The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-30
LINcoLws GHOST.

An Evidence of the Close Resemblance OF
Senator CulIom to the War President.
The resem alliance of Senator Cullom
of Illinois to President Lincoln has been
remarked on many occasions. This re-
semblance not long ago led toa laugha-
bic incident
One of Mr.. Cullom's Senatorial as
sociates had a pressing communication
to make to the Senator from Illinois late
one evening several weeks ago. and
dispatched trusty African, black as the
ace of spades, and with brain as dark
as his face, upon the commission. 1t
was so late, indeed, that every one had
retired when the faithful son of Ham
rang the doorben at the Cullom man-
sion.
After repeated ringings some one
thrust his head out of a second-story
window and demanded to know who was
making the disturbance.
81 wants to see Mass'r Cullom, sab,
said the colored messenger on the door
step.
What do you want of him at this
hour of the night?" asked the person in
the second-story window.
81 hab message fo' him, sab, from
Senator Blank" replied the African
''Just wait a moment and I'll como
down." said the voice above.
After few moments delay the light
in the vestibule was turned on, the
door was opened, and tall, gaunt
figure in flowing night robe stood re-.
vealed in the dim light.
The colored man advanced to enter,
when a more critical glance at the
spectral apparition before him made him
pause. Snatching his hat off his head,
he stood aghast with eyes extended as
wide as saucers and his mouth open,
holding the note out at arms length,
every muscle of his body apparently in
a culver of excitement.
Senator Cullom, without noticing the
messengers strange manners, took the
note, read it by the hall light, and dis
missed him.
There was a precipitous descent of
the steps and the sound of running feet,
and when some time after Senator
Blanks door was opened, it revealed the
horror-stricken, ashy-gray face of his
colored porter, all out of breath and
quaking with unaccountable excite
ment.
What in the world has occurred?"
cried the senator.
go de Lo'd, Mass'r Blank! dom
seen de ghost oh President Lincuml"
''The ghost of President Lincoln!
You must be crazy"
mo, sab, not crazy. Sure as I'm Twin
DON seed his ghost. l went right
smack to Mass'r Culloms house, an
man talk to me from a. winder, and den
de do opened, an dar, all in white,
stood de ghost of President Lincum. He
took de note an waved his han, an you
bet dom git away from dar."
The senator smiled. ''How do you
know it was President Lincoln's ghost?''
he asked
go de Lod, sab, guess know Pres
ident Lincum when l see his sperrit.
Didn't 1 see him de time oh de wah
cherry day heah in Washington"
Next time the two senators met Gull
1om was told about the scare he had
caused the supplemented messenger,
and he enjoyed the joke.
When, few days afterward, Pompey
was again sent on similar mission, this
time at the solicitation of the Illinois
senator, Cullom invited him into his
study, where he handed him cigar and
engaged him in a friendly conversation.
''Mass'r Cullom," said the darkey,
smiling radiantly, now that he had been
persuaded of his mistake, you dom give
me the wustest scar, sab, eber had in
all my BON days. Fo' sure, sab, 1
thought you was de ghost of Mass'r
Abraham Lincum when you stood out
dar in de hall, all dressed in dem white
gowns dat made you look JUS like a
great, big angel"
Cullom laughed heartily, gave the
sable-faced ghost-seer another cigar,
and then dismissed him in possession of
a much more serene state of mind than |
on the occasion of his first visit.-St. |
Louis Globe Democrat