The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-17

Just 90 10 Indian Gulch, and you can
| prove II. The two men We're like skel-
etons, and Seth was so weak that he
! could not deal the cards and swear az
! the same time
ION the evening Of the fifth day some
I Of Is boys met at Ryan's and decided in
! the interest OF humanity 70 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,
siree. dead Each had five cards III hi,
/ hand, and Seth was cIutchiug his last
$50 IS if he had just been calling Dan
when he rolled over
And he'd a won, too, hOwicd
Ryan as be looked n rhe hands Then
Ryan wanted the match declared IN
favor - Seth, bar the boys wouldn't
have II Bets were declared of and the
game called draw. Seth and Dan had
used up s. packs OF cards, and their
golden chips We're worn a smooth a.
glass.
We buried EN- side by side that
day. but now comes the strangest part
II the whole thing, and 10 show you
what stubborn critters they were-that
night there was = light III the room
where they had been playing, and Is
~,..c - I'm here there sat Dan and
Seth - natural - life. a-iippiug their
cards and tossing their chips by the
light Of the ghostly candle. Maybe they
didn't have that whole hotel 10 them
selves. ShO, l guess they did. Nobodv'd
20 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 10 haunt az honest mans house and
ruin his business. But nothing seemed
20 interfere with the game. Every night
for = week Seth and Dan sat up playing.
while the whole Gulch gazed at the light
II the window and shivered and swap
ped ghost stories st last Ryan one night
said he had 4 mind 10 see how the game
stood, and he climbed up 70 peep IN the
window. Just aS he did 50 we saw
fash OF light shoot across the room. and
three minutes atterward Eanseu's place
was IL blaze.
Ryan said that rs he looked III tie
window Seth had caught Dan cheating
and had thrown the candle at him. The
place was burned 10 the ground, and
Indian GUlch felt relieved 10 think thaz
the ghosts were gone.
= should say so - gasped one Of the
auditors.
But sho a 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, We're observed sitting on pile of
rocks that had been Hansen's chimney
Tipping their cards rs 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 go. We dug EN- up |
and carried EN- five miles up a 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 slriveled old miner from Nevada |
turned a he followed the others IL |
their hasty exit.
Il did think, " he said, ''yOu d have |
the dccenCy 10 let them two cuSscs rest |
IL their graves, but If you're going 70 !
yaGil 'eIu all over the country, why, 80 II
alone, and the NaripOSa man was lei, |
with the ba-keeper.
We'll, sho, I'm burned, - mUtJereG |
the narrator Of Seth Cox's adventures.
Reckon I'll 20 back 10 the Gulch to-
where the folks are sociable
and mIuuerly. San Francisco Call