Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-06-17

ana ALTO the region below. The
rlountaineers began to have a fear
and dread Of the place, and it was
not long before the only visitors TO
the place were those who went in
the daytime to see the beautiful
scenery. Some months after the
death Of the girl, the voice was again
heard at the house. 1t sounded
weaker and shaky, but the people
near were ready t swear that it was
the same voice. The boys went on
to say that o many months before
the time of our arrival at the Cove,
4 Young man had become lost in the
part of the mountains near Kalalan-
ia, and had stopped in the house out
of the rain. Soon he heard that
dreadful voice, and could hear some
thing moving slowly towards him in
the dark. A broad flash of lightning
lighted UP the house, and all that
he could see was two bright, flash
ing balls OF fire moving slowly to-
wards him. He fled out in the
night, but the object seemed to fol-
low him. He ran to his home, (the
way seemed to come back to him
after the scare,) but could not rest,
for that dreadful cry was still ring
ing in his ears. "Since this Incl
dent" the boys said, 1.-The awe of the
place has increased"
OF course my companions and |
were filed with curiosity, and in
stantly decided to visit the place on
the mex day. We were moi at all
superstitious about the place, and
laughed at the idea of it's being the
abode Of spirits. The night follow
ing this story, ] could not sleep. My
companions slept s%oundly, but all
through that long, tiresome night I
imagined that | could hear the cry
Of the girl, and determined that
night that before | left the noun
tains that summer | would solve this
mystery.
h morning of the next day was
cloudy and toggy; so we did not
leave on our trip to Kalalanta until
in the early afternoon. BY that
time the fog had risen and the
clouds. had been blown away, and we
concluded that we could get a pretty
good view from the mountain. In
order to reach III destination it was
necessary to climb the mountain al
most to Highlands, and tner go
| n rDn1l1 thp ri1pn hy n;n,~,-,
route to the house; so it was late
in the afternoon, almost shutdown
in fact, before we got there. The
house looked very much the same as
any Of the many other summer
homes of the community. Upor
closer examination we could tell by
the architecture that the house had
been planned and constructed by a
master hand. The main part of the
house appeared to have six rooms;
the kitchen and dining room were
under a separate roof and were
joined to The main part by a ornred
p~assaSeway. The yard showed that
it had at one time been a well or.
'SiSN o"S Sdlutl, DuI II was '-OW
almost entirely overgrown with
weeds and briers. noticed that a
well-worn path led up to one OF the
doors, and | wondered at the time
what it could mean, as understood
that the house was uninhabited.
From the front yard of this house
! beheld what | consider The most
beautiful scene that it ever fell my
lot to behold. | don't believe my
youthful mOntaineer informers we're
eXaggerating in the least when they
said that it was the grandest view
in the mountains Of North Carolina.
Below me, stretched for several
miles straight in front of ne, was
the beautiful valley known as Horse
Cove. 1t was a level piece Of coun-
try and was covered with the rich.
green mountain grass characteristic
OF that part of the country. A small
river flows through the center of the
valley and many smaller streams
empty into it. In the fading sun
light these streams resembled the
prettiest mother-of-pearl and gave
the valley the appearance OF having
a pearl setting. On my right rose a
large mountain, known as Black
Rock on account of the large. bulg-
ing rock which covered almost ope
side of it. A small stream of water
was flowing over this rock, and the
rays Of the setting sun passing
through the water caused most of