The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-07


locking the door after bin.
The next morning Fox visited his
friend Hume, who is a scientist
hypnotist, a spiritualist, and an ego
list Hume listened patiently while
a soulmaddening smile Of selfsuffi
cheney came creeping out Of the cor
ners OF his mouth and spread uniB
his face was thiekly plastered with #
and Fox felt that he would gladly pay
all his friends funeral expenses for
the exhilarating joy Of attending t.
Then, by chain of promises, he lea
him 70 the laundry, where Hume
looked about, made Fox repeat some
OF the gibbeIish he had heard, and
then eoolly asked him II he wished TO
see the glbberer When asked what
he thought he was hired for he mere
ly smirked, and said that nothing
would be easier for person Of some
intelligence TO arrange. At that he
sent for whitewasher, who soon
came and made the yellow walls as
white as spotless linen, after which
the medium patted Fox on the head
patronizingly and. saying that he
would come again on the following
Monday night went away, leaving
Fox looking for stones 20 throw.
An the rest Of thai week Fox kept
midnight vigil IN vain-sighing, groan-
ing. elanhing bits Of iron, using all his
coaxing wiles desperate because he
could not cOnjure forth response.
and so forestall the spiritualist, whom
he silently called an idiot, and had al
ways secretly despised On Monday
J evening he came, serene and exasper-
ating, and promptly at midnight the
= sounds began. Scarcely had the hrst
2 clank come to their ears when the
medium was upon his feet.
Il thought So said he, coolly It
J is really The simplest case ever had
r And with that he turned on the light
Y Wild with rage at his insulting
!, tones. Fox looked about, rubbing his
D eyes and blinking like bat that flies
e into a lighted paTlor. For few see
It onds he saw nothing, and was about to
g shrek at Hume in triumph and scorn.
e when his gaze fell upon the farthest
& corner, and he stood transfxed, star
g ing, with a mouth into which one
II might have thrust plum. For IN the
e corner covered dimly visible form
u clothed in a misty chrome yellow gar
1r ment that covered it TO its sandaled
feet and left no portion Of its body ex
e, posed except iGs long, transparent
ad yellow hands Then the medium
ne turned out the light. Come, boy
said he, and be took the arm Of Fox
h who in a stupor allowed himself to b
lis led away.
'e, Well" said he, bitterly, about al
m hour afterwaTd, Somehow, in som
n way, it seems, you have happened &
a bhnder upon means Of exposing hin
ke ! had better plan myself, but out Q
at courtesy let you try first and, OF course
p bull-head luck and ignorance cam
lis running TO your aid, as usual Bu
is what was your silly theory, anyway
DIS Hume yawned eyasperatingl,
ne when you first told me about it r.
IN, membered that Chinaman died /
IN that place on a Monday years ag'
uf- while rubbing at his tub. Naturall.
- then, It was his ghost. had some e.
perience with Chinese ghosts and, Z
ng course, knew that they were yellow
ids upon the same principle that cai
at casian's spirit is white, Therefor
lst the reason you did not see him va
nd because he happened to exactly mate
Of the walls. The sounds you describe
es, only confirmed my theory Very n
md turally his feet scuhed, because
a wore felt sandals, the elanking was q
ew noise Of that old wringer, and the 81
ght bersh was no doubt very good C1
nese. Therefore had the roo
ger white-washed and the ghost becanl
dis to a certain extent, visible again
ced that cOlorless background. / on
cen charge $40 in these rudimental cases
ow, You think you are very smart, sa
Ter Fox. You can sue me for it. If y,
son, can produce the ghost in colrt I W
pay you your bill.
but Then Hume departed, fuming.
fer But Fox got to thinking about
for and the result was that he hunted
Ight a live ChinamaD, told him tie stol
lsh- and quoted some Of the gibberish frc
ight memory. AT once the laundryma,
With face grew intelligent. Gilman
hair ghost askee for laundree,7 said
the "Muchee worry because no wash'
uch washee"
lim. And so. acting upon the hint,
ghts equipped the laundry with soap a
on water, a new wringeF and basket
first soiled linen, and now on Mond
anne nights, as he sits outside and smoi
med the wrong end Of bis cigar, from wi
ship. in there comes, not the sound OF gr
'ster and the clank OF rusty machinery, I
ked, instead low, contented chant OF c
ht- naland and the purr Of a brandn
his wrnger, At the same time, he &
the his laundry work done for nothing.
ight.
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