West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-07-24


against you. When man is doad there
is no question but that his next OF kin
have the right TO crcmate. to embalm
or to bury his body. They might sell
It, Imagine, although that is rarely done
in iirst-clasS society Now the point /
would make before jury would
be-
al have no wish TO discuss law with
you. have demanded the skeleton
| and propose TO have it whether you
are willing or not"
Just write that down, bows" said
Fulmcr. He hints at burglary"
- Soc here" said Wentworth. you
are not the man we disSectcd. i be-
licve you're fraud"
DO YOU'D returned the ghost.
"Ill convince you i'm order to save my
self further trouble. / can take any
ones form. For Instance. that of a
rising lawyer And with that the
| hgure before them was an exact coun-
terpart OF young Fulmer. The next
instant the ghost was himself again.
by ioye. said Smile, what "a
splendid lightning change artist he
would make
Say, said Fulmer, "what would
you take for "A night at the big hall?
You could pcrsonate the head of tho
University and sing i want to be an
Angel with splendid effect"
Z" am in no mood for chaff," said
the specter. severely. " Finally, WILL
you give up my skeleton?"
Let him have his old bones" said
Smile.
II certainly will not" cried Went
worth. why, Smile, had to drill
| one hundred and fifty holes i'm that
skeleton. No, sir! j. w. Stodgers re-
mains here.
''ReD'dins is good" said Fulmer.
well, Mr.. Wentworth, when you
get tired of the fight just give that
skeleton decent burial" With that
the ghost was gone.
so long" cried Smile. What
are you going TO do. Wentworth? 1t 5
you and the ghost, it seems"
DoP Why, keep j. w, of course"
Next day there was an astounding
charge against Wentworth. A pas
senger coming up from Detroit by the
early train had been met on the road
answering Wentworth's de .cription,
who demanded money at the point of "A
pistol, and the passenger would un-
/
crs coming along had not frightened
the culprit, who escaped. Nothing but
| SMILES solemn oath that Wentworth
was asleep at the time it was Saturday
morning Wentworth On sun
day all Ann Arbor was scandalized as
1T came from church by seeing Won't
worth staggering along the street in "a
state OF beastly intoXication. The pro-
lessons hauled him over the Goals, and
1t was in va that he protested he had
spent the day worthlly, trying TO catch
fish up the river.
He went home mad and. as j. w.
grlnned at him rs he came i'm. he seized
the ruler and smashed in the trap-door
jaw. The ruler did not pass through
the bony part of j. w, rs it did through
its spectral counterpart
Next day Wentworth was too i'll to
attend class. Smile left him and wend-
ed his way to college. He had lust
taken his seat while the Professor was
Jotting down names preparatory to n
quiz when an unearthlv veil at
tracted all eyes to the top tier of seats
that descended one by one down to the
operating table. There stood Went
worth on the back of the highest seat
lone, two, three, look out for me-"
he shouted, and with that he ran swift
ly down the backs of the seats, Jump
ing over the students heads, hopping
lightly on the sub ect'' that Law COW
cred up on the revolving plank, then
sprang among the lady students, who
scatt red screaming, and thence up u
the top OF the opposite tier.
Now for a jump across the arena.
Never before attempted by any one out
side of this circus
Catch him." shouted somebody
Hes insane"
At that Wentworth went for the mar
row stairway, Smile and another after
him. He beat them easily across
the campus and entered the door of his
boarding place.
When the two students burst into
the room they found Wentworth sitting
dolefully looking at the damaged front
OF StOdgers, and he swore he had not
been out that morning.
Next day he got notice of dismissal
from the University.
As he sat by his window stubbornly
refusing to be conquered by ghost
and yet aware that perhaps some peo-
pie would not believe the whole story
if he told it, he saw his double on the
opposite side of the street
by George" he cried. on have il
out with HIM. If they see US both
they'll believe my story
He seized the ruler and started out.
The ghost looked behind him, and then
it too had ruler in its hand. Nearing
the post-oliice the ghost came sudden
ly up to group of men, hit out right
and left with the club, struck polio e.
man across the face, and He'd towards
Wentworth The crowd pursued As
it came 20 Wentworth it vanished into
thin air, and the next instant Went
worth was in the hands of the outraged
constable.
From the lookup the detected young
man wrote TO Smile
For my sake, buy 70 cemetery lot and bury
John w. StOdRcrs, charging the cost 10 me
Yours.
wEvrwORTn
That ended the fight Wentworth, T
regret to say, is not the first student
who came 20 grief by letting spirits get
the better Of him. -Lutc SharD. I'm De
trOU Free Press
a Wonderful Fish.