Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-06-04
Miscellany.
Sam BartOn's Ghost Story.

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fire in Charlie Harmon's room that nigh
When say we, | mean Sam Bartou
Charlie Harmon and myself-Phil Boyr
ton. at Jour service. - ~
Charlie was lawyer in embryo;
other words, he was student Of law !
the office Of Messrs. Pinch a. Sharr
Barton was engineer on a double-trigpere
lightning express train, but now of dut
on account of indisposition. Your hum
bic servant was in one of the large estab
lishments where ery-goods are wont to b
sold, having risen from the position .amil
iarly known as "Cash' to that of hea,
clerk in the said establishment. Nov
then you have us.
We we're picturesque group, as said
Charlie was stretched on the lounge, hi,
legs crossed, one foot elevated at an anol,
OF about forty-6ve degrees. Sam wa,
seated in chair, his neither extremi,ie,
dangling gracefully over the back of an.
other. While my No IS rcposed quietly
along with Blackstone, !" ,.Chitty" and a
lot OF lesser lights, on the table. OF
course we were all smoking.
1t was a wild night; the wind shriekvd
aud howled about the house as if thous.
and demons were warning for entrance ;
and without, the night was of inky black.
ness, unbroken save when the vivid flashes
Of lightning lit up everything with mo.
mentary glare 'js aEr-rF-U9
Heavy cannonading away to the left, "
said Barton. emitting thin wreath of
smoke from his 6crcely mustached lips,
and listening to the almost continuous roar
Of thunder. Barton was an old soldier
And there's the muskctry," returned
Charlie, as the rain came with rattle and
dash against the window "Bv .Tnrn
art ] fancy it was on just such a night
as this that Tam OShanter saw his Sa-
tanic majcsty's fandango in old Kirk Al.
loway. BY the way, think ghost stc-
ry would be in keeping with the night.
Come, Barton, you have been all over
this mundane sphere; surely in some of
your wandcrings you have seen the spirit
that walkcth in darkness r-
phil is better hand at storytelling
than | am, suppose We hear from him ?"
said Sam, turning to me, but | modestly
declined, and waved my hand for him to
proceed.
We'll never saw anything in the
way Of the supernatural but once" began
Sam, "and don't kHow whether you will
term it ghost or something pertaining to
the occult sciences" and Sam gazed va
cantly into the FIRE and twisted his brig.
andish looking mustachc, till the ends
thereof pointed fierce'y toward the paral-
lels of latitude.
"Well, whatever it was, let us have
the story, SAM" Charley urged. lighting
fresh cigar and settling himself comfort
ably to listen.
| ut was when I stayed at Uncle Jes.
sie's. You see, Uuole Jess thought l
was studying too hard, and took me
out to the farm TO recruit as he said.
Poor innocent cid man, if he had only
known the tramps and spres Cousin Tom
and I took, he would not have thought his
promising nephew was recruiting much
hut We had heard it said, Where ignor.
ance is bliss It's folly 10 be wise and SO
VIC did not inform the old man. Scarcely
night passed that did not find Tom and
| at party, coru-husking. or apple-bee.
Zone Gay VIC received an invitation tc
an apple.cuttiLg' over the creek, about
three niles from uncles. OF course VIC
went. There were signs of a coming storm
in the air, but catch US staying at home
for that! We arrived at Farmer JOnes''
in due time, and found the apple-bee IL
full blast. After the apples were disposed
Of, we tripped the light fantastic. &C., Ill
abont three o'clock, when we began te
think of going home. But. great Olymp
u.s. who could turn out in such storm az
was raging Farmer Jones decided the
question for us by inviting oil hands tt
stay till morning. Beds were made on thu
, floor for the accommodation Of the boys
, and we wore told to turn in.' which w
did. Soon the prolonged saaoang of gtnrd
proclaimed the fact that most of the boy
: we're asleep. was gradually succumo
u inr to the influence Of the drowsy god my
self, when voices proceeding from the bet
occupied by the farmer and his wife ar
, rested my attention.
, :" .Hezekiah. the old woman was say
: ing, you'd nc business to ask such a lot
. fellers to stay all night. What if the.
should all stay to breakfast, Hezekiah 2