The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-10-01

imprudent in him to be out without ah /
overcoat I shouldn't think, / added,
that you ought 70 be out Ia the night
air anyway Al your age.
can't help g. said be- You
ought 10 know well enough that Al
u precisely "ehurchyaFds yawn an0
graves give up their dead shake.
speafe called II a wigching hour, bar
ri wager he's don't think 20 now
unless he's got hold u something good
III the haunting line Its the biggest
pieee Of feoiishRess / know Of he
burst out impatientiy Just take my
case. Sixty years ago was q decent.
respectable merchant: brought up 10
rise early and go 10 bed early. After
! had my supper I read the paper and
then locked up, put ON nay nighteap
and slept Aud yet here am !, by
gravy, Obliged 10 get out VI a com
Portable grave at ttis dead OF night
and sid around until an internal rOOst-
e. crows in the dairy around the cor
neF. I'm getting sick and tired OF II,
! can tell you ! might get a dOzs here
once In awhile II II were not for that
blamed club y0RdeF He pointed 70
large family vault as be spoke.
is that q club ? asked 4 thought
il belonged 70 the Grogginses'
IL used TO be, but the present GrOg-
ginses thought the place Questionable
and moved the old ones on to Cedar
Itili and there were no takers for the
old vault
And who belongs 10 the clubY l
asked
They call themselves choice splF'
It's, but | don't like such ehoieeness
They raise the mischief In there some
nights. I've heard Elm say, and gamble
their souls away. Don't you hear thu
Z rattle of the bonesf7
Il llsiened aud thought ! heard \ "a
miliaF sound
:. 4 don't object 10 cards,' the old b0y
went GA, though / never play myself
being a Presbyterian and q deacon. and
I've often i.nl my stone for quie
game Of whist or casino. bat furthel
than that don't GO
"A cold breeze whispered thrOuel
the weeping willows around ua. an
the poor old gentleman HhIverad ~ b
became = mere blur.
~ wish I Was = hunter. DO b
said when be had recsihed hls outlines
but I've no friends nor relatives Twin
aud no home IN consequence, lie sol
Of ch0ked bsre. aud his tone was 5
p0FruWfui that even 1 could hardly kes'
from weeping. II seemed q sad an
lonely thing
4 hated 10 bother him in his sorrow
bot really wanted TO know. ~ asks
him u b. was compelled 10 haunt onl
rriauveM
"'unleaa you have an b~nniitai
gh0stship or q term Of yeara, he ?
pllssi We nsrd b. have s0me oond
ii0aAi limitation ghosts. bat they
drupf,sd on Ghoatahipa HALTED 20 81
ga The happening Of some coudiuo
such a. Shading buried money or bun
" ones bones IN rons~cral~d ground
thr'
"Jnsi then. way OF somewhere, . 90
bcEan 10 rruu. and ~ true AZ ! um =
ting hrFo on thla rernpda that old b
EfvN mlslier AID mlsglrr and falal
and ssingeF Until there wasn't 40
thing ibrrv at all. tie just sFapOrais
tbs ueKt I knew the town polit
man Waa shaking me ~ tho sbouidi
and fouud- sny self sitting oa that sla
anu II vas broad daylight And tina
why { say that n you treat 8 ghs
right Il will treat you right OF coaf
lm not aaying tina, all ghosts .
pheasant company They arr probah
= irritatud by belng Hncered az or r
away from. And now | suggest :
drink ended Dappcriy. ITO the men
; ~ Of tho ghost OF Sllas stubba- It's
i. the
And the club AZ one man drank I
. toast
.