Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-11
BROTHER GARDNER on onosrs.
The Mystery Of Certain Appearances u.A~.
Certain Circumstances

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Certain Circumstances
Prom On. New york sun
1T has cum TO my knowledye," said Brothes
Gardner after The meeting had been opened in
due form, dat sartin members OF dis Lime
Kiln Club am trubhled wild .eein ghosts an
hesrin' strange noises. hey ben told dAs
Shiadig Watkins has received three distinct
varnins dis spring to prepare his-er fur Do
grave; dat Kurnel CAbiff cant sleep fur hearin'
death tick in de wall nj de head OF his bed,
dat Giveadain Jones am all broke up b, hesriu'
whispers NJ midnight, an dat Elder Toots wakes
mp moas' cherry night an sees q spcok wid aorv
eyes glarin' AZ him ober de fun o his bed. hey
got few words to say on dis suhjick OF ghosts.
an want de members o dis club 10 lissen wid
all DER might
al am now siHty-one vars ola an reckon I
hev had as much experience ~id ghosts an SIGH
as any oader man Of yo. I used TO believe in
EN-. Oar was a time when r. hev bet NV newi
sgin peck Of beans dat ghosts WIS aplAyin'
base ball under nv bed ebery night OF de var
lay dar an heard ~arnins an death ticks an
whispered voices an | got up in de mawnin'
feelin dat was not long fur dis world. Bimeby
began 20 fgger an IL wasn't week befo' I
solved de mystery. ] made out about As foller-r
III 70 am sN weeks behind on yor house
n
footboerd Of de bed. Hes dar % nquRr' what
yo' am gwine 20 do about it,
'h yo' has bin shootin craps and lost de two
dollars de ole woman had saved up 20 buy q % r
o shoes. 70 II h ar ghostly footsteps all ober de
cabin for three nighis runnin Ioll also h'sr
from de ole woman doofin De day.
III had bin sorter wHlkn around doorin'
de day and had diskvered q hencoop which
promised to pan out well de fust dark night I
should listen mighty bard when got 70 bed.
IL ] heard death tick in de wall I hould tale
n 20 mean dat Id better let dem TWENTY-FIVE
chickens alone, cause DER was spring gun
Jest inside de doah of de coop. II didn't b ar
de tick i reckon Ia chance IL. though I'd 20
powerful slow an feel all around IN de DARK fur
dat gun
If a white man Gums along in de mAwnin'
an offers 70 a dollar fur a dave work an vo'
suck fur dollar an a half an coniinner to got
on de fence cause h. won't give Il. yoll 10 20
bed dat night 60 hear strange whispers all
around yo'. II yo'll hssen cluslv voll make
out dat yo' am bein' told yod better resign
from dis club befor' yo' sit dc bouncei
IF samuel shin should borrow 81 in cash %
me, which he can't possibly do, an should fail
10 pay II back at de time agreed upon, he'd see
ghosts at night. Dey wouldn't be ghosts from
de graveyard. but ghosts from his conscience.
Its all de work Oh conscience bar am nunn
real about IL. Io've done sunthin mean an
yo feel conscience stricken ober IT, No MEM
Der of dis club who keeps up his dues paws his
debts. an tries to live like decent man need
be afeard " spooks. He II 60 to bed 20 sleep as
sound as a brick. Spooks won't have no use fur
him.
From dis time on shall hev an eve out for
Brudders Watkins. Jones, Cabif an Toots an
fur sich odder members of dis club rs NAV take
TO seem ghosts aud hearin varnin's i doan
say dat seein' ghost viii he considered sufi-
Gent reason for expulsion. but il will 20 a long
ways toward maxim me feel sartin dat SIGH pus-
sons doan reflect no partickler credit on dis
club as a nashunal organizashun"
Brother Jones arose ard tried 20 square him
self by explaining that what he took u be the
whispers Of spirit voices turned out 20 be moth
ing but the labored bres,hing Of his brindled
dog under the bed, and DIT be had so reported.
but Brother Gardner raped for order and
said:
''Sot down, Brudder Jones. Oar am no
queshun befo' de house. Yo' hev heard what
had to say, an hope yo will profit by it,
same a. de rest. A. de next meetin' shall ar
range wild Sir Isaac Nalpole to move dat bv-
law No. Geo be amended 10 read 80 dat any
member seem a ghost or bein' whispered to
at midnight BY speerit shall stand accused de
same a. If he had busted into do museum an
stolen de sacred skull of Cicero"