Down the stairs To the fOupdltfon'S every hidden
vault Of gloom. 7
Then there CONES light, quick footStep and q
sweet voice calling low,
And they say Is hens who pertahcd. murdered In
| tha.N (ght OF woe, i2
Then tho hcfdsnen feel pity as they spur their
Steeds away 81
From the walls, and leave them standing IN their
shadows and decay.
And The tenlpests SUI ar beating with unccasiug
While The Haunted House is crumblins slowly
meath the hand Of age.
Through The air Is fcrcly driven sand like winters
falling min