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By Mist Mulock
(Copyright, 1919. by the McClure News
paper Syndicate )
CHAPTER IX.
Listening to Old Tales.
When the dance wan at an end loha
hod wan attracted to a group of the elder
and pager folk* who, with old Van Tas
sel. Hal smoking nt one end of the piazza,
gossiping over former time* and drawing
out long HtorleN About the War of the
Revolution of the American Colonic* The
neighborhood of which we are speaking
wan one of those highly favored places
which abound In witch chronicles and
great men
The British and American line* had
run near It In the war It had, therefore,
been the Hccnc of marauding and In
fested with cowboyH, refugees and all
sorts of Iwmler chivalry *lo*l sufficient
time had elapsed since the war to en
able each story-teller to dress up hi* tale
with a little becoming fiction and In the
indistinctness of his recollection —to
make himself the hero of every exploit.
There was the story of DofTue Mari -
ling, u large, hlue-hearded IMitchdhan
who had nearly taken the Hrltlsh frigate
with an old nine iniunder from a mild
breastwork only that his gun hurst on
the third discharge And there* was an
old gentleman who shall h • nameless
being too rich a "mynherr" to he lightly
spoken of who. in the battle of White
plains being an excellent master of
fencing, parried the musket hall with a
small sword.
In proof of this the old gentleman was
ready to show to doublers the sword It
self. and tell again how the shot h«
parried he ahslutely felt whizz along the
bland and glance off at the hilt There
were several more who had been equally
great In the field; not one of whom hut
what was persuaded that he had a very
conaideruhle hand In bringing about the
end of the great combat and had helped
to its happy termination.
It was an instructive and edifying
group and Ichuhod listened with rapt at
tention to the conversation. Hut all this
war talk was as nothing to the tales of
ghosts and Miqmrltion* which succeeded
It Then, Indeed. was ichuhod held spell
bound The region being rich in legend
ary treasure* of the kind there was a
great more to be drawn upon by the
narrators Local tales and superstitions
thrive best in sheltered and secluded re
treats
Rut 1 hey are trampled under foot by
the shifting throng that forms the pop
ulation of most of our country places
now-a-days Resides there is no en
couragement for ghosts, in most of our
villages For they have had hardly time
to rulsh their first nap and turn them
selves In their grave* before their sur
viving friends have traveled away from
the neighborhood, ao that when they turn
out to walk their nightly rounds thev
no acquaintances left to call upon
This Is. perhaps, the reason why we
so seldom hear of ghosts except In some
long-settled and obscure community, the
inhabitants of which have not had the
leaped energy or will to migrate thsre
rrom. Rut these old Dutch coin muni
lies, up the Hudson were filled with
ghosts in the days of which we write
And of all these communities Sleepy ||ol
low preserved the ben an <] richest treas
ures of mystic lor. There was con
tag lon in the very air It breathed* forth
V* “J’nnspht-re of dreanv* and fancies
that Infected all the land
Several of the people of Sleepy Hollow
were present at Raltus Van Tassel’s
mansion and. as usual, were doling out
their wild and wonderful legends Many
h dismal tale did they tell about funeral
and mourning cries and wallings
—Ttesrd and seen about the great tree
Andre was captured by
Paulding and hts fellow* which great
Tree stood in the neighbor hood Then
there was a story of a woman in white
rx’rct• Uru «■'» «•<
<>n winter nl.ht. this Wnnu In Whit,
was often heard to shriek b for. „ storm
II WM ..hi 111.1 .hr had i..T1.hr,1 thrrr
• I Itavrn » llook in Ihr hih.w m , nv n
*,*” H,r h1.1..r>- War a llttl* nrhu
rnrrfll. l ' ,'"‘ r B ""“l" » most blond-
Ui-dllnn .lm> T,, .11 thrrr In Ihr dark
5“ * n<l h * - * r of *h" funrrral
T '"''" "■ NkUn, .hrwdt.
to '.nTr 'h'hahild " W ” **
rvlr ° f **>••• «'''r<r.. how.
mlu Jf»r lion riles, ||orw.
man of Weepy Hollow Ha had br, n
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seen according to Ihe words of the most
HubHiaiitial and solid farmers of late up
to hi sold pranks about the country
roads Sturdy old farmers whose word
would b<- taken In any court of 4a w . had
seen him tethering Ills horse In the
churchyard after one of hl« wild rides
he went out upon looking for his head.
It was asseverated that every night
now, he could b- seen —ls one would
watch—coming hack to that graveyard
and let luring hits horse, and getting into
his grave again. The sequestered posi
tion of this little church by the brook
made it a favorite haunt of ghosts and
spectres, and troubled spirits. In day
time Ibis church is a cheerful sight. But
al night—ah then the graves give up
their dea dand mighty strange things
happen In Hleepy Hollow.
This little church stands on a knoll
surrounded by large trees. Locusts and
lofty elms encompass It about. And from
among the trees Its white wails shine
modestly out, like f'hristlari purity beam
ing amid the shades of retirement. A
gentle slope descends to a silver sheet of
water bordered by his trees through
which can be caught a distant glimpse
of the Hudson.
To look upon Its grass grown grave
yard where the sunbeams seem to sleep
so quietly—one would think that at hast
the dead'''would rest in peace. On one
aide of the church extends a woody dell
along which rages the brook among
broken rocks and fallen trees- a most
threatening sort of brook, making Its
way. as If with impatience, to Join the
great river beyond and, finally, mingle
its waters with the great ocean which
heaves and Ninka fur out beyond the
highlands of the Naavesink nr Nave
"luk. If the moderns like the spelling
letter. There have b'*en people abm
doited enough to call those guardian
highlands of the harbor of New York
‘Neverslnk.’ Hut they were so wrong
that It Is useless talking about the mat
ter
To return to our church by the brook
ami among the trees the church where
the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow
nightly tettiered his horse In the yard and
got into his grave for a rest from his
endless ridings Over a part of the
at ream, near the church, was thrown a
wooden bridge - the descendant of which
•an he seen to this day. The road it
self was thickly wooded and the bridge
itself shaded deeply by overhanging
trees, which cast a gloom about it —even
in daytime. At night it was a fearsome
place for man or beast Ami this was
one of the favorite haunts of the Head
less Horseman of Sleepy Hollow and the
place where he was often encountered
The best tale of the Headless Horse
man was told by old Brouwer- a most
heretical disbeliever In ghosts He had
met the Headless Horseman returning
from Ids foray to Sleepy I’.oi’ow one
dark night and direful things hud hap
pened to him lie had been obliged to
get up behind the headless Hessian and
then they galloped over brake and hush
over hill ami swamp until they reach
ed the bridge near the little church.
Then, old farmer Itouwer asseverated,
the Headless Horseman suddenly turned
Into a skeleton and threw him Brouwer
Into the brook and sprung a wav ovei
the tree-tops Into the churchyard with
a clap of thunder This marvelous and
• * : nt loafed atoi j a a listened t>*
by Ichahod with an absorbing Interest
which can I>* Imagined
But now a new auditor appeared to the
tellers of hobgoblin tales In the person
of thta huge roysterer. Hrom Nun Brunt
or Hrom Bones He had, like Achilles
got tired of sulking in hi* tent and had
Appeared once more upon the scene He
had heard this last story of the worthy
farmer Brnnwer and Immediately match
•*d it by one still more marvelous He
Hrom Hones, asserted that one night!
riding home from a florliklng In the
neighboring village of Sing Sing -he had
encountered the Headless Horseman
CHAPTER X.
A Memorable Ride Begun.
Hn.m I tonne mad. tight of the gallop.
Inn ll.'ealan and railed him an errant
Jockey He had met the headless one
and had offered to rare him for a b -w 1
of punch And he would have’ won it
too, for Ihtredevll could heut the Hea
elan s horse all hollow Rut Just ae they
name to the bridge by the rhun-h the
Meeelan bolted and yanlehed In a blase
Of nre I<eoin would ride the Headless
Horseman any nlghl or day for a bowl
of punch
Ihe tale was told In the diowsy tin*
,n ?“£ h 'Aik In the dark
The faces of the listeners only now and
then perceived hv a casual gleam from
the glare of a pipe And the tale of a
Headless Huntsman. as liad all the other
io ■. sank dee p into the hear' of Jeha
. c i 1 A" **'* outdone by hie rival
lo ha laid told marvelous tales extracted
from hla favorite author, the Reverend
law-tor c otton Mather \ t ,d he added
thereunto many atnrtoe of ihe strange
nlT’eSiiiS* 7 hl -‘ h h * < ' ,H,urr ed in hla na
h. '# c '"lnec'tlc*uf He told them
the Btory of the great Carbuncle which
groans and shrieks on s hill Just north
Hiet lnd ""r of h, » native
whTeh rn’ea".! . mlghly Indian spirit
which, to this day. guards Ihe hill
TK. **• gradually breykrn up
The old fanners gsthered their families
ogether, got them Into their wagons and
GENE FLO U S INSTALL.
MENTS EACH DAY IN THE
f HERALD.
the hollow' roads and over the distant
hills Some of the damsels mounted on
postillions behind their favorite swains
and their light-hearted laughter could he
heard mingling with the clatter of hoofs
which echoed along the distant wood
lands and sounded fainter and fainter,
until they gradually died away, into the
stillness of Ihe autumn night
The scene of the recent festivities be
came silent and deserted. Ichahod only
lingered behind b cause, according to
the custom of the country—lovers were
wo allowed—and it was meet and fit
ting that he should have the last talk
with the heiress Ichahod was now’ fully
convinced that she had fallen a victim to
his charms. He was now, as he thought
-on the highroad to. success. What
passed at that last, lingering interview
we will not pretend to say. For, in fact,
no one knows.
Something, however, must have gone
wrong—for Ichahod Trane sallied forth
from the front door of the farmhouse
after a no very great interval in a crest
fallen and disconsolate manner Oh
women! these women! Could the girl
have been playing any of her coquettish
tricks? Was the encouragement to the
l>oor pedagogue all a mere sham to make
his rival come to time? Heaven knows.
Wc do not.
Let it suffice that Ichahod sallied forth
with the air of a man who had been
robbing 1 a henroost rather than a fair
lady's heart. Without looking to the
right or the left to not I tee the scene
of rural wealth, over which he had so
often gloated, Ichahod went straight to
the stable and saddled his borrowed
horse. Gunpowder arousing him with
several uncouth kicks and cuffs from
the somnolency into which the steed had
fallen.
Now, Gunpowder had been dreaming of
mountains of corn and was rather irri
tated at being aroused from his dreams.
He turned upon Ichabod that one eye
of his. which gleamed with the devil
ish light, and thought that valleys of
timothy and clover as well as the moun
tains of corn had been before his vision
And now he saw Ichuhod!—and he medi
tated revenge He allowed the school
master to saddle him and mount him.
Hut the heart of Gunpowder was not with
his rider.
It was the very witching hour of mid
night that Ichahod mounted his steed
and rode away from the farmhouse of
Baity \ ail Tassel, lit* rode forth heavy
hearted and crestfallen. He pursued his
"av along those hillsides on the same
road which, not so many hours before
he had ridden over with all hope and
Joyful expectation Those hills rise above
the happy town of Tarry Town and. far
below him. extended Itself the now sul
l*'ti waters of the Tappan Ze^ —duskv
and indistinct.
The hour was dismal in itself. In the
dead hush of midnight he could hear
the dogs harking now and then from the
surrounding farmsteads. Lven from the
opposite Shores of the Hudson he could
bear the occasional hark of the watch-
But the sounds from across the
mighty river were so vague and indis
#n,A. H V‘ n,v tf> to the ghostliness
of the situation, and to give an idea of
ms distance from the faithful companion
ship of man
Now and then he heard a cock crow—
accidentally awakened But it sounded
lif’ / !t ,lke a dreaming
sound in his ear Then, occasionally,
lie would hear the melancholy twang
or a hullfsog from a neighboring marsh
i.n! B u h K '! K unc°mf° rtab , y and tl|rn-
Ing in hie bed. All the stories of ghosts
l,nd which he had heard now
cam- buck to him with full force and
crowded upon his recollection The night
grew darker and darker. The stars
seemed to sink Into the sky and driving
‘.2SV" occasionally hid them from his
sight He had never felt so lonely and
so dismal. *
ihL'v'.l’v' 1 "> or * ov «r. »pprrtuhtnK
l s n'l!i«V H,<, .T h 7' man> ' of lh -‘ W*n«i
Vi n ''“"I""* I'’ 1 '’ h »'> iHkfn pine* in Slrrpy
Hollow In thr renter of the road stood
an enormous tulip tree which towered
th. *, »5° v ' 'he other tree, of
th. neighborhood, amt formed a kind of
'tl'Tl . Il ' h " b '*‘ 1 henan to hear voice,
whihi h did not-eii.i and urßed old Oun
|h>wder to further effort..
(To he continued tomorrow.)
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ACTION ASSURES
BETTER OUTLET FOR
BEECH ISLAND
South Carolina State Highway
Commission Approves Plan for
Federal Aid
Special to The Herlad.
Columbia. S. C.—The salvation of the
Beech Island section of Aiken Tounty.
une of the best agricultural sections of
the state, will result from action recently
taken by officials of the western counties
of the state and the approval of this
fiction by the State Highway Commission
at its meet'A'g, which adjourned Wednes
day, in allowing the request for federal
aid for the construction of a highway
from the Beech Island section of Aiken
County to the .Savannah River, including
a bridge across the river. Richmond
Tounty and Aiken County are co-operat
ing for the construction of this bridge
and road.
The plans for the highway include the
erection of a bridge over the Savannah
River at San Bar Ferry, below Augusta.
The Highway Commission approved the
granting of federal aid for this road of
125.000. At* the meeting of the commis
sioners this week request for federal aid
for Aiken County roads tQ the total of
*70.000 was likewise approved, though not
all oft his amount goes on the one road
and bridge at Rand Bar ferry.
The meting of the commission was at
tended by representatives of several
counties, in addition to Aiken County, in
which the Beech Island section is situ
ated. Barnwell and Hampton iMegations
appeared to urge the' allowance of feder
al aid for this road, because, as was ex
plained, it will mean much to the whole
western part of the state.
While the Highway Commission is al
lowing $25 000 of federal money for this
road. Aiken CountyJbnd Richmond Coun
ty and the Georgia Highway Commission
are also aiding in the construction of the
road and bridge.
It is stated that the Beech Island sec
tion is almost Isolated, certainly during
parts of t** year when the present road
is flooded Augusta is the outlet for this
section of South Carolina, and five road
to Augusta is under water usually for
several weeks in each vear. In such con
dition the only way to get to Augusta
from Beech Island is some miles out of
the way.
A
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A
WEEK.
BATESBURG NEWS
Special to The Herald.
Batesburg, S. C.—One og the most
important social events of the season
took place Wednesday afternoon at 4
o’clock when Miss Annie Rutland be
came the bride of Mr. Heber ltallen
tlne of Johnston. The wedding was
solemnized at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Rutland,
with a large number of guests In at
tendance. Rev Pendleton Jones,
pastor of the First Baptist Church
performed the ceremony.
Mrs. Ballentine is the second daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Rutland and
is a young woman of much beauty and
graceful charm, which has won for
her a host of admiring friends who
regret that her marriage will take
her to a distant town.
Mr. Ballentine is a young man with
a great promise before him. He is
connected with the bank at Johnston
and is already known for his great
business integrity.
Miss Fredrika Cullum, of Winthrop.
College, is visiting her grand mother,
Mrs. J. C. Cullum.
Mrs. Della Van Fosson has returned
to v her home at Rocky Mount, N. C.,
after spending several days with rel
atives in town
Miss Pansy Hall, of Mims, is the
attractive guest of Misses Rosa and
J. la>u Hallman.
Mr. and Mrs. U D. Cullum and fam
ily left Tuesday for Hendersonville,
where they will spend the summer
months.
Rev. Joab Edwards and Prof. J. W.
Ballentine. of LeesvllVe, were in town
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Miss Mary Tillman, of Oreenwood,
is visiting her grand-mother. Mrs.
Jabez Ferris.
Mrs Ethel Peebles and little datigh.
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Misses Ruby. Mildred and Kathleen
Glover are at home from Ware Shoals,
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Mrs. Kate Medlock came from Ware
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