The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-05-12
SOLVING THE GHOST ouEs
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- About the year 18-, business had
called me to a remote part of B
county, Tennessee, and was staying
at the house of a Mr.. Rubert. The
family consisted of Mr.. Rubert and
wife, one son and two daughters. The
son name was Austin, he was about
twenty years. of age and seemed to be
very Intelligent. The girls. We're no
less intelligent than Austin. Adela,
the eldest, was about, seventeen, and
!, Julia, the youngest, about fifteen. s,f..
frettier girls / never saw. / low
I ed them both as soon as I had seen
them. .-t..;,.. ...--.. -r.-,. ...r.-., d.
We we're sitting by blazing fire
talking and laughing as lively as if
we had been acquainted for years;
when a sudden noise, as if some large
| building was falling, interrupted us.
.TUghl ughIl ugh !" said some
one as if frightened out of his senses.
All of the family rushed to the door
except Julia, who sat still and re-
marked: -..-...--- ,-
''It is Bill jenkins running from
the ghosts again" .-. ...g..
Scarcely had the words escaped
from her lips when in rushed a, tall,
gawky, awkward, almost beardless 1el-
low, putting and blowing like loco
motive.
What's the matter ?" said Mr., Ru,
Matter , enough -" said Bill, his
eyes looking almost as large as the
bottoms of two common sized tea
cups. "Out yopder," he continued,
throwing himself down upon chair,
"out yonder heard baby cryin,' and
then somebody groanin' and snufin',
and I tell ye l jest got away from
thar" So
At this | could not suppress
laugh. ~. ............. a.. H.. .'.....
. 'FYou needn't laugh, old hoss,'' con
tinued he, turning to me, t'ssyou need
not laugh, for I'll swear it's no fun;
it's Jest so, I'll 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.
sWill you go :" asked. s.-.....
Austin began to stammer out some
thing. ..-..,-,- -.........r ....'..r -...,
.Darn me-" interrupted Bill, "darn
me, gentlemen, if you get me back
thar any more; see if you do" 81.
".'Then tell us where it was,' said 1.
.Tand if we can hear it we'll solve it,
suro.' -
Austin don't care much about go
ing, 1 believe said Adela.
You are not superstitious, are
your" l asked him.
"No," said he, "I'm not superstiti-
Gus, but I'm afraid Of catching cold,
that's all " f..' .i.'
81 propose" said Julia, who had
been silent till now, ':that we all go,
Mr.. Marion Austin, Adela and my
self The moon is now up, and it
would be a pleasant walk for us, be-
sides, we light have some real fun
After some hesitation on Austin's
part, Ills proposition was accepted.
Bill told us where lie had heard the
ghost, but would not go With US.
p Of We started. When we came to
the siot, we found that Bill had
knocked down about twenty pannels
of the fence. We had gone two or
three hundred yards talking very live
| ly, when we entered low dark place
in the road; the timber was very tall
and thick, which caused it to be dark
er than anywhere else. When we ad-
vanced few PAGES into this place, our
conversation stopped. Scarcely had
we ceased talking, when ... "a,
"Boo-woo-wooughl' went some,
thing near us; a..,.,,
ing.
I advanced, and Julia stepped to my
side and said:
'Its BilTs ghost, sure. ."-oiii-ss,-i = q
"Ou coo ho-woo-ugh!" came forth
again. '7' -F-'.-i .' I'D %
49, 1 could suppress my laughter no
longer 1t proved to be nothing more
or less than a hog, which was not
sleeping comfortably, and was thus
tc5omblaining. -9T3H6n III -in3ot.II =
''IVhat Is it ?" insisted Austin, who
had not yet found put what it was.l-n
Just then we came to the. hog bed
and all the hogs run off frightened as
bad as Bill was. '''i VI --.
"Humph % said Austin. ''it's hogs
Pll swear that, caused Bill so much
running." r.s a
We turned and went back to the
house, and had fine laugh al Bill
about his ghost; but Bill would not
give up but that his were real ghosts.
;, / learned that there were but few
persons in the peighborhood who were
not superstitious. .s......,
I was informed that the place where
Bill had heard the ghost was really
1 haunted. H.. RI! e.y y r.. -
Fl Among other stories that were told
that night concerning the place, was
one as follows: d. SD ,d s,.if.. ci isa.
big Some time ago man was coming
through this place; it was very dark,
he heard something by the,roadside;
turningrin the direction of the noise,
he perceived something white. 1t
looked, he said, like a woman dressed
in white. He spoke to her, she raised
her hands above her head. and said:
j "John Kinsler, if you would be
happy, you must marry Jane Morton
and have the Rubertt family at the
wedding Remember, John kinsler!"
So saying she dropped her arms,
and ascended slowly upwards until
she was out of sight. '-'r" @ ~
John afterwards married Jane, and
1.-THE Rubert family were at the wed
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