Excerpt from The Rose of the Alleghanies

In the year 1812, I believe, occurred the tragedy which form the basis of this tale. A young girl, Polly Williams, lived near the western dope of the Alleghonies, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. Far up on the side of the mountain is a huge cliff, appropriately called the "White Rocks." Polly Williams had a lover, Philip Rogers, who, after having betrayed her under promise of marriage, induced her by false representations to meet him at the secluded spot which before had been their trysting place and threw her over the precipice. Rogers was never legally punished fox his crime. To this day may be seen the modest headstone above the grave at the foot of the mountain where lies the dust of this humble victim of man's perfidy.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.