The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-09-19
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# No. 4s Merchant St.
m PHANTOM GRIPNAN.
= San Francisco City
Life.
- 7 ELLSWORTH CAREY.l

49, E. ELLSWORTH CAREY.l
.,,,sped in San Francisco
NY. I.s.. since. It was a cold,
inter night; the Pickering
i 11s street lamps struggled to
~. ~ The murky and dismal at
.s ~ and the fence and caves
;snning with moisture. l had
!. JI AVER the damp CT 3ios anx-
reach home, and had just
.,1 70 catch the last car on one
.:S1sst cable lines in the city.
I nearly l o'clock.
IN are our only passenger this
snsrked the conductor, as he
BE- signal to start. " We may
6l7 tonight" he continued
ty in a musing way.
i0ught this was the last car
ippIied in some wonder.
man of the bell-punch said
but looked curiously at me.
fng closer, he said quietly,
vnI1 belieYe in phantOms?"
snnot say I do"
bat would you think if I told
ere was a phantom dummy on
ne" be continued.
de no reply, but began to feel
queer.
d what would you think if I
% that on this phantom dunn
b been seen a ghostly grip
that a headless apparition
sbg the grip?"
ts time | was rather nervous,
zMienced a decidedly chilly
ia in the region of my dorsal
lac. Whether it was from a
bat the man at my elbow was
Iaon account of the ghostly
pot bis conversation, I cannot
No. II that you mentioned
Jastly dummy"
b those who know of this
"a dummy refer to it as No. II.
nhnO car having that number
broad"
sTOce and manner of the con-
Reonvinced me that he was not
and, naturally, l asked him
\ s knew of this strange piece
ping stock.
I'll, will tell you, sir" he an
III seldom speak of it, and
nov anything about it. Those
NOV the facts of the case do
Ie to bring ridicule upon
sI'es :, by relating improbable
q The history of this dummy
aaH several years, to a time
some Improvements were being
+NtAe terminus of the road. A
esSeaVahon had been made at
~ Of the track for the purpose
lung IN a turntable, I believe.
y a0ls ran into this opening and
y downward around a large
!. AsWltch some distance from
sa'e y was temporarily used to
~ me trains to the return
-, late At i, one evening some gear
~. -S 70 o the cable house from the
ny 1t was necessary to have
kpS % .Itlninus early in the morn
ssS n :. .le superintendent decided
si. ~ cut on a dummy. No. II
S.i 'sea and a gripman named
Es r. was chosen to run the train
= SaS to return on his dummy.
IN ;. aa N foggy night, just such
eS. = Ials. Mitchell demurred,
d ~ ~ 9een on duty all day, but
" ~ 20 get ready. The last
' n 10 and the cable was to be
h T ;.sg longer than usual to
H Cnell to make the round
ID jnm nas very angry, and as the
hV.a shot out on the main
/ III Sss heard to mutter:
t,b al run the d thing to
Ita ne e. rope holds "
nsSsm.lw was instructed to find
SIn human at the terminus and
M. assist in unloading the
q time tin the telephone rang
Il tb aDq !. the watchman at the
eg ss as line line reported that a
satA = t"recked and that no one
satsipSinnasa nave been on board. A
@t At os. several employees was
GeS5aTI1p { It was ascertained
mitch na az forgotten to open
stos bo a. ne must have been
sb Tho al, allowed the dummy to
,.N havoi a.[ ~ opening. I think
The sn5 FALLEN asleep on his
M bOt s 70 !, Of the rails was
a6ls tbs fs the grip was attached
into 'us - dummy was carried
% GOT completely wrecked
vs. bo5 spllnters. MITCHELL.
ae sss.s, was found ate
% 'ttSS o He had beer
= ny y bis r rope in such a man
De csblaoe ck was caught be
Sa ptly d a. ana a pully, and b,
sccide snetfapitated. It was .
\, psOcuraGdI a coffin was hur
' herein : and the remain,
A physician wa