The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-28

old expression Of patient martyrdon. It
would have been easy for me to have
drawn him out, but felt that did not
want 20 corrobOrate any body elss's expe.
rience; only to record my ewn. And I
thought it better to keep the boys from
any predispOsing terrors.
We ate our supper, and then sat, pa
tiently and exPectant, around the fire.
An hour slipped away, but no disturb
ance; another hour passed as monoto-
nously. Our host read his book only
the dash of the hail against the roof
broke the silence. But"
The doctor stopped. Since The last in
terTuptIen, noticed he had changed the
easy slangy style of his story to a more
perfect, artistic and even studied manner
He dropped now suddenly into his old
colloquial speech, and quietly said: II
you don't quit stumbling over those
riGtas, Juan, I'll hObble you. Come here,
then; lie down, win your"
We all turned fercely to the cause of
this second dangerous interruption, but
a sight of the poor fellows pale and
frightened face withheld our vindictive
tongues. And the doctor, happily, of
his own accord went on:
" But had forgotten that it was no
easy matter to keep these high-spirited
boys, bent on a row, in decent subsection,
and, after the third hour passed without
a supernatural exhibition. l observed, from
certain winks and whispers, that they
were determined to get up indi-
cations of their own. In s few
moments violent rappings were heard
from all parts of the cab bin; large stones
(adroitly thrown up the chimney fell
with heavy thud on the roof. Strange
groans and ominous yells seemed to come
from the outside (where the interstices
between the logs were wide enOugh).
Yet, through all this uprOar, our host
sat still and patient, with no sign of in
dignation or reproach upon his good
humored but haggared features. Before
long it became evident that this exhibit
tion was exclusively for his benefit.
Under the thin disguise of asking him to
assist them in discovering the disturbsrs
outside the cabin, those inside took ad
vantage OF his absence to turn the cabin
topsy turvy.
s'' You see what the spirits have done,
old man. said the arch leader of this
mischief. They've upset that there
-four barrel while we wasn't looking, and
then kicked over the water jug and
spilled all the water ~
The patient man lifted his head and
looked at the four-strewn walls. Then
he glanced down at the floor, but drew
back with a slight tremOr.
"' 1t amt water = he said, quietly.
"' What is it, thenf'
'"Its BLOOD Lookp
"The nearest man gave a..sudden start
and sank back as white as a sheet"
" For there, gentlemen, on the floor,
| lust before the door, where the old man
had seen the dog hesitate and lift his
feet, there there! gentlemen, upon my
honor, slowly widened and broadened a
dark red pool of human blood Stop
| him Quick Stop him, l say !"
There was binding fash that lit uT
the dark woods and sharp report
| When we reached the Doctors side be
was holding smoking pistol, just dis
charged, in one hand, while with the
other he was pointing TO the rapidly dis
appearing figure of Juan, our Mexican
vaquero!
q Missed him by -" said the
Doctor. But did you hear him Did
you see his lurid face as he rose up at the
name of blood Did you see his guilty
conscience in his face? Eh2 Why
don't you speak? What are you star
ing at %
"Was it the murdered mans ghost,
| Doctor !" we all painted in one quick
breath.
"Ghost be -! mol But in that
Mexican vaquero, that cursed Juar
Ramirezl I saw and shot at his mur-
derer l"-- New York Sun.