The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-16

,rlcss by the early settlers. supposed !,
~ in 1910 Il was used during inc =
French and Indian war as fort ana
IN the old kitchen that Is now ialllhs
into decay there Is well that has
,uppllod tho place with water through y
nj the varied phases o. Us long eA's''
.,cs II was In the house that rose
above the fort. which, by the way :
made A most convenient foundauoh' r
,ot 10 mention stables and dungeons ,
ma, praddoek. IN consultation with
the governors OF Eve colonies. planned
sls Inflated campaign; here young
George washington received MS h's'
commission: the war OF 1872 saw
a use as a powder magazine ana
,rison. while In the civil war u W''
used as hospital Around the eoio-
NAL period however, when AieNah'
drla's glory was brightest most OF w,
interest ccnters. FOR though the o'u
house IA now comparatively unknown
and ohscure. being hidden by the SUI
r,pndlnr wires Of the hraddocA
house In those days its plllared pofu-
:, looked down upon long terraces.
bordered with slender Lomhardy POP
lars The wide hall is faukei on eith'
or side by quaint little rooms, the mos,
,,nops NJ which ls the "blue parlor
unchanged sire, the days o. Whsa'
ineton where the white cornlce u
carved IN ouecr little roses and thistle.
to remind them. perhaps OF me 90
English DAYS 90 Merry Carlyle u
was TO this room that little salhe FAR
fax trippcd down the mahogany s'A'f'
10 dance at her FIRST ball with Gen.
washington and 90 the tiny anteeham-
her IN front Gen. Bgaddock slept Up
stairs the rooms are small and th'
modern housewife would look IN as
may at the curho8ris. for they are
.rarcc'y more than fwo feet SQUARE
The windows which front thc river or
Iriraliy or.rc1 upon balcony ih''
rverhrne most eafc.re garden. Ip.
She balcony hrs gone and the ola faf
den with Es circular path oi brIeN
ts -relt hoy-trrrs and v.Fura vines
Is fast becoming q dream of The pass.
On the th.rI foor tho rooms arc small
or and go sim that hui tor Che spo'lea
vhrswash they mlcht easily Dol PEG.
pled with ghosts. 80 one end OF th'
,7ssaee that runs between thr room.
there Is o door leading into coT'd'
~ The ola hotel and down Cos lenEi'
of blactrcss % o. said that the wailin.
M baby long since dead. otiei
breaks through the stllncss OF Oh
plrht So much Cor the ghosts, whr
unfortunately. DO not walk in broa
DAYLIGHT, lnt the old vaults. Ear dow
below are surely spooly enough. eve
whore the sunlight pours Us war;
oo,d through the donr.css archwn.
In one Of the partitions above %
vaults stands an old cupboard mac
20 hv the Indians, with traces Of headir
av- thlesiy covering the doors The bead
the hoveycr have an disappeared Dow
my the stone stairs again. 20 the leii. the
hen ia supposed 90 bo an underground W.
oy. ,b,t lel 90 the river. which in tho
rn- DAVIS was nearer by several hundr
lev. foot than IL o. now. but the vault b
long bcon walled in. and 90 secr'
are uiu uusolved. The Braddo
house which surrounds this relic
10 n bygorc s,atclluoss, O. of much d
,be. or date. hut a quaint. rambling onou
erlv old Mace lt o. Tho front was orgIn
alma 10 brnt for a bank. and The rest ~
rva. house was added ai,erward H. q
cor. b,s seen many changes and much
site. generation. and Us wings seems tai
.ght. 4, shake with holy horror 90 the bu
fau- ing of the telegraph wires that h,
sscd tbelr home Co.. iis siaid and pro-
was walla Straight down The street ir
y In tbe praddock house ls the old elias
maid tavern Ohoy were ON tovorus In Oh
ta0 5,ya, whose lower noOr has been
a generated into something that ls m
'llp- inc % Junk shop than anything q
aant bnt uusalrs ore The assembly roo
Juai which. % ls said George Washing
ano' often hencrsd with h's presence. Tl
'o o. n queer little musicians gaN
'''' looking Into .t that was accessible
from me lower han hy means OF O.
dor. as tho tlry door leading luu
h hieh up in the wall When
you musicians had assembled tho la,
yes was tatca away. leaving those un
ose mna'cs mo- way OF escape This I'd
NOR now divided into three. is used
club room hy an organization that
done much TO preserve and care "a
> The carved waluseotlug and mol
/, and are stlll the same. though the place
1. A been. of course much moderated,
races the opposite side OF the hall Is
room occupied hy the famous "Fe
nrefor STRANGER" and Il Is stlll pointed o
,rlnnd an other strangers, male os female
IA 10 wherever there Is a mystery unso
/. and a trlao uncanny, the lnteros
Eng ways rccms the greatest This
IN the son. who is known only as the "Fo
atours stranger" came 20 the tavern ear
pports. the century. She stayed Just
ianag- days. and during that time hol
reduce converse with any one save her
SIGNALS wants. TO whom she spoke alwa
9 10 a French. AZ the end Of that tim
died, but Just before her doata ht'