The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-11-01
BOTH ARE SCARED
DRUGGIST AND LAWYER HAVE AN
EXPERIENCE LAST NIGHT.
They Conclude to Stay at the Store and
Watch for Desperadoes, but Unfortun-
ately Begin Telling Ghost Stories Until
They Become SO Terrified that Their
Legs Garry Them Off-Wichita Observes
Halloween Night in an Approved Man
ner to the Participants, bat Much to the
Discomforture to Others.


There comes a strange tale from Oak
street concerning a scare given a GER
tain lawyer and druggist last night. The
druggist was about to retire for the
night. and having closed his store he
went to the drawer for the purpose Of
getting his pistol when to his amaze
ment and CONSERVATION he found it
gone. What would he do? Only few
months before he had been held up and
made to give up all the money he had in
his poseSsion-7 cents. He resolved not
to be caught in this manner again, and
the next day he invested 81 in revol-
yer. Here he was, away from home,
and no revolver.
To add to his terror and his present
discomforture the policeman on that
lonely beat had stopped at the store and
told the druggist to keep look out as
he had seem two suspicious looking char
acters during the evening, and as he
(the officer) would be compelled to go to
the packing houses, the officer advised
the druggist to keep a look out during
his absence. Here he had it. These
men had slipped in the back part of his
store and while he had been engaged in
waiting upon a customer in the front
end stole his revolver. He decided that
he would not go home, but would stay
at the store. He quietly sat down
waiting the first approach of dawn,
when he was aroused by a rap at the
front door.
WHO is there?" shouted the drug
eist.
TITS me, Goodwin, let me in. I have
something want to tell you"
"Who is me?" demanded the drug
gist
Great blazes! Don't you know me?
What in the thunder is the matter with
you? / am D. NJ. Brown, attorney at
law"
The door was thrown open and the
attorney admitted who told the drug
gist that he had seen two very sus-
picious looking characters dodge in the
shade of the building and quickly get
out of view. "They are UP to some dew
ilment, and I know it," said the attor-
ney.
That is just the reason I am here.
You remember the time was held up
and robbed of z cents. Well, tonight
before John Wallace left for the packing
houses he told me he had seen two sus-
picious characters about, and that had
better look out said Goodin.
The two men then sat down and began
to tell all the highway robbery stories
they had ever heard or read about.
Each story grew stronger and the color
left the mems faces, as they pushed
their chairs closer and closer together
and lowered their voice to a regular
graveyard whisper.
Just at that time an enormous tom
cat beneath the floor gave out screech
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their hair ON end. Just at this moment
two figures dressed in mother hubbards
fighted by the door, and the two men
were thoroughly frightened.
do you believe in ghosts?" asked
Brown Of the druggist after they had
sat down to recover their wind.
Sometimes 1 do believe in such
things and often think there is some
thing in this Halloween night. You
know this is the evening preceding All
Saints day and I can see no reason why
the spirits should be prohibited from
coming back to this earth. Can you,
Brown?"
Brown said he knew nothing about the
laws governing spirits, but he intended
to ask Judge Tucker something about
the conduct of departed spirits the next
time he saw him.
The two men then drew their chairs
closer together and began relating all
the ghost stories at their command.
Each story grew more horrible as they
progressed and both men became so
thoroughly frightened that they were
afraid Of their shadows.
Lets go hoIne,'' whispered the law
yer.
"AH right" said the druggist. Il
know where we can get a shot gun we
will go together. just at that mo-
ment somebody passed the door carry
ing a. house.
The two went to a neighbor to get the
gun. They knocked at the front door
but were so excited that they could not
wait for the man to come to the front
door, but ilastened to the back. This
aroused the anger Of the man and he ap-
peared at the back door with a double
barreled shot gun. Now the two men
were in real danger and it was hard
work TO keep the man from shooting.
They tried in vain TO get the gun but
could not and were forced to go togeth-
er down the street, dodging at every
shadow. A whole regiment of cats
broke loose in a grand concert and the
two men did not stop to run, but fairly
few down the street until they came TO