Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-09-16
HE MARRIED. THE GHOST.
SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A MINER
WHO BURIED HIS MONEY
In the Mine for Saiety-Lost His Life by an Ex-
plosiOn-Rival Lovers Go at Night TO See the
Ghos. and Are Scared Out Of Their Wits.
Special to TIE Es0isse,-.

Special to TIE Es0Isse-.
WILKEsBARRE, PA, September 12.-
A man here named Tom Burns stated
in McGuigan's saloon on pay day night
that he had seen a ghost al No. Z slope,
but as he had been celebrating after a
hard months work, his story was not
believed. But, as 1t turned out, there
was something 10 the story after all.
Burns told his story in this fashion:
al wuz comm up frcm the Red Ash and
cut over the COLIN pile for here, and, O
course, comes right past there old slope
'er No. = 'PSss dark like yer couldn't
see yer hand afore yer face. l hears a
noise like, an stops right in front Ter
the opening, and hang me sf thar warn't
something all white and 'scary comm
out O. the slope, and l smells a smell
like gas. Yer all know there ain't
much ga In No. Z, and | thinks 1t was
suffer what came with the smoke"
But the next night Burns story was
~substautisted. 1t was close to midnight
when Pat Burke went hu:rlediy through
the swinging doors of the saloon, fol-
lowed by q tall youth, who tremoled as
IL with an attack OF ague.
Say, Tommy Burns" began Burke
breathlesslY, yer right, thar do be a
ghos' at No :; my laborer hefo, Jimmy,
seen il, aud il scared him awfuiIy."
Jimmy said:-"MuSt a been about
eleven when l comes over the COLIN,
same way Tommy Burns done las
night, and as | goes past old No. : |
hears a screechy cry. l turns roun',
when, all on "a sudden, right In the
mouth o. the slope, l see somethin'
white waving it's arms, and | runs"
The men believed his story, for jim
my was a sober man.
A GHoSTLY PLACE.
II there were such things as ghosts
there was no more appropriate place for
their appearance than in old No. Z
slope. Years g it had been one Of the
richest mines in the Wyoming Valley,
In those days the coal was mined as
economically as possible, and as soon as
a vein had been worked out the pillars
left TO hold up the roof were robbed,
and, there being nc support, in time
the surface caved in. This was the
cause of the dreadful accident In which
thirty men were killed several years
ago, since which time the mine had not
been operated. One day one OF the
usual caveins% occurred, but this time il
was under the bed of the creek. 1t was
spring, and the creek, fed by the melt
ing SHOWS, was high. In a few mo-
ments the lower workings were filed
and thirty men, who found their only
outlet cut off by the rushing water,
persisted miSerably.
The mine was at once shut down, the
cost OF pumping IL out being TOO great,
and it had not been worked since.
There was a general noGding Of heads
and meditation until Pat Golden spoke.
TO my mind" he said, iii there is a
ghost II is that Of Dad McDade. You
remember Dad McDade? He was the
old miser who was killed in No. : by al
explosion Of gas two years ago."
Nobody ever knew why McDade went
down there. Many thought he was
crazy. He was the best miner on the
Hill. and made plenty of money, but be
miser, but one day they found he wa:
saving for his daughter Bridge, who
was in Ireland. A few days before hi:
death he sem over for her. Then he
was missed. Somebody had seen him
40 the mouth Of old No. :, and a party
OF men went down the slope, and sure
enough found him. He had run into q
blower with a naked light, an explo.
sion followed and killed him.
NO MONEY TO BE FOUND.
When the girl Bridge got here her
father was buried. The strangest thing
was no money could be found in his old
cabin, and everybody thought he had
saved a lot.
1t so happened that Golden and a good
looking young Welshman, John Jones,
were rivals for Bridge McDade's affec.
tions, for the girl had stayed on in the
neighborhood with relatives.
The suggestion that it was McDade's
ghost that haunted old No. z gave rise
to a heated dispute between the young
miners. The upshot Of it all was that
they dared" each other to 20 10 the
slope and ask the ghost for dis daugh'
ter's hand. They agreed to go together
the next night 10 test who was the
brsveSt.
Before evening came the news spread
over the Hill, and as Jones and Golden
returned from work they we're the Gym
osure Of all eyes.
GOLDEN FIRST TO ARRIVE.
McGuigan did a big business that
night. Golden was the first one OF the
two 10 arrive, reaching the saloon
| shortly before ten. Jones appeared q
few minutes siterward.
"Well start at once" said the Welsh
man. Golden was al his side and to-
gether they strobe up the road. Jones
did not speak, and Golden did not care
TO start the conversation, They walked
quickly, and soon left the last OF the
houses behind and turned of through
the woods. Behind them an indistinct
murmur and sbufling told them the
crowd still followed, though they could
see little before or behind. The dark
ness was intense. not eve q star was
visible. and the heavy black clouds
which covered the sky BODIED rain.
They proceeded carefully, picking
their way along the little railEoad thsf
led to the opening.
yet SOME thirty feet<