Show THE PHANTOM RIDER riden A LE LEGEND 1 I OF THE W wissahickon HICKON IT was wan on a cold cola december light that my undo jolly aria I 1 were tented coated before a blaring wood fire I 1 in a tho the beat room of him bin most comfortable faria lionso house in tho the valley of the 11 j kon the snow now without A nan all f ailing fallner hint food ud hail A non anon drifted in an uIrt sAes against OR ba window aulo neilo tile no wind ind sighed and fanear through L cc the ircy and tho the old bakst oaks floora of their foliage bent their g gnarled il bb m 1 t 0 nod and creaked anti and groaned I 1 E I 1 naoi 1 abo e p rower 0 w e r of tho the wintry blunt blast 11 it in w on oa juat j puch mich it A ight kirbt as this thin my uncle acla began beg an that tile tho Phan torn iau rides the phantom onton horseman rejoined rejoiced L r my certainty becoming excited for I 1 knew jacw t that bat tny my uncle who N was gifted ifton ia i 1 ghostly lore could give me so como m as a g wild till tatlo e r ory story acs I 1 es 11 bo be replied and it if 3 ou oil A donld amid liko like to bear the legend I 1 bo be to 0 give 3 on in an recount account of 0 it it bould afford me much my uncle jolly his big pipe on the table irow big chair cloce to the fire buttoned his ais coat over his bla fino fine form coughed slightly wco once or twice nal ha though to collect hia has thoughts and fand agan or you may reni remember cruber that shortly rafter tb tbt battlo battle of a portion of i th tho al american army anny art treated atod into the rd joining county of montgomery bud aud to cu camped near the iho site bito of tho the present form of A t the cedars on the match they ind token taken ono one prisoner oner abman overcome by fatigue nud and the loss of blood for he to bail and been wounded in the fiction they fonna in an condition along tho the road side bido was treated tre atil with cicat picat attention during the marob ini roh and ana when tho the troops trobia halted belted bo be was convened to tra whose noble boblo and patriotic innia wire widely anoa no an at well ell for their hospitality s for their to the cause of airier sean icon liberty berty Ij t throated with great rand to re celvina tho the particular caro care of NIM miss alica A abinad the lovely dual daughter gilter of his book need I 1 my BAY that in ft abort time tima ho be crad ed from lis hiti wounds but bips would lilio 1110 mo me to give civo you a moro more extended description of alacano ahac As aa she eho is ia destined to bo be a pro mincia c clief R actor in I 1 ay tory aft Y 1 I 1 im 1 the was waa on an began 1 L aan an anad lio lie replied te jilted with enthuse an buim tn ay nil an angel fair as a lily illy boi bar light brown bear curled carlod in soft around her cherub face bile be ba neath bor bar penciled brow bros lurked eyes of exquisite beauty eab cu of the deepest land and loicl t bloo e cea on that beamed upon you etith A lae a holy boly puro pure radiance radi acco auco which I 1 never HAW flow sur kurpit pIt my door uncle 1 caid 1 I ono ODO would havo have you loved her youn your Milt FAIL it 1 no no ho be replied but tho the cle scrip tiou I 1 havo lay 0 glen la is of ono whom what I 1 ones one knew and 1 lovedon oved love doh ohl t sot icil god bin blew her 1 I though no matter now it Is bi ovir it is ia avor vor A largo tear fear g mitered gathered in the old n anani an eye tuia trickled etc alov ly down his hia furr far furrowed farrowed rowed 0 wed check ho he wiped aped naido aside it haia symptom of ciaci ki AcI but brat it 4 w an 04 benne omenta In before lo lie baran again blantom creore was a rot ol noble to birth 1 rth who led bad enlisted in the brit ibb bib ann anny I a abort chort time before from a mis taken idea of the cat cahim ho be was wait about to war uan ineat ilia hill uret fira tit you yoo be be eu wa disastrous to abtin and now having eco ered front from tta its effects he bo re solved to outer cuter tho the ranks of tho the american army in ia common with will many others of life hu countrymen and after flat resolution he be the camp oil bained him bb situ iti PD and ana feelings and wall doil by TO cc IT ini ing it a commission ot of lieutenancy at tho the request of I 1 aland ill jia land tho the proprietor prop notor of Dr barn he bo consented connected to tale take up his hia quart cra with th him while the army anny encamped in tho the neighborhood it wan as not dot long before th tho 0 a tile simplicity find and ion acly ely manners of bin in hosts holds daughter were making milti uy a groat impre ablon open its br heart the charms of alice ice wayland could not fail to create fe 0 goof of nd A Miria tion and lovo love in at heart much lie leu less suto to fe female rattle attraction attract io iona than ban t that fit of maktos Tr ellora but bo be abon a f feind that in ia bill bia case levels conran ill ana not aca cos to run rua smooth as a rival WAS ushered upon ino echoe IQ ol of ono ODO chow only reputation anted la in being a pro p 0 feallen duclus da clial no groat lae wealth alb for tho the ban band of tho the fair alice who was As OntO entreated nW com commandos mandod by her parents to accept bin proposals and who to her ter that trevore was to ft stronger stranger of whom she abe know nothing whereat ah crean her pre pramot lover stood high in tile ranks 0 of the american army anal and who had never made mada any serious to a for her hand gandho he won WM excepted but with tit the assurance that her heart beart no gocr or could bo be hla his the appointed appo an early carly lay day for tho the us as in those stormy tinie times it 16 was impossible to know v m hen ben a regi regiment meat might bo be ordered to borne dintino post A abo th a i alog of the betrothal betm thal fell like A death deat deathblow blow upon the hopes of Mara masatada tADa Tr trevora evoro lie ile left with scarcely a niom ts B notice land and T opal instantly to camp entered the tnt tent 0 f colonel boyd tou ton his bl commando r an kud a an rival aval abal desired A commission for fordu his sidione Si nione no it wall hm his wish to join the main army billat illat ia your hurry burry Tre trevone voze I 1 solid aid the CO colonel TOnal la in a entering tone for he WM fht ho he wui was ft a disappoint till d an ROT you yoa probably know that I 1 km am to b be 6 la in ft A few days and expect of 0 boaro ar all 0 ito to bell my callant lieutenant tit at the wedding J e at atila th L it too much fot for human forbear once boud a wine gla glam from the table and berated it is lau ia the ft fiieda his commander who bending him jl head bend in timo time to riold the tb blow oLlow drow draw hitt his abord wor idd and rubbed tallon trovore who flood to nice meet lure the club of their wua poil nj they camo tool wu dennl without and fo overal soldiers told lora entering cat crine tho the tont tent dj da armed tho the combatant when ho he crad re iaus hin breath boldton boydton shouted trevora travers on olin than A go flo I 1 will communicate with you ui in a phort time 11 travers retired to lis hie oin a tub taut tied hod it in naj as ito binl 1 long before ho be rec entail ft a note led by colonel boid toll a meeting on that thai duy any u celt rny my tit cd dara dine day in ho he paid nu d I 1 alio llio he ii were to be I 1 laced not cot my aay way moio a thim than that the cg a im 1 the anya lay rolled on 1 I the appointed I 1 kiino no 0 5 in n tho the morning tho this tho the of electing nicol I 1 alec log ting it was waa a calm lovely anatolia r I 1 nour do ingbor little fitted for L of 0 blood but bill gittli time WAS spoilt ia tile tho measuring the distance nud and 11 4 few moment the rivals call film faco to fit 6 make your peace fl at itla got godi I 1 loyston for on fm mill n ill not lay live c beyond look abobo 1 I A crow crew wn was living aloar idall over or atau lioyd iso vaton tou raised mined in IDA a pistol nun ami brea th the e 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pIca r rao an a L mh high I 1 for 0 it WM an A night whon when ali alioa tho the favotto f r d anui 01 ol ah tr ter of tire iho tor for WM was to bo wed TI taco tune had cattle round the via TIN ilore had tho the priest was there but still tho the bromn came not tito the wind without bad increased to cgale and was wan now DOW raging f 0 real a 01 peal of thunder TO 0 along the dutant distant I 1 liili vicc bile lurid jund flashes ol of ro ziffiro evil baled A scene of wild tho the hours am ly oki till the large lock clock lu in tho the hall tolled tho the hour of midnight IV when hen A h creole hunts hoots were noro heard a clatt tiring along tho the road until tho the soland combed 1 in front of ct tho the Anno mi kinod noD sion the door neol oil cd Alin kited by tho the mor the rider ader iho could bo no other than the groom alighted from ins his borso nud find onto m a tho the lifo hornc uric he took notice of none dona bu but t walk alk cd straight borai lip to the brado throw oil off tile oo konering Nering bich lind land enveloped and ed cd lis his A beta form aud and caught tier in ili jim IHM arma sho tt ind fell back fal fainting ting the guests back aghast t for they mv that ho ans I 1 abol A wl low sepulchral voice noun As aa I 1 hough from tho the borne on about illi ont aud and tile fury of the storm spooled to bo be stayed white it ryoko I 1 have conio conic to clairo claim iny any ando amp p on oil earth vo no live liva in the grain I 1 a ho panned nofa but beiring bearing alio hen amm loss bra lirida a in ia his cl over tho be doorway door way sprang un on liia law home ond anti rodo furi furious ouy atnay jt ool for me lo 10 my boy that the ibo next morning coloin colima 1 I 1 llod d ton was found fauna deal lo in hia has tent will two ITO purple marks adoll his throat threat I 1 ill my y story is IR over now BOW ropi ilar lat erndl ad tion bile hn it that to this thin in present hmo ahmo on wild told digati it at the abe hour of two ivo iva it a carrying his hia head before him on him hi sio lille how bow wiy piny bo be hoard board thundering tile camp woods in hilo bile m ith t he clatter of 0 hin has horses boots a ns shriek Is i calud with the of tho the sale galo |