The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-11-24

} label was Al aBcc attracted hr his hard
, seHe face and Winning mannsfs aui ~
/. father, Colonel Kane, felta dl srust ~ Oh
, from their trst meoiing and when he icsrs
ed from bis daughter that abe had engage
| herself 70 him he forbade her most pos
J lively 10 bare any further cen nanieeiiol
with bin until be could make itqulrie
which woul5 prove him worthy Of her.
Label was easily Induced 10 think shl
\ cruel persecution and had consented Il
an tlopement, and tonight C'steuec Mile
dreamed thAs be would make Der irievoea
by hs own.
/ Win be vas rtyeling In ylsloas ef lhl
fu'ure, hls driver suddenly called out
| Ytu k1ow which road to take, b9ss'
Here is two, and | duuso which II
right,
believe both go the same wst, and you
might ta well cross the stream and give The
hots 2 some water, They seem to want
sometil2g,
The horses were trembling aud evidently
frightened. and vhsn driven into The deep
stream they rtfuSed to drink ard the drIvsr
drove up The bank, uraiog them With whip
aud srgry words,
Just IN front rose a step bill, and at n Q
foot the horses stoppid d still aud luld not
he ipdreea 10 move, ard Ciaretc} Miller
| selz d he whip and deall furious blowR,
but L. vain.
The woods hupg dalk and somore on each
side { / he road, and no sound q ud he
heard tut the wster rushing over the rocks,
when all at once laugh rang out fr1m the
de, peet reeesses q The gler, wild, moekiua
ard tmeri IA lie tones.
jim, he d liver, Cxelalmed IN terror !:
10 d massj Da's the dtvll ssef.
But Clsrence Miller believed 1t some
drunken man jseriog st thelf I emm !, and
be called out again and again, tiltip9
money literally II the unseen man would
come cut III the woods ard help them togtt
the horses mp the hill
The only answer was still the ssgl mock
Ing laugh, and at length Clarence came
so furl us that he sprsng cut OK ths vehi-
Gle to ~ to The woods ard draw the dis.
tuI Der cut. III stop hi5 laughing, h *.
claimed, but q. that moment be fell to the
ground, az II struck by an unscen hand, and
on trying 10 rise found that bis knee was
% badly hurt that 1t was with difficulty he
could climb into his seat. to remain there
during the long hours Of the night.
Not even his terrors could keep Jim
awake aud his loud shores were the only
sounds except an occasional peal of laugh
ter from the depths Of The forest.
At length the darkness changed Into a
dusky gray and the morning star arote In
sigh, aud, to the amazement OF Clarence
Miller, the horfes sprang forward and dash
ed up the bill as II pursued by the Wild
huntfman o. tradition. The motion awake
Jim, who se'z d the reins, and row they
aent rapidly on, until at sunrise they stop
ped at a fosdaiie cabin to ask II they were
ON the right road to Az liner.
Two men had Just come out Of the house,
ard after telling them that In mile they
would Il themselves Ia the straight road
again, ole Of them said
You doh't tell me you cams up Haunted
Hilt
don't know what you call the hill, but
we were there all night trying to get up,
ard inst about daybrtak the horses started
Of their own accord, and have been almost
10 run ever since.
Yes, yes that's the way II always Ia.
No horse will ever come up that hill after
dark, and folks shun that road, but pears
to me you must have heard something,
tCo
What do you think VIC heard? asked Clsr-
encc, wishing to probe the matter.
Wen, every Hallowmas night there Is
an awful fuss kept up there. Such laugh
ing and sometimes lis curing, too. What
did ycu hesi Last night was Hallow-
mas; you couldn't have caught me near
there.
Clarence replied vaguely and was about
to drive on when tbe other man broke into
a lsuSh aud saii
Did you never hear owls hooting In the
woods? They sound powerful like folks
laughing at you
After they got out Of hearing Of the men
st the csbln, Jim shook bis head and re-
marked with portentous gravity
Nobody can't make me believe that owls
could stop horaes, and make um stan stock
stlll oil night 10 the road. NJ, sirrec, they
C 1uldu't 90 Z.
The villsee Of ylmer was now In sight,
and will carry my story back to the pre-
cadiog night.
Very diff rent, indeed, from the dtIk and
onely woods was the scere 10 Colonel
Kane's dne old library. Ol the massive
bras. andlrons sturdy oak logs threw out
a golden n,me that frightened the room,
whose hapgtnas AID carpetry OF dark GRIM
son looked warm ard CHEEKY in the dsncirg
freight. On the high man,el an old-fssh-
ionei mirror 7, n ,cted light from wax can.
dies ia the giilteiiOg candelabra, while
tall lamp on the black marble centre table
added brightness to the scene.
ISABEL Kane looked 10 harmony with the
room In her crimson TX dress and her daik
eyes were btg',. y b I yeils4 excitement
a. phe enter 8 no lie Hallog mas games,
carried on b group oi y5upS people who
hsd untypes ely come 70 her house 10
'perd tie eveti6g.
IIsr father stbica', AID The thought
of the momentous che bad pfomIted 10 ttke
would have tlil.d ttr with sush dread ths'
he "a, her yt'cam the Interruption, he.
ilevlfg tha; Il ~ en'd not interfere with /
her plans. tny hour she expected
Clarence Mlllsr. at b. would sesm Only |
b.. sKNat Al. sfN IN fEe Il