The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1894-02-02
DUE TO GHOST STORIES.
Two Girls Captured Each Other Instead
of n Burglar.


of n burglar.
1t was cold winters evening. just
such one as nature gives for tho
proper coloring to stories OF tho i'm.
agirativs character Ghosts could
be seen dancing and holding high
carnival on the glistening snow banks
outside. and fairy forms and hobgob.
Inns seemed to burst forth ut every
crack OF tho bright logs in the big
open crate.
As we sat thoro In tho parlor OF tho
big farmhouse. watching tho glow
Ing logs. we fully bent ourselves to
tho surroundings, and our imagin-
atoms had full sway. Uncle Fred ro'
lated long and blood.curdling yarns.
which he had heard in tho West: tho
girls told some wonderful ghost
stories, and fairly let myself loose
In anecdotes Of crimo which had
como under my observation as IL
police reporter, says correspondent
Of the New York Journal.
When at last we went to bed, our
minds wore keyed up to n very high
pitch, and | noticed that tho girls
used extra precautions that night in
locking the doors and windows. The
fact that q couple OF suspicious look
ing tramps had been turned away
earlier in the evening by my grand
father also tended to make us moro
than usually careful.
The girls retired to Il V room. just
at the head OF the stairs. Il great big
chamber, such US is always set aside
rs the spare room, furnished with II
big double bed with four old fashioned
high posts. My Uncle Fred and |
slept in the low-ceiling chamber, in
the other wing of the house. A
long. narrow hall winding around
the top OF the open staircase sepa-
rated the two apartments.
Uncle Fred and had boon asleep
ABOUT two hours when we were sud
denly awakened by the sound of n
struggle, For moment We listened
and then wo heard high soprano
which we recognized ms florn's
screaming
''lIelp! Help there's II man in the
roomln
At the same instant another voice
which we knew at once was Minnio's
gave another and even moro un-
earthly yell Of "llclp! Hes killing
mol"
Fred was on his fcot In an instant
and us he pulled his pistol out of the
drawer grabbed the lamp 1t only
I a.. 4, -, 10.
hall. but In that sixty seconds Of
space We heard enough to convince
us that a most horrible sight would
meet our eyes.
Around the hall we bounded and q
kick from Fred sent tho door OF the
girls room bounding inward. lie
cooked the pistol and l showed In
the light As the rays from tho
lamp shonc around the apartment we
failed to discern any trace of tho man.
A glance at tho bed told the story.
Both girls were sitting upright
Flora had u tight grip on Minnic's
bangs and Minnie was clutchiny
flora's hair with both hands. Both
were screaming ut the top OF their
/ NoiSen anu poNh "'io iast hri'Nl'
II didn't take long to solve tho
mystery after getting the girls awake.
Flora. In her SAUNDERS. had dreamed
OF burglars and tossing about hal
grabbed Minnie by tho hair. As she
did so she dreamed she had caught u
burglar and yelled. Minnie. who was
also thinking Of the ghost stories,
Instantly surmIscd that n robbcr had
hor and in self defense she had
grabbed flora's hair. Both had
pulled for dear lie and yelled Mt the
same time.
Whom the matter was explained at
the breakfast table next morning.
grandfather put nm emphatic emhar-
20 on any moro ghost storlos