Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-05-04

Insining half mile would be a comfor,
znd Injury so he paused to get out hi:
pipe, only 10 discover that he had not ,
ma1ch IN his possession Just Is h.
inside this discovery 8 little, peerish.
fsceo nan passed him softly wiIhou,
iooking up There were no lights nea,
the spot but both moon and stars wers
ont, and everything was rs .-csear a,
The Zimmerman resolved Il
ask hight, and for that purpose moved
a11er me little man, saving, Its 3 fine
mcnl-nae re got mateh on Fes''
TO ms surprise the figure ne1the,
halted nor responded. 1t moved
SCI agnf On slowly and stesdily. and
not IN the direction Peter Shand mean,
The man msun be deaf, was hi.
refechon; "I'n need to get a wet
closer, dor Gamma dae without a LIGHT. !,
He followed and made mo on the
slowly moving figure, and repeated hi:
greeting. This time the man annesred
10 heAr, for he turnes round toward the
speaker, and revealed 10 his startled
gaze the well-reneu,bered features al
JOCK broEns So unexpected was the
encounter that the hanmerman forro,
AZ about his smoke aad slowly suffered
out
Guid gracious. jock Brown. ]
thought ye was deid.''
The ghostly viizanf stared At him In
evident anger. Is much asto say, ssWell,
and am / no deid?'' but gave no audi
! bic response.
! One Of those awkEard pauses which
sometimes
no ghosts ensued- Peter would fxin
have filed It I'D bv repeating
his request for q IrAt 30 his
/ possible source of such light checked
the desire Then he remembered JOCK
brownNs weakness for snuff. and he pc
Hteay Inquired
. Hoo are We aT for snuH oxrs by
!e ken what / mean-n your new
QQarB&s?' -
Plenty brumstane 10 smell nse
med for snuff" was the somewhat
snAppish reply. "I're Just come e~re
TO warn re no TO marry Mysse.'- the
ghost abruptly added, as If wishing to
ehange the subject
And whalfor no?'' crie6 Shand, In
some dismay. IA ghaist has nse need
~ a --I. 4SCIa1lSE = Z 4AE-
WI her yersel'. We needRa SET i1hs- folk
against her,
+ Pate Shand,'' sid the ghost, sol-
EMMY, 1.msirry her not or ven rue it a
the days Of your life, and maybe 3
while after
g VII re be GUIDE enough TO explxin
yersel pas said Shand. BIZ No means sst-
isfed With the dogmstic command
You're warniced-fhat, a." re-
Piled the ghost of jock Brown, and
without smother word he moved on
across the commonly In the direction Of
the guavy hole, which was very good
place for skating on Il winter, so long
IS there was 10 weakness II the ICE. bur
50 dangerous 81 other times that IT had
been fenced round to keep ont cattle
and BARNS.
"I'l see where the peevish sowl
gangs was Stands resolve. and he fol-
lowed the ghost MI the quarry hole was
reached
He wss but 8 short distance behind
when the fence was resched by the
ghost, and he naturally expected TO see
II either diverre or climb over the pal-
ing But jock Browns ghost did
neither. 1t walked right through the
fence-or rather, IS 1t seemed. the fence
walked right through It's Titsls-and
then calmly and seda5ely moved away
down into the black pool Of water fill
Ing the cuarv- Such Is the force Of
habit and the association Of idess, how
ever. that scarcely had the ghost thus
vanished than Shand started forward In
lively horror, CRYING
Save Us az the mans droone3i"
He ran I'D TO the paling. leznt over II,
and looked down on the black surface
of the water. but II showed not even 8 |
ripple on the spot into which Jock /
Browns ghost had SO comfortably set 4
Ted itself. and then the conviction /
slowly settled on his mind fhat he had 4
been favored with supernatural 1
aveesitst5on-' During the meeting and 1
Interview he had felt not q veslige of 4
sesr, but now that II was over and the /
-hosf evidently housed for the night. he 4
sheok IN every limb and was altogether
% overpowersd thsf even after he got
,ome. IS his mother could testify, he
vas pale and trembling, and moi at al
Ike himself -
According 10 his own account Peter
shaud was silenced but not convinced
,yfs,e apparifion; thaf Is. he ceased
listing Mysie, but he wss not quite
certain that In doing SO he was acting
wisely. But the obhging ghost soon set
led MASTERS by again wsylaying him near
he commonly, warning him solemnly
against Mysie, concluding by Saying she
ras a base and blzck-hesrted woman
clearly hbele. and then popping into
ne quarry hole pool As before Il
II l. possible th2t third appearance
rould have been put Il BY the ghost
III 81 this juncture some kind friend
ereaied to the unsaspecting widow the !
.ause of the strange looks snd hints
vhich were greeting her on every SIDE
nd even affecting the sale Of her dairy
,roduce. The hbels Of Jock Browns I
hos. As uttered 10 Peter Shand In the
iiciinity Of the quarry hole, first hoTifeo !
nd then euraged her. Il
The low, mean yagabondi the
eoundreli 10 daur TO attack me thai
raw she hotly exclaimed, In a.lusion
,of to the ghost but the ghost-seer-
,onest Peter Shand-4tand q because