Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1910-09-30
Ghosts Around
BY NJ QUAD
Copyright. 1910. by Associated Lit
erary Press,
By M QUAD

I
Then some vlllager saw u ghost, Pete
asked the full particulars aud wa
thenceforth considered a believer q
ghosts.
Next he inherited $4,000: then hi
neighbors began to pay him marke,
attention.
Miss Nancy Bcebe, an old maid o
nearly forty. had never married be
cause she was homely and had n,
money. Miss Prudence Higgins wa
in the same fix. The widow Hendef
son could marry again II she had
couple of thousand; so could the wild
ow Drew, Mrs, John White was
married woman. but while her husban,
was carpenter she had aristocrati,
tastes and couldn't carry them out To-
the want of money.
These live women not only hear,
that old Peter believed In ghosts. bu
each one arranged her program I,
have ghost pay him midnight visit
He hadn't got his money yet when on,
night ut the most solemn hour ant
While he was sleeping with his win
dow open IL scratching on the caSins
awoSc him TO ask what was wanted
IL was the first night he had ever beer
disturbed
Peter" said hollow voice thai
started the sweat on him, Nancy
Ecoee is very unhappy"
rs that so;" he replied.
"les, and II rests with you to make
her happy. | am the ghost OF her
dead mother. charge you to give her
the sum OF $4,000 as soon as you get
Your money. She will marry, and she
will bless you. Fail not, Peter-fail
not-lest the smallpox comes to youI"
"She shall have It," replied Peter us
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 a second
ghost paid him visit. He had figur.
ed that there was more than one
ghost in the world and that there
might be another caller. He heard n
soft rustling, cold breeze blew In NJ
the window, and scury voice an.
nounced:
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 1t. You can
save her life and make her happy by
giving her $1,000. Do It, Peter. and
live to be a hundred years Old"
Yes, I'll do it. want TO live to be
hundred. What ghost are yOuI"
Her grandmOther's."
And another white object floated
over the grass and through 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 n stli
tongue and prepared himself for Other
visits from other ghosts. Where there
were two there must lie three, the
same as crows. He reasoned correct.
~. 81 the third night third ghost
appeared. She was being waited for,
and old Peter was not 80 badly scared
when a voice reached his ear, saylng
Peter, grim death IL all around you.
It flies on wings and stalks on legs. II |
ooks for victim. 1t stands at yon
gate and stares at your house."
But tell 1t to pass on" replied
Peter. Il want to live to be a hun.
ired years old"
Then do as l tell you. You know
he widow Drew. Make her happy.
Give her chance. When you get
tour money give her $1,000. 1t is lit.
lie to you, but much to her."
wouldn't hundred do" asked old
Peter as he began to feel stingy.
Shall beckon to death TO come and
inter- this Windows? menaced the
,host.
mo, no, no! The widder shall have
Ter thousand. I didn't know but q
undred would do, but see 1t won't.
whose ghost are youP
THAT Of gypsy woman who was
Beware Of my anger. Do
OF play me false. go--I go-I got"
And she "goed." She seemed TO get
ung for moment in the gap. and the
Id man thought he heard the ripping
cloth, but she got clear and disap-
cared before lie was sure. He didn't
'ant any more ghosts in his. He had
zen three and promised $1,000 out of
Is legacy. The pace was too hot.
ext night he shut and nailed down
le window, but 1t was In vain. The
'urth ghost came and announced that
g must provide for the widow Hen.
erson or prepare to be haunted all
le rest Of his life by evil spirits. He
lng off for few minutes, but the
CHS and groans and scratchings on
le glass were too much for him. The
idOw Henderson was to receive 81, 500
cash.
On the next night old Peter took
me bedding and lay down under the :
Irrant bushes, where no fifth ghost ,
uld find him. He kept wide awake !
ID alert. Al midnight he saw ghost :
}. 8 appear. She glided for his bed o
ON window. She was just about 9