The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-11-26

800 70 " T. S1AS LIB ntuAAE 1Ou d6cAG6.
The public read and believed, and the
oldest inhab abitant and biggest liar vow
ed he had seen the spook spooking
about in the vicinity OF the grave. Ac-
cording to the Razooper and the old
est inhabitant, this was no common,
everyday ghost, Of modest mien and
unassuming manners, butsa bold, bad
spirit, with every appearance Of being
on his muscle. 5s=5 %5s.
HIS favorite amusement was an i'm
moderate Indulgence in war dances,
and the oldest inhabitant swore that
he had repeatedly seen the late Mr..
Oom-Pah, clad in flowing robe Of
blanket, the fashionable costume Of a
spook on promenade, executing high-
land nc flings to the music OF the popping
OF the tail Of his wildly agitated dirty
blanket shroud. 4gS ...s
The entire township of Onion SEEM
ed taken with the shivers for d time,
and many an honest citizen, who, at
any other time, would have easily rec
ognized neighbor's white COW, even
Z in the. dim starlight, then saw Dom:
Pah's ghost. .:
The excitement had in great meas
ure abated when / accepted an invita-
ton to visit my friend Ragget, out In
Onion township, and with him put In
day at fishing. "a / ..s @ -s l,k >s=s ssa5
4 After a long day of thrilling adven-5
ture in boarding the fiery, untamed
catfish in his coffee-colored retreat in
Hellbender creek, we returned home,
and shortly after supper I donned my
snowy white night-gown and retired
to rest. Ny subsequent behavior was
such as would have caused comment
anywhere. Ss.2. IL 1s.E ! IS
Shortly before midnight 7 began to
walk in my sleep. Wrapped in slum-
per and my long white night-gown, ]
slipped out Of the window, down the
shed-kitchen roof and down to. the
ground. = = + ~ & s s7. .j5sss&
7 On across the moonlit pastures I
gllded, toward Oom-Pah's grave, with
my unseeing eyes fixed on nothing,
with wild, unearthly, dying-cat ex-
preston. 15.;zl -ssss1-s zast 2
The young people of the neighbor-
mood had gathered earlier in the even
Ing at Squire Rippey's to enjoy lawn
party given in honor Of somebody's
birthday or something. After the
usual Joys of such occasions had been
experienced, they resolved to indulge
In mild adventure of visiting Oom-
Pah's grave. They. had almost reach
ed It from one direction, when, coming
from the opposite side, passed the
grave and emerged from the little
&clump Is. mi OF trees in the midst Of which
the ~ 2 osinf was loeat
he young ladies, with. many hys-
tertcal giggles, were just daring their
galoots-l mean gallantsto enter the
little grove when 1 emerged with coll
ors Hing. From the time of leaving the
mousse till was about to exit from the
grove l had not the slightest knowl-
edge OF my actions or surroundings
out after that I was keenly alive TO
them -. :,
Just before emerging from the trees
trod squarely on tussock in which
WIDOW hornet was keeping boarders.
when L stepped ON them the boarders
must have been sitting UP late grind
ing their stingers, and they came out
Immediately to see me about the mat
ter. <. - " -. i -
A moment later 1 was broad awake
and feeling as if I was being stabbed
with 10000 red-hot darning needles.
Inc hats OF the members of the lawn
party jumped two feet from their
heads as the ghost of the late Mr..
Oom-Pah, with a soulful, Rise-up-W
am-Riley yell, bounded out Of the
grove and came charging toward them
with its arms revolving rapidly in the
air and the tail of it's shroud popping
behind It. When the hats came down.
their owners were several hundred
yards away and moving rapidly in
the direction of Lower California. But.
urged on by the incentives to speed
that they did not have, I gained On
them rapidly. Z. e.5 e-'ss.
So absorbed was with trying to get
away from the hornets that / paid not
the slightest attention to the young
people, and before was scarcely aware
OF their presence had over taken and
was almost in the midst Of them. At
that moment I stumbled over a stake
that drove my superior toe almost out
OF sight back into my foot and sent
me whirling in a rapid succession OF
somersaults One Of the young men
plunged over me, drove my face into
the dirt, and feeling that Il was more.
substantial than ghostly, seized me as
/ strOVe to rise. 81
His excited yells brought others to
his aid, and I was captured and rec
ognized. It was useless for me to at
tempt to explain. The memory Of my
Wild-n,an escapade was too green for
them to believe anything / said. They
would listen to nothing till they had
supplied me with means Of riding
home after my hard run.
The vehicle was q three-cornered
rail trimmed with splinters, and album
dant variety was given to the monot-
ony OF the journey BY jouncing it up
and down, like wedding bells. It was
terrible but, il you have ever ridden
on rail you know hoWsit is yourself,
and il you never have experienced it,
no words Of mine can adequately de-.
scribe n n, ven