The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08

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whitern snow. / reckoned she had
been struck dumb for awhile. but bime-
by she got the use of her tongue and
sez to me:
(" .Zeb White, git out that Bible and
begin to sing and pray, fur our time
has surely come to leave this airth!
:. What's bin a-gittin'?' sez l. =
"a ghost! sot in the open doah,
waitiR' fur yo', and a ghost walked
out from behind the mewl shed and
stood and looked at me. Zeb. the Lawd
has sent warnin' to git readyp
81 don't believe no sich talk" said
the old man. 'but she was so sot that
she had seen ghost and was powerful
skeered. We went to bed. and long
about midnight she yelled out and
woke me up. Then ] seed the ghost
myself He was lookin' inter the win
de1 over thar, and fur two or three
minits couldn't move a finger"
.eThen it was a he ghost?' asked.
''Yes, reckon it was. Yes. as nigh
asI could make out it was he ghost.
It had a face like man who'd sud-
denly met bar and got dreadfully
skeered. His eyes was rollin' and his
jaws workin', and felt chills go
over me as said to the ole. woman:
Pears to me that our time on this
airth is powerful short. but I'm goin'
to git up and make fight fur It with
the AK!
Don't do 1t, Zeb.' sez she as she
shakes from head to heel. If yo' make
that ghost mad. we're dun fur fur
suah. Look at his eyes, will yoiv
I'm a-lookin'. but amt gwine to
lay yere and let no critter of a ghost
make up faces at me even if he's ten
feet highr"
when / got outer bed, the ghost
vanished. but ] didn't sleep no mo-
that night. The ole woman was fur
beiieyin' that death was at hand. and
most Of the next day she was readin'
the Bible and singin' hymns. didn't
take it as no sign sent by the Lawd,
but was nightly puzzled to know
Jest what it was That evenin' l sot
in the doah with my rife till 10
o'clock. but nuthin' showed up. Then
we went to bed and mebbe it was 2
O'clock in the mawnin' when my ole
woman hooted sich hoot that every
h'ar on my head riz on end. The
ghost was lookin' through that same
winder ag'in, and was that upsot
that couldn't stand up when / rolled
outer bed. Befo' could git my rifle
the thing was gone and the ole woman
was in a ft. When she Gums out Of it,
she begins to sing and pray, and |
reckon was almost as big an idiot as
she was. All could do was to stand
and stare and wonder if these old
mountings had finally come to turnin'
out spooks and ghosts as we'll as bars
and wildcats. Bimeby, when she
could speak, she was fur runnin' away
and leayin' the house and everything
behind, but was gittin' riled up, and
/ sez:
"'We don't stir foot till that ghost
proves hisself a bigger man tnan l
am. Yo' kin huddle up on the bed,
and I'll watch fur the critter the rest
Of the night OUT
''That's what l sez, and while she
whimpers and groans sot down on q
cheer and kept my eyes peeled and my
finger on the trigger"
"And you believed it was ghost?"
! asked.
"Can't skassly say what believed"
he replied. ~ had heard heaps of talk
about spooks and speerits and reck-
oned one might hey .bizness with me.
When it cum daylight and the ole wo-
man was too upset to sit breakfast,
begun to git real mad. She wanted
me to sing and pray with her, but l
jest walked out and went over. to Sam
Smiths and sez to him.:
"'Sam, I'm a-wantin' drink Of coz
iuice outer that lug of yo'rS, fur mebbe