Postlewait brings ghostly tales to Bushwhacker Days
Nevada Daily Mail
In the darkened room lit only by candlelight and some rays coming from lights in other parts of the Bushwhacker Museum, Saturday, children leaned forward expectantly as Molly Postlewait's soft voice trailed across the room, weaving a tale of ghostly activities. Suddenly she shouted, mimicking the ghost in the tale. Children recoiled with a start, then relaxed in giggles.
Postlewait's stories were gleaned from a variety of sources, and held the attention of children and adults as she spun the stories of unusual happenings.
There was the story of the golden arm, an old tale she noted was said to have given Mark Twain goosebumps and sleepless nights after hearing it. Another was of mysterious riders on horseback, who rode across a farm and were seen by a little girl, many years after a similar group of soldiers had made that ride during the Civil War. This tale, she said, stemmed from a story she'd read in the Ozark Mountaineer and from other stories, that told of mass graves in a ravine. A third story was about a ghost in the cellar, with "two scary eyes," who scared all but the youngest visitor, who told that ghost with two-fisted threats he'd be the ghost with two black eyes ... and made good on his threat.
In the audience, Elizabeth Prewitt watched with her friends and family, celebrating her birthday -- she's 9 -- at Bushwhacker Days. The Prewitts took the time after the storytelling to shake hands with Postlewait, and all indicated they'd enjoyed her stories "very much."