The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-07-30
FORTY sHILLINGS AND COSTS.
E0ciange

guard hdd banged himself into his van. emitting the gfowl. Change here :" Our tery and rcsuvc iron steed. no doubt weary with ifa headlong career of full twelve miles an hour gave heroic neigh e.triumph. resembling feeble crow. in emulation oi past exploits. in days long before Il @;.s condemned to transportation on branch. and dragged us oif into the bleak night.
 My companion WAS tall. thin. middle aged man. with n face lean and wahcred ike z -lifivciess apple. concludes, l..les ihc chm by a stiff sdt.n e'ayat In a dress asht-iitting and of dnGcnt and faded black. he looked altogether like Il man who had fuh very much io seed, which perhaps accounted for the luAunou, growth oi h. atlns and leg. Ohscn ing h. cieihe, stcamiag with the damp .tir. began Ia realize Il nas seri chilly. II sssStaiiiiy ~.t>.
 lui,e change n the weather 1 re- marked
 Yen cold tonight. !, 1t not :,'
 '' Don feel the cold myself Perhaps s',u would ike io change places with me There is ae dtAashi here
 replied should bcvcY much pleased R' it 1t IT ilttt ttf llis 4flt AltlhCilGHt ana accordingly Mt changed seats
 IL WAS cold. and m mistake. must have taken q chll. for 1 iel, the cold crccp- ing oNct me ii t most un.,o eoun,able manner.
 Locking II my companion an the op- positc scat, on whom the llintl,.ltt nou shonc full. saw that hi> face was mol so thln ur hIS fciturc> so Wlthcfce as had a' ,I;st supposed: and mnst have made Il mistake is to his age Tor hc Na> bs no means M old as had pfC1i6usiy ludectl How odd | was. to he sure, As con ilaued te le@k Il hnn. noticed hi, aspect changed inomcn,anly Ina, ht was grow ina younger: that the wflnkles m his face were filling out and smoothns dow II. and that he was gtAdual> bce omng like some one l had seen before Is his cheeks grew round and ruddy. and his hair changed from sray te brown before my very eyes. became m such d nervous agitation that cndeAsorcd ta cry out. but eould not. WAS pafall1cd with the cold
 cold that seemed to make ny limbs rigid and numb mN sitils for l SAW the man Sittng before me wa~ - longer Il stranger no mere friend or aqualniance: he had become me
 held up my hands to tty and shut nu, the sight. and as did so s,w they were withefcd and thn and old. pressed them on 'nN brow Ia sce If l was dream Ing: but found Il shllvclcd and scanned and pnekcred. And knew that ,his man this ncnd had stolen ms body and gwen mc hiss. Maddcncd with the discovery rose ;o my feet his feet which sw..Ncd beneath me. and struck wildly at ;he vision nf my self m the other seat. But found my arms hght Il, llpor. tpr they passed over his budv. which went through them. giving me the lm- precision oi pain. II was :, body of shade that had been gwen me ior mN own bodv of flesh and blood, which this wrct,h h had stolen. bN some s"icerN D, other VIC had indeed changed hands.
 :. Sorccror-dcinon cried out. only to hear myself speaking with his sharp. tia'kcd voice. N hen l saw myself sit- ting opposite to me. ea..ll, addressing me m my own volcc. could no longer credit my senses. II, indeed. l had any of them at all uf my own
 'arc say you think you are speaking loud now, he said
 l answered by calling the guard as loudly as could haloo
 Ah. you might call good deal louder than that. II the carriage were full of pas sengers. and they could no more hear You than they could see you" he con tnued. chut king and screwlng up m, features into a hidcousl, knowing grin. such as could never have made them assume. You see. my friend. yours k | body of air, ot shadow. lnsensblc. mpal- pablo to all but myself. just as i, was 10 ail but you when 1 entered the carriage. You wish. perhaps. to know who l am: Well, two years ago tonight was pas scnger by thS vcrl up-mail There was Il collision You sec. and the result was that several passengers were injured. t'ne ot them WAS well. itS no use mine ing matters killed an the spot Quite so; Il was l. Yes, am what you call n ghost though We consider the word rather mira dig. among ourselves. and have a better term fer II. Now have told YOU what am sou will Ike ;o know what want Very good Nou shall sec.
 l he ghost m my body then began tn teel Tn my pockets, from which he drew "ut my mecrschaum. loaded il from mv pouch. and lighted l, with one of my ,c- suvians.
 "Ah. he proceeded. whiting the weed rapldiy. "yoa smoke very good stuff Golden leaf and returns not a bad mix iure. though prefer little I.atakia with II myself. Not al all bad body yours either. he went on. eyeing the form on which he was sitting not at all a bad body. and Il hts me io T. only a little shor Tn the arms. Ky the way. md one ot your front teeth a little loose, so don, say did that when you come ,o yourself again; and your nose k d lit,le long for me, but dare sa, il blows none the worse for that
 l shuddered as ! saw him take out my handkerchief and use il on tha, cherished organ of mine.
 Yes. dare say now you feed the cold little; l did al first. but it is nothing when you are used to il. find vour bodS veH hot-being heavier than an ac- eus,omed to wear: bu, it won't be for