Daily globe., 1882-10-03
Earl Dunrayen,s Ghost story.

Earl Dnnraven's Ghost Story.
"My soul and body, sir" said John,
the guide, "never see such luck in all
my life; most as bad as we had two
years ago when we was camped away
down East by the head Of Martins
river. You remember, sir, the night
we saw the little fire in the woods
close by, when there was no one there
to make it? Very curious that was
can't make that out at all. What was
it, do you think?"
"Perhaps ghosts making q fire,
John," said l.
eyes, sir, mebbe; some Of our peo-
pie believe in ghosts, sir; very foolish
people, some Indians"
"Don't you, John?"
"Oh no, sir. Inever seed no ghosts. l
have seen and heard some curious things
though. 1 was hunting once with
two gentlemen near Rocky River-you
know the place we'll, sir. We were
all sitting in camp; winter time, sir;
pretty late, about bed time. The gen.
tlemen were drinking their grog, and
we were smoking and talking, when
we heard some one walking, coming
up to the camp. 'Hello!' said one Of
the gentlemen, who can this be at
this time of night?' Well, sir, we
stopped talking, and we all heard
the man walk up to the door. My
soul, sir, we could hear his moccasins
crunching ON the hard, dry snow quite
plain. He walked up to the door, but
did not open it, did not speak, did not
knock. So, after little while, one
of us looked out-nobody there; no.
body there at all, sir. Next morning
there was not track on the snow
not a track-and no snow fell in the
night. Well, sir, we stayed there a
fortnight, and most every night we
could hear man in moccasins walk up
to the door and stop; and if we look
ed, there was no one there, and he left
no tracks in the snow. What was it,
do you think, sir?"
Don't know, John, am sure" I
said, sunless it was some strange effect
Of the wind upon the trees"
"Well, sir, I seed curious thing
once. l was hunting with gentle
man-from the old country, l think
he was-my word, sir, a long time ago
-mebbe thirty years OF more. My
soul and body, sir, what sight of
moose there was in the woods in those
days! and the caribou run in great
herds then; all failing, now, sir, all
failing. We were following caribou,
right fresh tracks in the snow; we
were keeping sharp lookout, ex-
pecting to view them every minute,
when I looked up and saw o man
standing between. us and where
the caribou had gone. He was not
more than two hundred yards off
could see him quite plain. He had on
a cloth cap and green blanket coat,
with belt around the middle-not q
leather belt like we use, sir, but a
woolen one like what the Frenchmen
use in Canada. There was a braid
down the seams Of his coat and round
| his cuffs. could see the braid quite
plain. He had no gun, nor axe, nor
nothing in his hands, but just stood
| there with his hand Oh his hip, that
way, right in the path, doing nothing.
"'Our hunting all over sir,' I said
to the gentleman I'VE may as well go
home.' why, what is the matter,
John?' says be. why, look at the
man, there, right in the track; he's
scared our caribou, l guess Well sir,
he was very mad, the gentleman was,
| and was for turning right round and
going home; but I wanted to go up
and speak to the man. He stood there
| all the time-never moved. l kind of
bowed, nodded my head to him, and
| he kind of nodded his head. lust the
same way to me. Well, I started to
| go up to him, when up rose o great
fat cow-moose between him and me-
Look at the moose, Captain said I.
Shoot herp 'Goou Heavens, John I
he says, If I do l shall shoot the man,
toov No, no, sir, never mind cried,
fire at the moosep Well, sir, he up
with the gun, fired, and .downed the
moose. She just ran few yards,
pitched forward, and fell dead when
the smoke cleared of the man was
gone could not see him nowheres.-