The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-09
A GHOSTLY
VISITOR.
He Pointed Out His
Murderer.

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..,fstnnr Tbepe i +ho ,,host.. w. N"'SI,et'
ta,so is bonrtod 60, steP' ms
J,,,.n etoirs,o 0oHii"s
DaIrvmnlo rnb1,od bis o,.o.. 49,,
90 b;s foot Cbo.ts ~. =, ,,,,, ,,'i SI'r"H-
ro.. for him and il u.as 60, .L;i Ia" o'!
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,,.i.b mo in tbis honso ~ IN. ~ guy
=, many stories of ..lae4. Ill. IN. " VIZ
,f,bt and which wos ca ,,,,aI, a,
e.. +,o viIIogars "'0'''V'
And in frutb tbo houso,s ,,,,,,,,,,... -.
tatinn was not v.itho,,+ fo,,,,.I,.iS1., =
irl NOT been occunieJ for - ,.,,,... a.'5
,as now inbabite1 liz ,ots S,.I 'i. ''1.'
reaches. It's roof was all mos, .,,..,,,.,,
and an onproarboS ~ il ,.o,... -, Y '.'
in weeds and bricrs M onoL,,1 ,,,.,1 ',r 81,
~ near it in IN vaors H.. I'LL l,,,
rar+ was - rich OH mon ,,.i,.. M
II only dnring rho summon o,,d ,,ae IN
aIoue For Il summers he IiyoI +torl
FIa nonnIn knew, bu+ li+tto of l,;,,, -.
+h9t his name wos Coe,or frre,,- a-,I
that he was very wealthy
The last seen Of him obort tbo ,.;r,,.,
was ono dav in Angnst inst 70 roon. ~,
fore tbe occurrence Of The incidon+ nov.
rated MT tbe herinnino of tbis e+an,. IT
was observed walking obnnt tbo nIaa,
suuerinte6dine some ,vork not bo 40.
having done. The next dav tho borso
WINS shnt nm. and he was saon NO NOV,
II was Thought that he bod rotrrrod -
the ritv and Womb trr, nm +bo ,,,,.t
summer. A few months loter q vornco,
brother of his came down and ror,o,',,l
the furniture and closed IN tho Lorso
That was the last over soon of C,osror
Troup. and the next summer tba bonso
was not opencd
The big. roomv house remained olI
through the wear following closed nm do.
serted and alone The villagers yboSnoss.
ed by il at night begon 10 tell strone,,
stories of tho sounds thst tbav hoord IL.
side and declared thot thev had ofton
seen light shining through the hIinds
and had heard voices mooninc nc ;f in
pain. These stories gave the house . ron.
utation of being haunted and If was gi,,.
en- wide berth by all at NIGHT iust as
many other houses arc in naorlv Svar,,
village. For 13 wears the house sustained
the reputation well and even increased il
It became the toIk of rho town and anr ~,
number of intrepid youths spoke Of
spending n night in the bousn and soIv.
ing the mystery But none ever did so
| determined TO see if there was anvtbin,
in the many stories that had been told
and proposed to Jack Dalrvmple that
we spend a night in the house and meet
the ghost face to face.
And so it came to pass that we repair.
ed to the silent house one night inst after
dusk and, opening the crealAng door. on
tered the wide hallway. All was dark
We lighted wax taDer and set il down
in the hallway TO give MS light We snent
the first few hours of the night speculat
Ing about the appearance of his ghost
shin and finally bocomine veoriad U.o
had fallen osleen. bad scarcely got
asleep when | heard the footsteps as de.
scrbed above.
After rousing Dalrymple we walked
into the hallway.
We could hear the footsteps sounding
in the hallway lust over our heads. 1t
was the ghost, and it was coming toward
the stairway. Nearer and nearer the
footsteps came. and faster and faster my
heart beat Another step
Great Godl There If was! Hideous,
Horrible!
AT last | had seen n ghoa! In all nav
most horrible freoks Of IMAGINATION
had never coniured nm ANYTHING half so
frirbtfnl or biJoous oe this If was the
figure Of nm old man who might have
been thousand veors old so bent. so
feeble and decrepit he seemed He was
leaning with one hand on a cane, while
with the other he steodied himself on the
railing of the stairway. Bur more hor-
rible than all was the awful gaping cut
which extended from one Of his ears TO
the other and which was drinpinc with
blood. His white beard was clotted with
blood. ana the long white hair which fell
in folds over his shoulders was soaked
With gore.
THIS horrible. uneartbfv fqure came
down the stairway and stood before US.
starino ~ ns T';t,, ''t,a his ,rnI n,aniocaI
protruding bIoodshot ewes. while hiA thin
lips were twitcbing nervouslv and the
CHASTITY wound was gaming omen. showing
Inc severed windpipe.
Nho-who are your asked Dalrym-