Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1859-11-17

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"a R,,f IA 1a;Ant Oa lhs acconsafy
safew sup lhe stout team horses and
aered over atahss sshostly visiteut With
posl deeerninAd and linquisilives sair,5
i'd had be- been M educated person,
t5ith I thouehtful and speculative turn
irfIind Re VonIa unidouhtedlv have ai-
ressed il in. ,amethipe,tjks dhe startling
'''F ia dramatic Language 1ln which tie bard
8:,.Aso1 apuss sato ihe meatll of the brave
sad gifted Prince Hamlet: .ssss hi Ayq
.n,eh I,,d m;n;s,er. - srase. defs,d q. SIS SO
,6oa rp;ri. p hssl,h, osr goblin d.m'd, 81.
. wnsnes ss lTo hesseh; g o'a''e no" ne
,ou spn,; % y = ,Sch M = uues,;onabIe shape &.
,at wilispplk " shee ~ 81 ~ a@ fsss 81.
ButlJce Pumlsy, who had never heard
..ssch i psrsop n Sbaksprar inl his
20, made use qf -,1n s,rch ausssion as'
,ave repeated. He simply sn;d,-
Whew II that bent a. ghost | see.
.atleitg among ihein there COMMISSIONERS
: hope to scr am if 1 believe there ever
was one, Now they pretend % say it .
fellow has got The pluck 10 force EN-
right np, thev III knock under aud ex-
plain Why they cant rest contehted ID
their graves h I'm half ae mind to- test
the truth o',that saying--it isn't fur, ,sand
perhaps the ghost has. rot some terrible
secret 10 divulgc, which Joe Pumley
might as well know as anybody 80 here
goes !''a 5fIt ri Sa6s aalAast' oss5 sss II
And suifing the action to the word, ],
10 -prang ia the ground and made for, the.
graveyard fence. The moon was down.
but there was light enough leitto render
objects discernible' at some distance =
The white object was stilIvisibIe, though
i seemed 10 he moving from him all the
while he was advancing, 80 that when
he came to the spot where he first saw
il, il was sill las Gar; renewed fReBlbim as
ever, Il WAS very strange, jJpe ibone ht
He was quite sure that the ghost wished
tol avoid him, and hs was therefore Just
as anxio0sto dveItake il. that he ilngi I
discover what mysterious CT useo 'com-'
PEELED il - ''Revisit urus The glilnpses vf
the moon, making nigh. hideous. But
the white object kept at safe distance
and joe, wearied out at length witt, The
idea nf oyertaking It so long as he main
tained his present dignified gait. deter
miued for ence 70 break over all roles.
Of ghostly decomrum. and see # ne could
not attain his object by bringing into
play all the natural strength and activity
ofa pair Of legs For some time the
race was about evenly sustained on both
sides, the white object keeping the dis
tance good between them,now sprinsing
over graves, and now dodgins out from
between tomb stones, or lrisking UNDER
meath the pendant branches Of a weep
ing willow, or perchance concealing t.
self for an instant behind a blue slate
headstonc Of unusual breadth and alti-s
tude, 10 be driven out a moment after.
into q more exposed position, and still
fwhisking on, as though it glorified above
all things in thus aggravating its pursue
er. At last the ghostly appariiion
seemed to flag little, and that scncour-a
age Joe with renewed hopes Of finally
outvinding Il ghost und ~ full headway.
which would certainly be q grand achiev-
ment 10 Be talked 81, and re redoubied
his sxertions He I 'neared the object,
which seemed To- sslaeken iss speed d.
shough despairing, and the nextmomenl
his hand was upon it, Z a,eo4 !, IS alat
'sHaw, haw, haw! he, he, he!'' laugh.
ed Joe, as though he would split his
great Sides SITS nothing but 4 white
heifer after all. and !, like agreat fool,
have been chasing il gil over the grave
yard Tor half nn hour, thinking i ~as asia .