The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-04-04
AN EXCITING K1eHrWA1cH.

AN EACIILNu SV1uh1- W ~ CLI.
"Rejoice with me-" said my friend,
Tom Elestsr! whf aAd cdnf mtp my
mnctum | i YES, frebice VIII he; I
have discovered a new sensation. "sazl. b.
"Dont believe it" I said, somewhat
si' id not want a6lsSsa lss|' E:ialas bio
mon said there was nothing new under
the SUM- >, .-EI -.
Right you, are, and right solomon
of course is but then, this isn't under
sun-it's-a ghost. -
Tom knew my weakness for the So
called supernatural" and therefore
brought his ghost well to the front at
first. TTVTMT
"A real, genuine ghost sntunmis-
taxable case of haunted house family
scared out Last week; series of char
women sfrishtened lout of their seven
senses, and housemaids sent into blue
fits. Got the address in my pocket, and
leave to sit there any night, or as many
nights as rplease, and I mean to, if you
go with me.
Iagreed at once.
took one or two cigars before our ar
rangements were complete.
The haunted house stood in a suburb
generally regarded as eligible, and which
we may as well call Tottenham as any
thing else, principally for the reason that
Tottenham is, as nearly as possible, at
the opposiss point Of the compass from
the real locality.
"The fact is, said, II candidly con-
fess 1 should not like to sit alone. Iown
IsApqld I Pssysf5aN ta dqssxyt1Hsy be
only inyovHs ihAgfnat ation HhtI dread,
buks srs lpidfOlmdly ssnd ant VI The
limit of this powder. No, would not
60 alone. Equally open to objection is
aparty of two for if one collapsed, the
other would be left in a disagreeable
position. A small select party is
best"
"A third member I shall certainly
s6pulate for, reioined Nom, "and that
smy dog Brush If anybody in the
flesh attempts to play rs trick, and
Brush pins him, I pity that practical
joker. } He'Sn dexoutly wish himself a
ghost, can answer for that"
Brush" was voted of the party of the
mem. con-, and Tom and Il finally de-
elded on three human companions, whom
We may as well call Brown, Jones and
Robinson as anything else. We selected
slsn m the ground that they fers, as
lar as we knew, unbiased in their views
Of ghostly matters.
So all is settled there will be five of
us. Luck in odd numbers" laughed
Tom, as he left me.
"But h~Ontbef . odd numbers, 1 an
svered; you forget the dog"
No, / don't. I count the quadruped
as well as the bipeds but still 1 say odd
numbers, for reckon on the ghost.
Good night, old felloA."
/ slept the sleep of innocence tbouoh
recalled next morning scattered frap-
menh u a9dsesm imn vNikh SBasasl
still in the flesh, was worrying nv late
maiden aunt's black cat, who must. ac-
cording to totheAfdifhry oodfs& o. essnts,
IN the metropolis, have been made into
pies many years ago. Hard work during
the rest of the week drove all ghosts ont
OF my head SO that I was in the most
satisfactorily "unspirituaI frame Of;
nind when I adjourned on the knife
BOARD of city-bound omnibus to the
fendezvors uf Saturday.
The dinner came and went and in due
course We did the latter also, having
pse,iously fortified the inner man, on the
homeopathic principle similia simii-
O0s, with modicum Of spirit.
Keep the spirits up
By pouring Spirits down.