Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-12-25
PETER RUGG.

gagged vas thus ooiised eitner 70 "ali
lev hours or arcspt q seat VIE tne of1Fer,
VINO eiYti'y offered NE taA' aecpthtiio1 GALLON.
Accordingly TOOK my ssas " mas As4r MD
son found n4na nheilgent aHa fDinHahie~
ave when ne cad traVsied ABOUT tsn
miles tae horses suddenly tnre~ toeir cars IN
.aelr nec&s. a. nat a. . hafea oaiI IN
biseT' nave you = sur'ou' visa your
30. SAD l. why 20 you asa
Ioa VIII want one 5000 SAD Is ~
Joa Observe tns ears OF an tns boFsesi
fss, and was JUST aDout " -s< tas fsa'
Sfi
ney SOC tns STORM orssosr' saa Ne ''1A1
ss h4H soon
AZ uiis moment there was BOT elooh VS.
tbie Ia tas hTnlan'snt soon aiter sli-a
.ecA apfeafei IA tho ROAD
here sad my companion, CONES the
torn breeder he always leaves ocoten niiss
Deh'ud hiin- by many vet JACKET 90 70
H'stnoer MN suppose tHs poor ielto" SUI
ts1s much hiinssii-ihnen more thsh Is known
70 ths world
Presently man with a child beside BIN,
VIA urge BLACK horse' AMI a weather.
N~'ate'1 ehair' once ouiis Tor sAa4se Oody,
pa'Nsd Ia grea' haste apparently at tho rate
81 Twelve mics an hour lie seemed TO grasp
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peAred 70 anticipate his speed lie seemed
deJeess', sna ioo2ed Ah1ioua'J AZ tue pas
siiscrs, particularly at the stage driver and
my sell In moment after ne passed Us me
horses ears were up, and bent tnems~ives Tor
ward so that they nearly met
-" no Is taat nanf said Il he seems an
trouble
Nobody knows who he is, but his person
D
h'in more tnah huhuFei uuies ana nave
neen so oiten aS1ei tue way TO Boston by
that man. even "hen no vas travelling d.
rrctly from that town that Of late have 70
tused any communication WIN INN, and
tna, Is tse reason he gave mo such LOOK
Du' aoeS nc never stop ahy"heref
nave never known nm TO stop any
whers, longer tnan TO inquire the way to
boa'oiN anu 'e, MN be where be may, he VIII
Ai you ne cannot stay moment, Tor he
must reach Boston That night
we were no" ascending high hill In
"apoie' nnd as We had FAIR view OF the
heavens was rather disposed TO leer the
anFsr TOT thinking of ms surtout, rs not
eioui as bis as marble could be dlscerned.
~ you look, sAid ne, IN the direction
whence the man eitAe' mat Is the place 10
pp"' Inc Storm cover meets hiin, 1t follows
him
We presently Approached another hill and
when At she height the driver pointed out III
an eastern direction hltie blnck speck about
as piZ as nat
There" said be, lis the seed storm; we
may P'~s b'y reach foiiey before 1t reaches
US Dtt Tie hlerer ana us enid VIII go to
froV 'dPhes tAroeSh ram and thunder
Ana now 'le h"fses' as Enough taught by
instinct, hasteuei with increased speed The
little blac. cloul came on rolling over tue
turuplsc. and doubled and trsbled itself in
al directions. Tie appearance of this cloud
a.ti c,c,l the notice of all the passengers; for
after It hal spread itself to q great bulk, it
suddenly became more limited in circumfer
snee, grew moro compact. dark and co soil.
dalei. AID Row tso successive flashes Of
cLain liSltaiaS causel tho whole cloud to
anrear Ike a s1r: Of irregular network. and
al wed a thousand f4nta...c images The
dr. r bespoke my attention to a remarkable
conformation in the cloud; he said every
fash of lightning near It's center discovered
" him distinctly the form Of a man sitting
in an open carriage drawn by a black horse.
In the meantime the distant thunder rave
notice Of a shower at hand, and Just rs we
reached Policy tavern, the raia poured down
in torr.uts IL MA. soon over. Tho cloud
nassinc 4, ths direction Of the ,,,,unike 10
wards Providence In few moments after.
respectable looking man in q chaiss
stoned a. the door. The man and
child in the chair having excited some little
sympathy among the passengers, tho gentle
man was asked if no had observed them. He
said le Lsd met them, that the man seemed
bsvildered, and Inquired the way to Boston;
that he was driving at great speed, as though