New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-06-27

Ieitl Tor may say It Is imp possible, but
just % Is Indian Guloh, and you can
bxore Is The two men were like skel-
stona, md Seth was SO weak that he
spnh not deal the cards and swear at !
he aame time.
On tho evening Of the fifth day some
II o boysmet at Ryan's and decided in
the interest of humanity to interfere
and make Seth and Dan quit until they
got into condition. But, sho, when we
went up II the morning they were both
stretched out on the floor dead Yes,
strea dead. Each had five cards in his
hend, and Seth was clutching his last
30 a. if he had just been calling Dan
when he rolled over.
And he'd "a won, too, howled
Ryan as he looked at the hands. Then
Ryan wanted the match declared in
fnNor Of Seth, but the boys wouldn't
have it. Bets were declared off and the
game, called a draw. Seth and Dan had
used up 81 packs of cards, and their
golden chips were worn as smooth as
glass
''We buried 'em side by side that
day, but now comes the strangest part
of the whole thing, and to show you
what stubborn critters they were -that
night there was a light in the room
where they had been playing, and as
sure as I'm here there sat Dan and
Seth as natural as life, a-fipping their
cards and tossing their chips by tho
light of the ghostly candle. Maybe tney
didn't have that whole hotel to them
selves. Sho! Iguess they did. Nobody'd
go nigh it. Hansen went around crying
almost and saying he didn't see why
two stubborn galoots couldn't stay
where they were planted instead Of COM
ing to haunt an honest mans house and
! ruin his business But nothing seemed
! to interfere with the game. Every night
for aweek Seth and Dan sat up playing,
while the whole Gulch gazed at the light
in the window and shivered and swap
ped ghost stories. At last Ryan one night
said he had mind to see how the game
stood, and he climbed up to peep in the
| window. Just as he did so we saw
flash of light shoot across tho room, and
three minutes after 49, lace
was in a blaze.
''Ryan said that as he looked in the
window Seth had caught Dan chealzzss
and had thrown the candle at him. The
place was burned to the ground, and
Indian Gulch felt relieved to think that
| the ghosts were gone
81 should say so - gasped one of the
auditors.
''But sho as I'm here, gentlemen,
there was a blush blaze seen around
the ashes Of the burned building the
very next night, and there Seth and
Dan, looking as if they were made of
chalk, were observed sitting on pile of
| rocks that had been Hansen's chimney
Tipping their cards as lively as ever.
''This was too much, and Indian
Gulch was scared in good earnest. But
some of us got together and decided that
Seth and Dan must CO. We dug 'em up
and carted 'em five miles up canyon
and there buried 'em. We never saw
them again in Indian Gulch, but soon
afterward some prospectors came down
from the hills and said that they had
seen two ghosts sitting under tree and
playing. But, sho, gentlemen, where
are you going?"
The shriveled old miner from Nevada
turned as he followed the others in
their hasty exit
II did think" he said, ''you'd have
the decency to let them two cusses rest
in their graves, but if you're going to
yank 'em all over the country, why, go it
alone,' and the Mariposa man was left
with the barkeeper.
'Well, sho, I'm durned,'' muttered
the narrator Of Seth Cox's adventures
'Reckon I'll go back to the Gulch to-
morrow, where the folks are sociable
and mannerly. San Francisco Call