The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

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wall at dc head of his bed. Also dat
Givcadam Jones am all broke up by
hearin' whispers ut midnight, an dat
Elder Toots wakes up most cherry
night an sees a spook wild fiery eyes
glarin' at him ober de foot Of dc bed.
II has further learned dat Rrudder
Standoff Jackson heard Il clock strike
thirteen times dc odder night, an he
was so affected dat he couldn't so to
work ncxt day. He believed it was n
sign Of IL sudden death in his family.
l am told dat Brudder Sawed Off
White saw lie ober his right
shoulder de odder night, an he dun
felt so poky ober it dat he had to
soak his feet an go to bed. l learn
dat Brudder Waydown Bebee saw
three white horses clus together on dc
street de odder day, an he ut once
III fur home wild all his might to sec
II dc baby wasn't dead of collie.
"Only last night l was Informed dat
Kurnel Kyann Johnsing. second vice
president of dis club, sot up all night
bekase dc family teakettle sounded Il
warnin' soon arter supper. 1t seems
de last 70 weeks dat nine-tenths Of
de members of dis club am nightly
spectin' to sec ghosts walkin' bout
DER bedrooms.
81 is nov sixty years old. an l reck.
on l has had as much experience wild
vhncfS nm st.I NC INV If w. will nd
init dat l used to believe in 'cm. an dat
for many years l was trubbled in my
mind fur fear l would meet II in dc
dark an be speerited away. Oar was
q time when | would have bet my mewl
agin u peck Of beans dat ghosts was
playin' baseball under my bed cherry
night of de year. l lay dar an heard
warnin's an death ticks an whispered
voices, an l riz up in de mawnin' feel
In dat ! was not long fur dis sinful
world. | has bin sittin' up alone ut
night arter dc old woman had zone to
bed. an l has felt de presence of ghosts
till dc cold Shibbcrs chased ucirsclvcS
up my back an made me gasp fur
breath. On one occashun l met up wild
a spook in lie back yard an got SIGH II
scare dat II took three doctors to bring
me to an ave my life. Fur Il year
arter dey did save it | couldn't be left
alone in dc house widout two candles
burn'n' an three dogs to watch ober
me.
II Went frew all l have said, my
friends, an a heap mo-, an den l sot
down to tigger. ! tiggered fur days an
days. an l used up Il heap of paper an
brain power, but l finally struck 1t at
last. DE result of my fggerin' was
about a. follers:
"Whencher yO' am six weeks behind
IN yo'r house rent, yo' may expect to
see a spook lookin' at yo' ober de foot
bod OF de bed. He's dar to inquar
when yo' am gwine to settle up.
"If yo' has bin shOotin' craps an
lost de So de old woman has saved up
to buy a pair Of shoes, yo'll hear ghost
~ footsteps all Ober de cabin fur three
nights runnin'. Yo'l also hear from dc
old ON seberal times n day fur a
much longer time.
"lf had bin sorter walkin' around
doorin' dc day an had diskibered Il
hencoop which promised to pan out
well de fust q TX night l should listen
mighty hard when l got to bed. If l
heard a death tick in de wall l should
take it to mea dat I'd better let dem
twenty-five chickens alone, cause DER
vas a spring gun jess inside dc doah
Of DER coop. If ! didn't hear de death
tick l reckon I'd chance 1t, though I'd
60 powerful slow an feel all around
in dc dark fur dat gun.
III a white nan Gums along In de
mawnin' an offers yo' a dollar fur Il
days work, an yo' stick fur Il dollar
an n half, an continer to sot on de
fence cause he won't give it, yo'll go
to bed dat night to hear strange noises
all around 20. II yoll listen clusly
yo'll make out dat yo' am bein' told