Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-10-21
Fish AND GHOST.
The old sian Was Mach Distarbed By
HIS Experleace.

Inc Ula 4AAn was aA4eA bAstaF1FA ~
HIS Experlence.
"A few years ago" said an old
gentleman. 20 3 Forest and Stream
writer. Il was a-cuttlng and piling
drittwood on tho lake shore when 8
party from the village came down 10
fish through the ice. Il was a cold.
raw day They told me In ia let
them use ny fishing shanty and they
had any luck they would give me
some G,h Wei. az il they went
just a | vas a-picking up AZ uight
10 20 home they fetched me a pick
ere! that would applied down six
pounds good and strong, brought
him home ana put him up III the
crotch o. that apple tree over there.
Thea / done Esy chores. eat my sup
pav. got The pickerel and thought Ia
clean him bl. be vas froze hard as
q brick. - ! ruu u string through
his gills and huag him ap back 90
the stove - shaw out
I'D got 3 good grip on the sleep
that night. and was ploWing ahead
on the ga..cp. when my wife woke
me up and said that there vas some
one AZ the door l listened bit and
heard q noise Jest like some feller
was a-kn1ckiag on the door with
mittens on his hand / were q biz
yexed. s,il on; u bel. pulled on my
pants and boots. but did rot strike q
light, grabbed big cane which
stood az ;ae head d my bed, hurried
% the door. opened Il and Jumped
out. ready % mock the stunin' out
.; anything Bur, ms dear sir. there
weren'i anything 70 knock run
ROAD the house. not livlng crltter
could see. nor even any tracks IA
the snoW
To psa I went az IN. and was Jest
dropping o. when the old woman.
she "a lgsd me hard and whispered:
Hear that jest listen, there IL
goes az in
Il sa- up !a bed and Jest a. plain
as aay I could hear . dull sort Of
thamp. 'Ellp ! begun 20 feel
agerish Ike molght have trem BLEED
a 5.t; then aos.csc1 Who's thereg
No answer.
Il E!nGe- sh!scred Tor bout half a
minute. shea .aero Vas the darudest
racSe: or: 10 tae kitchen you ever
heard; soaElcl a. Il some one was a.
kicxin' q Tin pan All around the room
and sly dog came yelpla' aud howl
III in the bed room and crawied clear
under ias bed. where nc kept 40 a.
whin.n' and = yelpln' Ms wife
screamed and crawlcd down under
the bed-ciothcs had nos only the
ager but the chills-sweaiiu chilis.
good ard stroag.
Il was ratified. badly ratified. Jest
had seuce enough left 20 crawl out OF
bed, grab ms gun. which was loaded.
AID creep carefully 20 the kitchen
door There vas certainly some lel-
low out there. harefooiod. and he vas
having bull dancing school all 10
himself located him a. near a. /
could Ia the dark. then. without max
Ing any noise brought my gun 70 my
shoulder and lei her "a
"Ihe lash o. the gun was Just long
enough 20 let me see what the mat
ter was ! went back. liz a candle.
and then went 20 The kitchen. There.
F4sAt ~ Iae middle 81 the door, was
that cusscd p.ckcrcl having the live
lest kind o. a circus all hy himself
He was cutting up in great shane
with his aipliy-gop. hipity-hop. Jest
a. lively a, II he had Jest been pulled
out % the water With q stick OF
stoye-wood busted that show quick.
ERIN you could say shoe
You see. hung him up IN a good.
warm place 30 thaw out, directly
over the old woman's dish pan. RICH.
under the pan being a good. warm.
out-oi'the-way place the dog used 20
sleep. Az that Internal pickerel 81.
gan 20 thaw out his old cussednesa
crept back into him. Between the
aapplngs o. his tail and tho work
ings Of his jaws he broke the string.
then dropped onto the dish aud both
fell onto the dog