Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-24
UNCLE JAP'S GHOST.


good, honest ghost, one that could be
seen and touched, would do more toward
Eakingthe' world at large-beiiexe in
she future life Of the soul, than all the,
sermbns and treatises ever written. In
deed, the world seems always to have
been in manner conscious of this.
Hence, the eager fascination with which
mankind, even after being fooled for
thousands of years, still catchiat any
thing like plausible ghost story. In
TACT, ghost-seeing has always been one
OF the worlds weak spots. '.e i9 srods
OF course, nobody believes in ghosts
nowadays; yet, let anything ike a
aecently. probable story get, going,
and it is little surprising to see How
curious people will become. Take the
haunted house" of Boston, for ex-
ample. And almost every town or vii
aage has IT'S specter, first Or last.
l well rerneni Der the sensatien Which
came up in the little parish 9iiefe |
used to live, some years ago. It was a
quaint little neigh borhood, away back
rom the rest of the world--a church
EBaptist) and parsonage, a Tavern"
some dozen Or twenty houses, with a
wiid, Unsettled region Stretching away
On all sides.
At the period refer to, old Elder
Mckay had just died, and the new
Elder" Mr.. Granger, q pale, grave
ssceo young man. had just come, bring
ing wife as palesand grave faced as,
himself. Both were Of the calm, spiritual
sert-models in all respects.
But in marked distinction from them
wss the wife,s sister, girl of fifteen or
sixteen, who made her home with them.
Nell Burnham, as We soon came to know
heT, was Of quite different sort. In
parish language, she wasn't "profes-
sor," and faQA certainly not professor
OF much of that sombeT-VIsaged piety
more in vogue then than now. perhaps.
IN short, without being IN any way
bad, Nell was a trump among girls.
was hail fellowsEeil me tasyith anyone
who had spark of.fun about him, and
Was always bent on a good time some
way.
ME E4ungl folks hhed MEL. uniyer-
sssly-aliithe- more EosnI tkeafact thai
sne was known to be a subject of the
most profound grief and solicitude on
aae part OF the reverend pair at the par
sonage, as well as an object of distrust
among ktll h9deaeons and deaconesses.
%hezeter she went there.was sure to- be
n go5d time, and something to laugh Il
ever afterward.
This little neighborhood had also an !
otheE rather unexpected character in
Abe shape Of sanH ofds Mississippi negro
Known as II mole j al IAN abbfesiafed
soTm OF JAPAN. He had come to the
BAYERN one bleak winter evening, some
years previously how, nobody knew
exactly had bsenla paSseh ger ION tie
Qnderssea4id Railway ,aptobably, sent
u. 1ere Cor safe residence. For those
Uefe'thc days when ;Ghbolition'' raised
rs crest against the " Fugitive Slave
Law" What an ancient sound these
terms have. )Os Unelee Japisuease WAS
siiEnly understood. People sympathized
with him. He bssiltffres. az the tavern,
Ehere an attic, had been giEeh hira for a
lodging place, and in process of time.
came to be sexton at the church and
afs -syhSn anybody died. And
ah9fs tais tine bne SDIartHa wilkins
sfhrster, did ACTUALLY v dEe.land t1eIe
Jap had the digging of her grave on
hand. -
1t was ate OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
Eight, and theleld fellow h al zone up to-
the esupeb yard to-see something about
il. @ne q my boy friefds Zeke Ed
yards al were playinHg-A back GAM
non" down in the bar room, at the
tavern, with several others looking on,
when, all at once, in rushed Uncle Jap,
beIeheaded, and with a countenance
frescoed with terror. a.al
Hello! Uncle, Japl What's the
matter? What Is it We all q ex.
He had fairly its;aabaia behind the stove
IN his fright, and was turning tHelRfhites
Of his eyes toward the open door. ~ a'
DE Lord sabe Us !" was his first
ejaculation. -----,
R VI EoI 4P1lS gsg III ER1 1 is i =
y spookr' . GL3OGaEsJ 4
a spooks what's spook ?''
"AkpooRor ;aebogey.' tcrieel rfhe7 old
slarkey, shiVering. Ode Lord knows
which, r
~, Whyywhere have EouLeeal2 Where
.EsTe Yodg'i asked Zegef ! =
Up to de church-yard ONLY. was
yes locking long de side Of de Wilkins
lOs, linking how hard de frozen groun'
Bouldibedo break UP for Ole Mart ia TO-
morrow, when the spooK re right up all
ashits, iazts[ raps; cote heel9ns4fi,i-rfJ2 in
This was the sum and sutstance Of
his story; the main point of ShiehIwas
that something. Lad frightened him
nearly todeath,,7 ana Zeke and Z ran out
Sptsae 81 hat rsswaS FFhere was nothing
esn bat from tie .1Saeta 80 pe. Kept Jon
Epfo the church-yard. But all was now
still and quiet theresaEnrf i6nEess rs the
dim moonlight that lay upon it, We
were about goiHgo bach hauahsng at
Uncle JaPss tanpededYhen Lspddenly
caught Ia-sg ,i1lrse f--som ethirg Write
astd7g a1f66ndfhe to4faa5iIJ 4 tie Church.
"D'ye see that % whispered I.
81 did see something thought"
said Zeke. "But gracious y exclaimed
he, suddenly, jerking my arm, "look
shsref p
/ looked. Out of the dark shadow of
ans side of the church dim white form