The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-27
A SPOOK SPEAKS.
How the Thing Was Done by
Them Fellers" in Wash
ington.
A Ghost Is Run Down by a
BaZoo Man, and Explains
Some Things.

MANY. IL not all, 81 our citizen will
remember the ghost show which exhibited
i'm >edalia i irw mouths ago. - well - the
whitc-hairvd. Albino-like individual who
managed il. Alter leaving Scjalia the
manager missed one oi his most intelligent
gho>t>. who. which, or what. managed 10
c>caJ-p the eternal vigilance al the prOpri
eiOr somewhere near Dresden. while th,
show was jnurneyins towards kan>aS City.
Upon mI~>ir: his property, the proprietor
al about discovering the " whereabouts oi the
unduiilul spook, and to that eud entered
upon strict crU>S-cNamlnatIon Ui thu
other ghosts comp. sing the show. - L. TIL,
time. place dnd circumstances Ui the ~
cape They all refused Ju disclose anV
knowledge they might po>~c~> on this sub
icct. however except the >lIadowy nothing
who represented the ghost Oi = dancing
skeleton. This weak brother. helm. uf an
uncertain and somewhat waycTius chara,-
ter, aud being hari pressed by the 5uNivu>
Snowman. finally rvrdi,,i the Tact that tE,
missing >Iuok had b.,.n oil y tramp over
TN, country aud Wa making hi wJv to-
waid> Texas. and would ~, about thu lat
al byCcmhyr. >UmcW hrIv near >,d1iI1. Mis-
souri,.
Accordingly. the .hu~t-~howmau lett hi,
PROPERTY IN the hands ni hi~ assistants AMI
started Ter this place. On hi arrival
here la>t evening, the hr~t man hc
Icll IN with VA reporter i"r the
Bslou. pi~ciOSin. thu purpose ui HI er
rand here. tn. EAZpn man al once cnuclud
III that something in the way oi az inter
view with the unrulv ami disolrdient ghost
would be interesting 10 the public. Wirn
, IL was learned that the Snowman had >um,.-
. how possessed himself Di information - To-
tia, very spot ~hcr,. hr would by likely to
lind hi> lost property, Il II was in >ydalia
81 all, the reporter became dOublv anxious
to accompany him in the search lie said
that ii he made nj appearance {" tn,
ghost in company with stranger. hi
+ ghuSlly majesty world ~. very likely tn
take oiicn~,., and ihi> mi~hap would render
hi> capture extremely difficult H. explain
ed that there was me- such thing n
T catching ghost, cnllaring him. and lead
ing him utl, a. a policeman arrests a man.
Tor when vnur grip closes oil a spirit IL
closes on nothing. aud the ghost merely
rattle at Won lila. ha - amt slips away.
+ Therefore the ghost IN question would nave
30 b. CoaxCt ami hc couldn't take the risk
ui offending him. This looked like III
inSupcrable objection, bat the man uf
news was Not to he pat oft 80 easily. He
promised To DE- :" exceedingly polite that
the Sh1dDwS per>OnaSr could uut possibly
take offence. and suggested that TN, very
first thing the Snowman should >Iv to the
ghost should IL that the stranger wa the
particular friend u all ghosts IN trouble. and
Wa uu intimate ierU~ With several ghosts
IN different parts 81 the country wEich wa>
not the truth. however manv hr knew
VII" ought ~ be ghosts.
-.Eut amt vouairaid ui ghosts" juer-
iei the. Snowman.
What can gho-, do" returned the
reporter.
&c Nothing" said the Snowman
Then lm not afraid ot ANYTHING that
can d" nothing replied the reporter, cour-
l.coU>lv
Well, I'll try II OH. ANYHOW. said tn,
Al5iu" " But have my doubts"
Thu matter being settled, the witching
hour al twelve was appointed iur Tia, start
IN search ii the ghost pom further in
Yuiry the particular CHEST proved 20 -
the one who appeared her, - li,c spirit ~
a hai man WHO had dome wrong while ia
the ii,>h, and who spoke To- the living cx-
hibiIDr. the Whity-haired crank. bidding
him Tea Il" cherish the memory III Care and
Sorrow after which speech hc di>ap-
IS'arcd. - ii va, high time lnr him jp 10.
Punctuallv IT twelve the REPORTER met
the Snowman n lonely spot about 4 mile
and 4 hall outside oi the corporation. hay-
ing proceeded thithcr IN m0mrulary fear
Oi cncounterim. th, ghost alone. when
once beyond the limits Of Broadway. The
>huN man already had several spirits with
him. but they were harmless. ina-iuuch -
they were couhncd in 4 bottle. With
these >piri!, the reporter was On tia. best III
terms, AMI nn lie Va, needed n au intro
duCtion To- them.
The Albino and the BlZpU man ,,rUcS
ont In ~outhcrly direction until a point
about a quarter vi 4 mile this side III Flat
creek was reached. Here tie shp~t->cck
crS paused.
"Iie ought To- be around here, ,"mcw here,
whispered the Albno.
II was altogether a most likely place inr
i ghost To- w. Tor 4 drcaricr spot never lay
out doors Uudrr the ,iJr~ III i December
night.
The reporter fortified himself with SOME
OF the spirits confined in the hottie
"MIvbv h- - over m that hHy~tIrk.
This from the BAZpp man.
Moving Cautiously M tnthv ~ta-.. some
thing whit, VA -e,.u.
That white c.,li. >aii tin show
man.
Vel. ;hai'~ Ia; what it amt. -aid =
-.puichral AMI hollow voice. -Iin,IhIU.
like the wind ~hi-tlius through q rj,k"'y
huilding.
"ph. l"ri, ~,id III. r-Prrtrr-
y va npboiv more - 'c>- ,uar Id
Carr amt >"rruw him~,.ii
Tie shn-, SEEMED ." rr.ngu's, ,a. -urN
mau:, one, hUt a, apprrh.nde.i ;h. r"p"s
ter pr,.-vn., ,I- -Nr,r.ii--., ir-'a-t'irt
o. him
Who tHgj yru'v- 80. liner, -ati
ear. amt ~urr.N
particular 'r..ir Il ut.u,.. tui % irI.u
Il al Ghost, said tF-. -i.sluau