The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-06
AN ADVENTURE ON THE ROAD.
A Drummer's Evening Ride and Its
Unpleasant Incident.
From the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
II remember on one OCCASION" said the
drummer, apparently going far back In his
memory. when had one OF the queerest
experiences that ever fell to my share"
I'VE all have them," ventured a young
ster. who was out on his first trip.
The drummer merely looked at him and
then went on with his story.
VI was going to see customer who lived
about ten miles from the railroad he said
land as reached the station about o'clock
in the evening, and it was half moonlight
night, l concluded I'd drive over ct once
and get back in time for the train at 10
O'Clock next morning. The road was fairly
good, though it was a lonesome one, and I
felt pretty sure l could drive 1t in three
hours, carrying "A heavy trunk. | got
away by o'clock with pair of horses,
doing my own driving. and for the first
five miles nothing occurred. In fact.
everything was going so smoothly that be-
gan TO do2e. After number of rods was
suddenly awakened by the noise of wheels
just behind me and looking back | was
almost frightened by horses nose nearly
over my shoulder. He was hitched to a
buggy in which sat a man and woman.
"'L Look out, there yelled. and whipped
up my own team.
"Their horse fell back. but they made no
A6ply d1Q uTON6 Oh anu 0OQQeQ again.
only TO be awakened as before.
Then l became angry and said a num-
Der OF things to which l received no an,
swer. Indeed, neither man nor woman SO
much as looked up at me, but kept their
faces down, and did not even pull up their
lines. The house fell back though, aad fol-
lowed twenty feet or so behind me. The
moon was beclouded at this time, and l
could not see very distinctly. but did not
| nod any more, for was not exactly salts
fled with my company. l called to them
| several times. but they remained
silent. They kept right along behind
me, though, for three miles, and
at one or two places l took little side roads
knew Of, which led back again to the
main road, and the others did the same
| Once or twice on long stretches l touched
up my horses, but the horse behind me fol-
lowed at the same speed The longer this
| thing kept up the more nervous became.
and once or twice | thought l must be hav-
ing nightmare. The last mile of the road
was good, and / concluded rather than
to have row with these midnight
| iutruders l would run away from
them, and as l sarned into the home stretch
let my team go at its best, and | went
along at a 4-minute gate but right behind
me came the other horse, trotting smoothly
and whinnying every now and then. Some.
how / felt the cold chills run down my back
"
| laid the whip on and my team broke into
dead run, evidently feeling my own
fright and showing the signs of fear they
say animals show in 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 max
ing a move to pull him up. With yell, at
last dashed up to the store of my custo-
mer, who hadn't gone to bed yet, and he
came out with three or four men on the
rush, and / almost fell out of my rig as he
asked what was the matter"
""pherep ! screamed, 'there! therep and
pointed back to where l had seen my
ghostly visitants, but they had disap-
peared."
"'He's got the 1im-jams,' loudly sug-
gested one Of the men, and thought posi-
bly, had, but rubbed my eyes and looked
around, and fifty yards down the road l
saw the thing that had followed me. It had
evidently passed me when pulled Into the
store so suddenly, and told the men 10 20
after it. They did 30, and In a minute they
came back with q yell that beat mine
'Jim-jams, is itP l asked scornfully.
No; dead people, replied one with his
teeth chattering
at was So too, found out when we had
got drink, and braced up enough to go
after it again. They had been stranRled
for pure malice evidently and had been tied
In their buggy and sent adrift. The horse
being strange one in that section, had been
simply following my team by instinct, and
WIGS probably as badly frightened as / was
and didn't know half as we'll where to 20.
my customer TOOK care OF the horse and
buried the bodies, and it was q week before
he learned that the people lived about 100
miles to the north and we're on a driving
trip. 1t was never known who had killed
them, but it was supposed to be tramps.
who had expected to get money by murder,
and wereA afraid to steal the horse and
buggy"
When the drummer finished the young
ster got up and stretched his legs.
well" be said, ''if that sort of thing
goes with this travelling business, guess
I'll send my samples into the house aud
quit"