Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1885-07-09


II am in no mood for chaif," said
the speoter, severely. " Finally, will
you give up my ske.etonP"
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 in that
skeleton. No, sirl J. w. Stodgers re-
mains here
Remains is good" said Fulmor.
"Well Mr.. Wentworth, when you
get tired of the fight Just give that
skeleton a decent burial With thai
the ghost was gone.
$50 long cried Smile. "Whai
are you going to do, Wentworth It's
you and the ghost. it seems"
"DoP Why, keep J. W., of course I"
Next day there was an astounding
charge against Wentworth. A pas.
senger coming up from Detroit by the
early train had been met on tho road
| from the station by student exactly
answering Wcntworth's description,
who demanded money at the point OF q
pistol, and the passenger would un-
doubtedly have been robbed II two 9TH
ers coming along had not frightened
The culprit, who escaped. Nothing but
SMILES solemn oath that Wentworth
was asleep at tho time 1T was Saturday
morning Wentworth On Sun.
day all Ann Arbor was scandalizcd as
II came from church by seeing Went
worth staggering along the street in a
state OF beastly iutoxication. The pro
fcssors hauled him over the Goals, and
it was in va n that he protested he had
spent the day wortbily, trying TO catch
fish up the river.
He went home mad and, rs j. w
! grinned at him as he came in. he seized
/ the ruler and smashed ia the trap-door
! jaw. The ruler did not pass through
the bony part Of j. w, as It did through
its spectral counterpart
Next day Wentworth was too i'll to
attend class. Smile left him and wend
Ell his way to college. He had just
taken his seat while the Professor was
jotting down names preparatory to .
! quiz when an unearthly yell 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
Zone. two, three, look out for me, y"
he shouted, aud with that he ran swift
/ ly down the backs of the seats, jump
| ing over the students heads, hopping
| ligntly on the subject that lay COW
cred up on the revolving plank, then
! sprang among the lady students, who
scatt red screaming, and thence up to
the top of the opposite tier.
. To- Nl.saa
Never before attempted by any one out
/ side of this circus.
Catch him." shouted somebody.
| "He's 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 yot aware that perhaps some peo-
, pie would not believe the whole story
| IL he told it. he saw his double on the
opposite side of the street
"By Georgev' h. cried. "I'll 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 a ruler ip its hand. Nearing
the post-oiiice the ghost camo sudden
ly up to a group OF men, hit out right
aud left with the club, struck polic e.
man across the face, and fled towards
Wentworth. The crowd pursued As
II came TO 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 yonnG
man wrote to Smile:
For my sake, buy a cemetery lot and hurry
John W. Stodgcrs, charging the cost - O.
Yours
WENTWORTH
That ended the fight Wentworth.
regret b say, is not the first student
who came 70 grief by letting spir t. get
the better Of him. Luke ShdrD. in De.
trOu Free Press.