The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-21

| without feelin' kind O'scary.
Lem me see. Twas in so. was
/ jist beeinnin my work on this road that
/ year. I'd been on road out West
but friend got me the position her,
that I've kept evel .ince-as.
| Ii was rainy. disagreeable dsy
when the affair I'm going to tell you
about happened just one o. them
/ days that makes q felier feel blue in
spite OF himself. an he can't tell why
neither, less be lays it all to the
weather.
don't know what made me feel SO
but it seemed as if there was DANCE,
ahead ever since we left Woods Sta.
tion. An what made it feel so curious
was, that feelin o danger came on Inc
all at once. II was jest about 4 clock
as near as | can tell. Anyway, jest
about the time when the down express
must have got safely by the place
where what Tm going to tell you
about happened. l was standing with
one hand on a lever, lOokin' ahead
through the drizzlin rain. feelin' chilly
and kinder downhearted, as I've said,
though | didn't know why, when all
OF a sudden, the idea come to NE that
somethin' was wrong somewhere. 1t
took hold o me an could not get rid
of 1t nohow. / knew that all was
right about the engine. But that
feelin' that there was danger ahead
never let up Gnce after it got into my
bead. Queer, wasn't 1t But twas so.
/ couldn't account for it after I'd found
out there was danger, jest as I'd felt,
an haint never been able TO account
for it since
1t got dark quite early on account OF
the fog an rain; it was dark as pitch
afore We left Holbrook, which was the
last station we passed afore We came to
the place where seen the ghost
Il never fel 1t so queer in all my life
afore,' said Jimmy. the fireman, to me,
all of q sudden.
AS | was feeling queer myself, he
kinder startled me, II saying what he
did
Why What dye mean said |.
without letting on that felt uneasy
myself.
Don't know, answered Jimmy, cant
tell how do feel, only as if suthin
was going to happen
That was jus. it! i felt tho same
thing. a1d told him SO. and We talked
about it until we both became really
fidgety.
There's purity sharp curve about
twenty miles from Holbrook. The
road makes turn round the noun
tain, and the river runs below ye,
about forty foot, or such matter.
It's pckerish looking place when you
happen to be going over it and think
What I'D be if the train should pitch
over the bluff inter the river.
Well, we got to the foot o the noun
tain just where the curve begins. The
light from the head-lamp lit up the
track and made it bright as day.
about as fur rs from me TO the feLce
yonder, ahead o the engine. Outside
Of that spot, all was dark as you ever
see it, I'll bet.
All at once | see suthin right ahead
IN the bright light. We alters run slow
round this curve, so l could see distinct
My hair ris right up. l tell ye, for what
see was a man standin' right in the
middle of the track wsivin' his hands;
and | grabbed hold of the lever and
whistled down brakes, and stopped the
train as fast as ever | could, for you see
l thought twas live man. And jim
my he see it too. and turned ronnd TO
me with an awful scarf face, for he
o.-o - ha r,,n
Bot | began 10 see that 'twant any
flesh h-and blood man. afore the train
came to stop. for it seemed to glide
right along over the track. keeping jest
aoout so far ahead of us all the time
MY God. its a ghost" cried Jimmy,
a grabbing me by the arm. You can
see right through him"
And we could!
Yes. sir, we could. When | come to
notice it the fgger ahead of us was @
kind of foggy looking thing. and only
half hid anything that was behind 1t.
But il was just as much like a man as
you be, and you'd said the same thing
If you'd seen 1t.
The train stopped.
An then sir what dye think hap
rened..
Well, sir. that thing just grew thinner
and thinner. till it seemed To blend
right in with the fog that was all
round il. and the first We knew twas
gone
1t was ghost" said Jimmy, in a
whisper. L knew something was
a goin' to happen, cause telt SO queer
like
They come crowdin' up to fnd
why I'd stopped the train and !
swear never felt 80 kinder queer and
foolish as did when ] told 'em what |
had seen. cause | knew they didn't
b'leeve ghosts, most likely, and they'd
think was drunk or crazy.
He see it, too .cz l, pointing 10
Jimmy. -,
yes. fore God. | did sez Jimmy,
"a solemn as IL he was witness on the
stand
.Thi. is pretty how-dyo-to.' seq
the conductor, who didn't bieeve we'd
seen anything. I'm surprised at you.
Connell; thought you was man OF
sense
i thought so, too seq |. bat | can't
helm what | see. Ii was dyen this
minute I'd swear l see q man on the
tracks or le.s,wise the ghost of one.
| thought twas real man when l
whistled.
The conductor couldn't help seeing
we was i'm earnest, and he bleeyed
what We said.
Take . lantern and 60 along the
,,sck sez he TO some of the men.
And they did /.
And what do you suppose they found