Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-06-01
4n yntGrssting STORY
From the.Saturday Evening Post.
SOLVING THE "GHOST QUESTION y

About the year l8-, business had called
me to remote part of B county, Ten.
nessee, and was staying at the house ofa Mr..
Rubert.
The family consisted of Mr.. Rubert and
wife, one son, and two daughters. The sons
name was Austin he was about twenty years
of age, and seemed to be very intelligent.
The girls were no less intelligent than Austin.
Adela, the eldest, was about seventeen, and
Julia, the youngest, about fifteen.
Prettier girls never saw. I loved them
both as soon as had seen them.
We were sitting by blazing FIRE, talking
and laughing as lively as if we had been &C.
ouainted for years when sudden noise, as
if some large building was falling, interrup.
ted Us.
"Ugh ugh ugh!!!" said some one, as
Enlightened out of his senses.
All of the family rushed to the door, except
Julia, who sat still, and remarked,
at is Bill Jenkins running from the ghosts
again"
Scarcely had the words escaped her lips,
when in rushed u tall, gswky, awkward, almost
beardless fellow, putting and blowing like a
locomotive.
"Whats the matter?" said Mr.. Rubert.
"Matter enough !" said Bill, his eyes look
ing almost as large as the bottoms of two
common-sized tea-cups. "Out yonder," he
continued, throwing himself down upon a
chair; out yonder, heard baby cryin' +,
and then somebody groanin' and snufin' !;
and tell ye l jest got away from thar"
At this could not suppress laugh.
"You needn't laugh, old hoss," continued
he, turning to me; "you needn't laugh, for
I'll swear its no fun I; its jest so-lll swear it."
turned TO Austin and said,
Let us accompany him back to the place
where he heard the noise, and solve the
ghost for him."
Austin was silent.
Twill you go?" asked.
Austin began to stammer out something.
Darn inc i" interrupted Bill, I" darn me,
500 if you dol
"Then tell us where it was" said ], "and
if we can hear it, we'll solve it sure"
"Austin don't care much about going, l
believe" said Adela.
"You're not superstitious, are you,' asked
him.
NO." said he, "Im not superstitious, but
j III diEdlu vi CdtCuiuS Coio3 tuot ole
~ propose" said Julia, who had been 81.
lent till now, !"that we all 60, Mr.. Marion,
Austin, Adels, and myself. The moon is now
up, and it would be a pleasant walk for us,
besides, we might have some real fun"
After some hesitation on Austin's part, thi
proposition was accepted. Bill told US where
he had heard the ghost, but would not 60
with us.
Of we started When we came to the spot,
we found that Bill had knocked down about
twenty pannels OF the fence.
We had gone two Or three hundred yards,
talking very lively, when we entered low,
dark place in the road; the timber was very
tall and thick, which caused it to be darker
than anywhere else.
When advanced few PAGES into this place,
our conversation stopped. Scarcely had we
ceased talking, when
Boo-woo-woo.ugh b n went something near
us.
"Whats that" said Austin, hating. =.
advanced, and Julia stepped to my side
and said
"Its Bills ghost, sure"
BOu.boo-ho.woo-ughp p came forth again.
I could suppress my laughter no longer.
A. proved to be nothing more nor less than q
hon, which was not s'eeping comfortably, and
ri shas complaining.