The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-05-03

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ny sailor uncle would az. u1Is<s you'd
lie 70 hear about The phantom Dig u
Rowland Yarn. You would, heyf
Well. hers goss.
Our family. you know. have owned
Rowland Farm fDore'n hun Tired
years. and part NJ II IL Iust - when
they ir<t owned II. The klfshen Il.
And Ifs large enough for Z dozen New
York City kitehens-Hat kitchens, |
moan with . Rreat big Fireplace,
smoky old fafterz. brick floor and eu0r-
nous closets. Our f,Iks don't uss II
'cept IN summon. cause ~ too cold
thcre At other times, and fhsFo Isn't
any way 10 warn II unless Va spent :
fortune on fre-wood. They use The
new Kitchen on tho o.her side Of tho
house. which isn't - picturesque, but q
o good deal more comfortable.
And the oDins over tho old kitchen
are just q they wcfc first builf. too,
with little high-up windows and low
ceilings. One Of thcm 4 my den. and
tho other 10 q spare room for boys.
And there's . long passageway lighted
by q skylIght leading from these rooms
70 the now part Of the house. l chose
that room soon's ! got old enough 10
have 4 room TO myself, cause I could
stamp round and whistle and sing ~
much % | had 4 mind TO there without
somebody calling out every m uutc:
''Oh, Halt for mercy's sake do stop
that noisel" And I wasn'ts bit afraid
TO sleep tbere, though lots Of old people
down In the village said that In old
times the long passageway used to be
haunted from eleven Gill twelve o'clock
by a phantom dog. 1t seems ona Of my
great-grcat-grandfathcrs was . very
bsd-tempered mau, and very cruel to
animals, and one night . poor, half
starved dog got into the house. and
whined and howlcd and made ! row
generally outside Of his bedroom door.
Well, my amlabls g.-g.-g. got up,
dragged tho wrctched beast downstairs,
through the kitchen. and out into the
back yard, and there he shot him. And
cvcr after that until my g.-g.-g. died.
90 the story goes--thc ghost Of that dog
came every night, ct the hour II had
boon shot, and howled ct my g.-g.-g-'s
door. And that isn't all. Some Of the
village venerables declare that II has
been seen several times since my g.-g.-
&. died.
I never took much stock In the story
myself. cause | don't believe In such
things. neither docs my mother; but, to
tell the mp and down truth. I did feel :
little queer o. two or three very dark
nights when ! IVES wakened out Of .
sound sleep BY , big strange bark.
We'll. ~ ! was saying. The phantom-dog
story didn't scare ne much. but ono
night l pretended II did. Twas one
night In tho last part Of May, whom my
second cousin, HJbe Horton, was visit
Ing U |.
Hobo had lived way Oh West ever
since no was 8 baby, aud I'd never .
him before this visit. He's = slim chap,
with enormous gray eyes and curly light
hair. and no speaks soft nsag rl--soifer
than lots Of girls. cause there's no de-
uying most girls yell - though you
wero deaf. unless they're whispering
secrets. thought whom they told me
he was coming that l was 70 ny to SEQ
. regular out-and-out bAckwoodsnian,
chock full Of fun and stories bout bears
and buiIhloss and InIunA
But Hobo said his mamma hadn't lei
him hunt bcars and bullhloes and In
juns much. And oh! wasn't he goodr
He was too good for ANYTHING. And
my mother aad my grandmother and
my sunts--rvs got 6Ss-kept a-sayIng:
take pessPrn ~ your cousin. Hal.
He never talks dang. nor shlns up 4 tree
and tears bic trousers. nor blacks .
friends eye. hor puts mice n the COM
pany's hat nor spills 'lasses on the door
mat And he always says yes. sir
and mo, sir.' AMI JOS. ma AM and
mo- mA'anL' Ins.ead Of yep aud
nope,' and i'tplan 10 b spen shas h
wosld ~ IIks > pesfsot eentleman
u111er ony olroumstaacek an1 nevor 70
yelling round. - you Do some(iuss.
evcn Il The houao were alIre-"
Wen. you know thoe an & 1o1k to Z
lSIIow '6out smother lblloW noorly MI
Z iollow Wild. and "a = a|mod5 ~.
Inv that Hob. l did. aud | made mp ny
Mind lhat Id w 70 make Mn yell oncs,
and that without settling ~ kouso I
nro eIthoF. And - 90 llEkt went 70
Hobofs yoom--It wne the non opposltc
70 mIne-and I beean talkiae obost the
phantom dox.
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