The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-25
BUTrED 4 GHOST OFF 4 BRrDeR
Colts Youthful Accomplishment Came IN
Handy on n Maine Spook.

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Colts Youthful Accomplishment Camo IN
Handy On n Maine Spook.
B~uRroNv11LB. Me-. Sept. 16.-Everybody IN
this region had to give in to Tommy Colt. he
| was the hardest headed man that ever TILED
the soil OF Hancock county or swampedA road
through the Union River wilds. No man eveR
bested him In an argument. Nothing SUR
prised him. II an earthquake opened at hia
feet and swallowed him up Tommy Cot
would make a last effort to tell his friends that
this was just what he had expected all along,
He was not superstitious. he often said. yet hQ
| believed in the existence Of supernatural
spirits, and he recognized them as merely aH
ordinary part OF heCreator's great programme,
Ghosts didn't disturb Tommy Gott q bit. II
one should try 1t on, he'd be- likely to find
Tommy too much for him.
From an anatomical point OF view Tommy
Colts head was harder than a granite boulder.
In his youth somebody. probably himself.
made the discovery. and he was very proud Of
the distinction. Within q week after he had
made the discovery all Of the biggest boys In
school were laid UP in bed with battered
skulls where they had been in contact with
the stony surface Of little Tommy Colts cra-
plum. One day. after all the big boys skulls
had recovered from their trial with ,fommy's.
was led into an Enclosure and Tommy Got6
was dared to go in AND, butt the ram. He
be Ssd dared. QUICK as he landed inside the eiih ncio s.
ure he dropped upon his hands and knees and
ram. 1t game like q blow from a catapult and
Tommy n T. G ifStt and the yam ram were thrown back
SoWev ey i and s rsaewed P the hs sRteK Wills Fs fRe beys;
howled with VIII delight; In ten minutes TIE ram
Wa II Tom 9ne a Gott run IN h oH9 pu PlsditinfF Finally Tieh ie ebe
ram scaled the Enclosure and escaped to the
fie hdssr, 1t xb w@s T PsnsG vIbS aeS%s sftfs PTnel Com
and owned as nice O farm as lies between
was past mending., II a ~neiShbor's wheel
broke down or his horse got balky. Farmer
R %aeS E R !1ilsi tS Sea b Ghl' 1 IsSf iossy ERso @ aiEsS from RaR
Of the road is through woods and dark valleys.
Farmers leave here In vegetable, time with
i Rsqbo OF P pnd Sor tRF ese a Rls SBonS qHEn az pI sas
therefore. to pass one night on the road In Ro~
Strange stories now and then become circu.
ths lonely road. some farmers were afriad Is
threes,. There was the haunted hollow beyond
s sesD h 20 cE %ssr the the read pS e @idSisb we eTe41 T wSS
%oOSR; f bsId 5hS 9HtF spSsy T Esj5d % %bs n fb In t alS
terrified farmers on Mount Desert bridge: IL
SfS 6'P rose SLOWLY iiSf fsom T the bridge sdhsD and bloSked
compelling the traveller to follow it by some
occult owe At the end Of the bridge it gem
peared In the woods. leaving the. traveller In
a fainting condition to continue his journey.
haunted Mount Desert bridge but for Farmer
Gott will never be, Known. Farmer Gott
ioaded it fV With hnf the Incest %p SSsfo 9TH the ee Coolest ta8
cucumbers. string beans, Juiciest green peas.
F Went iSta ap mpest aau i AMY as sM fSe s S11n w thst s eNsE
Ing In the west. started for Bar Harbor.
Br 4dSek 0 S"ut tGT sde f s9S2le o. Da! Mount Who 9efbs ad
come flying home one night. leaving his load Of
green stuff scattered from the bridge to West
"spook, your grannyl', said Thomas; ia
like to see q sp9ok that dares to NEEDLE with
road %Gy was n su1 t i%s FSSP To do$Es he GsG steep sDG pi RsE
What do ySa think 81 this Mount Deser:
the dead come back TO haunt the homes OF
~ believe they do; Thomas said the par;
man. Should YOU meet with anything on the
road tonight summon It In the name Of JO-
no &And IL II SRRe e sho on Id9pnF Speak or depart. what
then, p%arson?', asked Thomas Colt.
Then ,t trouble ,hde 1t not, said the
Gott drove away toward Ellsworth;
A. midnight. or between midnight and day
light. Farmer Colt reached the bridge. It
was darker than the picture of Spanish rule
Il Cuba. and a chill wind grew upward from
Tor spooks, thought Mr., COT. and 10! even as
he thought i. 4 ghostly light stole up through
sae centre amGeo OF tas bridge. and; growing r larger
swssr Kim from the bridge,
Hold up there I've heer'n tell OF You, and
by -, you either speak. git. or walk the
The luminous shadow stood still, and then
Wayered slowly from Slde to side OF the bridge.
the farmer. Then Thomas Gott slid, down
from his seat and ,crouched on hands and
his school days. The spook by It's moyements
seemed to be growing uneasy Something had
get a chill crouching there on the bridge,
Finally the mysterious form drew closer. and
G9tt noticed qs II turned e move to the other
from his sight, therefore II must be solid.
he let Himself out. head on; The ghost hid
standing still when Farmer Colts head came
There was a Wild cry, half, shrek. half snort
Of fendish rage. and the ghost went over the
s e5IIdSe and TSoS str1S dott tf Isv water da%n wi With tho a nr lGGSa
e, think It over when Walter ingalls, and
Elisha keenney ceme along with loads Of Prod
Cad! but there's. the spook." shrIeked
ke1ney as the white form went flying on the
Yes, and here's Tom Colts team without a
driyerI" exclaimed Ingalls, excitedly.'
aGTeat gnnsl The spook,s taken the old
map fasS SefFs a a E ksRn S9ys 4" Lei Ssid g H. .rh.
sPook's got nothin, but a big sore spot in his
stomach. l reckon" and then he lay down on
Nobody has ever been, able to learn what IL
vas that Thomas Gott bntted on the bridge,
But Mr., Gott hadn't the slightest doubt that u
SSfs: and good many BSEton 4 S iar@ers 6s:
TO have been permanentlV laid and fhatG 80