The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-10-19
Ghosts Around
BY NJ QUAD
Copyright, 1910. by Associated Lit
erary Press.
BY NJ QUAD

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dozen years. attracting no attention
Then some villager saw a ghost. PeteI
asked the full particulars and was
thenceforth considered a believer In
| ghosts.
Next he inherited $4,000; then mis-
neighbors began TO pay him marked
attention.
Miss Nancy Beebe. an old maid OF
nearly forty. had never married be-
cause she was bomely and had no
money. Miss Prudence Higgins was
IN the same fix. The widow Hender-
sou could marry again II she had a
couple OF thousand; so could the wild.
ow brew. Mrs. John White was a
married woman. but while her husband
was a carpenter she had aristocratic
tastes and couldn't carry them out for
the want OF money.
These i've women rot only heard
that old Peter believed In ghosts, bur
each one arranged her program TO
have ghost pay him midnight visit
lie hadn't got his money yet when one
night at the most solemn hour and
while he was sleeping with his win
dow open a scratching on the casing
awoke him to ask what was wanted.
IL was the first night be had ever been
disturbed.
Peter" said a hollow voice that
started the sweat on him, Nancy
Bebee is very unhappy"
lis that u" he replied
"ies. ana it rests with you TO make
her happy. 1 am the ghost OF her
dead mother. I charge you 10 give her
the sum Of $1,000 as soon as you get
your money. She will marry, and she
Will bless you. Fan not. Peter-fail
hottest the smallpox comes TO your
she shall have IT," replied Peter as
he looked out OF the window and saw
an object In white gliding away. On
the next night he was wide awake,
ghost paid him a visit lie had fgur-
ed that there was more than one
ghost IN the world and that there
might be another caller. lie heard a
soft rustling. a cold breeze blew In at
the window. and a scary voice an
nOunced:
Peter Baines. do good with your
money or you viii be found dead.
Prudence Higgins Is a sad. sad girl
She may commit suicide. IL she does
you win be 10 blame for IL. You can
save her life aud make her happy by
giving her $1,000. DO II, Peter, and
live to be a hundred years old"
Yes, I'll do Il. I want TO live 20 be
a hundred. What ghost are your"
Her grandmother's."
And another white object fioated
over the grass and through a gap in
the fence aud was swallowed up In
the gloom OF night. Some men would
have gone around telling what they
had seen. but old Peter kept a still
tongue aud prepared himself for other
visits from other ghosts Where there
were two there must be three, the
same as crows. He reasoned correct
ly. On the third night a third ghost
appeared. She was being waited for,
and old Peter was not 50 badly scared
when voice reached his ear. saying:
Peter. grim death Is all around you'll
II dies on wings and stalks on legs. IL
looks for a victim. IL stands at yon
gate and stares at your house"
But tell Il TO pass on" replied
Peter Il want TO live to be a hun
dred years old"
Then do as tell you. You know
the widow Drew. Make her happy.
Give her a chance. when you get
your money give her $1,000. II is lit
tie to you. but much TO her."
Wouldn't hundred dor asked old
Peter as he began to feel stingy.
shall beckon 10 death TO come and
enter this Window menaced the
ghost.
No. no. no, The wilder shall have
her thousand. ] didn't know but a
hundred would do. but | see It won't
Whose ghost are your"
THAT Of a gypsy woman who was
murdered. Beware Of my anger. DO
not play me false. go-I go-I go!
And she coed" She seemed TO get
hung for a moment In the gap, and the
old man thought he heard the ripping
OF cloth. but she got clear and disap-
peared before be was sure. lie didn't
want any more ghosts In his. He had
seen three and promised 5000 out OF
his legacy. The pace was too hot
Next night he shut and nailed down
the window, but It was In vain. The
fourth ghost came and announced that
he must provide for the widow Hen
derson or prepare 10 be haunted all
the rest Of his llfeaby evil spirits. He
hung of for a few minutes, but the
signs aud groans and scratchings on
the glass were too much for him. The
widow Henderson was TO receive 81, 500
In cash
On the next night old Peter took
some bedding and lay down under the
rurrant bushes, where no 9th ghost
could find him. He kept wide awake
and alert. At midnight he saw ghost |
No. appear. She glided for his bed
room window. She was Just about |
10 appeal to him when four other |
ghosts showed up. The five stood and |
looked at each other for a moment. |