Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06
HALLOWEEN LETTERS LEFT
OVER FROM LAST WEEK
GHOST TALE PLEAsEs GUESTS

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Last Halloween Kathryne, a friend
of mine, asked about ten or dozen
of her school mates to a party. We
all came dressed as ghosts. Her
mother invited my uncle and several
other ladies and gentlemen. After we
had all come some of the people be-
gan to tell stories.
One lady belonged to a club which
had given party few nights before.
She told the story that had won the
prize at this club which L will tell
you.
Once on Halloween night two men
decided to go to a farmers walnut
grove and steal some walnuts. So they
started out just after dark. When they
had filled their sacks and started back
they came to graveyard, and, think
ing it would be a good place to divide
their nuts, they went in It was a
very ghostly looking place and their
voices sounded unnaturally loud. One
man had a low, gruff voice and the
other man had a very high, shrill
voice.
They had both black and white wal
nuts, so the man with the low, gruff
voice said
"I'll take the black ones"
The man with the high, shrill voice
said;
"And I'll take the white ones"
So they kept on alternately saying,
"And I'll take the black one, and Ill
take the white one"
After a while an old colored man
came by. He was very superstitious,
so when he heard these voices coming
from a place where dead people were
buried he did not know what to think.
After while he began to get scared,
and he ran as though mad dog were
after him, until he came to a white
man on the road. The white man
stopped him and said:
what is the matter. my friend, and
why are you running so fast?'
The colored man said, ooh, Mister
I have a good reason to be scared
Just then there came a thump on
the door, and we went outdoors to see
what was happening, and found that
some boys had knocked down our two
large jack-o'-lanterns and smashed
them against the door. AS we all went
back into the room the lady continued
her story.
The coIored man was just saying, II
have a good reason to be scared, for
as I was coming by the graveyard l
heard the good spirit and the bad
spirit dividing the dead people up"
ooh, come now" said the white man:
"you have let your imagination go too
far"
Come along and see for yourself,
then" said the old colored man.
So they started off, and when they
came to the graveyard and heard the
voices the white man was just as
scared as the colored man had been,
but he said:
Lets go in and see them"
The colored man said
"No, I won't; I'm afraid"
Two nuts had been left at the gate
to show them the way out. When they
were through dividing the nuts one
man said:
1--WE must not forget the two we left
at the gate"
So one man said:
"Ill take the black one"
"No; oh, no, you won't, sab; indeed.
no, sah," said the old colored man and
began to run.
The white man, frightened at being
left alone. began to run also, and they
never knew how they had been fooled.
After this there were other stories,
then we played games. Then our
hostess brought in apples, nuts and
grapes. After we had finished the re-
freshments we departed, telling Kath-
ryne that she had had one OF the
pleasantest parties we had ever been
to. Your loving niece.
LORRAINE D. FULLER.
2SS West Colorado street, Pasadena.
Roosevelt school, grade 6. Age IL.