FOX-FIRE 
gence until the next even- 
ing, but it had entirely dis- 
appeared by the following 
night, at which time its 
original haunt, the post, was 
also doubtless lost in the 
darkness. A week later I 
again passed its neighbor- 
hood in the late 
hours without 
the slightest hint 
of its presence. 
This is the mysterious " fox-fire " or " ghost- 
fire " which has so imposed upon the imagina- 
tions of credulous country folk the world over, 
doubtless a conspicuous factor in many a har- 
rowing tale in the legendary or traditional lore 
of spooks and 
goblins. 
I remember 
the breathless 
interest with 
which as a boy 
I listened to the 
weird story, 
whose scene 
was located not 
far from my na- 
tive town, of a 
