The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-08-05

as IL moved by single impulse, tue
-Gent TO their lockers. and an hou
! later Ted and the old Waterman wer
left alone in the yard
The day shift went 10 work, as usua
but IL was not long before the mel
grew uneasy. There were no apparI
tons in the daytime, but they fel
\ nervous ut The thought that the spirl
of the murdered man lowered over tn
/ works
AT the noon hour they talked it over
and when the whistle blew for the re
turn TO WORK they went to the office II
body. They found Ted busy witt
some bits Of glass covered with rec
paint. He looked up rs the spokcs
man entered
BETTER make it short" he said quiet
| ~. II suppose you do not want e
keep on working In haunted foun
dry"
That's right" declared the leader
1--WE cant stand it,
Think you can hold out through the
afternoG~T he asked I'VE are going
TO give little ghost party tonight.
Keep nj it until knockout time comes.
and the two shifts viii have supper
together"
Wont that ghost be around to
night?" demanded tie leader suspi-
cionsly. 1T may be all foolishncss,
but you saw 1t yourself last night"
Il hope To again this evening he
said That is where the fun will
come Like to be a ghost yourself to-
nightE"
Something in Teds manner con.
WINGED the committee. The members
went out into the yard and advised n
return to work All the afternoon
there was an evident dislike of going
into dark corners alone, and the engi-
neer shvered every time The draft
made the furnace roar. but they all
stuck to the work aud shared in the
party mt & O'Clock.
1T will be dark enough BY . to
have The party" declared Ted when
the whistle blows come into the yard
and don't he afraid"
Just before Q Nettie and her father
came whirling up, aud few min
uteS later the whistle blew its sum
mons. The men trooped into the yard
and gathered about in little knots,
to themselves. Presently
from the stack there arose a dense
white smoke. and almost Immediately
q 10 aoiu a.
peared. With cry the men drew to-
Gether. and a moment later Madison,
the spokesman of the morning, came
toward Ted.
The boys want to know if you are
going TO keep your word" he said
You said you was going TO
fix that ghost.
so am said Ted evenly. Il said
90, that l was going TO make ghost
If YOU Look up"
With shrek Madison fell to the
ground writing in terror. There in
he smoke wreathS was his own face.
Feds face followed and IN turn Il
iozen of the others Then the light
lltu away ANA lfA HibulitGu Tue HAcpA I
If the office.
Boys he said in a voice that pene-
rated every part of the yard, Il prom |
sed you that | would lay that ghost. |
think have done So 1t was Il clever ,
tage trick. The strikers are using /
iones han across the street for their !
meetings. You can see that the tower |
5 about level with the stack. When |
resh coal was put on and the smoke /
vas heavy it acted as a screen for /
magic lantern in the tower. That was I
II there was TO it. When they went |
p 10 work tine lantern tonight | had /
he police there to catch them, and my I
wn man worked the lantern for this
title seance. One Of the men they 1
aught was the engineer himself. He
) no more dead than | am. Are you
atisfied to go back to work? We have
big contract, ard | want TO know
hat you boys will stick"
you bet we willr' came the chorus,
nd Ted turned 10 Nettie.
Let's 90 over to the house and have
ur own celebration he suggested