The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-01
GUIDED BY A GHOST
Strange Experience Of Traveller
Through the Old Dominion.
BY HER LOVERS GRAVE
The Lonely Resting Place of a
Young Soldier Who Was Slain
During the Rebellion Discov-
cred Through a Spirit.

On the 9th of July. 1877, was riding |
through the state of Virginia and along |
the pike that leads to the ancient little |
city of Alexandria, which is situated just |
across the Potomac from the national cap |
ital, says a writer in the Philadelphia |
Times. 1t was a delightful evenings; the
sky was clear, the moon was bright and
the stars twinkled like diamonds. Cool
and refreshing breezes waited along the
incense from the flowers in the woods.
As / came along by the battlefield of
Chantilly, otherwise known to the confed-
crates as Ok Hill, turned my horse, Tor
was riding on horseback, and rode out
into the field through a gap in the fence.
AS sat on my horse, which l stopped at
about the spot where the brave and fear
less Phil Kearney was killed, thought of
the days. of the memorable struggle be-
tween the North and the South-the whirl-
wind of strife that dashed like the pal
metto and the pine. | could not help but
think of the ptiful sight of one brother
arrayed against another, and sons and
lovers falling with the sweet kisses OF
mother and sweetheart fresh upon their
lips.
As sat thus musing / heard q slight
rustling in the thicket at my left. Turn
ing my head in that direction l beheld a
slight but graceful figure, clad in pure
white. standing at the edge OF the wood.
The figure motioned me forward, but
thinking it some member of n frolIcking
party trying to frghten me or play
practrical joke pulled out my pistol and
fired shot into the ground for the pur-
pose of giving the party a good scare. As
soon as the pistol exploded, however, the
figure disappeared as if by magic. This
sudden and nolseless disappearance was
sd kUVN hi fFar
no more of it l rode my horse out through
the gap into the road and continued on
my journey towards Alexandria.
/ had gone perhaps 300 rods or more
when 10, and behold, this same white fig
ure was moving along by my side-glid-
ing along like fairy of olden times.
Suddenly my horse caught sight of the
figure, which he had not observed before,
and with snort and wild plunge he
threw me to the ground and dashed down
the road at his very best speed. l sprang
to my feet as quickly as possible; the fig
ure was not there. l CROPPED about and
found my pistol, which dropped from my
pocket when fell, and brushed the dust
from my clothes as best | could. started
to walk back to farm house which I had
passed about a mile up the road. and the
figure appe AIRED again before me in the
as before.
She, for was close enough to discover
it was a woman, seemed to glide along as
before, without a particle of noise.
could see her face plainly now, and it was
what the novelsts love to call "stra NICELY
beautiful" There was no installing that.
Her lips and her face we're as white as
marble. The eyes appeared to be deep
blue, and the lips we're beautifully mod
eled. My appearance was not exactly
favorable to making a decided impression,
although when am well-dressed / am not
bad-looking. My watch, which had not
observed before, was dangling at the
end of the chain outside my waistcoat
and, when raised my hat, my hair wa:
sticking in every direction. However,
attempted to bog her pardon for my
strange conduct and at the same time Il
ascertain the cause of hers, but | received
no reply to my interrogatories, which were
as polite as l could make them.
lam not a timid man, and, above all
not afraid of woman, so l proceeded Il
follow, and hazardlng all sorts of guesse
as to who the stranger was and what sh
was up to and how my peculiar adventure
would end. II was certainly a strang
proceeding to me. ! thought of all tn
s'Nameless Heroines'' of the rebellion
and how they had led the union prisoner
to places of safety, through the dead O
night, but this seemed no occasion for tn
assistance of such.
However. she went up the road at
rapid rate--so rapid l could barely kee
up. She passed into the field where l ha
stopped, went across and into the wood
still reckoning me TO follow, which 1 Oh
as fast as / could without breaking int
m ar m
the wood my progress was somewhat in
peded by the trees and brush, but sh
seemed to have no trouble. Once / los
sight of her, but she waited until / caugh
nearly up with her.
All Al once she stopped by an oil
stump. l came up to within four or fiv
feet and she disappeared, and for the If
of me l could not tell where she went Il
then made up my mind had been 70
lowinJ vision. did not like to call il
ghost, for never beloved in them. 1t wa
too dark in the woods to distinguish mucl
although the moon was shining bright
through the trees, / tied my pock'
handkerchief TO n twig, in order that
might easily find the place in the morl
ing, and retraced my step.
Arriving AT the road paused momen
knew something was wrong, but what
was l had no idea. l am not natural
superstitious. but / would have given
GOOD deal at that moment 20 have had n
strange experience explained and Il
mystery unraveled. I had a feeling tn
upon visiting the place in the mo-air
something would be revealed. and W.
not mistaken.
Invent up the road TO the house la
passed on my way. 4 pleasant man q
swcred my knock on -.u door, aGl I ask,
10 be allowed go spend the nght. I
greeted me cordial. s. and invited me in
Tic house. which @as au 9..-l4sl.Ou,
E-.cz that had been bu.t .-uE before Il
war and had Remained .-.-5-rsI durii