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IMightnder part of mountain Halloween legend
by MICHAEL P JONKS
Post Correspondent
unbelievahU
unbelievable
This story takes place dur
•ng the depression, when a
m ajority of the mountain
people were struggling to
survive
The n ig h tn d e r-fac ele ss.
dressed ,n black and riding a
Legends, old-timers say,
are born in the mountains.
especially when the shadows
of the forests entice one’s im -
agination to absorb the
stallion the color of mid
n i g h t - s ta lk e d th e back
roads, terrorizing travelers
that dared to venture out at
night
Although the rider can be
seen on any given night, he
will at tim es vanish for m on
ths on end But uhen fall
comes, the presence of the
shadowy figure is constant,
esp e c ia lly on H allow een
night
On this particular Hallo
w een
n ig h t,
H e n ry
Droughton. a rich lumber
baron from the East, decid
ed to flaunt some of his
wealth on his newly-wed
bride
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He had leased a two-story
rustic lodge in Rhododen
dron, and had hired the se r
vices of a maid, a butler, and
a cook In addition, he hired
a woodcutter, nam ed Jess, to
keep fires burning in the
s tru c tu re s
m a s s iv e
fireplaces
Droughton and his wife,
Bess, had left P o rtlan d
earlier in the day. and their
journey was m agnificent,
until they reached Zigzag
The road to Rhododendron
was blocked by downed trees
from a freak windstorm
from the night before It
would not bt* clear for a cou
pie more days
Til not be intim idated by
the w rath of n atu re," the
Baron shouted angrily at the
storekeeper in Zigzag ’ Is
there not another way to the
lodge?”
The storekeeper said that
there was another wav, bu,
that it would cost him $25
because no one was anxious
to m ake the trip
“ I t ’s H a llo w e e n ," the
sto re k e e p e r pointed out
"The m ghtrider is sure to be
on the back roads tonight."
The Baron was outraged,
but was not a man to let
money stand in the way He
also agreed to one condition
The driver and coach must
lx« allowed to head back to
Zigzag long before midnight
The road to Rhododendron
was in ill repair, and the
Baron was very crankv by
the time he got to the lodge
"Take her with you to
He began drinking heavily,
Zigzag, the Baron said "If
and nothing the servants
I don't show up a little after
could do would satisphy him
midnight, you can m arry
Uhen he w asn't complain
her She'll be a rich woman if
mg, he was bragging about
the m ghtrider gets me ” The
his money
Baron laughed outloud at the
Finally, the woodcutter,
very idea
who was an old fellow with a
’ What is the story behind
slight build, approached the
this m ghtrider," the Baron
Baron "B aron,” he said,
asked as the servants and his
"we must return to Zigzag
wife got in the coach
now, or else we ll tie out on
"H e was a farm er here,"
the road at midnight "
the woodcutter said "He
Once again the Baron was
was robbed of a wagon of
o u t r a g e d
“ Y ou
hay, and stabbed with his
superstitious fools," he said
own hay hook They say he
"O ld m an, th e re is no
rides these roads to avenge
m ghtrider What’s more. I’ll
that death "
prove it to you I'll bet you
The Baron began walking
$500 I can walk from here to
as the coach rolled off into
Zigzag without running into
the dark night He hadn’t
the m ghtrider."
gone far when he heard
T he w o o d c u tte r h ad
hooves. He hid on the side of
nothing to bet, except for a
the road, but they stopped
gold watch that had been
"I m ustn't let my imagina
handed down through the
tion get away from m e," the
family He was so tired of the
Baron said aloud
ranting and raving of the
This happened again, and
Baron, however, that he
then again
made the bet
“ I t ’s
ju s t
my
"And what about your
im a g in a tio n ," th e B aron
wife," the woodcutter asked
said outloud, over and over
By now he was sweating, and
running at tim es
The pounding of hooves
kept getting closer, but he
didn't see the m ghtrider
Then, as he rounded the
mountain, in the moonlight,
he saw the nightrider. swing
ing his hook, his horse rear
mg up
To this day no one knows
what h.ippened to the Baron,
who for the first tim e had
found himself alone, in a
place where his money had
done him no good.
Some say the woodcutter
rode that black stallion to get
even with the Baron o th ers
say the Baron died of his ow n
imagination
Others, that claim to have
seen the m ghtrider, are sure
of what happened
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