Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-07

THE GHOST POINTED TO THE HILLS.
many dead that lie buried all about the
village, for the place Is very old
one. ~ w.
A short time ago Coatepec had a real
live ghost sensation, and there are doz-
ems in the village who would swear
upon the holiest altar In the parish
church that they had seen his ghost
ship himself. One could gather EVIL
dence enough in Coatepec In ten min
utes to satisfy the most skeptical of
juries that ghosts actually do exist and
that. moreover. they take an interest
In the affairs Of humanity. S1Ex
II you go to Coatepec and are fortu-
nate enough to have letter OF intro
duction to some one high enough In the
social scale to insure you an entree
into the right society you will probably
meet Jose Miranda and will be assured
by dozen persons before the day has
passed that he Is "a very intelligent
person, very intelligent" with de-
cided accent upon the word very. Yet
Jose Miranda was the man who not
only saw the ghost, but secured proofs
Of its material existence, IL ghost can
be said to have any material existence.
Ghosts have always been more or less
fond Of Coatepec. In early Aztec times
1t was a place of great renown, being
one Of the several holy cities Of Mexico.
And the utular god Of the place was
Quetzalcoatl, the winged serpent god.
And the city still bears his name, for
Coatepec means the hill Of the serpent.
referring not to the animal, but the
god. Thus the people Of Coatepec Will
gravely tell you that they and their an
cestors away back beyond the memory
Of history have been favored with
sights of ghosts and spirits and gods.
The people of Coatepec claim to be
Christians, but there are those who are
uncharitable enough to say that the
lower class people have their old Aztec
gods hidden away in the caves of the
mountains near by and that they OBJ
serve the Aztec religious ceremonies.
Jose Miranda himself is one Of the
most intelligent men in the village.
landowner and councilman. one
night, some weeks ago, he was coming
home from a neighboring village when
ghost. all In white, Its grave cowl
FALLEN back upon its shoulders, leaving
Its head exposed to view, met HIM
1t was standing between him and the
moon, which was shining brightly
through the hollow sockets Of the eyes
and bullet hole in the skull. 1t stool
sui and pointed with one bony hand
toward the mountains. Miranda was
unable to move. but az soon as the
norse caught sight Of the ghost 1t took
10 It's heels and made for the village
a fast AZ It could and 1t never slack
ened pace until It reached home.
A week later Jose was riding alonS
the same road when the ghost met hin
IN the same place, but this time 1t an
acipated any shy on the. part OF tn
horse. for It seised the animal by tn
0ridle with one hand and pointed Will
me other in the direction~of the hills
'ose saw at once that he was in tor II
10 ne decided that he had better hume
the ghost. He therefore turned hi
oorse's head In the direction indicates
ana started OF rapidly. In about
quarter Of an hour they arrived at tn
toothiils. where ths ghost stopped an
anted to . huge stone ut the foot o
esA Gsa Alter which hs immediatel
eosersd Into the earth. jos