The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-03-19
REMARKABLY
...is STRANGE STORY
Of a Visit to a Haunted
Kentucky Cabin. "a.
Smoke From the Cabin Led to An
Investigation which Resulted
In Wonderful Revelations. <

miles below Cincinnati, on the Ohio
river, blue smoke can be seen IN
the early morning curling upward
from a spot amid the rugged hills on
the Kentucky side. IL rises from an
old log cabin long since deserted.
1t is a rather well preserved log
cabin with the chinks we'll filled with
the clay that was placed there neearly
a century ago. but the windows are
broken and the door is swelled until
it would be impossible to open II
without breaking, the huge. rusted
hinges, A glance through the window
reveals bare room, with great ropes
Of dusky spiders webs, and great
open fireplace with white ashes on the
stone hearth, but no sign of habi-
tation. fe usl
Smoke from deserted cabin seemed
so strange that the writeer decided to
investigate especially as stories were
aflcat in Rising Sun and the quaint
little Kentucky village OF Rabbit Hash
that the cabin was inhabited by in
visible beings.
Securing the services of a stalwart
Kentuckian, who said he had visited
the place frequently the writer started
for the scene OF the spirits a short
time before dark. This was a second
visit. The first was in early morn
ing while the smoke was curling up
ward from the chimney :.
AS we approached the cabin, which
stood on the eastern slope Of one of the
big bills, the shades of approaching
night were heavier there than else
where and 1t was a dreary spot in
deed but without word we approach
ed and took our positions opposite the
door and broken windows. Just as
screen owl. ON distant tree gave ut
terance to one of its hair-raising yells
we heard what sounded like some one
scraping dinner pot within the cabin
The sound was distinct. and one could
even detect the rattle Of the handle
on tine side of the utensil as ii was
being turned around. yffaF
A few moments latter there came a
sound as II some one was fishing abou
among lot of tin pans. Then came
a sound as IL something like a wooden
mallet was striking on heavy piece
of metal. such as old-fashioned dog
irons in front of great open fireplace
There was desire to approach and
peer into the open window but the
next moment that desire was dismiss
ed for from within those dreary. log
walls came the most awful blood
curdling groans 1t would be possible to
imagine. The came from an invisible
woman, for the voice was not that of
a man. Tine Kentuclkian started to
move, but remained when a restrain
ing hand was laid on his shoulder. The
groans ceased and were succeeded by
other sounds SUCH as might be pro-
duced by rafting the chains and
buckles on a set of old-fasnioned
harness. Next came the sound OF some
kind OF machinery, which seemed not
unlike the hum of spinning wheel.
After this died away there was
silence of nearly half an hour and
the, darkness gathered in all its in
tensity. We were becoming restless
and thought Of changing our positions
when there was sound that must
have been the opneing Of the old door.
Tue weeds and little sticks all about the
doorway ratified and crushed as If dis
turbed by osme ones feet and we felt
as II the invisible creature was APP
There was a desire
to run. or II possible. ely but we were
both frozen to the spot. We were
held prisoners. Something took abso-
Lutte possession of us. All We seemed
able to do was stand there and listen
to the words that apparently came
from a woman. ~ E H
Emanuel Emanuel Why this alb
sence? The voice OF the spirit speaks,
and no one needs. There will be a
last day, and -
The sentence was unfinished. and
there was a rushing sound as II the
wind was blowing in one spot ard the
door ratified again. and everything was
silent as the tomb. We could move
then. but we felt as II we mad been
in the grasp of some awful monster and
had made a miraculous escape. We
had heard enough to convince US the
cabin was really inhabited by some
sort of real but invisible creature and
to tell tine truth the writer at least
did not care to make any closer ac-
quaintance. although ne has watched
the smoke curling above that lonely
cabin early In the morning and wonder
ed why this and the ashes and queer
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