Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-12-14

heard Beu's feet strike the floor, aud
heard him cry out, In voice that
showed hc was seat nigh TO deaths
"Polly, Polly! the buryins ground
has rlz and Sally Is coming artor me,
cause ] married you, 60 quick
| heard that much, and the boys
made such n noise | could hear no
more 80 joined in with them, cX-
poctiug every moment 10 sec the doar
open and Ben come out, for | thought
of courac that hc would discover his
mistake IN u short time, but he dida'I
aud We kept footing away, till all at
once one of the boys, who was round
tl'c upper end Of the cabin comc tearing
rounl crying q ghost, II ghost, ghost !"
at the top Of hls voice, aud soaring
some of the timid ones about out of
their wits,
Where is ~ said |, running up
TO him.
There, said he pointing round, aud
in The direction o. the buryins ground,
ani sura enough, ih"rc was nat only
one ghost but two, sliliag al,ng down
towards N steep bank Ihcre wa6 about
twcGIy rods oil, yhc} were all in
white, nnd ut the lirl; thought it did
seem lha, the were ghosts, but the
next momea, ! knew better.
Boys! shouted, there goes Ben
ani lis wla, After EN-, il you want
II chance 10 kiss the bride tonight
They knowcd in II minute that was
right, for one of the boys ran around
an found the back door open. Then,
with u whoop that sounded like II party
Of redskins on the war-path. we started
in pursuit, taking along with us all our
Instruments that were not too heavy to
carry, shouting until the mountains
,hocd az if there was un army coming
to join ua. Wal, boys, that was race
] can tell yc, and in spite Of MI Ben
and his wife could do we gained on
them. They were 50 scared that they
did not mnd where they were going,
and seed il Il minute that they would
have hard work TO got down the bank
where thay would strike. so | shouted
for the hnys to come On. feeling sure
that we had 'em; and the way we went
acroet lots was Il caution.
didn't think OF the old saying, not
to crow till | was out OF the woods,
but | had ought in this case. Ben and
his bride got to the bank where |
thought we We're sure of them. and still
thinking that they We're followed by the
spirits Of another world, and seeing
that there was no other chance for their
escape, they spr;mg over the bank and
out of sight. didn't know but what
the tarnNl critters were so frightened
that they had broke their necks over
the bank, and 80 we hurried on faster
than ever, though we didn't shout any,
and when we got there and looked over
what should we see but Ben and Polly
perched in the top ola large oak that
grew under the bank. They had
lighted in the thick branches. and were
mhurt, save being scared nigh about
to death, with the thought that they
had been sent for from the other world.
1t was some time before we could
convince them that we were human
beings, and so induce them to come
down, and when at last they did, a
more ashamed couple you never saw in
your life. The rest of the boys were
so modest they rctreated before they
got down; for they were dressed prct-
ty airy for the time of year. Ben and
I got Polly to the ground arter while,
and they went home little wiser than
when they sat out.
Ben never got over that scrape,
though he done the fair thing, by get
ting goodIy quantity of rum, and
having regular housc-warming; but
if you wanted to see him put on a
sheepish look, you had only to ask him
if tho burying yard had riz?