Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-03-09
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Not long since, NsVe rustic gsIlants wank
regularly to sea saae same glri. Tue yoaEig
lady. farmers daughter, resided just hall
way between the respective homes Oh her
aaarsra; and az q mstlsz Of course when
Sunday evening arrived, when they "caals
eauxsIng p the dimlaRcs travelled 0ysT was
the came 10 Goth
Now, as they were Jealous of one another
saah lovsz triad his skill, by ssssaas Of
mgnmugFas, to drive the ether Of. Affairs
had gone on In this manner for some time,
vet nsitheg had seemed to have madA any
marked pfsggsSs in the iady's regards.
dn not Know how 1t would have terminated
Tor the girl liked than we'll nolgh buk as
she could not marry them both, she was
puzzled which one to chose. Whether abe
wished them to fight duel, or decide the
contest By fssieulfs for the honor Of her
hand and heart, cannot sayl but her sus-
penss, and that Of her anxious lovers, was
al last relieved in the following N amer
As they bad exha asted human ingenuity
In irving to outgeneTaI each other, they both
strange as ii may seem--gesolVed, IN
known 10 each other, to call to thaiF aid the
terrors of the spirit world. Stranger yet,
the same night was chosen when each
should personals a ghost, to driys the other
off the field.
Well. the next Sunday eyeRig came. and
attiEed In the habtliments Of the grave,
could be seen about nine o'clock our tRo he
ross cautiously approaching the abode Of
their dearest dear" The object Of ghost
A was to meet B before be had reached the
house, frighken him aat Of hiE senses, and
! then chase him home. III A could accom-
! plish this, b would never dare TO show bis
aug thsfe again.
| Ghost BPS object was precisely the same
toward A, aad consequently a fearful col
/ liaion bstWeea them was inevitable,
! A had chosen a hollow pumpkin, with
1.-TWO round holea cut through the top for
saucer eyes, and a huge horizontal, par
/ aIIsl organ opening for a mouth. A can
! die was burning in IL, and at q distance, in
/ the dark, it looked really fFighuul. B bad
got some punk, which looksd ike burnish-
/ ed silver In the dark, which he intended
placing around his person, in the night, IN
| order to give hlm a suparnaturaal appear
anee; pair Of OK horns placed upon his
Ihead, and, Attired Ia huge winding sheet
| B would have passea for respectable devil.
| They met! Tue night was very dark, the
goad muddy--so they had in manner to
feel their way along, A turn ia the road,
close BY the dwelling, repealed e&ch other
/ in their ghostly costumes.
Wkat sight, 4 saw gh0st-~B also
behsld another before him. As pun kin
head grinned horribly g. B, while the weird
lantern on B's person almost annthtlated
poor A, Tor he imagined, suppose, that it
was the evil one himself before him.
What mortal coaId stand this? They
could not, but, appalled,, terrific and near
sy mad with fear, they buth turned home
ward and fed, With fearful QUERIES Aurst
ing from their trembling lips. As b, how
eyer, was putting in his beat PAGES, Ia re-
passing the house, large masEia, alarmed
By the outcries, rushed hlm of. The poor
wretch, thtnkiag it2W4s his dlaboiLual per-
secutor IN the form Of dog, taCned aEhas'
and went of after 4 With all his mght-~
no hat OF, bis winding sheet streaming Ia
the wind behind Atm, wAlIa The dim glare Of
punk-wood ornaments gave him, indeed
the look Of a demon, 4 heard the noise
and, giauclng behind him, Jaw with horror
1.-The phantom Ia full chase. He dropped
the pumpkin head, which be had been car
rying in his hand, gave another yet louder
veil, and exertinz all his utmost, he b0Qa.
Jed ForyaEd with the agility Of hunted
, deer, almost flying ossg the ground as b.
went B, in the meantime, net saslng tht
ounpkih head, passed Oh in the rear tn
aog at MS hsals, barking aad urging htE
forward, still faster than before.
How long they would have continued il
their headIong Atght, II not stopped, can
. not tell. They had already legged 1t 70
over two miles, and were 10 a fair way o
running The mselvs 10 death, If a, IN hi
, blind haste, had not pitched head boa6 sRss
uaire Aole, 3 TOO the aaxk mlnute sharing
the same fate. Fortunately the hole va
MT deep. or they both would have beel
snotheTsl Ia the mud, fog they " ars fair
ly tired out, and A. weak as Infants. The.
, remained ia this condition until naEt NOR
mag, when the Relghbors found them, pul
] led them out ahI carried than 70 thei
E homes. Wet, covered wiki mad from hea
to foot, their rsineat tSgn In rags, they pre-
: sented truly q miserable appearance
E Both were laid up fox sa4e days, hom To
e effects Of their fright and over taaNing tAei
0 tphyaical powers, It had oae good eaeel
/ Of their fright, and over tasking their ply
i steal poweFs. Il had enc good effect, how
S ever il cured them of love, Tor they nsVs
}, went, courtiag there again.