Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-28

as the place was remote, and nara
any one abroad at that hour. A band Q
possum hunters, and one belated trav-
eller on the big road spread abroad
news OF them, howevsr-so next dap
the former owner went TO see what Wa
behind IL.
TIE SETTLERS STORY.
He found the land buyer sitting I'd
the chimney corner, beaten black anQ
blue, with scratches and sharp cat
here and there on bis head aud face
At first be was reticent, only smiled
.rlne sheepishly when his hurts were
mentioned. After little be appeared
o think better OF IL, aud this Is tht
story he told
81 lived all my life up in Sparta, twq
hundred miles from here. neve
knowed there was such a place as thi
till six mouths ago. Then one day as
was ploughlng my little corn patch
looked up aud saw tail old man
mighty weatherbeaten and sharp eyed
with a long ride In his hand aud wear
In q buckskin huntin' sb' >standinf
In the next row. lookin' avg, % mighty
hard. After we had passed the time 81
day and all that, be burst out all OF
sudden, Say do you want TO be rlchyI
'Weli-yes,' SAYS L; that Is, II didn't
have TO work too bard, ner 70 do dirty
work for f. / wouidn't cheat nor roo
no liyin' mao Then. says be. sorter|
laughln, How about er dead lnJinT u
told him | was agreeable enough on
that. Then, 10 cut the matter short, he.
let on as he was my Old woman's great
grandsIre, aud that since he'd 0eenf
oruisn' round amongst tho ghosts he'd
found out whar some Injuns had buried
big lar full OF gold beads and brace
lets and nuggets and things-said they
wus Creeks aud Choctaws aud had got
the gold down In the Georgy diggingss
HE said, too. all them Injun ghosts
kept watch over IL, and would Kill the
man that tried TO take hlt-nnless ne
got IL the one night IA tho year wnen
they left IL alone. That was Tor the
corn dance. that comes OF always the
night OF the full moon in October.
They had 10 be away az that fro m suns|
down TO the time tho trees throwod
shadows longer than themselves. Them
he told me about this place--to sell out,
co me here and buy II, and dig aud dig
until found the sign he'd tell ND
about He didn't quite know the place
OF the jar, cause the ghost braves wus
80 Jealous OF havin' IL talked about
but when found three round rocks to-
gether, with another laid 10 the crotch
OF them. aud all three feet under grounde0
then was to dig there.
ATTACKED BY SPIRITS.
az come, as you know-the old m
along with me, shown the way, tho
nobody saw him but noe. j dug,
found the round rocks more'n y
back. couldn't hardly wal
moon 10 full, but last night ]
tell you / made the spade
| twelve o'clock or thereabont
down deeper'n my head, and r.
set there, / found the jar. Tn
to be Keeriul--the old man
n.s IL was buried bottom al
/ brofe IL I'd lose heap OF lnl
had 10 dig -toalAaI &s-1s
OF it--and tell you II wasn't cal
In down thar. But after
| felt that jar.give under my handE
straightened up, thinkin' I'd glt no.
breath, then take a pnrchos on IL, tDa
would fetch II up In no time.
"My head hadn't got straight up
when saw the hole was dark the
tree shadows had covered II while l was
dlggin'. ! dropped down 10 grab that
lar again, meanin' 10 have 10, break or
no break, and run for all was worsh.
II come up as nice as you please-and y
tell YOU IL was heavy. / set u out on.
the bank, and hoped after u; tbon'
before / could lay hand on IL again,
somethln' took me blim! In the forehead,
and bang! beside the head, and bin un-
der the ear, aud little, cold, sharp things.
cut and scratched me. and all the time the
blows kept Ialnin' down. hollered-
YES. | won't deny hollered Ike ef
painter. for there wero fifty ghosts
with tomahawks an feathers
81 knowed / had been too SLOW, ana
the ghost braves had come back and
caught me. / liz out from thar as lively
as any coon with the dogs a-trallin' him.
They kept up beating mo about bali
way home. didn't go back tlll Day
Hight. Come along, and see just what I
saw then"
The visitor went. What be saw WAS
deep, freshly dug hole, With q curious
round cavity az the bottom, such aa
would be left by the removal OF somsS
thing a long time buried. No Jar was
visible. but 10 the loose earth a. the
side distinct print 81 a mOccasoned
foot with Just beslde 10 caroeiian
arrowhead. which shone Is II freshly
Clipped.
They've took thar gold and buried
II somewhere else" said the gold SEEK.
or. "Now. Squire. wanter know IL
You won't take back the iarm2 'Ialnt
worth WhIlo for ms 10 try and I've
peaceable nowhere In ten miles Of al
Injnn's grave"
ADVENTURE or A sI0nr.
That was magic, rather than ghost
pure and simple. / am rather % loss
20 classify the story told me Dy a gentle
man OF the old school, who 10 bis youth
Travelled widely through the 81 100
West There were neither ste
railways nor telegraph nor exp
panies 10 those days. 20 tbs
who had business there CARR
and pistols belted about bis y
particular traveller, with a cd
was journeying 20 q lapd ssieraid Tho
pair had between then sotne $1,000
Settlers we're few and FAR between;
was difficult often 70 6nd house Of G
for themselves AID tbeir horses. q
night they we're iored 10 stop - q foa
side tavern, whose keeper was o
thought 10 be above suspici0n. 50 !
two friends insisted upon sleeping IN
same room, and after they were u
took precautions against being rob
and murdered.