The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-29
THE CAVE GHOST.


80 e.; "nen ene ois hahlinotn
- "as uiseofereu' une hrs'
man W eNpiore us uePths' ana VINO wa
hn II' as ene ,lrse guiae 10 the cave, was
$50, ndiueu i4e"iS' ohe nay IL was ru'
IN. .hoieu 'h"o MN mere were Two entrances tt
80. meant .nat 'he receipts
IN s,st'ors "ouiu os uNiuea, as the Two
- 49, a. uinefen. estates IN,
NO. 80 D .. 70 -, uhe e'''tthce' 'ne Iaho
o,,,o,Ir. -, "a we" Voc W. ,ne s"'ue i-ewls wa
quie'iS 'oiu one gay ny tine oid man that
e Aa' "''S"Ne,eu enc secohu entrance to
w. -, umner az onec 'olo mn,
10 no ~ slNe MN ms ireeuoih II ne woulo
~" Inn anu a"o'her man the second
- - ~
aN So" ~ ~ ,"o Joo' oiie rnorh'
Nv 49, 'sieu 'He iiio.,'n VI tne ave
=. e'' 49, ~ 'ne way ihe
-. 80 ""S '"ao t.e o"her ana IN,
-"a We " Fenaih On suaru ana
s tt 'ns o,u sia'e 'i ~, ho' come out tne
my ne hau gone IN zen hours later OLD
$3.50 1891 .,e Vna' tner1 vas auother en-
.aee W .he ceye. ne haa used u as an
T ~ "l,u .aiio 70 ms owner over tne mis-
800 ~. ~ inen are sala 70 nave 81
a. a. au Vnis ehefsnee' anu aluhoush
20 Aho"n IN inc heisnoorhood OF the
~ ea'e ,nat ula eAiso no man
- 'n'1 uas ueen aoie 10 ma IT, SO
s,e 10 o"'9 o"' ei'rehce 10 inc "onoerrui
- ts. pn ~ IS Iicn' ne was
L. - al. ne M"ul'i nor ltaVe the cave
~ -" " 'uily anu hLiew more Oh us
a ,ny ~ uuu rea3'les .nnh any othe'
80 sn ~ "ne u'ii1 ~, IA tne old GEM
80 Up ne''r 'he ho'ei. MS Woo" SstllI
nv. nv my rale, sue was 'e" year
hso, ""ei 'he s'ory Oh tne shost was made
A''S"n It, 1900,
~" ~ wy Sn"ss Htory' ne" mat
a ~ 'oIH nolu VI ,he cave ana 'he hote
ene'e, Iie hearh aooot oiu Lewis ana ms
monst -, ~, nIH'ois % ne concluGed II
"o',i' ue soou iuea 10 hia up the oiu lei
NV zones, renter 'ilein ~ the mouth o.
the caFe anu erect tail Wflte marble
illoiis men oNer tner1 sacred 10 the memo
y ", =, the hrst gulue 70 the cave
:" men the old mans grave was opened
.he negroes down there say ms wido"
s mens Town iheo me PIT ana gathered NJ
.ne iraSri'ents OF none ana placed them II
! IN. me new CORN, Ihen they We're placed IL
s INC nv ne" si'vo az she ihou'h Oh 'he cave
aha ehe monument was erected over them
INV hien' IN ene summer rev year
aso party ol men ana women, SIX II
i ~ nuii"er' eaine out ol the cave AT o CLOCK
i NJ ny ioVAeu Nv tne pig monument ant
n'iAeu hpous oio Lewis. Ihen they tolt
lne gurus 10 go on 10 the Motel. The!
were IN no hurry and would loiter abou
/ inc mouth OF the cave. An hour and |
NAL later they started TO go TO the hotel.
Ihey han gone but few steps when,
re" YARDS IN 'front.' they saw man. Ill
Was dressed IN wh1tf shirt and darl
! trousers ana wore no nat. One OF the mel
Tenlarkeu casually mat the guide had beer
i ioanhs rouhd near them, and he stepped
FORWARD 10 ASK the man why he had no
| gone 10 the hotel when told to do so. A
/ ne ieit the party and moved toward tn
/ man the latter suddenly turned and face'
/ MIN. lie saw In an instant that it wa
not the guide, and he asked the man wha
ne wanted There was no reply, and il
an instant the figure had vanished.
The man returned to his party and wa
laughed at when he told his story. Thel
the men and women went to the hotel
ihey FOUND that their guide had besi
/ asleep Tor over m hour. Then they wer
puzzled. No other person had been nea
| the cave, and nobody could explain the pc
cullar occurrence.
! Next day the affair was discussed.
| party was made up of men who agreed Il
go to the cave and sec il the affair was re
/ peated. They sat on the ground near th'
/ monument until IL O'Clock, when one .
them grasped his nearest neighbours arm
and whispered, do you see that mani
at the same time pointing to a thick par
OF the wood near. All the men looked am
snw the figure Of the night before. 1t wa
floating by the group, and In an instsn
I each man sprang to his feet One of tn
men drew revolver and shouted:
/ :" If you do not stop and tell us who 20,
are instantly, l will shoot you'll give yo,
fair warming