Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-11-04

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Instead OF hnrryin9 my head under
the covers, ~ / did tho first time.
Well, SIR, sure enough, the next
night, exactly at eleven, | heard q
faint noise by the bed, and | looked
arsund. There sat the spectre in a
chair. I sat right up and said, with
some frmness, although my voice
trembled:
seWho are your"
81 nm nobody in particular now
said the ghost, 'sbut l was Adam"
"Adaun who?
.sHad no family name. There was
but one family of US, and they all
knew me-. l was the first man, you
know. You must have heard of me-
sYes,iindeed,n said the reporter.
'I'm sorry l can't shake hands,
said the ghost, shut you might as
we'll try to shake hands with . fog
bank as with me. It's not soclable,
I know, but I can't help it,"
1sOa, never mind,". said the re-
porter, '.I,m glad to see you, all the
same?"
AssYouf name Is johnson, amt it?''
asked the spectre.
"No; my na,ne is Jackson" re-
piled the reporter.
'Pshaw!'' said the ghost. 81 was
looking for a man named johnson /;
but my eyesight Is so bad that l
couldn't read your door-plate dis
tinctly. The worst of it, too, is l
can't wear spectacles +; nothing is SUBJ
tantial enough to hitch them to. l
wish some Of you people would invent
an eye-giass that can be worn by
near-sighted ghosts. You would con-
fer q genuine benefA :tion on the
folks in the other world"
"Whal was your business with
johnson? Perhaps I can"
swell in the first place, l under
stand that he Is one of a committee
appointed to get up a statute Of me
for the city Of Elmira. 1 have been
in to see that statute, and / want to
ask johnson where he got the idea
that / used to wear a straw hat and
side whiskers. l want to know, also,
what authority he has for giving me
u Roman nose?"
"Hadn't you one of that kind9"
why man, the Romans hadn't
introduced that variety of nose in my
time! Aud johnson has had me
represented with a huge serpent lying
at my feet. Now, what was the use
of bringing up painful "reminiscences
of that kind? Why not let the matter
drop? Hanged if 1 like it?'
sits M outrage
Between ourselves" said the spec
ire, locking his misty fingers over bis
knee don't think much Of the
statute business, anyhow. Do you
know what they did? Too stingy to
make a fresh piece of sculpture out
of Il piece Of marble, they bought up
a SECOND hand statute of Benjamin
Franklin at auction. and hired il man
to work it over into me. Doesn't
look a particle like me! And, any
how, Franklin Yas no kind of a mar
to make me out of. Greenbacker Or
something, wasn't he :"
1--WE consider him quite respecta-
BILE"
"Auother thing / want with John,
son Is To see If | can't make arrange-
iments with some reliable spiri,ualistr
medium. I've been crowded out il,
the cold for about four thousand
years, with no chance 10 participate
in an, thing Now. I'm the man that
started THIS RorlG- l gave it a send
off, au.l it really does seem hard tba.
| can't eve express my views in "a
newspaper, or defend myself from
this ralu,Bny just because | happier
to he dead row. doe n't i'll"
"Very hard hut we Iii Mt think
You took any inter est in such things
''Ceriainly. l of,en feel as if l 4
like to express an opinion about the
tariff or the elections. or the buzzard
dollar, or popular education, of SOM.
kind and thei., of COURSE, Eve wal.l,
to hear everything about the fashions
| wish there was some way tor a
ghost to ave a little money, so that
Id subscribe 10 a fashion journal or
two, just to quiet her. DO YOU know
of anything 1 could get at?'
"How would it do to make an en-
gagement at the theater to appear as
the ghost OF Hamlet's father or the
ghost of Banquo?"
ut doesn't strike me very favor
ably. 1t might be considered rather
undigniied in the father of the race
to be hanging around among scene
Shutters and fddlers. Besides, they
have too much light OF the stage for
me; / can't get into shape unless
there is absolute darkness. And
then, you know, I'd be exposed to
insult. When we hear a cock crow
We are obliged to fly. Now, suppose,
right in the middle of the perform
ance some miserable boy should
crow. Even il l knew it was q false
alarm I would be so unnerved that l
couldn't go or hat most like ly TT
vanish as soon rs l heard it just from
force of habit. No, the proposition
ttONbn U otifhC ubN. SNaS ''tftts
though, doesn't it, that a man wlln
owned the entire earth cant love II
dollar of his own
"If a small loan will he of any SER
vice to you, l will gladly" said the
reporter.
"You're mighty kind; hut here.
you see, we encounter another diff
Guilty. Wherein 1 going to pat II.
dollar when l get it,. | haven't u.
pocket about me ttat'll bold a cent.
Young man, a ghost has no chance al
all Keer out of the business AZ
long as you can"
The reporter said he would.
s.Ahd now 1 really must he going.
The sun rises so disgustfully early
this lime Of year. ! think l shall. go
around tomorrow night and haunt
johnson, If / can find him. IF sou
should happen to see him | wish you
would mention it to him, so as to pre-
pare his mind. People are always
scary ut first with us. Perfect non
sense, too. That is all l am. Put
your hand out and feel me. Don't
YOU see? you can stir all around in-