The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-08-23
WHEN BUD DID
Do HIS WORK

. In his breast and Bud was always
shirkin' little odd chores, which was
continually gettin' him in trouble,
"One night when Charleys fas'
freight was runnln' ahead OF NO -
they had 10 stop up on the curve by
Toys woods 70 cool some hotboXes
Aceordin to the rules n ethics OF the
railroad game 1t was up TO Bud to take
his red lanterns. walk back 81 tele-
graph poles n protect.his train
Il guess Bud thought they would
&c. eoin again In minute ~ any
rate, he didn't take the trouble to go
back. n with a rush n roar No.
ll2 came fyin' along n made noise
/ like bad accident against the rear
end of Corey's train
/ When they got things Strengthened
out bit they found Bud Summons
layin' in a heap under the platform
/ of the caboose, dead, His indifference
to little bit of work had cost him
I his life.
"A few nights after that | was
/ comm east with No, u, maxim the
/ fast time for which | am noted, when
on the track ahead of me. up by JOY S
woods. | saw a little yellow circle OF
light, n in the center OF this cir
Gle man was wayn his arms over
his head, all possessed. Rememberin
the accident to No. u, Immediately
gave two auswerin toots on the Whis-
tie, shut off steam n slowed up pre-
paratory TO stoppn'.
Il declare TO man, when We got
down near to the circle it faded n
disappeared. ! couldn't see any trace
Of the man who was signalin me to
stop | felt as foolish as a hen when
she finds out she's been settin' on
white doorkuobs
when / got EN- goin again Muir
ply stepped over to my elbow n
said. in an awed voice;
" Did you see it,
Sure. | says What was it"
"Why,' he says, that's Bud Sam
mons sperrit as sure as | ever put
scoopful OF coal on fire. | sup
pose Buds sperrit got to worryin over
the accident caused by his careless
ness n just can't Keep away from
the railroad track
"a brace Of poohs for yours, says
I. Who ever heard tell OF such
thing?
THE thing appeared to more than
one crew, nevertheless. n little knots
Of the bows whenever they got togeth-
er In the bunkrooms n roundhouses
would get to discussin' it. One OF EN-
would say:
Sure enough / saw it with my
two eyes n | Just passed the color
blind examination, too
AN the word was passed aroun
that strange noises could be heard
emanatin from joys woods by any
one who had sand enough to stop n
listen.
well. sir, the boys were gettin' all
wrought up m it was sure up to
somebody to get adjacent to what was
goin on there in the vicinity of Joys
woods.
ION my next trip comm through on
No. u ! was just hittin' up there
for all was worth by Joys woods,
but Just as we came aroun' the curve
there was Buds shadow on the job
goin' through his calsthenics. !
looked at my watch to see If my po-
sltion as to the time card would adj
nit of me stoppln' for a spiritual
seance n settle the thing then n
there.
with a sigh, perhaps of regret or
| suppose some knockers would call
IL a sigh of relief, | saw that we
were ten minutes late n couldn {
stand any tamperin' with shades !
had inst made this decision, put OF
more steam. not to hurry by the
haunted spot. oh, no, just merely to
make up time. when Zip, the air
brakes were set from some cause n
we came to a stop in circle of such
bright light that it blinded me.
when / got so ! could see ! burst
right out laughin' The mystery Of
Rud Sammon ghost was solved.
What saw in front Of me through
an openin' in the trees was negro
camp meetin with the leader stand
in up on a platform in front Of big
row of bright lights, the colored
brethren In the congregation a-groan-
in m goin' on accordin' 10 the ex-
tent they were moved by the spirit.
When the wind was in the right dircc-
lion il would blow the limbs of the
trees apart m the bright lights be-
hind the leader OF the camp mectin'
threw his shadow out over the track.
of course as he warmed up In the
workout he threw his arms mp n
down over his head. maxim many
fancy shadows ont on the railroad
track. When the wind died down n
tho limbs stopped moyin' the shadow
would be shut ont. Altogether it had
wiIl-o.the wisp effect
An air brake hose had burst caus-
i'm our train TO stop, but We soon got
things Strengthened ont n were away
from the camp meetin' grounds. The
Ghost was settled. however. 70 7 hope
/ !, will be- spell before we have an
other scare. as IT'S rackiu' on my
nerves ~. Y. sun.
whitewashed by Motor Car.