The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-16

lshed, only to reappcar again. md for
twenty minutes the men staret. Then,
as if moved by Il single impui e, they
went to their lockers, and IN hour
later Ted ana the Old watchm n were
LETT alone in the yard.
The day shift went to work, a; usual,
but it was not long before lie men
grew uneasy. There were no appari-
tons in the daytime, but t,'ey felt
nervous at the thought that tie spirit
of the murdered man lowered over the
works.
At the noon hour they talked 1t over,
and when the whistle blew for the re-
turn to work they went to the office IN
a body. They found Ted busy with
some bits of glass covered with red
paint lie looked up as the spokes-
man entered.
Better make it short" he said quiet
ly. Il suppose you do not want to
keep on working in haunted foun-
dry"
That's right" declared the leader.
1--WE can't stand it."
"Thlnk you can hold ont through the
afternOOnW he asked. I'VE are going
to give n little ghost party tonight.
and the two shifts will have supper
together"
won't that ghost be around to-
night?" demanded the leader suspi-
ciousy. at may be all foolishness,
but you saw it yourself last night"
Il hope to again this evening"" he
said THAT is where the fun will
come. Like to be ghost yourself to-
night?"
Something in Ted's manner con
vinced the committee. The members
went out into the yard and advised a
return to work All the afternoon
there was an evident dislike Of going
into dark corners alone, ana the cngi-
neer shlvercd every time the draft
made the furnace roar, but they all
stuck to the work and shared in the
party at 6 o'clock.
at will be dark enough by to
have the party" declared Ted. when
the whistle DlOWS toIllc lHtO lIle ydIu
and dont he afraid"
Just before 8 Nettie and her father
came whirling up, and few min
utes later the whistle blew its sum
mons. The men troopcd into the yard
and gathered about in little knots,
whispering to themselves. Presently
from the stack there arose n dense
white smoke. and almost Immediately
the ghost Of the dead engineer APP
pcared. With a cry the men drew to-
gcthcr, and moment later Madison.
the spokesman of the morning, came
toward Ted.
1.-THE boys want to know If you are
going to keep your word" he said
roughly. You said you was going to
fix that ghost
$50 am" said Ted evenly. 81 said.
too, that | was going to make a ghost
Of YOU Look up"
With shrek Madison fell to the
ground, wrlthing in terror. There in
the smoke wrcaths was his own face.
Teds face followed and in turn n
dozen of the others. Then the light
died away and Ted mounted the steps
Of the office.
Boys" he said in voice that pene-
tratcd every part of the yard, Il prom
ised you that | would lay that ghost.
| think have done so. 1t was clever
stage trick. The strikers are using
Jones' hall across the street for their
meetings You can see that the tower
Is about level with the stack. When
fresh coal was put on and the smoke
was heavy 1t acted as a screen for a
magic lantern IN the tower. That was
all there was to it. When they went
up to work the lantern tonight | had
the police there to catch them, and my
own man worked the lantern for this
little seance. One of the men they
caught was the engineer himself. He
Is no more dead than | am. Are you
satisfied to go back to work? We have
big contract, and l want to know
that you boys will stick"
You bet we WILL" came the chorus,
and Ted turned to Nettie.
Lets go over to the house and have
our own celebration" he suggested.