New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-07-11

eiittlh You may say it's impossible but
1T 90 % Indian Gnlch. and yuu can
prove it The two men were like skel-I
esons. and Seth was so weak that he
could not deal the cards and swear at
the same time.
On tho evening Of the fifth day some
Of N boys met 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 in the morning they were both
stretched out on the floor dead. Yes,
Gree, dead Each had five cards in his
hoad. and Seth was clutching his last
30 as It 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
favor of Seth but the boys wouldn't
have it. Bets were declared off and the
game called 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-fiipping their
cards and tossing their chips by tie
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 We're 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 week 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 rs he did SO we saw a
flash of light shoot across the room, and
three minutes after" -"-n"' lace
was in blaze.
''Ryan said that as he looked in the
window Seth had caught Dan cheal7r,
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
II should say so gasped one of the
auditors
I 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
GGch was scared in good earnest. But
some of US got together and decided that
Seth and Dan must 60. 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?'' @-. . g., =~r -.
The shriveled old miner from Nevada
turned as lie followed the others in
their hasty exit
Il 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, 60 it
alone, :" and the Mariposa man was left
with the barkeeper. 49,. -.-
r 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