Telegram-herald., 1891-03-30
GREEN'S OLD GRAY AARR
Taken for . Ghost by I've Bs~hisksrsa
seiens of Aptlquity.


.sDo believe in ghosts No; but j
did once for about an hour" The
speaker MAS tail, thin old man with
hstchel face, one ride OF which Was
padded with an enormous quid OF TO-
baeco. He elected . stream of coffee
colored saliva through his long. scrsggy
teeth, scoring a dead shot st q cock
roach, and then relapsed into silence.
''ieli you the story said he II answer
10 a curious questloner. "Oh, 10 amt
much OF a story, but l was nightly
scared for awhile. Ii was a good
many years ago, when | want more'n
~, and had gone home with a gal
from a party. | ast her afore | knew
that sbe lived mile out of town, but
as the moon was sbinin' bright didnf
care much after / found II out. got
her home all night aud hung on the
gate for quite while and then started
back 10 the village. i hadn't noticed
the old burying ground when we went
along togeth There hadn't been a
buryin' there in years and years be-
cause the old place WAS chuck full.
The Grave stsns was Leanin'
In every direction and the briars and
brush Was gettln' pretty thick all
around 1t. | struck good lively gait
and whlstled TO keep myself company.
and just as I'd got about half way past
the place. heard the dogondest grosn-
IN ever heard IN my life. l didn't
stop 20 investigate but LII out for ali
WAS worth. 1 Was leggin' II at 2:40
gait. when down the rOad abou. forty
rods oil run kebitf into old Bill Jones
gong home half drunk. He give me
the laugh IN great shape when | told
him what | WAS runnIn' for. lie said
II I'd 20 back with him he would 20
over into the berryin' ground and find
out what was groanin' aud gfuntin'.
We Went back and when we cot 10 the
place IL was still as death. In about a
minute there came another groan that
KIND o. phased old Bill and scarf me
pretty nigh TO death. The old feller
had just enough whisky IN him to make
him gamey, and he waded through the
brush and got up on the fence. fol-
Tered because | was afraid 10 stay be-
hind. There wasn't a thing 10 be seen
except the old grave stuns glistening in
the moonshlne. We sot there about
three minutes and had about made up
our minds to go over inside the grounds
when right in front OF us about five
rods away, two shapes rose up about
the heighth OF human being. and
Kind O. Motionsd to Us
And then sunk down out o. sight.
Then We made n scoot down the road
with old Bill putin and BLOWN along
about five rods behind me. We fetched
up after little, and then ] told the
old man that | guessed that knowed
what was talkin' about when | met
him before. He was plucky though
and sand he would 60 back If / would.
| wasn't stuck on the job, but we went.
Bill got piece of a rail and got over
the fence and started for the place
where we had seen the critters, while
stayed on the fence. He had got about
half way to the spot when up the things
riz again. but Bill just raised his club
and sailed in. .'come on. COL blast We"
says he, swinging the stake around
his head, "Come on here and I'll bust
We all to pieces" He was SO close that
expected to see hin. swallered right
up in one of the graves, when all
of a sudden he burst out laughin'.
thought the old cuss had gone clean
crazy, but he says To me, "Come over
here bub and see your ghosts" After
n while ] went over and there lay Dea-
con Green's old gray mare. She had
been eaun' around the graveyard and
had LAID down to roll and got stuck in
hollow between the graves SO she
couldn't get up. She was rolin' back
and forth PAWN the air and groanin'
like forty, but we got her up all right,
and had grea I yarn TO tell the boys
next day."