The Washington critic., 1889-06-18

Ground presides, and happened TO cast
my eye upon a despatch from the King
of IIades, giving a list of those whose
souls were shortly to be required of
them. Chan A SIS name was on the
list and he will have TO die within
couple of days. Before long he will b.
walking companion with MS in tbs
Tartnrian shades. What have 10 fear,
then, If this is already decreed2'
"a ghost interposcd: You only just
begin to understand the speech and
rudiments Of ghost life. You know
your A, but you do not know your Il
and your G. The man will not die yet
awhile
"The other ghost chuckled and said
How Is II that you seem TO be so far
ahead of us IN your information2 You
will perhaps explain yourself
1.-THE ghost claiming superior knowl-
edge answered Well, will tell you.
As late as yesterday also went into the
court of the Guardian Spirit of the
Ground, TO sec the Judge. A dispatch
had Just arrived from the Protecting
Spirit of the city, saying that Chan A
SIS mother had recently performed
work Of very high merit, and In recon-
pense of that work II had been decreed
that twelve years should be added to his
life
"One Of the ghosts asked What
was The nature of this particular actT
The speaker replied: Within
few doors of Chan A SIS house there
lives rich old lady who recently missed
two strings of cash, and suspected her
slave girl with having stolen them.
Day after day she beat the girl, promis-
ing If she would only confess TO the Of
fence there should be nothing more
said or done in the matter. If, how
ever. she refused TO confess, the mistress
avowed she would not cease beating her
till she had beaten her to death The
father of the slave girl heard of the NJ
fair and was very angry with his
daughter He declared that if it should
be proved she We're the culprit she
should be thrown into the river and for
poor slave girl sobbed with little inter
of escape seemed closed against her.
mother was overwhelmed with grief.
There seemed to be no evil
dence TO convict or exculpate the
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pure ply the mo,her OF tnis mefke,
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san several uays ago 1 caileo mere
anu loun,l no one AZ nome. happened
10 see nunureu OF more Strings OF
cash neapeu up on the noor' All al
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Wlinln me. anu nelped myse1 10 TWO
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