The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-04-16


terror and the horse, scared by what
he had seen, rushed wildly past. AS
the sleigh sped away one of the men
turned his head and there was the
ghost reckoning to them to return,
but none dared.
With the coming of the automo-
bile the ghost is reported less often
and it may be that he has at last
decided to take long-earned rest.
Another ghost story concerns the
haunted house of Tamarack Pond.
Years ago when the country was
being settled Mr.. Emory bought a
section of land and began clearing
it. In the newly erected house dwelt
the owner, his wife and two daugh-
tiers, Ia and Is years old. After
while Mr.. Emory decided he needed
help in clearing away the forest, SO
he built another house upon Tama-
rack Pond, so named by the great
numbers of Tamarack frs that lined
the hillsides forming the shore.
Girl Disappeared.
Here moved Mr.. Anes and his
wife. In a little while a pretty
young girl came to live with them.
She was, the same age as the eldest
Emory girl and the two became
chums. Miss Emory often visited
her friend and on more than one oc-
casion noticed that a distinct cool
ness had arisen between the girl and
Mrs. Ames. A little later the girl dis
anneared and was never seen again.
Mr.. Emory made inquiries, as d1d
other neighbors, but no satisfactory
answer was received. Everyone
said murder had been committed,
which theory received further con-
firmation when the Ames' suddenly
departed in the middle OF the nlgh1
and were never seen again.
People began to whisper strange
things about the house on the shore
of Tamarack Pond.
One night Mr.. Emory returning
home from neighbours passed the
vacant dwelling. Imagine his as
constituent when he saw dim
light moving about in the house.
There was no one living therein. He
crept up to the window and there
in the room was phantom in
stained and faded dress-it was the
ghost of the vanished girl. Sudden
w she uttered sobbing groan and
disappeared. Hurrying home to his
wife. who wondered what was keep
ing him so late, he told what he hac
seen.
Found the Body.
A few nights later the Emory
girls passed by the house. 1t was
nearly midnight and their blood
nearly curdled with fear at the mere
sight of the structure about which
so MANY uncanny things were now
being. said. Suddenly a piercing
wall broke the night, then phan-
tom came from the house, moving
across the yard to clump of trees.
With one last glance at the Emory
girls it disappeared.
Mr.. Emory. was now certain that
murder had been committed in the
old house and he decided to spend
night at the place and see what
would happen. He lit light and
went through the rooms, but could
discover nothing. For hours he
waited and had almost fallen asleep
when, he heard a noise as of fe-
male voice crying for help. There
was a sound of struggling in the next
room and the noise as of some one
strangling. He opened the door and
there was the spirit of the girl with
her arms stretched out as if implor-
ing for help. Suddenly the figure
moved into another room and then
into the garden. Looking through
the window he saw the ghost move
to the clump of trees and vanish
into thin air.
Mr.. Emory, terrified with fear,
dared not go from the house until
morning. Then he sought neighbors
| and they dug into the ground beside
t the clump of trees and soon they
: came upon box, containing the
: murdered body of the young girl
Had Mrs. Ames strangled the girl,
: fearing that she was about to lose
, the love of her husband? In all that