The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-12-02
SHIVERY STORY
FROM PADUCAH
We ian'S Figure Carries a
Child.
0iG french Town Has a Ghost
nd Aged Black dan Tells
Story Of Tragedy.

ar AlucI c.9C4sS1 OF-< sos GSIroll
tha TO- 10 I'as. few nights tn
gLOs-liE- cure o. woman Carrying
q baby has besa sen fitting along
The str3sa IL The neighbDThood.
says ID. Pss1ucah News Democrat
The "sDirit' has besn S-,sn by sew
earal I,sopl. and thers sssns 70 b. no
DO. b. as - 1bs fact thu s,Ir-s Ooe or
8Dm sh.ls Is DI ting On the stunt that
is my5'ifJ iLg the I,ople o. that part
Oi tle city.
According N so1D, good p,pple who
have s-H the ghoet 1hs Unknown
Hzksa Us APPEARANCE eYsry aight a.
The LDlr ~ IL Without any csr.ain
place for it, app a amos The Thing
car be- 81 lifting slCrg tbe middle
Of the street. 50 far No one Has bosn
nOlsstsd but ns5dIGs % say n Ne
gro 10 i.labit III: ss.io1 ii tn
city where Is ghOs. has Is hanging
%. pace % mr. car N venture on
the sire. - aft3r II O'Clock.
fen ulgtas ago some venture
sc1le I.18Dn lad in wait Cor the
ghCst u az effort 70 nrd out IT,
cause ~ The strange apIaT1LOn. JUS
ne hour VI u the wand4C"f was
E-s4 p, aJJ.ar near Ts-.n IA and
MDlr>: sri;.ts. 3loying along with
a gliding u.DYsinent IL w-rr wes. On
HOl-O- until Th.r,s.nth sJest was
raalh4l Vim It urEed North. A.
Gay 5-ras. = turn d bach aAst and
zen. a. Tag IN Twelfth when IL start
t-d gDI-A Az this tine he trailer
had hep. q 84fe d.s.auc- ind ard
when he rs.3hod u :i;tA and clay
ftros. %. glOE had disapp ard.
The ghIst has the APPEARANCE Of
yOuIg woman Of medium s,a.ue. and
vel fc-msd Her face Is Covered by
t.e sa.. white cJy ring t1at shi ,lds
ls yDdy, arI ths f4turts cannot be
se-4- 4 .Jr- Df pal: blue light seems
~ ..t from tn figure a. it a9-
pa 4ls lD3s along the streets. In
thee Hal-cJ.aTs the ghost Is IKE
any O.h.r gA05s but here the uksn ass
etns Tor the atraDgsst part Of tbs
Whole Laiiz - the small baby that
the HDuau carries in her arms
lac yaby - clasyad clOss To the
woman D1sJm and never makes a
9ouad. A. ~: appar-tlon fits along
a. i hulr, ilK to fulfill an engage
nelt To-. oaiy sound that is mad.
is low ~, % wh-n ia. braih is
drawn in qu.oaly WIN on Is nervous
or exc. 30
Many ra.1as have ben HyDn as
~ the caus. Di IN apparrOn but
lne mr-t plausible on. Is 1hai Civ
IN by Uncle Jerry KimbrD. an Old
E.Rro. BON AID rared ia raducah
and a. Ole time OSncd by one Of The
city'8 wealthy f1mil' p "bcfu d, wah'
AccoriiLs 10 a story tod by Uncle
Jerry th- ction now known rs
French Town and Occupied by Nc
groe8 vas iu fart al on. dine
Frmch sattl rnpnt. Several VOL 10 do
French fmaili.s3 lived in that neigh
bOrhOOd.
Tho prid. - one Of tbs, families
and the belle OF the naighbDrhood
was beautiful daughter. the only
child. she was eng AID TO marry .
you.g man NJ anoth T. city. The
mat Eas cpL8'd.r,d an daI on"
and no doubt Lhc young people would
hay- ben married and LvI1 happily
cyu az 70, -, is he usual mlnnor
IN -rh r0uIHcos, but for an in3i-
dent tha. ruined the marriage pOpo-
sitiI and mrd3 thu ghost story pos
bibl
IL night for tie celebration a the
nupt ais had come and thu iHoldinE
party assembled After tie onomOny
a reception and ball was 10 no held in
the Id house. The hour for Mia oTe-
NOM had come but no groom app, ar
81. The company bean ito wonder 4
the delay and then grow impatient
but still no bridegroom. He could not
be found
The ceremony was postIrnlod In
hopes that would finally arrive and
give an account OF himself. but the
days and months rolled by until an
other year had passd. Still Nd BRIDE
groom.
1--WE years later another wedding
party had ass mblcd In the old house. |
Though fivs y.,ars old the bride was
Hone tho less fair. In the early DAYS
OF her disapp0lntm ut sho had said |
she could never love again, but years
had put an end to her grief and she
was 10 we'd anchor.
lbe happy couple went TO live in
the home OF tho groom and 80 things
moved along well until three years