The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-01-13
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REAL GHOST.

81. Louis Globe Democrat
You dun't believe in =,
Don't eh | once knew . Sno'A
didn't believe IN balloomnaa ma" Who
reason was Just The same !. hs
ne had never seen one.n iouf'
Robert |. Tomlin,on. and !, Vas
dlence was a group Of in%cre \ au'
srip,sack pilgrims assemblsua'0
the Lindeli CORRIDORS, ea IN
Did ever see a ghosl? WI,
kinder cackalale | dill, and ,,....,i
none o. your hand made.lo'oxan want
whlle.you wait ghosts ellie, ,uer'
me tell you. You rememhe, 'e -
Ashtabula railroad wreck w 'as
i was The night after lhat "sll,
that | held my materiaIi,aa1al'
seance. was living IN Dav,,""1a
| had %consin, a graceless Sc,
named Jack Dooliille, who's baap
punished for his sins by being p See,
W ahe legislature and ge,liu,
four times. lis hard 10 hn Id0e
drudge ag'in a fellow.sinner Az H.
had 10 wrastle with four motbs..
in law. Well, when Jack auSM
going through The agony Of ra;s,,li
our first mustaches, we Turned
solemn compact that the one tb,,
kicked the bucket first shoaIi
come back and tell the oths, Nv
about il, aud how he liked i, :"
far as he'd got. | received . isla
gram one day that Jack had Les, |
kiilsd in theAshtabula wreck, h,S
|peen worrying about him, for ls
was travelling in that terri,o,y
Well, sir, it broke me all ~. "
had chummed il for ten yeats, AND
one night shared The same load ol
shot IN a watermelon. We had
been engaged to The same girls
and had lost our money on ,Is
same political candidates. | won,
to bed that night feeling pretlv
blue, and wondering if Jack womb
show up according to contract.
was in hopes he wouldn't. like
him we'll enough in life, but | had
no inclination to associate with
spirits that couldn't be bottled
About 2 o'clock woke up, and
hang me for a Mugwump if Jack
wasn't sitting on the edge of the
bed. The room Was filled with
blue Pickering light, in which hi.
face showed more ghoslly Than the
front elevation of an Egyptian
mummy. Scientists say that il n
all Josh about a mans hair Ceiling
4 hump on itself when he's scared,
That's all they know about it. Nv
flesh seemed 10 creep and crawl
and every individual hair rose 10
point Of order. My heart came up
AMI pounded against my Ieelh,ana
my tongue Went on a strike. The
ghos. sat there looking at NE with
Il sony stare for iully two min.
utes. / just couldn't stand the
treasure. | sprang cut of bed aud
went through the window in ore
Tine and two motions. The al,
was chilly aud | Was wltired in
only my nightgown. | stood il Ms
long as ! could and then | sneakcd
back and peered into the room.
All was dark. | climbed in and
tumbled into brd. | found it oc.
cupied. Geraie gawd ! the ghost
had actually gone TO bed and pro.
posed TO make nigh, ol it. |
made another dive for the win.
dow, bu, MY visitor caught hold Of
the narrative Of my robe de sham
and dragged me back. | was de.
moralized, terror stricken. le-
gam to yoop like a Piule Indian ON
The warpath, or a picnic girl who
had discovered a garter snake.
Then Jack said : Some 10 bed,
you blamed old fool" Dead 7 Not
by a good deal. lie had sneakel
in, poured half a pint OF cognac
into the wash bowl, sci it air',
then sat down to stare me inta
convulsions. Let's go get a lemon
ade, Il gives me the bysteria 10
ilnnk about that night. Same 10
YOU!