THE PHANTOM HUNTER;
OR,
LOVE AFTER DEATH.
BY EDWIN EMERSON,
AUTHOR OF “THE WOOD WITCH,” ETC.
NEW YORK:
BEADLE AND ADAMS, PUBLISHERS,
98 WILLIAM STREET.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by
FRANK STARR & CO.,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
THE PHANTOM HUNTER;
OR,
LOVE AFTER DEATH.
CHAPTER I.
BACKWOODS JUSTICE.
Among the earliest settlements of Kentucky was that which figures in our story. At the time of the following events it contained some fifty dwellings, surrounded by strong palisades to defend them from the savages, besides a well-constructed block-house, which was not only strongly garrisoned, but claimed the additional protection of a brass field-piece. This last-named instrument presented quite a formidable appearance to prowling Indians, as it sat on the summit of the block-house reflecting every sunbeam from its polished surface.