New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-17

luxury. and undergo all tolls rather than part
with it.
4 FOOTED APPARI7ION
| We have all heard Of Pus3 i'll Boots, of The
| Seycn-Ltague Boots, and of the Boots OF
| Bombastes Furio3o with tho minaciOus eau
! ton appended against their displacement; but
| Of u Ghost in Boots we have never read until
now. This we'l-shod spectcr made his appear
snco at Mcrthyr, in Wales, disturbing tho
| slumbcrs of Richard Matthias, fshmOnger.
Richard started from his baliny slunbcrs to
feel something laid upon lis breast. What
d" Is tkat 4" said he. A voice answered, My
mission il 20 icll you 10 be kind 10 the boy
responded tho spirit; 81 am going now, but |
| " shall como again" who are yOuP" sid
| Matthias. "My name is unknown" said the
| Ghost, walking of. Upon this, beginning 10
! sslcll il.sizcd rat, Mr.. Richard took note,
| according TO bi' subsequent testimony in court,
| tbat the Ghost made a noise with his boots
" upon the stairs" /" So says to myself ne
| ccntiny3d, "says !, you may be vision, but
81 mover heard tell of vision wearing
boots" So jumping out Of bed, ho pursued
| the Shade into tho street, and, having cOllarcd
| if, received for bis pains "a smack over the
mouth which lOoscDcd two of his tectb.'
! Then reaching gd5-Iigbt lac found bis noe
| tuInal visitor TO be James Shea, or the mortal
| known by Chat name, with bundle under his
arm, containing two OF tho witnesses jackets
and one of his vests. Whlcupon the Goblin
was taken into custody, and ignOmlaioualy
charged, at thc GlanmOTGdn As9izcs, with lar
| ccny.
When It came 70 The turn Of Mr.. james
| Shea, he cr0}s-cyamined tho complainant very
closely. "Are you nOt known "a Dick, the
"'Thicf7'" ayes, am, because whom q boy
"stolc tpgtl from my mother" "WeIo you not
drunk when you went to bcdV 81 was never
"d,unk in my life. drank only glass Of
"cle" Here the Judge intarpo5cd to a3l;, Are
you sure this WAS not all o dream " and 1t
vas here ti.at tho boots came IN triumphantIy.
"a dream, my Lord" cried mr. Richard;
"conadrrirg that / heard him go down Stails
with hia boots on, | do MT think that there
q" was much of a dream about it, Then the
prisoner ashcd: Don't you tl,inll it wos a
"chostl" Witness (boldly): 81 don't know
"whoNicr il was ghost or not, and ] don't
care. But nccr hDqrd Of a spirit or Oio9t
[" that r0ye Jootsr Prisoner (-arc3stically):
"Did you ever see ghost barefoot - Wit
ness; 81 never saw gho3t at all. but do MT
"think any of them wear boots" The jury
finally came 70 the conclusion that Mr. Richard
must lave "d.eGmt tall" and James Shea
was triumrhanuy acquitted.
Dreams gro Gro Things 10 fall back upon
when VIC have had one of these supcrnaiUrai
ysitaiOns albeit q dream may be a. nuch 0i
a mystery "a a real truant from below would
be but il we arc to attribute all DE ghosts to
somnolcut hailacination. it viii go very far to
illuminate brilliantly what Mls Grove calls
"Ihc Night Siie Of Nature" II Hamlet had
flncicd his view of his fothcr's ghost a dream.
IL is clear that We should not only have mrsaed
Hamlet" bnt also the countless cIiiic'sns
which have been written upon that play, and
which would have been either loss indeed or
n great gain TO the students Of ". s., just a.
tie reader may regard II. We are for ghosts
rs being decidedly stimulating in tins rather
commonplace world. II iho sheciod dead,
ht'le ere tho mighty Julius fell. did not
squeak and gibbcr in tho Roman streets, we
cannot. without reluctance. part with the im-
prcssiyo tradition. SOiid-headcd men have be-
licved in ghosts, and among Chem DR.. johnson,
who wgs angry because the Knocking Of the
Cock Lane Ghost was not properly inycStl-
gated. There Was something about the Oli-
fashioned spirit comparatively respectable. He
didn't come rapping and tapping and over
turning tables. He didn't talk nonsense or
tell u- that, Ever tho cmpyrcan realizes the
a" iufnte'-that tho sonl goes clad after death,
in purple. or blue. or grccn-that the Future
Life is Ike the terrestrial and is n matter Of
very large cakes and very strong ale. lie did Mt
play on guitars. He did at undertake TO unite
hard knots. He did MT write prescriptions OF
prattle about ones deed 0cquaintanccs. Ho
stdlkcd in all clad in white, and then he
stalkcd ont again. leaving the seer hathed in
cold pcrspiration and half dead with appre-
tension. Indeed, he rarely came to human
habitation at all, but when IN need of pedcs-
TRAN exercise he glided through tho grave
yards and, il pursued exhaed with an I'M
pleasant smell. He came noiSelessly in slip
pcrs-ho never como ia boots; and it viii I've
prudent for all who are awakened b. pair
of these coming up stairs to discard the super
natural theory altogether.
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