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

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! common belief was hat the evil
spirit had carried her-soul, body
and ALTO the region below. The
mountaineers 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, huj the people
near were ready to swear that it was
the same voice. The boys went on
to say that not many months before
the time OF our arrival at the Cove.
I young mar had become lost in the
part of the mountains neal 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, the of the
place has increased"
OF course my companions and |
were filed with curiosity, and in
stantly decided to visit the place on
the next day. We were not 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 soundly. but all
through that long, tiresome night |
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.
The morning of the next day was
cloudy II foggy; SO we did not
leave on u 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 Il destination it was
necessary to climb the mountain al
most to Highlands. and then go
around the ridge by a circuitous
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 or the community. Upon
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 we're
under a separate roof and were
joined to the main part by a covered
passageway. The yard showed that
1t a at n time been a well or.
dered flower garden, but it was now
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 were
eXaggerating in the least when they
said that ii was the %grandest view
in the mountains Of North Carolina.
Below me, stretched for several
miles straight In front OF me, was
the beautiful valley known as Horse
Cove. 1t was n 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 treams resembled the
prettiest mothcr-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 count Of the large. bulg-
ing rock which covered almost one