The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-01-10
DALIA WEEKLY BAZOO TUESDAY. JANUARY TO- 1882.

thrower OF The League ni;,ns could
not have surpassed him. The iifst
>hG, Knocked Jake Harbour over
with half his teeth looseued the
second caused sam Sutton IT, ke,l
over, aud believe hat Is few minutes
wer" left him in this world below: III"
,hild narrpNly missed another, ami
sIrihIn. pile OF the driitwoOd
sounded Ike Il baseball, when IL
hangs against the fence behind the
catcher. ]; Vas enough I" n;.,r Tax.
bravc.t man shiyer ia know That
such terrible missile was aimed ut
him
by George, he's firing cannon
halls a, us!' ga<ped Dick Van CIeef.
He must bc the Old 10y himself
Thunieratiun. I'm gone -
The cause of this observation wa-
the sudden >toryn.e of one at the i"i
missiles by abdomen 81 Van Cic'f.
Realizing ina peril, he held his III, ath
ior i moment. ar,d then scrambled ~
hiud the pie of dritl",od J1k"
H.I1oIr and Tum Srni.h hail rallied
eu'Icn - attempt ilc same tlin.,.
cr,"iug upon their hands aui kuc,>
\ couple more lev sphere, struck aui
assisted them IN getting behind the
5i-astw0rks. Only sam aud .l.Il
we're left. ard they hec,me yanic-
stricken. both maxim. 4 break M th,
read ia The direction ri gitdsviIic. ani
Yelling:
Murder! thieves! fire.! help"
they were struck once 0r tHi... IN
the hack. but as they were rupn:ur
with such speed in the same diT,c;iau.
the force of tie conclusion WAS very
much lost.
They quickly reached tho village in
II dcmorIljzed condition. ami reported
that their three. friends wcr. mortallv
wounded, and diving behind the pile
oi driitwcod
Meanwhile. the mysterious stranger
lCcke,i Ill about, anal NV no foes i,a-
iuIe him. tie uttered sigh al rc
grri and said
Half my Ammunition j. unex-
pended | iondly hoped they would
make a more valiant defense; hut
they have fed. and | need the soak
ers n1 more ~, meihink-, | will
cas-; them aside"
With which he RAPIDLY hurled the
solid chunks one after another. with y
rafting conclusion, thar made the
three terrified Villagers ehiver as with
the acue. Then "a there seemed
nothing more 10 do, he walked on
down the road. ard speedily vanished
in the gloom of the night.
The three men who were in hiding,
finding themselves alive, helped each
other II their feet. snd staggered off
in tue direction OF the village. meet
ing a rcscue party as il Wac on the
point OF starting forth.
As the five gentlemen referred -
arrived i'm Titu.ville. in such Il demon
allied condition that nO chance WAS
afforded for connecting 4 fable which
would present them IN les ridicu-
lous plight. the truth came cut. and
thew were driven almost t. dc>rcra-
ton BY their neirhhors, few uf'
whom, IL must he said, still insisted
there WIS something supernatural
about the whole business.
There certainly was L curious phase,
and everybody was eager u secure
The full explanation. which came some
lime since. in the following letter.
lated at Princeton, and sent to-
JACOB HAEBoUH-My Dear Sir {:
have never held III very high esti-
nation those nightly gatherings uf
which you have been such - promi
nent member for long time. Three
wears ago this New Years Eve. nv
aged father walked from poin, above
the village IL his home. which You
know j. some distance below. IL WAS
OIL that occasion that the prepnsterous
story of the ghost who emerged from
and re-entered the Delaware was
started. The old gentleman, rs all
hi, friends are aware, 10 fond Il his
Joke. and, VIXEN he found what an ex-
element he had created, he repeated
the artitice. with some embellishn.: ut,
the succeeding New Years Eve. He
intended to do SD u third time t; bat /
learned the danger of rough usage.
and persuaded him to allow ME to
take his place.
"Accor,ling to nv recollection, my
were all complete. The
ghost who used you and the boys so
on that night was the under
and | trust | have taught YOU
several moral Lessons: /. Put ITO faith
in spo"ks. 2. BE respectful to old
age. 3. When you start out TO shear
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