The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-12-09
.Ghrlrmorrat=S Star
An ADVENTURE on THE ROAD.

Ing lar Dlch III HIS HlcHio'y, "HVn
| had one OF the que elesl eXpe:l'
ences thai ever fell to my share"
I'VE all have them," ventnred a
youngster, who was ont CT his FIRST
trip.
The drummer merely looked at
him and then went on with his
story.
Il was going TO e a customer
who lived about ten miles from me
railroad, and rs | reached the STA
ton about 7 o'clock in the even
ing, and it was a half moonlight
night, | concluded I'd drive over
at once and get back IN time Tor
the train at 10 o'clock next morn
Ing. The road was ialrly good,
though it was a lonesome one, and
| felt pretty ,ure | could drive It
in three hours, carrying heavy
trunk. | got away by s ocl 'ck
with a par OF horses, dong my
own driving, and for the first five
miles nothing occurred. In Tact
everything was going so smoo'hly
that l began to doze. After a
number of rods | was suddenly
awakened by The noise OF wheels
lust behind me, and looking back
| was almost frightened by n
horses nearly ove my shoulder.
lie was bitched TO a buggy in
which sat a man and a woman.
look ont, lherc," | yelled, and
whipped up my own team.
Their horse Tell back, but they
made no reply and | drove on and
nodded again, Only to be awaken
ed as before.
Then ! became angry and SAID a
number of things 10 which re-
-ceiyel no answer. Indeed, nellh-
or man FOR woman so much as
looked up at me, but kept their
faces down. and did moi even pull
up their lines. The horse fell
back, though, and followed twenty
feet or more behind ne. The moon
was be clouded at this time, and
could no, see very distinctly, bu'
| did not nod any more, Tor was
not exactly satisfied with my com
pany. | called 10 them several
times, but they renamed silent.
They kept right along behind me,
though Tor three miles, and at one
or two places | took little side
roads | knew OF, which led back
again to the main road, and the
others did the same. Once OF
twice O n long stretches | touched
up my horses, but the horse be-
hind me followed AT the same
speed. The longer this thing KEPT
up The more nervous | became, and
once or twice | thought must
havea nightmare. The last mile
Of the road was good, and | con
cluded rather than TO have a row
with these midnight inlruders,
would run away from them, al q al
turned into the home stretch
let my team 90 at It's best, and
went along at four minute gait
but right behind me came The 9th
er horse, troltlng smoothly ant
whnnying every now and then
Somehow | fell the cold chill
down my back and a panic seize'
me-. / didn't know Why. lal'
the whip on my team broke il to
dead run, evidently feeling m,
own fright and showing tie sign
of fear they say animals show II
the presence of ghosts. ,
But running was Of little avail
The other horse was much better
than mine and he came after me
with his nose nearly in my buggy
and The two people never maxim.
move TO pull him up. With
yell AT dashed up to the store o
my customer, who hadn't gone tt
bed yet, and he came out will
three or four men on the rush, ant
almost icll out Of my rig as he
asked me what was the matter.
"There," ] screamed, "lherc
there" and | pointed back Il
where had seen my shosily vi,i
tan,s, but they had disappeared
Giles got the jimjams," loudly
suggested one Of the men, and
thought possibly | had, but rub
bed my eyes and looked around
and fifty yards down the road
saw the thing that had glollowc'
me. 1t had evidently passed MI
when ! pulled into the road so sud
denly, and told the mcn TO g
afterit. They did so, and a min
ME they came back with a vel
that beat mine.
"Jimjams, is ii p | asked scorn
fully.
"No; dead people," replied ont
with his teeth challering.
II was so, too, | found out whel
we had got Il drink, and braced ~
enough TO 90 after it again. The,
had been ~strangled for pure malice
evidently and had been tied il
their buggy and sent adrilt. Tb'
horse being a strange one in tina
section, had been simply Inllowin
my team by instinct, and was prof
ably as badly frightened as | wa
and didn't know half as well wher
to 90.
My customer took care OF tn
horse and buried The bodies, and
was a week before he learne
that the people lived about a hui
dred miles to The north and wei
driving on a trip. II was nevt
known who had killed them, ll
it was supposed TO be tramps, wi