The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-04


one l951l
Ing d an 10 ding on bis box drove
sI9igiy 8 i3fl q !. - Rev York. Pas
.irie old I.rinity c1rtch the chimes "a
tIis iver a5og ing 01fs foIlovFet blT
ne trole Is
eHe1Io.g cried a voice.
The eabn1au, eyer naidtlf lti ofsG fare.
f6iisesI-s IN seIG % q q st1r1liug saw 2
81 IA Ia lis, M lG. Il g be-
Tore the church There was little u. bis
filea 81 eiIre sille; for The foEIner
was shaded by the brlm OF q singular
,tiiFee e5rnere hat. the tter apped
IA 4 lone cloak he - nan dew up
Il lie cifrh. ME stralleef opened the
cab door aud Stepped hastiIy In, giving
hurried order to drive northWard
along the giEer bank. on reaching
q point opposite Weehawken the
stranger called tpon the sclbnan to
stop, alighted and walked toward the
river
It WINS now early dawn. On conn
ing to the waters edge he looked
about hIz.I as Though expecting some
one iti.en ~ and down flte Fiy3rs
Gtahcing inpatfently at his watch.
The scabman continued to eye him
wonderIngIy, though he was tired and
sleepy Was It droWsIneSs that made
the queer figure seem to hutter IN the
Wind? A boat touched tle-sh0re pulled
by two men In the same garb as the
strInEer. He stepped In and was
rowed away straight across the river.
Then II seemed 70 the cabman TINT he
had lost consciousness for a second and
the men pulling away In a boat had
been a dream He looked about for
the Stranger, but he had Indeed disap-
peared.
Suddenly the stiffness was broken by
a distant crack, or, rather, It was two
cracks so near together as to be scarce
~ distinguished. Just then the leaves
of the trees were stirred by a light
breeze, and It seemed to the cabmanl
that something uncanny was in the
wind Indeed, though 1t was a warm
July morning, he shivered as if he had
been struck by cold draft from a
tomb.
The next thing the cabmau knew
the two men who had taken the stran,
ger away were pulling rapidly down
the river. The stranger himself was
nowhere to be seen. but the men SEEM
ed to be regarding anxiously something
In the bottom of the boat invisible from
the shore. The cabman, bent on hold
ing to those mysteriOusly linked with
the man who owed him fare. whipped
up his horse AMI followed them down
along the shore. 1t was a hard chase,
but he managed to keep them In sight,
and finally thes turned toward the
shore. when they landed. cahby was
there to meet III sin. The stranger was
stretched in the bottom of the boat
Taking him mp. ais companions carried
him ashore and placed him inside the
cab. The cabuian. MI in hutter.
mounted the bux and was about to
drive away whea he remembered TINT
In his excitement he had not asked
for Instructions Looking buck to do
SO, not ghost os a man who had been
there was to be seen. As soon as he
could Sufficiently recover from Ills as
tonishment he bent over to ask the
question of the man inside. The face
was ashen and had taken on CHASTITY
glare.
'!Drive," moaned the sufferer.
..Where?" -
The cabman dashed his horse. his cab
swaying from curb to curb, its driver
swaying as wen on the box. the people
rushing to get out OF the way. Now
and again policeman dashed into the
street to stop him, but he was driving
too fast for them and left them all be-
hind.
s.Fasterr' called the passenger in a
dying voice. I'm be caught in the
The cab at last drew up at the gate
way of old Trinity. The cabman was
about to get down and. help the man
out when he saw him hit rather than
walk or run In through the gateway,
pass right through an iron fence and
into the churchyard. Down jumped
tic cabman and dashed after him, call
Ing for his fare. Passing around an
End of the fence. making his way
through the headstOues, he managed to |
keep the man, or. rather. ghost-for by
this time it rcsemb!ed dissolving bun |
cloud-in sight.
There Is u monument on the southern
side OF the churchyard pnrtalSing neil
Their OF the style of the seventeenth nor
Of the nineteenth century, but Pc
Rod betwlxt the two. To this monu-
ment the fading object fioated, and
thither the cabman staggered. But on |
1t not Sign of a living being
was to he seen. Duzed. he tried to |
steady himself against the tomb, but
he gr:tvpstones. the high buildings
the churchyard. the spire.
I'll began to rock as II they were tow
srs on some gigantic vessel. and-wel.
hats all the cabman knew. Indeed.
ne sank down on tile grave with his
lead resting against the monument.
There lie was seen by policeman
standing on the narrow street border
nC the chUrchyurd.
The next sisu OF consciousness that
.ane to the cahman was feeling u grip
IN his arm. Opening his eyes. he saw
he policeman bending over him.