Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-08-04
TWO CENTS
RISES TO REMARK.
The Library Waterman Has a
Few Things to Say About
the Mystery

Never Said He SAN Ghosi What He
Did see-NeW Deminion was Right
as Usual-Parties had Seine Fun and
Took Turn at it, iii Catch the
Intruder Ghost Specialist Warned.
II. Holman, the night watchman
at the University Library, has re-
turned from short vacation. He
is somewhat surprised at the ghost
stories that have been going the
rounds and rises TO make a few re.
marks anent the matter. In signed
letter to the NEW DOMINION he says:
On returning from brief vacation
am surprised to fiLd the ghost
mystery at the University Library
solved. AS night Waterman, | am
sure would have discovered long
ago any ghost that may have been
haunting any of the buildings. |
have never seen any ghosts. have
never given any one reason TO believe
that | had ever seen any thing that
might be mistaken for a ghost. |
did tell the head janitor and the
superintendent of the buildings and
groundssthat some one was getting
into the Library building. They
suggested that | be careful about
locking the building. | assured
them that | WIS careful but hat the
fellow unquestionably had a key,
and was even better acquainted with
the building than |. As often as |
took after him, (which was as often
as | saw him. he would find some
way of escape | had not thought o..
Then some other parties asked me
about it and told them the same.
As for the bit of fun reported in
your paper. can only say that, as
usual, you were right. In the even
ing mentioned, the parties referred
to entered the Library and not being
ready to leave when the time come
torme to make my rounds, | lett
them, joking about the ghost.
When | returned, / found they
had been playing ghost, and had at
traeted quite a crowd, including a
policeman, all OF whom were sure
they had seen something extraordi-
nary, and all excited and clamoring
for access to the building. After |
had let the ghost players out of the
building, it seemed that little fun
was coming to me, and let some of
the ghost seekers in, and thoroughly
enjoyed watching them start breath
lessly around the columns and into
numerous reeesses of our splendid
Library building. OF course they
found nothing.
But all this has nothing to do
with the fellow who has been getting
into the building. Why he comes
in, ! do not know That he does
come in there can be no doubt what.
ever
People ask me almost every day
why | did not shoot the fellow but
they evidently do not stop to think
what it means to shoot fellow.
don't want to shoot any body.
would give good deal 10 catch this
particular chap, and / am confident
can do it. / may add however,
that | am getting tired of being
made the butt of a lot OF ghost jokes
and after all, that fellow has no
business in there. 1t is my duty to
stop him and / intend to stop him.
| will not hurt him if can help it,
or any more than / can help, but
will stop him. thereby serve notice
on him to that effect.
The post claims to have secured
permission from the authorities of
the institution for its ghost special
ist to enter the building, bat / have
not been so advised, and if l find
some one over in there again, and he
fails to stop when | tell him to stop
the POSTS" ghost and the Posts
ghost specialists will all look alike
| to me.
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