The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24
A HAUNTED MAN RELIEVED
FOUND THE GHOsT THAT HAD BEEN
CAMPING ON ms TRAIL.

TIL, OF It's Visits Told over Sup OF DnEo
Rod to the Man From whom He B"r-
rowed sb-some New Traits of Ghosts
shown in an Experience In California.
AVALON, Cal, Doc. 10. where's your friend
GrnleyT" the fisherman asked Donovan one morn
ing az the latter fastened fresh smelt on q hook
and the fisherman prepared TO cast into swirling
school Of yellow tail of Ship Rock
why. sir. that's curious thing Donovan
replied, crossing his silyery fsh with the point
OF his knife to give IL good luck 1t was tho
small OF the moon th at he was down at the shanty
dressed az fine as an old-tmo maeoroni, and
says TO him. Johnny Or alley. you re quite sport
40 ye're are: ye're dressed up TO kill Ma, not
not TO KILL says he. but put on me best coat
TO and strike yo for the loan Of tho vaDoy
Of quarter Of ton Of nbaloncs Five dollars,
says l. Five dollars Gays he, his fiery eyes
lookin right into mo soul. You never minded
his eyes, SIR. Well. they're queer Tho eyes
/ that shone. Now dimmod and gone. nsTom Moore
has II; and Graley has the Sc and he's gone
Gomez" the fisherman repeated.
"Ycs, SIR" said Donovan. y gave him the -,
and having a sup Of dngo red that Tony Roman
doio loft the day before I asked him TO Join mo
and ho did. Whatever you can say against him.
he never refused drink; I'll swear TO that
There was some thing on his mind that doy. I
could SEQ that with half an eye, and by and by
whom wo began to get down into tho dngo red
ho says Donovan d yc mind tho night Of the big
wind?' end he creased himself asthe remembrance
Sure. l do. saysL Well. says he I've mover
recooped' was the word. with kind Of French
air on hm--'and snco that night I've been q
marked man Donovan. says he, lookin round
the room In scared way and then out Of tho door
asthough to sccif any was listenin' Donovan
says he. with hunted look In his face I'm q
l. ~ Ii
! fixed over me shoulder and wide open. ns thoue Ia
! he tho devil behind me- and not eaIin' TO git
hit in the back Of tho neck turned round quick
but there was nothing but tho flash OF light on Q
pile Of pearl shells
ITS your imaginin's says l. you've an
elastic fancy. says I. when you're tellin' tales
| OF those ghosts and phantoms Johnny Graley,
saysL I've been thinkin' 1t was your di, arsion.
Don't think II. Donov an. says he: 'don'tet that
| sntinent wedge itself into your mind; us truth
| I'm tellin' yc. I'm a hanted mnn Save the mark!
It's drivin' ne of! Did yoover hear OF ghosts tnnt
can swim. Doloya 2 I never did. saysL Well.
says he, tina, was me bclaic and 1 m gon to take
trip TO San Clement for week and sh ako IL of
1 still think us your divarsion. 'saysL
! AT that he started up and commenced pacin'
! the floor Listen, Donovan. says he, what
names this? Ye know me shanty. though zero
| that proud that we've never put a foot into IL
| It's alone on the edge Of tho mesa hechune the
| mountain and the 'iord. and dvil soul can
! como round without helm seen but mind yo.
| Donovan. what came wasn't seen but felt and
/ heard The frstI noticed. lie says. with the way
| o. hiEi loOAin round and over mo shoulder with
hi, eyes wild. was a night when | went down
/ TO the waters edge to turn over the seine Tho
minute lett the shnnty heard some wan on me
| trail comin slow and gentle like. taliu' mo every
! step IN echo, says Holy saints prrsnryc
, US! Donovan. says he, wouldn't he on To- a
echo before this and inc alvin there those wenty
years: NO, Donovan. 1t was no echo When I
I stopped II stopped when mo, ed on u moved on,
ana 'nsn hcfan to eel H. and 'housn dtdn'
&c tide or nnit some Ma WAS bv ine side hnd
! 50 cl1si could feel it--ugh' CARGO and no
shivct-i as though he was goln' t. have nj
got ;.nrad NJ IT, and heard II so plain that there
was no mistake hen got the lancy that |
n ye mind the Guid kick H. at stands ON Tic edSs
d the ci b~yont, for all tie wUurld like q cross
! Wen lodged behndi,, hu,l could near II comm
% in "S path and ds the S' eS t6 hissih
I of y on me cheek but look as would could 400
IL" edEr tS hove n The s RG end m
. but whatever II Was followed me along shore. |
could hear It On the beach, now runnin. now
/ sigpnin Ike abound ~ the sent
landed and " started ETs canon , r Esy s3s
/ mercy didn't fhh into the wash. for | hadn't
/ gone half mic before heard the rustic 81 The
brush CONN down the mountain side, thca III.
]
, Il wouldn't pass AMI may the saints presa I've
me-. rth When Il reached me il kind Of hes:
men6n .,Wd there Then there 'E e"1ns tf "n
way UP the canon a cry the IKE II which no man
ever heard before. II trnic ae very Mood and |
: for second then turned and run for me- life
( down tie canon an UP tic hill fen, | don't
know how many times and Owed into tho wash
and through a." chaparnI and the fear gave
me wings But dye know. Donovan. | could
i 1 . u lgr I tt,
! and shut the Goor Jest as IL come sweepn round
the house.. and u were no wind. Donovan. |
I long enough - know wind lcould hear IL vaIkin'
/ about Sometimes it would wander on then
me- cat one, ~" ero~-d and 6umpcd icr R SscE
wh-n It s'npr"d there, nh, and lie covered his
'n%nfn G@. Ct" ,D lad 1ts"T
nnsrn mini, mnG',S most Of THIS TIM Grn.cy ta'
DEF as though he saw something there, and d.
you know; siI. got that nervous TIA, up aud
B saws What dye see behind me. GraicyF out
with ~ Why, don, ,ye. speak, man says l.
1gBBa, drP and ESHsn linn * the shos.
the gave was, Is yer door locked, Donovan Sure
/ II was: he put the bar In himself. Listen he
say says Ia made up ne mind taa' his mag ina.
with him, but by me SOU he WAS that sober no
seemed unnatural, and bcyant the daeo red he'd
tened The w'nd bows Of shore Il" s' a. n SRS t s
and There was no surf, on.y musical rib ard
rh' tnln IN the sands each wan AXE the strings
ot n big harp. then the wind would gather up in
the morn,a'rs and come surE'nE down, NOT
strong nut gently, like music, and when II hit
the shanty Graley bent low and covered his face,
and then | heard IL some wan whlkin' past
!he place ~ though they were full Of business
| When they got by the stops they stopped as
| though they had made mistake. and came slowly
back. could hear the crunch on the sand and
! ieth at the door u stopped. Gralcy was Iookin'
out from under bis hands with look Of terror
, on hts face that struck mo heart cold Dye
hear ~ nays he; don't ,et i in, bar the door :"
| But WAS too quick for him." continued bono
van, and lcpt al the door, tore the bar out and
ierked the door open, throwing Johnny Grnl-y 10
shc Moor az ! did, and sprang out: belioye I'd
hev clraved The divil himself had met him, that
Of the har fetched II round you could hov heard
the whirI II made hundred yards but II fell on
! empty air, and divil soul in SIGHT True for
| you oSn SIR, Il was as dark as poClct but run
behind me as close as a BARRIERS leech; but there
was not hide or soul or any wan. and I could not
Ind footsteps OH the sand So he went back
and snt down and says 'Grncy. yo'rc the only
| nclghhor hcv and don't what 10 be unsociahle
~, what's your opinion, is this han! Infectious
dNo know was that nervous that coudn I
see the pint he put upon IT, il was so fine; but
lITAlfV rot ypT taLn