The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-13

speak. ~ ~
- There be a boggars fghOsss e
me, painted crimes, .rattkn, 8 !,
and shroikin.' Try If thee a. -
him. for the love of heaven N
not!' ~ ~ 81
Sure enough, at that ver ~. III, i
heard sound Of pattern. ..u' s
nFpaching, mingled with TIE s - y
| OF a chain; and through the darfna.l
could just make out 1sometb;css3 ee3s
coming swiftly toward rs, .n'a
who seemed too much search 49,
run away, got behind me IL il 7 l;s,, sa 2
wall while the ghost came ~ > ' ~
And when the terrible IL Sot Ill
got right up to US, what do yos tIis s' R
turned out to bea Why. naithsr 80, e.. !
nor less than the miller own 59is
donkey, which, having been Sa,s' ss''t
tethered, had managed to breal -
and was enjoying MOONLIGHT ~
itself, dragging its chain alealIo. p; ~ Y Y
=" took care to keep the. seer w., y :
the story leaked out somehow anS IA = y
may fancy what hard time Il II II
poor miller had in the village for ! ~ "
while after, although MANY vi,o IL, s & 3
at him would have been no ljrnvsr': & 4 'a /
selves in his place - = -
!" Now it Happened that tfls ' bs,,,.i
of ann pon him Was Sam Bsrsan Az ~
|sbuteher-a great, brawny fellow r;s
large, red whfskers. and 4 h ] 81 III ,Aa
OF his own shoulders &c nf,ftas, ~. ~
was fond of Boosting that hi &C.,
nothing above ground or under ii sr'sa
..One night, when d Hot Of them w...
having sort Of holiday -supper.st Az As
little inn, yonder, Barton made n. = !;
the miller SO unmercifully that At Ia,
the poor fellow got quite angry.
..s All, any mon can talk Bio xkz,|
there beinoa danger cried he, hi NJ
thee'd been i my place. the ha, an.
jist as did!' ssBsaslss ssss M sslFss 49,
Would I, thought shouted ~
butcher, fiercely. Thee nun 9et a
early toaeatch Sam Barton playinf cr,1
dint Coward. bent afeared O. no,Sat
above ground, nor under it, neitherI 81
Well then said Grimes. lookjss
him full in. the. face, win thea a,|
through the church-yard nowa' 81
g Aye, that / will, cried the buteksxi
jumping up at. once; and ye niaT
COON with me if We loike. and see Ill
lido it fair!' .....4ss 4-.Fesss -.
....' Well, bark We to me, lads, out h
the landlord, Use tell We how we'll d
it.. Sam. shall TAX these three kniyy&
and stickonei' the ground BY the stls
where he'llgointo the choorch-yard, and
another by Squire awkeris monument
i the middle, and the: third az therza
on t''oother side. Then we'll % FOND
0the gate and meet him, and see III
as fair g.>agG 4si na Is ~
1.-THE plan was at once agreed To. and
off started the valiant butcher, whisllt
defiantly.q and clinking the threa ~
knives in his brawny hand.
.sBut as he began 10 leave the sillssr
lights behind him. and to approach il
dark, dreary church-yard, his whistb
grew fainter and his step less brisK II
was q chill gloomy night. and The VIII
moaped dismally through the lea1sx,
trees, while the distant roar u thetdi
rent that ran through Dead Manls Glib
sounded unnaturally loud in the grin
silence. q slssH l7As' tsSi.sl So q
|. Every ghost story he had ezaI
heard in his life seemed to crowd into|
the unfortunate butcher memory \
once, and by the time he reached m
stile he would gladly have given All III
money in his pocket to be wen oald
theIwhole business. But it would Reye.
do to give in now, SO over the stile b
scrambled, planted his first knife III
went on. Ii 81 !. .es,....s s4s.s,,s II
The church-yard was dark aspilck
and'hd got'more than one tumble os6|
the graves, which made his nerves nql|
the steadier.
@Juss as he was sticking the sssull
knife beside the 'Squire's moHpn
(Which doomed white and ghost
through the darkness) the ehurehASIoG
struck twelve. 80. .....4 80 q q
|" The deep, hollow sound, amid iax)
dead silence, started linn from d tlAl|
into a run. On he went, serafohjH|
himself against projecting boughs snl|
bruising his shins upon the tembsl61l
till at last he came down on bis hand
and knees, close.te the white gate. ~
then an old owl overhead gave ssush 4
scream that Sam, too scared even Y
look round, stuck the third Knii5e u
random behind him. and tried ia ru113