The Washington times., 1922-06-06
GHOST Of INDIAN
MAIDEN HAUNTS
ADAM AND EVE
Wrath Plainly Visible to Mod
ern Biblical Pair in Maine
Woods.

HOWEBROOR, Me, June s.
Does the mournful ghost Of an
Indian maiden still haunt the deep
forest in which Adam and Eve Sut.
ter have established their Garden Of
Eden? Does she pass through the
gray dawn with heart broken cries
seeking for her faithless lover?
Does she still make that fatal
plunge off the craggy summit Of
Bald mountain to lie crushed and
A legend Of the north country says
she does and yesterday Adam and
Eve Sutter from their mountain
cabin received ocular proof OF her
ghostly visitations.
Rain for Two Days.
For two days the forest has been
blurred in rain. a steady. relentless
downpour that made travelling i'm.
possible. Time passed heavily and
the Suffers experienced an unusual
depression of spirits.
Where the Suffers cabin stands
the woodland dips sharply away TO a
bold cliff
The old tradition holds that cen.
turies ago an Indian maiden passed
that way, laughing and grooming love
songs. She was on her way to meet
her lover, French trapper, who
dared not come to her fathers tepee.
But the Frenchman's ardor had
cooled and he sought a way 10 rid
himself of his Indian sweetheart. II
he deserted her he knew the ven
geance of her tribe would follow HIM
wherever he went. So he sought q
more certain method. and his crafty
mind worked out the terrible doom
which came to her.
Lured Her To Death.
In the rain swept dawn Re had
arranged to meet her at the edge
OF the black cliff. He heard her
coming toward him and elusive a,
will-o'the wisp, he called softly
and then plunged farther into the
underbrush. She followed his call
cropping through the rain-soa ked
brush.
And then, as her lover called once
more, she stepped forward. and with
a wild scream and clutching hands
went down into the blackness be
low.
I'm not afraid Of anything in the
world that ! can get my hands on.
Sutter said, but this spirit stuff IL
asking a little too mucn.
Margaret and l were awakened
lust at dawn" said Mr.. Sutter In
describing his experience. Usually
we wake with the birds, mighty
hungry and full Of pe2. But this
morning there was something differ
ent in our awakening, a sort Of fore
boding as though an awfu! :hina
was about TO happen.
Goose flesh was all over me and
the hair on the back OF my neck
was stiff like a dogs ruff. My wife
was shivering and she cluns 10 me
desperately.
what is II. Carl?' she whispered
And then we heard q sort OF
mournful grooming. somewhere out
IN the darkness that made my hair
rise. For some minutes II went on
a half human half animfl noise.
"I jumped 70 my feet and made
,r the entrance Of the cabin. Mar
garet was with me. and together
we looked out into the rain.
FOR minute We COuiuIl I Sce
anything, but the noise kept get
ting louder. II rose and fell like
the wailing tones of a violin. II
was an ineffably sad sort Of thing
a weird minor melody like a bar
barrie funeral dirge. No animal
ever heard in my experience in the
woods makes such a noise.
White Spot In Midst.
While we listened. blanched with
fear. something flashed by. II was
Just a white spot in the mist. There
was nothing to Identify II. One
minute It was there and the next
minute II was gone. We. heard q
long piercing scream that chilled
our blood Then there was silence
Sutter told Of his search later In
the day for footprints or evidences
Of a visitor. He found none.
The Suffers had never heard the
story OF the maiden's leap into
space until after they had related
their unusual experience.
The Suffers so far have resisted
the attacks of wild animals and
the bitter weather.
Can they resist the woodland