The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-02-12
A GHOST
Didn't Skeer Bill Hepburn None &
as a Result Hank Dewheny Is
Laid Up in Bed all lamed up &
Confused & Discouraged

There was quite discusshion started
down to Hen Weathersby's store tother
ev'g. and as result Hank Dewberry
is in bed suffering from various con-
cushions and bruises, and Doc Liver
more, our human specialist and veter-
mary, says that it will be several days
before Hank will be able to be up and
around, even on crutches.
Somehow or other the question was
started down to the store as to whether
there is such a thing as a ghost. Some
present maintained there is and some
derson said as for him. he hadn't no
doubt about ghosts, being as he had
| saw them and conversed freely with
| them on several occasions Jed Pet
ers, our intelligent school teacher, who
was present, said THAT anybuddy who
believed in ghosts was not only ignor-
ant. but supersatious, being as there
wasn't no such a thing. Hank Dew
berry said that he reckoned. everybuddy
in Bingville believed in ghosts: and if
a ghost was to appear before them,
they would nearly be scairt to death.
Jed Peters didn't agree with Hank
about this, and told him just for the
sake of argument why didn't he dress
up like a ghost and go down to Bill
/ Hepburn's blacksmith shop and try to
fool Bill, who has been working late in
the shop recently and was hard at work
/ that night. %
Hank, he didn't seem to be very
anxious to try this experiment. but
everybody present egged him on and
told him here was a opportunity to
show if what he said was true, and if
he didn't take advantage of it, they
would think that he didn't have the
curriee Of his CONVERSIONS.
Well. they kept at Hank and pestered
him. until he finally consented to go.
So he went home and got sheet. un-
! beknownst to his wife, and brung it
I back to the store and cut a couple of
| holes in it for eyes and made eyebrows
and a offul nose and mouth on the
sheet with SCOT from the stove, after
which Hank wrapped the sheet about
| hisself, and them present all said they
didn't know when they had ever saw as
nacheral and life-like a ghost as he
! was.
Hank then left the store and perceed-
ed towards Bills shop, follered by
SNCi yUuody wiz was III tilC StOIC, VIII
was anxious to see the result. When
they got about couple of hundred feet
from the blacksmith shop they all
stopped and Hank told them to keep
quiet, so Bill wouldn't suspect any
thing, and they talked in whispers. Bill
could be heard hammering away and
singing at his work in the shop, while
| Hank fixed the sheet around hisself
| and snuk up to the door, which he
softly opened and stepped inside
Bill was working with his back to-
wards Hank, and was making a lot OF
noise, so he didn't know of his pres
ence, and Hank stood there waiting for
Bill to turn around and discover hin,
for some time until it got to be very
embarrassing to Hank becuz Bill didn',
turn around. Finally Hank thort he
would surprise Bill, so he says in a
deep voice, II am ghost"
Bill, he didn't jump or nothin-he
only turns around slow and looks a,
Hank a minute. Then he DROPS his
hammer and starts for him. Hank he
fled through the door of the shop
whence he come and started down the
road as fast as he could run with Bill
after him. Hank was turrible scairt
and would probably Of excaped from
Bill If it hadn't been that he got ali
snarled up in the sheet and tripped and
tell and Bill grabbed him.