The Forrest City times., 1906-08-24
WHEN BUD DID
 DO HIS WORK

seiih didnt seem 10 get set right ID ms breast and Bud was always saitSin little odd chores. which was continually gettin' him in trouble.
 One night when Charley's fast .ieisht was runnin ahead of No. l2 ,hey had to stop up on the curve by J"y woods to cool some hotboxes. Aceordin to the rules n ethics of the ,alifoad game it was up to Bud to take LIS Ted lanterns, walk back g tele. graph poles n protect his train.
 guess Bud thought they would st- goln' again in a minute. At any rate he didn't take the trouble to go pack, n with rush n a roar No Iz came fyin' along n made a noise Ike bad accident against the rear end Of Corey's train
 When they got things straightened out a bit they found Bud Summons iayin in heap under the platform ol the caboose. dead. His indifference 10 little bit of work had cost him his life.
 A lew nights after that I was comin east with No 12 maxim the last time for which I am noted. when on the track ahead of me. up by Joys woods, saw a little yellow circle of light, n in the center of this cir Gle man was wavin' his arms over ms head. all possessed Rememberin' the accident to No. r, immediately gave two answerln' toots on the whis- tle, shut off steam n slowed up pre- paratory to stoppin'.
 T declare to man. when we got down near to the circle it faded n disappeared. l couldn't see any trace of the man who was signalin' me to stop. l felt as foolish as hen when she hnds out shes been settin' on white doorknobs
 When l got 'em goin' again, Mur. phy stepped over to my elbow n said, in an awed voice.
 Did you see it?
 Sure, says What was ito'
 Why he says, that's Bud Sam. mons sperrit as sure as l eSer put scoopful of coal on a fire l sup. pose Buds sperrit got to worryin over the accident caused by his careless. ness n just cant Keep away from the railroad track
 A brace of poohs for yours, says |. Who ever heard tell of such a thing?'
 "Tke thing appeared to more than one crew nevertheless, II little knots of the boys whenever they got togeth. CT in the bunkrooms n roundhouses would get to dfscussin' it. One Of em would say:
 Sure enough I saw it with my two eyes n l 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 n 1t was sure up to somebody to get adjacent to what was goin' on there in the vicinity of Joys woods
 "On my next trip comin through on No 12 I was just hittin' up there for all 1 was worth by Joys woods, but just as We came aroun' the curve there was Bud s shadow on the job goin' through his calisthenics. I looked at my watch to see if my po- sition as to the time card would ad- init of me stoppin' for spiritual seance n settle the thing then n there
 With sigh. perhaps of regret, or I suppose some knockers would cali it a sigh of relief. l saw that We were ten minutes late n couldn't stand any tamperin with shades. had just made this decision, put on 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 I got so I could see l burst right out laughin'. The mystery of Bud Sammon' ghost was solved.
 What I 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 n goin' on accordin' to the ex. tent they were moved by the spirit When the wind was in the right direc' tion it would blow the limbs of the trees apart n the bright lights be- hind the leader of the camp meetin threw his shadow out over the track.
 "Of course as he warmed up in the workout he threw his arms up n down over his head. maxim many fancy shadows out on the railroad track. When the wind died down n the limbs stopped moyin' the shadow would be shut out Altogether it had 2 will-o' -the-Wisp effect.
 An air brake hose had burst, caus- in our train to stop, but We soon got things strengthened out n were away from the camp meetin' grounds. The ghost was settled. however. n 1 hope f will be a spell before we have an. other scare, as it's rackin' on my nerves. ."-N. Y. Sun.