The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-30
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The Mad Beauty of Big Elk
or, A TERRIBLE seen BY MOONLIGHT
BY J. P RACINE.

BY J. P RACINE.

Y JST Il short way MP the Big EIk
Creek from EIktuu. is located one
of the most unique h&ml,tS III al
chriStruGom. At the point ri
which | write. an iron bridge spans the
Big Elk, and passing the hri lgr either
way, one must mount Il very abrupt hill
in getting away from the Srqucstcrrd
hamlet. rhc village is in two parts. for
the highway both east and west of the
Elk. The present name of the twin
hametS is simply Banks, its middle au-
pellation was Baldwin. but its former
handle WAS Lords Factory" But our
story reaches even farther back into an
tiquity than the hamlet itself. The large
cotton factory thcreat has been the at
traction for over fifty years. 1t is sit
uated close up to the stream and on the
sunset side of the same. The edifice in
its younger days was the most magniti-
cent of its kind in Cecil county. and even
to-day it has some pretrnSionS to gran
deur But our narrative has absolutely
nothing whatever to do with this pic
turesque hamlet. for the place was bare
ut the opening of our story. save for IA
lone log hovel in the sunny gladcS here
and there the brook along But | have
merely Indicated the village and scene
OF to-day. for the purpose of directing the
minds of my readers to the proper scene
of my legend in the far off days Of anti
guilty.
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