Telegram-herald., 1890-07-24
INTERVIEWING A GHOST.
Tns strange Csss II sna'tA. tas
Reporter

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- ,-,,r - ts.s8persse. / wish -
sr.p-e.s the latter foct on TIE zaina u
- re.aar il the beginning, Otherwise
the tsllswfnx tale might le&d ~ other
eonelnzsonA Nov ! have a. much
r.onav a neea. can take a1rink wnen
desire to % 80, znd eniy write when
the s,lrit moves me % 40 50.
III al cane about IN = most singular
and uaearshly manner, TOO. At tost
time 1 VAS employed GA an atsernoOa
daily. ard one m0ralng when / showed
m ~ the city Editors desk for instrue-
tons. b sent ali the other boys Oat
6rst then. tarnlng 20 ne, Knocked the
ashes from his cigar. and said.
smith, how is your supply OF nerve
this n0-ningF
III be had asked me whether or not
had N aAe ny last viii and testament
1 should not have been any more sur
prised; bat / managed 70 keep my face
from revealing the sstonishmcnt felt,
and answered:
well. the supply is equal 20 the de-
mand, so far a. / know
".How would you like TO tackle .
ghost tonight for an interview? was
the next question asked, IS he looked
from the corner of his eye, presumably
70 see how far | would jump At the start
ling question.
Il did Lot Jump, but felt my flesh
crawl at tho very thought Every re-
porter knows that whenshe refuses an
assignment his resignation is the next
thing in order This flashed through
my aind, but although poverty had its
heavy eloyen foot on my meek, and
needed every dollar could make, still
at that particular moment / did not
care so much for losing my position as L
did for the thought that | might be
laughed at by the brayer OF the profess
sion. so / answered, as calmly as Icould:
That depends somewhat on what
sort of ghost il is. hope would not
shrink from q ghost Of q chance, or pos
sibly from a real, genuine graveyard
ghost; but no doubt, could tell more
about that after seeing one
"'Well, Smith, well give you q
chance at the genuine article this u ne.
{
fat just now. and we need something TO
/ freshen up matters. There is q haunted
/ house in the suburbs. 1t has been va
/ cant for years because of the unsocia-
/ bility and exclusiveness of the prese nj
occupant. | desire that you spend to-
/ night in that house. Give a detailed
report of your visit, a minute picture of
] . t-u tn ypt
thing from his or her ghostship, if such
thing as q ghost exists Yoa can go
out an hour or two before dark and get
/ your bearings
with that he turned to the work bo-
fore him, and for moment l stood as
one in stuper. / thought it just as
/ probable that / would turn the river W
/ stream as that ] would see or hear q
ghost or attempt to speak TO it If
should stumble on one; but left the
room with firm resolve to do as bid
den, let como what would.
ut NAV bc imagined that / suffered
from fits and starts during the day
Sometimes cold perspiration stood ou
on my brow in great boads; then agair
/ would bo parched and feverish.
''An hour before sundown | stood be-
fore the hoose IN which | was TO spend
the night / had made up my mind K
wTite up the place while | waited fo-
his ghostship TO appear, and l firmly
expected to wait all night and leave il
the morning without seeing or hearing
any thing out of the ordinary. Tha
was in my ccllow days, SO far as ghosts
are concerned.