The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-08

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Aea 90 Tennnss.
a mystery has been solved n . h0use
not lar from San Gabriel, Cal, = said .
resident Of . nefghboring little town, -
mystery that eonvineed several sensible
persons that ghosts do live and wazk
abou: o. nights. a ceFtain raneler
wished to go to the beach for che sum-
mer. 50 he rented his coftase for ssx
months to some eastern people, and
there is where the trouble began. The
newcomers liked the place. bst few
days sitter they had moved II one Of
the members Of the family went 20 the
man who YVES v-orikingOn the pIsee and
asked il there was anything peculiar
about the house. No, the man r.
piled; why do you ask Well said
the new tenant, we didn't sleep nueh
last night. We went to bed early, md
not long after my boy came aDd
knocked at my door and said he heard
some one trying to get in the house. =
crept out into the hall and then went
all over the house. but heard nothing,
so went back TO bed. In few minutes
my boy called TO me, and said that IL
had heard noise again BY this Tins
the whole household was aroused. Z
went into the boys room, but stfH
heard nothing; then I put out the
light and sat down to listen, and fs
wasn't ten minutes before I heard the
noise. It sounded like person crawl
ing along the floor of the next roon1s
then something seemed TO go bounding
along like bail, and we heart II strike
the wall. Some Of the children, who had
followed me, were on the borders 81
Mysteries by this time. crept out into
the hall again, my revolver In one land
and some matches in the other. and to-
ward the door of the next roona. re
was moonlight. and as 4 peeped fhrough
the keyhole could see the room suf-
fused with light. but apparently there
was no one in it; yet there was the
greatest scampering around that you
| have ever heard.
For second continued the ten
ant, I could not see distinctly, but
when looked around the room there
was no one there: nothing TO be seen
but ball, big rubber ball. sort Of
child's football, resting in the middle
of the floor. was dumfounded; the
windows were locked and there was 70
place in which to hide. so I finally
backed out and went into my boys
room, and told the family that It was
the wind. But that didn't go. for as r
was telling them this the bali went
| scurrying across the floor and fIe
phantom was after it. Again went out,
| and this time I held the door open and
tried to look in. I waited some mo-
ments. but nothing appeared. and that
was the last we heard of IL that night
1.-The following night the same
thing occurred. so took the bail ous.
| and that ended the noise again, but
| when 1 put the ball back the ghost
| comes, and it has made the family SO
nervous that they wish 20 leave the
place
| THAT beats me- said fhe astonished
workman. Il have been around the
house for two years and never heard
that it was haunted. I believe he add
ed, that Ican get away with any ghost
that ever walked, and if you viii let
me go up and try tonight III guarantee
to find out the trouble
| so il was arranged; the man slept
in the room which the boy had eeca-
pied, and the ball was replaced in the
haunted room.~At II O'Clock The man
was heard to go up and the ball started
to roll about. The ranch hand c-eps
to the door of the next room very care
fully and at first made no attempt to
open it; apparently he was listening.
| then he slowly opened the door, lis
tened a moment, and closed it, and went
down the hall to where the tenant was
standing. DO you want to see the
| ghost p he asked. We'll, come on The
tenant followed him. and after waiting
for Is few moments he saw, through
the crack of the partially opened door,
a little black animal suddenly appear IN
broad band of moonlight, and rising
up, strike at the ball with its fore paws,
sending it whiriing about the floor. A
Kitten! CALCULATED the new tenant, In
a whisper. NO, a skunk replied the
man; "A polecat-that's your ghost, and
1 would be careful how you run in on
him. 1t was true, and after some search
small hole was discovered through
which the animal had entered the room,
where it amused itself playing ball by
the light of the moon."-N. Y. Sun.
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