Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-03-26
FROsTBJ7RG, Md, SATURDAY, MARCH 26 1892
An Authentic Ghost Story Account
for Ii Howsoever You May.

| An Authrhttc ShOst account
for Ii Howsoever You May.
The scene of the following ghastly ad
venture is a solitary country road at
night. We skip the riders previous
dream, and come at once to the
"creeps:"
Nothing remarkable occurred for the
first half hour. The moon was shining
brightly. BY and by the route went
straight through a cutting where the
hedges were a little higher than orli
uary
Cantering along they had not proceeded
far before the animal dropped into
walk. Encouragement and caresses
were vain, walk he would. Suddenly
the horse came to a dead halt in the
middle Of the road. The suddenness Of
stopping nearly unseated the rider, but
lie urged the animal forward The
horse was induced to walk on again, al
though apparently very uneasy.
They had not gone many yards before
the horse stopped again so suddenly
that the rider had to clutch the animals
name to prevent being thrown headlong
upon the highway. What was the mean
ing Of such strange behavior2
Then there flashed through his mind
| the circumstances Of his dream. Yes,
there were all the accompaniments Of
his picture-the bay horse, the moonlit
road, the sudden stoppages. Surely it
was warning. Twice had the creature
halted, and he recollected his dream
made him the third time fall headfore-
most on the road.
| He got off, and, throwing the bride
/ over his arm, coaxed the horse to move
| onward, He noticed that the animal
was covered with perspiration, as if after
n hard gallop, and that he was trembling
violently. Repeatedly, too, he glanced
searchingly at the hedges. What could
be the matter?
The strange conduct OF the horse be-
came yet stranger. More suddenly than
before the animal came to dead halt.
lie was in deep distress. His nostrils
were distended; sweat covered his limbs;
his eyes were bent in one direction, with
every symptom Of terror.
Not seeing anything remarkable at
first in the direction in which the ami
NAL was gazing, Foster tried to urge him
onward in vain. Passing round to the
other side of the animals head, Foster
was induced to look more closely to-
ward that portion of the somewhat low
hedge which the horse so intently re-
garded.
! There in the moonlight, hanging, bend
ing limp and apparently lifeless over the
/ h,l t1,a hDlv e {ol
arms outstretched the figure seemed
touching the ground with its fingers, the
/ legs being on the other side of the hedge.
| What was his horror to see the body
move.
Slowly, mechanically, the long arms
were outstretched; uplifted; the body
swayed up, up; and there in the bright
moonlight was the mans face. How
CHASTITY it looked The CLASSY eyes were
staring at the young man, whose blood
seemed chilling in his veins. Motionless,
upright as an elm, with outstretched
arms, stood the gaunt specter. Its throat
was cut.
There stood the group. The horse ter
rltied; the young man speechless, terror
stricken; and the hideous something
seemingly regarding them with its stony
gaze, while blood appeared to flow from
its lacerated throat. How long he re-
manned Foster could not afterward tell !;
but after an interval that seemed an age.
the horrible vision began, as slowly and
mechanically as before, to bend its erect
body forward until it resumed its former
position hanging over the hedge.
With mighty effort the young man in
duced the horse to move on once more,
but on looking back he was startled
again to see the erect figure OF the noe
turnal specter-uplifted arms, ghastly
features. and blood red throat. just as
slowly as before the tall body bent for
ward; the arms dropped down, down,
until some intervening bushes shut out
tho horrible apparition from view.
Foster reached home near midnight.
Afterward he learnt that man had been
murdered on the very spot where he had
seen the tall figure. Of Reviews.