The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-07-03


: consciencel
e Gentlemen, / beg of yos not to be inauencet
8 by invisible evidence; go on with your suppers
and let the mischief talk, if it wants to; you'v
5 known me too long to suppose that would.
: "strangle your olCn innocent. M7rierl" Mon
! strous. Iti her voice, and in this verv room
= yet | pledge you my Tord Of honor, boys, she'
= out in the country, alive and well, at uncl
! RasheI'S, and ifaHy one Of you are affected b,
e this unaccountabe accusation, | trust YOU vii
: 90 ont with me in the morning and pay yST
compliments 10 her. John, whats the maAe
with you? you're shaking like poplar! d,
, believe you are afraid. Spirits cant hurt you
unless you take too much of 'em. amt a
! rald to tell this one boldly that it's an outra
/ geous liar, and ask to prove what it says
/ GiYe US song, Tom. On. Anything, | dom
| care what; you know my favoriter, but I'm
little confused just now; guess it's the wine
Don't be thinking o. gong II you leave Sc
early, shall think you've been impressed by
this little joke that somebody's been playing OF
me. Really | shall be ofendedS Its only hal
past twelve, and my ady'ce<to you all is to-
arrest Timothy Rasher for tle murder Of hi!
wttem
That fool, John has iainted dead away. Ii
amt in the plot, whoever is. These servants
are so superstitious. Here, Patrick, drag out
this fool, and throw water on him.
~ pretty trick, ISN'T it gentlemen? lIa! ha
ha! Very well carried'out; very well, indeed
bnt if anybody thinks I'm frightened, they're
counting their chickens before they're hatched
! My own wife! Quite joke, hal hal ha! Why,
every body knows how attached we are 10 each
other. We have our little spats, to be sure, like
all married people, and Pm rather fond OF a
practical joke, as you all know; bnt srangling
my delr Marer is serious kind of a Joke; that
I'd hardly be guilty Of II I've said anything
this evening among my old cronies that wasn't
just rlght, didn't mean it as anything but fun,
Come, boys let's make a night Of it. Here's
to the ghost; may it learn to tell the truth, or
forever hold its peace. What! gong? IdiJn't
think seven men would get scared at a harmless
trick. Amt scared2 zee you're not; not at
all; but some of you are a little shakey ] sup
pose you'll look in the mornIng papeIs to see i
your friend Tim is in the ToombS vet. Hal hal
Good night.
They've gone two hours before they meant to
and though they tried TO laugh it off, | could
see they were every one OF 'em suspicious of
me. Hang it! if that's all friendships WORTH |
might as well drop my old friends. | shouldn't
wonder II they'd be wiling to dr0p me. It's
confoundcd queer about that thing; eel un-
easy myself. ! won't 60 back to the dining
room tonight, but III have every spot examn-
ed in the morning. | hope the ghost will keep
itself out OF my chamber. I'll leave the gas
burning all night
Gracious, there's som thing sitting up in my
bed! It's the ghost! Oh Marier! Marier! it
you're realIystraugIed and dead, it wasn't me
that didll, whatever yon .1nay have reaaon to
lhir X, Ldia'nt dovit! didn't do ii
Ms Rasler. Get uPoH your knees, you
goose, and come to bed. I'm tired and sleepy.
1t hadn't have scattered that intercctiDg par
ty Of yours, Ia have b2ea broken Of my rest
all night ''Won't 90 home I'LL mornlng,"--
tia. ha! But they dill go, my sweetest, some
time before. The mex time you ouentertain set
OF your stupid Oh cronjes b. sure that your
wife amt hli in he lower part OF the dresser
listening to your stories at her expense, Pm
cramped drcadully, stuffed IN that hole 50 long
but pVe bad fun enough to pay me for my pains.
So you really bought I'd stay week out at
that horlJ old farm, did you! Not quite.
rot in on the evening train and il hannpnpd tn
he Batty who latina IN ona fo,,rA ort Oh, ,,t