The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-04-03

to the ladies' and gentleman almost
drove them distracted. They described
thcm as darting binding fire, flashing
with light at once dazzling and ter
rifying.
The daughtcr-in-law seems to have
had the most intimate acquaintance
with the supernatural visitant. But
the father and mother tell stories
equally thrilling. Upon one occasion
young lady from Goochland County
was visiting the home. a day or two
after. her arrival the young lady in a
greatly agitatcd frame OF mind told
her hostess that the spirit of the form
er owner of the house had appeared to
her and told her that treasure was
buried near the house, describing the
location with utmost cxactness.
The lady could hardly dcscrlbc to
the agent the scene which followed.
She said the spirit of the man who
had owned the place at once spranc
upon the young woman and it seemed
that he would Kill her. Her ewes BRO
tuded from her head and she was al
most stranglcd when the spirit released
her.
a day or two after, the spirit, which
was not visible to the Young lady, led
her to the brink of the well at the
back of the house and she was ON the
point of walking blindly in when one
or the family to whom the spirit was
plainly visible, seized her and dragged
her back.
On Thursday morning of last week,
| according to the story which was told
the agent by the young man, he dis
covered that the spirit was on the point
OF sprlnging upon the little baby in the
cradle when the father seized it and
dragged it away.
Many other stories of the visits of
the spirit were told. The tenant of
the property said he always told them
that if they would leave the premises
| forever he would cease to trouble them.
He vowed that he could not rest IN his
grave so long as Northern people lived
in his home.
The agent laughed at all these
stories, of course. and finally induced
his visitors to go back to their home
They mad been gone but few minutes
when they returned In greater agita.
ton than before. They declared that
the spirit of the overseer of the former
owner of the property had met them
some distance from the house and
warned them that if they entered the
mansion again they would be torn II
pieces by his employer.
The man and women were in a state
of great terror. The gentleman de
clared thai he would never enter tn,
house again. The agent tried TO dis
suade him from his purpose to dcser
his pretty home, but in vain. Til,
upshOt OF the whole matter was tina
the agent loaned the gentleman $15O
and when the shadows of night fel
about the old mansion the aged moth
cr, her son and wife, and their child
rem were being taken rapidly ava
from the scene of what was to them
most terrible experience.
The flight occurred on Thursday
| That night the old house was deserted
Friday morning the agent employed
man to sleep in the premises. Brigh
and early the next morning the ager
, went out to see how how his man ha
spent The night. The latter declare
I he had never rested better. If he wa
!, disturbed last night nothing was hear
D from it.
8 While going around the premist
G the agent found that the occupants
C the property had dug several dee
y holes IN the cellar searching for trea
c ure, and pit, perhaps forty feet
Il depth, had been sunk in the yard, all