Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

"Neither, of us," said one. s'Tht lady who was in the carriage when we got in.''
 sFI think she's dead,' said the other
 s'There's nobody in the carriage, but you two ladies'" said I. bI
 "Maybe some one has put her ir while your back was turned," said the eldest lady.
 looked into the coach.
 ''Just prove it to yourselves" said l lighting match. s'No one here."
 "There isn't," said the eldest lady "but there was.''
 "Pshaw !' said I. Either of you ladies near-sighted?
 ''No," said the youngest, "neither ot us; and saw woman plainly; and ] for one won't go into that coach again.
 'I can't be fooled in that way,'' said I.
 But the eldest lady stopped me by paying full fare down, and telling me to set her trunks on the pavement.
 cpd rather sit on them all night than ride in that thing again." said she.
 ''The lunatics are all coming to these parts," thought I.
 But after all lost nothing by these two-still somehow I didn't speak ot them to Peggy.
 The next day all was right, and at night I took some people to ball-a carriage full of them, and back the same way. The next night gentleman and lady engaged the carriage, and when we had gone some distance, the gentle man stopped me.
 "Driver," said he, getting out, "I want to speak to you. "Why did you admit lady to our carriage?"
 ''Sir," said I, "I had no right without your permission, and did not.
 s'We found one there," said he; s'and naturally my wife don't like it. We've spoken to her and she doesn't answer. Perhaps she's ill.,"
 Meanwhile the lady alighted. l looked in.
 "There's no one there," said I; s'no one at all.'
 ''I see there is not," said the gentle man, ssbut-''
 "Oh, James, don't get in again." said the lady. "We've only little way to walk now"
 And they paid my fare and left me.
 "This is getting queer," says to my self.
 And again I did not tell Peggy, though I wished to.
 But what should happen next evening but, that, coming home, saw my own wife walking on the pavement. She'd been to spend the evening at her mothers.
 "Take me home, Simon," says she.
 ''Jump in," says l, and away we drove when suddenly Peggy called to me:
 ''Simon, Simon!"
 "We1l?" says I.
 ''Let me out, S;mon," says she.
 "Why 2' says l..
 ''I'll tell you," says she.
 Then lighted down and opened the door for her.
 ''I ain't going to ride with such char acters as that" says she. Besides, her looks scare me she's white as corpse"
 Characters said I.
 ''Why didn't you tell me you had a passenger9" said she.
 ''Cause hadn't, said J.
 ''There's woman there," said she, s'such strange-looking woman. No good in her Pm sure. And when I said. Excuse me, ma'am, I didn't know there was passenger in my husbands carriage when asked him to take me, , she didn't say anything; and when I said, GA fine night she didn't answer such airs !"
 'I tell you there ain't any woman there," said I. "What ails you all?"
 "What ails me is I'll go home in the 'bus," said Peggy.
 And she did.
 That night she stuck to itthere was a woman in the coach. stuck to it there wasn't and we had our first tiff"
 We'll, nothing happened for a while, but one rainy night I was waiting for passengers at theatre door, and I be- thought me to get into the coach for shelter. l got in and sat close up in the corner, and in minute fell fast asleep. It couldn't have been a long one, but when I awOke there was some one sitting opposite me. saw by the light of street lamp that it was wo- man. She was wrapped up in great white shawl, or something, and was as pale as death.
 "Excuse me. ma'am" says I. "We drivers have hard life of it, and get pretty we'll tired out. fell asleep with out meaning to. Where shall I take your"
 She did not answer. I saw now that her eyes were shut, and thought by her look she had tainted. Then leaned 1 forward and touched her-or tried to, for felt nothing; but all of sudden it was as if my blood was made of prickles and my arms were jerked backwards, and turned so numb I couldn't move. By the time that I felt like myself again, there was no one in my carriage but myself, and knew that whatever my passengers had seen there, I had at last seen it with my own eyes.
 sold coach and horses next day, and in selling them had to show the bill ot sale, so to speak, had from their old owner.
 "Mr. Greenbaugh ?" says the dealer