THE FOLLOWING WAS TOLD TO ME BY MY GRANDMOTHER. IT HAPPENED TO HER WHILE SHE WAS LIVING WITH HER MOTHER (MY GREAT GRAN). SHE WAS 16 THE NIGHT THE STRANGER CAME TO THEIR FARM “ROOIBULT” IN KEMPTON PARK WHEN IT WAS STILL FLUSHED WITH GREAT BIG FARMS AND THE TOWN IT SELF WAS BUT A SMEAR OF DIRT ON THE MAP.
NOW I DO NOT CARE WHAT PEOPLE WILL THINK. IF THIS STRANGE TAIL IS TRUE OR NOT, I BELIEVE IT TRUE, FOR STARTERS MY GRAN NEVER LIED IN HER LIFE AND SHE WAS A DOWN RIGHT SWEET GOOD NATURED WOMAN WITH HIGH CRISTIAN VALUES AND A DEEP RESPECT FOR GOD AND THE PEOPLE AROUND HER. SHE ALWAYS HAD SPACE FOR ANOTHER PERSON IN HER HEART. SHE CAME FROM A FAMILY OF 8 CHILDREN, 5 WAS MY GREAT GRANS OWN KIDS AND 3 WAS ADOPTED ALONG THE WAY. 1 OF THE ADOPTED 3, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER ACTUALLY FOUND ABANDONNED ON A TRAIN HEADING FOR PRIESKA.
MY GRANS DAD OUPA JOHN WAS AWAY FROM ROOIBULT FOR A FEW DAYS TO SEE HIS BROTHER FRANK IN VEREENIGING. SO TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT MY GRAN WAS CALLED ANNE AND MY GREAT GRAN WAS CALLED LILLY, AND HERE FOLLOWS THE TAIL OF THE STRANGE VISITOR.
LILLY HAD JUST FINISHED EVENING PRAIR AND ALL THE KIDS WAS SENT TO BED FOR THE EVENIG. IY WAS ABOUT 8:00 IN THE EVENING WHEN ANNE HEARD A CLEAR LOUD KNOCK ON THE FRONT DOOR OF THE FARM HOUSE. SINCE SHE WAS THE ELDEST OF THE CHILDREN SHE GOT UP TO SEE WHO IT WAS SO LATE AT NIGHT.
SHE MET HER MOTHER LILLY IN THE HALL ALSO ON HER WAY TO THE LIVING ROOM. MA, ANNE SAID WHO KNOCKS AT THIS OUR DOOR SO LATE AT NIGHT? I DON’T KNOW MY GIRL BUT LETS GO SEE MAYBE IT IS SOMEONE IN NEED OF HELP. WHO IS THERE LILLY ASKED AT THE CLOSED DOOR? I AM A FRIEND OF PETRUS JOUBERT MADAM, THE VOICE DEEP AND HUSKED REPLIED FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
PETRUS JOUBERT WAS LILLY’S OLDEST BROTHER WHO STAYED ON ROOIBULT BUT HE WAS AWAY IN PRETORIA TO MEET HIS BUSINESS PARTNER FOR THE DEED OF SALE ON A PIECE OF LAND IN THE CHLOORKOP AREA OUTSIDE KEMPTON PARK.
LILLY OPEND THE DOOR AND WAS GREETED BY THE STRANGE MAN. HIS ATIRE CONSISTED OF A BLACK PINSTRIPE SUIT, A WHITE SHIRT AND BLACK TIE, BLACK SHINY SHOES AND A BLACK BATTISBEE HAT. HE WAS CLEAN SHAVED AND HAD DEEP BLUE EYES. ANNE INSTANTLY DID NOT LIKE THE MAN WHO SHOOK LILLYS HAND INTRODUCED HIMSELF AS LOUIE VAN DEN BERG.
LILLY RECALLED PETRUS SAYING LOUIES NAME TO HER WHEN SHE ASKED PETRUS ABOUT THE PIECE OF LAND HE WANTED TO BUY. SO LILLY TOLD HIM THAT PETRUS WAS AWAY IN PRETORIA AND WOULD ONLY BE BACK IN 3 OR 4 DAYS TIME. INSTEAD OF DISAPOINTED THE STRANGER APPEARD TO SUPRESS ANGER AND ANNE COULD SWEAR FOR A FEW SECONDS HIS BLUE EYES TURNED PITCH BLACK. SINCE LILLY KNEW THERE WAS NO PLACE OF LODGE IN TOWN SHE OFFERD THE STRANGER A SPARE ROOM FOR THE NIGHT AND HE KINDLY ACCEPTED. LILLY ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD LIKE SOMETHING TO EAT AND DRINK AND THE STRANGER DECLINED LILLYS OFFER. SO LILLY SHOWED HIM TO THE GUEST BEDROOM AND RETIRED TO HER OWN BED AFTER 15 MINUTES ANNE HEARD HER MOTHER WHISPER HER NAME. ANNE MY GIRL COME TO THE KITCHEN WITH MAMMA. SILENTLY SHE FOLLOWED LILLY AND IN THE KITCHEN LILLY SAID TO ANNE, I DON’T WANT TO SCARE YOU BUT I DON’T LIKE OR TRUST THAT MAN WE MUST STAY AWAKE TONIGHT AND KEEP AND EYE ON HIM. ANNE CONFIRMED THE SAME FEARS TO LILLY AND SO THEY SAT UP THAT NIGHT WATCHING THE SPARE ROOMS DOOR.
NOW I DO NOT CARE WHAT PEOPLE WILL THINK. IF THIS STRANGE TAIL IS TRUE OR NOT, I BELIEVE IT TRUE, FOR STARTERS MY GRAN NEVER LIED IN HER LIFE AND SHE WAS A DOWN RIGHT SWEET GOOD NATURED WOMAN WITH HIGH CRISTIAN VALUES AND A DEEP RESPECT FOR GOD AND THE PEOPLE AROUND HER. SHE ALWAYS HAD SPACE FOR ANOTHER PERSON IN HER HEART. SHE CAME FROM A FAMILY OF 8 CHILDREN, 5 WAS MY GREAT GRANS OWN KIDS AND 3 WAS ADOPTED ALONG THE WAY. 1 OF THE ADOPTED 3, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER ACTUALLY FOUND ABANDONNED ON A TRAIN HEADING FOR PRIESKA.
MY GRANS DAD OUPA JOHN WAS AWAY FROM ROOIBULT FOR A FEW DAYS TO SEE HIS BROTHER FRANK IN VEREENIGING. SO TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT MY GRAN WAS CALLED ANNE AND MY GREAT GRAN WAS CALLED LILLY, AND HERE FOLLOWS THE TAIL OF THE STRANGE VISITOR.
LILLY HAD JUST FINISHED EVENING PRAIR AND ALL THE KIDS WAS SENT TO BED FOR THE EVENIG. IY WAS ABOUT 8:00 IN THE EVENING WHEN ANNE HEARD A CLEAR LOUD KNOCK ON THE FRONT DOOR OF THE FARM HOUSE. SINCE SHE WAS THE ELDEST OF THE CHILDREN SHE GOT UP TO SEE WHO IT WAS SO LATE AT NIGHT.
SHE MET HER MOTHER LILLY IN THE HALL ALSO ON HER WAY TO THE LIVING ROOM. MA, ANNE SAID WHO KNOCKS AT THIS OUR DOOR SO LATE AT NIGHT? I DON’T KNOW MY GIRL BUT LETS GO SEE MAYBE IT IS SOMEONE IN NEED OF HELP. WHO IS THERE LILLY ASKED AT THE CLOSED DOOR? I AM A FRIEND OF PETRUS JOUBERT MADAM, THE VOICE DEEP AND HUSKED REPLIED FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
PETRUS JOUBERT WAS LILLY’S OLDEST BROTHER WHO STAYED ON ROOIBULT BUT HE WAS AWAY IN PRETORIA TO MEET HIS BUSINESS PARTNER FOR THE DEED OF SALE ON A PIECE OF LAND IN THE CHLOORKOP AREA OUTSIDE KEMPTON PARK.
LILLY OPEND THE DOOR AND WAS GREETED BY THE STRANGE MAN. HIS ATIRE CONSISTED OF A BLACK PINSTRIPE SUIT, A WHITE SHIRT AND BLACK TIE, BLACK SHINY SHOES AND A BLACK BATTISBEE HAT. HE WAS CLEAN SHAVED AND HAD DEEP BLUE EYES. ANNE INSTANTLY DID NOT LIKE THE MAN WHO SHOOK LILLYS HAND INTRODUCED HIMSELF AS LOUIE VAN DEN BERG.
LILLY RECALLED PETRUS SAYING LOUIES NAME TO HER WHEN SHE ASKED PETRUS ABOUT THE PIECE OF LAND HE WANTED TO BUY. SO LILLY TOLD HIM THAT PETRUS WAS AWAY IN PRETORIA AND WOULD ONLY BE BACK IN 3 OR 4 DAYS TIME. INSTEAD OF DISAPOINTED THE STRANGER APPEARD TO SUPRESS ANGER AND ANNE COULD SWEAR FOR A FEW SECONDS HIS BLUE EYES TURNED PITCH BLACK. SINCE LILLY KNEW THERE WAS NO PLACE OF LODGE IN TOWN SHE OFFERD THE STRANGER A SPARE ROOM FOR THE NIGHT AND HE KINDLY ACCEPTED. LILLY ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD LIKE SOMETHING TO EAT AND DRINK AND THE STRANGER DECLINED LILLYS OFFER. SO LILLY SHOWED HIM TO THE GUEST BEDROOM AND RETIRED TO HER OWN BED AFTER 15 MINUTES ANNE HEARD HER MOTHER WHISPER HER NAME. ANNE MY GIRL COME TO THE KITCHEN WITH MAMMA. SILENTLY SHE FOLLOWED LILLY AND IN THE KITCHEN LILLY SAID TO ANNE, I DON’T WANT TO SCARE YOU BUT I DON’T LIKE OR TRUST THAT MAN WE MUST STAY AWAKE TONIGHT AND KEEP AND EYE ON HIM. ANNE CONFIRMED THE SAME FEARS TO LILLY AND SO THEY SAT UP THAT NIGHT WATCHING THE SPARE ROOMS DOOR.
AT BOUT 12 THAT NIGHT LILLY AND ANNE SAW LIGHT COMING FROM BENEATH THE BEDROOM DOOR AND SINCE THEY USED CANDELS LILLY STATRTED TO WORRY THAT MAYBE THE STRANGER FELL ASLEEP WITH CANDLE STILL BURNING. SO LILLY AND ANNE SNEAKED UP TO THE DOOR AND LILLY PEERD THROUGH THE KEY HOLE. AFTER A FEW SECONDS SHE BECOND TO ANNE TO LOOK AND THIS IS WHAT SHE SAW.
THE STRANGER WAS SITTING ON THE BED HIS HANDS RESTING ON HIS KNEES. IN THE DIM CANDLE LIGHT ANNE LATER TOLD ME THE MAN WAS STARRING STRAIGHT INFRONT OF HIM AT THE WALL NOT BATTING AN EYELID AFTER A WHILE HE SLOWLY TURNED HIS HEAD TOWARDS THE DOOR SMILED AND WINKED AS IF HE KNEW HE WAS BEING WATCHED. THEN THERE WAS A SLIGHT SIMMER OF LIGHT THE CANDLE FLICKERD ALMOST OUT AND WHEN THE FLAME STRUGGLED BACK TO LIFE THE STRANGER WAS GONE. MA HIS GONE POOF JUST LIKE THAT ANNE SAID IN A SHAKY VOICE. STAY HERE MY GIRL I AM GETTING DADDYS GUN ANNE REPLIED AND RAN TO HER BEDROOM AND HERE LILLY LOADED JOHNS SINGLE BARREL SHOTGUN AND STRODE DETERMENTLY BACK TO THE GUEST ROOM.
SHE TOLD ANNE TO OPEN THE DOOR AND STAND ASIDE, SO DONE LILLY STRODE INTO THE ROOM POINTING THE SHOTGUN FROM HER HIP.
BUT THE MAN WAS GONE THEY CHECKED UNDER THE BED IN THE CLOSET AND ALSO THE WINDOWS WAS SECURED SHUTT THE MAN HAD JUST VANISHED INTO THIN AIR.
LILLY ORDERD ANNE NEVER TO SAY A WORD ABOUT THAT NIGHT AND ANNE REMEBERD A STRONG SULFER SMELL IN THE ROOM. BUT THEIR PACT OF SILENCE WAS SHATTERD 3 YEARS LATER WHEN THE STRANGER APPEARED UNINVITED AT PETRUS JOUBERT'S WEDDING DAY ON HIS FARM NOOITGEDAG WHICH HE HAD PURCHASED A FEW YEARS BACK.
BUT THAT IS PART OF A WHOLE DIFFERENT TALE I SHALL WRITE ABOUT LATER IN A FOLLOW UP TO THIS STORY.
3 comments:
Jislike my ou..!!!...is dit jou storie die Gerrie?
My bliksim...nou skyrf gou die volgende verhaal...ek is nou terug...gaan gou net lughawe toe..
my ouma het my die storie vertel dit het met haar gebeur as kind ek het net bietjie nname en plekke verander
My oë is vasgenael op die skerm terwyl my hande uitgestrek amper soekend na die hitte van die kampvuur is .. die misterie en suspense is awesome!
En jou open-end tesame met die klip wat jy so terloops in die bos gegooi het oor wat gaan kom .. hmm, jy sal goeie movie trailers saamstel. Enough said. Sien uit na deel 2 ..
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