Daily gazette and comet., 1860-05-25
Tnr BAaBER's GHOST.

A gentleman, travelling some yssts
since, called at tavern, and requested
entertainment for the night. The land
lard informed him that " was eht ~ his
ppwef 10 accommodate him, az his house
vas already fall, lie persisted IN stopping.
ss he, as well as horse, was almost ekheus-
sd wi,h travelling. Aitaf much selieits-
tion, the landlord consented W his stop-
ping. provided he would sleep N . certain
rcom that had not been veeuplsd fof q
long time N consequences of belief that II
was haunted by Che ghost of bgbst,
who was reported 70 have been murdered
In that room Years hefats,"
Very weil, ssys the man, I'm not
afraid cf ghosts."
Af,er having refreshed h,rseif, he In.
anirea er the landlord how aud IN what
manner the feum IN which he wss 10 lodge
was haunted. The landlord fsplisd, ths.
shortly sf,et they retired TO rect. an IN
known voice was heard In . trembling
aud pfotfseted seeent, saying "Do tou
want 10 he shaved ~
Well = replied the mat. I" n he eenes
he may shave me"
tie then requested to he shown 10 the
apartment. In going TO vh.eh he wss con
juelsd through large toen, where we're
seated n great number of perspns ~ n
gambling table Feeling aentipsity which
almost every one possesses, after having
heard ghosts stoflss. he carefully searched
every eutpef ~ his toeir, but could dis
cover nothing hut the usual furniture of
the apartment, lie then lay down, hut
dii not close his eyes 10 sleep ifnmsdia late
" aud IN . fsw minutes he imagined he
heard vcics saying
"Dg sy,i ,e.a-sttg bs sk.o-r-s,d"
lie arose rom his bed and sesfthsd eva
cry part ur the room, but eoplj diseovsf
nothing, he again went 10 bed bot nc
soones had he beeen 10 sesnrese himself TO
sleep than the question was srsin fepest-
ed lie again rose, shd went TO the win.
dow, the sound appearing ~ proceed ffcu
that quarter, and Atood aw hils silent. AZ
ist q fsw moments Of snsicps suspense,
he again heard the sound distinetly 4 and
convinced that " wss ffom without. he
opened ths window, when the question
was repeated fuli IN his ear, which stst-
tied hlm not littlei Upon . minute ss-
animation, however, he observed that the
limb Of large oah tfee, which stood under
the windcw, protected 90 near the houss,
that every breath of wind. 10 lively ina.
sination, made . neise resembling the In
tsrrosatioh "De you w-a-n-t 10 be
slv-s-dp
Having satisfied himself that his rh.s.
wss nothing more nor less than the linb
~ the tree cunning In eantset with the
house, he again went TO bed. and sttempt
ed 10 get 10 sleep but he wss now Inter.
fupted by pesls Of laughter, and an oeea-
sicnai volley Of oaths and entses, rom the
fnom where the gamblers we're assembled.
Thinking that he could turn the late dis
eeyefy 10 his own ad,antsas, he took .
sheet ffom the bed, aud wtapped ~ around
him, and tskina the wsshbssin In his hand
aud throwing n towel ever HE arm, pro-
eesded 10 the room Of the gamblers, and
suadenly opened the door. walked In, es.
claiming. In . trempleps voice
"no Yea u an q ateahe e. hassvae-dW
Terrified at the suddsn appearance Of
che ghost, the sambiera we're thrown into
? the greatest confusion In attempting 10
eeears it-soms jumping through The
windows. and Others tumblins head over
heels down stairs, Our rhost taking sds
vantage of a clear room, deliberately
pwprt q large amount Of monsy rom
the table into the basin, snd retired uns
seen 90 his own room,
The nest morning, he found the house
IN the utmost confusion. lie wss imme-
diately asked " he rested we'll, 10 which
he rppliad In The Affirmative.
"weil, no woadef." said the landlord,
"ior the ghost, ins,esd Of going 10 his
ewn room, made apnistake, and came 10
oura, ffirhtened us cut Of the room, and
took away every dollar cf our money"
The guest without being the least sus.
pected, quietly ate his own breakfast, and
derarted many hundred dollars richer by
tha AL vantufe.