The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-02
Ghosts Around
BY NJ QUAD
Copyright. 1910, by Associated Lit
erary Press.
BY NJ QUAD

Then some vtllager saw q ghost. Pete
asked the full particulars and was
ihenceforth considered believer II
ghosts.
Next be inherited $4,000; then MS
neighbors began to pay him marked
attention.
Miss Nancy Beebe. an old maid oil
nearly forty. had never married be
cause she was homeiy aud had ne
money. Miss Prudence Higgins was
IN the same tx. The widow Hender
son could marry again II she had Il
couple OF thousand. 50 could the wild
ow Drew. Mrs, John White was a
married woman. but while her husband
was carpenter she had artstocratic
tastes and couldn't carry them out fol-
the want OF money
These hye women not only heard
that old feter believed In ghosts, bul
each one arranged her program Il
have Il ghost pay him a midnight visit
lie hadn't got his money yet when one
night at the most solemn hour anc
While he was sleeping with his win
dow open a scratching on the casing
aWuke INN 10 ask what was wanted
II was the first night he had ever beer
disturbed
Peter" said a hollow voice that
started the sweat on him, Nancy
Bebee is very unhappy"
is that So:'' he replied.
Yes. ana it rests with you TO make
her happy. | am the ghost OF her
dead mother 1 charge you To give her
The sum Of $1,000 as soon as YOU get
your money. She will marry, and she
viii bless YOU. Fail not. Peter-fail
hottest the smallpox comes to you,"
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,
but, lying on his bed. when second
shost nald him visit. He had tigur.
ed that there was more than one
ghost III The world and that there
might be another caller. He heard "A
SOFT Fustilug. cold breeze blew in at
the window, and a scary voice an.
bounced:
Peter Baines. do good with your
money or you will be found dead.
Prudence Higgins is sad, sad girl
She may commit suicide IL she does
you will be to blame for it, You can
save her life and make her happy by
giving her $1,000. Do it. Peter, and
live TO be hundred years old"
Yes. I'll do it. want to live to be
hundred. What ghost are you?"
Her grudmother's
And another white object floated
over the grass and through u gap in
the fence and was swallowed up in
the gloom Of night Some men would
have gone around telling what they
had seen, but old Peter kept still
tongue aud prepared himself for other
visits from other ghosts Where there
were two there must he three, the
same as crows. He reasoned correct
~. On the third night "A third ghost
appeared. She was being waited for,
aud Old Peter was not 50 badly scared
when voice reached his ear. saying:
Peter, grin death is all around you.
Ii dies on wings aud stalks on legs. 1t
looks for a victim. 1t stands ut yun
gate and slares ut your house"
But tell IL to pass on" replied
Peter. Il want to live to be hun
dred years old"
Then do as | tell you You know
the widow Drew. Make her happy
Give her chance. When you get
your money give her $1,000. 1t is lit
tie to you, but much to her"
Wouldn't II hundred do?" asked old
Ieter as be began to feel Stingy.
Shall | beckon to death TO come and
enter this Window meuaced the
ghost.
No, no, no! The wilder shall have
her thousand, | didn't know but
hundred would do, but | see 1t won't.
Whose ghost are you:"
That of a gypsy woman who was
murdered. Beware of my anger. po
not play me false. go-l go--I go.'
And she COED" She seemed to get
hung for moment in the gap, and the
old man thought he heard the ripping
OF cloth. but she got clear and disap-
peared before he WAS sure. He didn't
want any more ghosts In his. He had
seen three ana promised $1,000 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 to be haunted all
the rest of his life by evil spirits. He
hung off for a few minutes. but the
signs and groans and scratchings on
the glass were too much for him. The
widow Henderson was to receive 81 800
In cash.
On the next night old Peter took
some bedding and lay down under the
currant bushes. where no fifth 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
to appeal to him when four other
ghosts showed up The five stood and
looked at each other for q moment.
Then human voices were heard calling
names. Then human hands and feet