The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-07
HAD A TALK ABOUT GHOSTS
THE YOUNG MEDICAL STUDENT TURNS
1T TO mrs ADVANTAGE

emmy INK nB AaItNNANAIy = BAN -
Ghosts and tho way tho Medical stu
dents interesting Tale Affected Her,
The rich hay and feed dealer began It. He
said no didn't believe in ghosts, and. further.
more. that IL made him mad to see folks OF
ordinary common sense sit down and seriously
discuss such nonsense and dribble. Where
upon the elderly maiden who attends lectures
ON tneosophy and goes in heavy for cults fast
ened her chaste. IL somewhat vlnogary. glance
upon the mullins. and declared TO thom that
II was best for some persons not TO speak so
lightly OF things above their comprehension.
The landlady. with an apologize smile at the
rich hay and feed dealer. admitted that che
leaned to ghosts: Just n trine. IT only TO ex-
plot the rights Of her sex to be superstitious.
so far az her own experiences with ghosts were
concerned. she had little upon which to base q
championship of the supernatural. But one
inky night she had walked with a start and seen
q tall. white. vapory Thing looming on the fire.
escape outside her bedroom window. II how
cred there motionless and awful for a second
or 30, md then vanished without a sound.
True. she confessed. II might have been tho
thin gentleman who occupied the second hall
room on the top floor and who wore q tennis
suit all that summer, although he never played
the game. He was missing next morning
after the appearance OF the spectre. and so
were his tennis suit and portmanteau. None
Of them ever returned. His trunk. three flower
pots, n miscellaneous collection Of old newspa-
pers. bricks and ciGar ends and an unpaid bill
for six weeks board he left behind. But, as
she admitted. she had her little superstitious
leanings and she liked to think Of the tall.
white vapory Thing on the fre-escape as a
ghostly Thing. intangible. uncanny and be-
yond human ken.
The travelling salesman said he agreed with
the rich hay and feed dealer. and that he also
agreed with the landlady. Either might be
right; either might be wrong. You pay your
money and take your choice. Still It was
always pleasant to have things pleasant, and
the best way to do that was to agree with
everybody and have everybody agree with you.
He had never run across a bona ade ghost out
side the Spooks' Union, as you might call that
perfected organization OF materialized spirits
which hung out at the seances Of the profess
sional Spiritualists but he had seen mysterious
blue lights floating around In q room while
a seance was In progress. and had felt
q long. hard. clammy hand fumblinR at
his watch pocket-a hand which belonged to
no one in the human circle Of which he formed
q link. He had asked the medium to produce
the ghost Of his dead wife. q favor she speedily
granted. and gave him all Rorts Of newsy items
concerning her doings in another world. he
Ind been delighted to hear that she was happy
oh. so happy and void Of inclination to re-
turn to the turmoils. sorrows. and cares Of ma
terial life. although the loving endearments she
lavished upon him surprised and embarrassed
him. as he had never really had q wife. and
simply invented one for the time being 90 as to
act a sociable part In the seance.
It was too rich an opportunity for the humor-
Gus young boarder to miss, 50 he trailed in with
tons OF the ghost at the big mercantile house
81 which, he, earns sufficient to sustain his
d dssi from o@s North 6Ps 9ElTai yG saId he @e eoUid tell STA a
ghost story which was real and would appeal
ecu sS9dPlGiE sa tS ta anS S0G FSt fssnin HI t 0f Tie EtsA ia haS{ SRS
II the rest would listen. he would spout. 81
don't mIt's Rn all about RS%nnd BSy snsss. he he Ri HfG fstF Won " YS9
he 8ef Is. NR Beva RsN IS The f BEST iie III y IN Gst the ' Wo %RI
He il a member Of my clinic. and comes from
and s%pectre snaDH sHS collects Hss u BOOKS ooiH4s about s tSen,
drunk one night and fell into the Neuse and
was drowued,s so Bevans said.
About two months ago our fellows noticed
1 Rsy q lark He su had sud fdISnE}s be bse Grd sSy f1 an Pe ANDY
fused to 60 round : I'd VIII the boys: kept away
Rg o%3 We " is1lg was al FIRlFE IKE Ee snin f imns s5seIIy.
1narkable alteration IN him. Several OF US
TSho are on particularly intimate terms with
W Mi@ W was T w nIm f Bnt he SsF Fecsive ei@ our 70 fr TEN 4 8s
give us the slightest hint as to the cause Of the
We LETT Him alone to sulk and nope until a
short while Il age; vi we got up a little reunion
were still in the city. We went to a quiet little
was invited. and to which he came IN most relnes
tGntiy; ID There was a lumber OF good things t9
drink with the spread. and when q lot OF good
1ellOWS get together, you KNOW, with the sole
object Of having a good time. why. guess. they
arr dFin lEth ss well tS iH AZ fhee lGdR Fgy d Of tas good 4 sfI iesst t {
was that way with us that night. Even Bevans
had to thaw out. When he bad completely
change which had taken place in him. He hes
itated a moment. then he said;
laugh. but as true as I'm sitting here I've had
an experience with a ghost which is going. TO
lows to hear a prospective physician and sur
sS6 eiGn say Sut he bo Ssli { "a1,t n for sSfh tS SSp sgigsnasl
Of m own sigh, and senses,
to lo Seey 0ySr weeks Eis ksS ago 1 TeHtt ,H2 o. Hba lar SGr den =
skull the teeth Of which are in a fine state OF
preservation. Now. one of the molars in the
mouth Of my skeleton is missing, 40 l thought
I'd take one out OF HarveyiS skull to replace 1t,
Harvey said might, and | did. 1t fitted ali
right. and thought no more about the matter.
was suddenly awafenned Blythe door Of my RI room
be some of you fellows. but It wasn't. 1t was
q tall figure dressed in a long white robe. The
wide and staring, and on top Of the head was a
great mass OF red hair. This apparition stalked
while / fell back on my pillow shivering with
terror. I'm free to confess. As 1t came to the
bed II said:
~" Why did you steal my tooth p"
Il tried to answer. but / couldn't utter a
sound. ] was paralyzed. You have taken
Il" that horrible thing continued calmly. and
IN return l must have one Of two things. and
thai, at %3nceLy9uTl life or the best tooth in your
by that time ! had found my voice. went
on Bevans, and ! said TO him very politely,
How would ii do to restore yourown molar ~
but he shook his ugly head until the red hair
seemed to take fire and leap up in hot blazes
like a conaagration. Il want your best tooth
or your life" he answered.
"'"Well. take the confounded tooth. then p
said j, and the next instant the ghost
slipped a pair Of forceps into my mouth and ok
traeted n sound molar tooth with as much skill