"Free! Oh, Free!" Traditional Cache
WMerical: Due to the nature of the area...I have elected to remove this cache. I don't want anyone to feel they have to wade through poison ivy or pay any fines. Thank you to all who have found it in the past. :D Don't be surprised to find the story connected to another location later on. :)
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Small container containing a small TB, log, & pen. Hopefully no ghost parts.
FTF Congratulations go to: Bandit Hunter…Great Job!
Halloween is around the corner, so here's another ghost story.
Here in Fayetteville, NC, the ghost of a pretty young woman, Louisa, who lived in 1858 during the days of river travel is said to continue to walk the banks of the Cape Fear in search of her lover, Freeman, whom she called Free. She lived with her Uncle who had a meager existence by growing sugarcane on the dark, fertile bottom land along the river. Freeman was a young overseer on a nearby plantation and the son of an aristocrate.
The Uncle said that Freeman was no good, but unfortunately, the admonition came too late, for Louisa was already deeply in love with him. One twilight when the two lovers was taking a stroll along the river, sweet Louisa informed Free that she was with child. She insisted that they make immediate plans for a wedding in order to avoid public discrace. Free was shocked at the news but was willing to marry her.
The next morning, prior to telling his father the news, Freeman was told he had to return to the family's main plantation in SC. When Free told Louisa the news, she said "But you wouldn't come back. If you refuse, I shall go to your father and tell him the truth tonight. I can't face Uncle."
At first light of the next day, Free and his parents left Fayetteville without telling anyone of their destination. When the time came for Louisa to rise,her uncle was dismayed to discover her bed empty. He went to the plantation to find Free in the vain hope that Louisa might be with him. But instead learned that Free had left for parts unknown.
Three days later, the uncle's greatest fears were realized. Some men found Louisa's body floating against a log in the dark waters of the Cape Fear. Her corpse was tangled in yellow jessamine and honeysuckle vines.
Louisa's uncle was unable to successfully locate the family's large plantation but heard word Freeman had died nobly as a soldier in the Army of the Confederate States of America, in Texas.
And what of Louisa and the unborn child she carried? Not long after her death, reports began to circulate that the apparition of a pretty young woman tangled in vines could be seen along the bank of the Cape Fear. To this day, the ghost of Louisa floats about the lane where she and her beau strolled in the twilight of antebellum days. Should you walk that ancient lovers' lane as the light of the afternoon greets the gray of the evening, do not be alarmed if you hear the hearbroken voice of a melancholy ghost cry out, "Free! Oh, Free!"
Shhhhhhhhh....Did you hear something?
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Bire ybbxvat gur Pncr Srne Evire. ABG va gur jngre.
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