The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-07-14
A GHOST STORY.

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perience in that line, said Sutler, gfasely
shaking the ashes from his pipe.
Let us hear it, said /.
with the greatest pleasure, Cap'en. Nv
father, you see, had been under the turf q
great many years. He wasn't bad man, by
no means. a kinder hear. never bsss moi
his; but he was uncommon fond of terbacker
He'd smoke the day out aud he.day in. He
hadn't an equal in that way except old Sam
Flint, our nearest neighbor, and ne was jusI
about his match; and they used to smoke and
and tell their tough stories evenin' arter eve
nin,' but that was afore my father died.
My naterel suscepterbilities bein' fine,
felt rayther bad when the old gentleman
stepped out usedAto lay awake night ar
ter night, and think ont One night in the
fust of the evenin', arter had turned in,
heard a strange knockin' on the winder.sll
and didn't know what on airth to max,
ont.
Who's there y sez /.
your father sez voice.
1T can't be posserbleP sez /.
Its nothin' shorter sez he.
How do ye like ss fur faf as you've got?
I'm not over an above pleased sez he.
4 am sorry to hear it, sez /. whats the
trouble?
Gt'se'enemost impossible to get any good
smokin' terbacker,' sez he, in derjected
voice.
That's melanchully,' sez /. Can do
anything fur yep
'Nuthin' to brag on sez he; 'but you'll
oblidge me by layin' good piece of pigtai
on the winder sill, nights when you go to
bcd.'
I'll do it, sez ].
I'll feel obleeged,' sez he.
Not at ALL sez |; but it's a fair question,
I'd like to know how you pass your time up
therep
It's no offence Mt all, sonny. I set on n
sunbeam most O. the time, playin' on the
jewsharp.'
1t must be very amusing .sez I. Have
you got the old thing wild ye?'
4 amt got nothin else,' sez he.
'Play US up a tune, then,' continued.
with PLEASURE sez he; and 80 he Struck
up.
That's rayther melanchuly, sez l.
4 know it, sez he; but it's all on account
of the terbacker'
I'll get ye some of the raal pigtail,' sez
|.
so do, and I'll play ye something liveler
next time. Good night, sonny he added,
in more cheerful tone.
Come agin,' sez l.
you may rely ont sez he.
Good night, then,' SEE |. Dent hurt your
self doin' the miscellaneous work, and I'd
recommend ye to bring better instrument
when We come agin.' And with that the old
gentleman hurried away.
Did You place the pigtail on the window
sill |? | asked
In course did-the raal ginewine.'
And did he come after it?'
'As reglar al tho night came. never
knew him to fail. and an uncommon sight O.
Tho et,,ff ha n,sda array with II aH my. rs,-
lations had come back, and used us much O.
the weed as he did, should ha' been dead
broke
'And what kind of tobacco did Sam Flint
smoke at that tme!' continued.
'pigtail-nothln' but pigtail, jest like that
used by the old gentleman, said Sutler, with
look irresistibly comical.
How was it about your fathers ghost ?
said | one day to Suter, as we were alone.
'The fact o the case was,' he replied, 4
found it took off the change like all natur' to
keep my father in terbacke; so told Flint
all about it, and axed him if he couldn't supply
the old gentleman with plug or two occa-
sionally, for old acquaintance sake?
4 could't think OF it, sez he, got large
family to support. and use an awful sprink-
lin of the weed myself But I've got a
pound or two I'll sell ye cheap.
what kind is it :, axed.
'Pigtail,' said he.
Bring it over sez |.
with pleasure, sez he. And so the next
day he brought it over, and bought it,
Weel, come to look it over, found some Of
the identical plugs which had laid on the
winder-sil for the old gentleman. Upon
careful inquiry, larned that he'd sold sever:
al pounds o the stuff to the neghbors, and
seemed to have plenty O. the same sort; al
though, afore that, he used to be hard up on
terbacker, for he was poor as Job, and an
uncommon smoker Arter that time didn't
lay any more plugs on tie vinder-sill, think
in it best to let the old gentleman depend
on his own exertions for supply O. pig
tall