Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-14
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Sailed Ghosts
Copyright. isla BY Associated Literary Press

pleasant day Of 1t. The but,,
piano tuner and the liskf5;s.' e
man had all called The SAM :.
noon and laid their hearts :. =
Feet She hadn't refused ana -.
pied on them-oh. no! She ~
ply said that she felt hoDorsx
II in the far-distan, future
and years In the future--sboo,s' ~ {.
desire to marry again
They had to be content win 4.
No wise widow ever turns 4 man ~
so completely as to leave hIn ~
out a hope to cling to r
Armstrong went to bed .nann-
fearless, but at midnight abs
awakened By sounds that mad.
sit up in bed and gasp FOR b,.,,
Her bedroom window looked On. :,
the garden. and the sash was rsI.ea
Widow Armstrong" said 4 e,'..
that was certainly not human !.
am here to warn you'll
She looked out. Under the ami.
tree stood ghost It was none |.
the vapory ghosts that wave 4.
ward and backward over the rroI.s
but solid-looking chap IN xhits a,
stood firmly on his feet.
Widow" continued the voice 4.
ware Of the piano tuner! h
doomed to go rnadl Beware o| a
butcheri He win slay you Is ~
sleep, Il you marry himl Beware !.
the lightning rod man. He WIN +,
your last dollar and then aband4
you'll Bewarel Bewarsl BenAer
| And then Mr.. Ghost retreats.
noiselessly and gave the frieh,en1
widow a chance to get her 0resh
All the rest Of the night she lay VI.
her head covered up and expeah,
the summons any moment, and 4.
was happy woman when the roc&
ers began Growing for daylight
Did she rush on to tell the r.i<.
bors as soon as she had eaten Is
breakfast? Not bit Of IT. Il Il,
had told of the ghost she mus. k..,
repeated the ghosts words. 81.
wasn't going to tell Of those ihr.
offers Of marriage and set o,14
tongues to wagging. And befors nco
came she began to doubt the zho.
She went out to the apple tree. AK
she found tracks on the soil--rscn
Of boots or she didn't know tracH
when she saw. them. Some one k<I
wrapped himself In sheet "a
some one had held peach stone 4
his mouth while he talked.
1 When a man tribes WITH vIiI
he doesn't know what he Is going 10
get When this widow had doc|d&
that she was being guyed By son
one she went across the street >a|
borrowed shotgun to shoot cst
with, and paid boy ten cents 4
load IT with powder and salt ~
show her how to fire H.
No ghost came that night or o.
next. On the third day the Liverp5
druggist drove over and eased b.
palpitating heart by confession ,ol
a proposal His tracks were h1r1|-
cold when In came the sewing ~
chine man. He must tell her 81 -
love or perish. He was permittei b
tell. The fertilizer man had mean!
to be first, but came in third, te|nr
unayoidahH detained BY Dsacn
Robinson. He also loved and bad b
tell Of It or run the risk Of "a 81
plosion.
To each OK the last three the VIiH
returned the same answer as to q,
first three. Six proposals IN 4 Tee<
and six men going away fairly htp1t
When It is figured right down. 81
widow is blessing to the land
Midnight again. The widow Am
strong sleeps. The shotgun lsn>
against the wall. The ghost cones
across the garden with noiseless III
Cats take one brief glance and ay 'u'
their lives.
Widow. am here 20 warn ~
again! Do not marry the sewing r.
chine mani
AZ ntt A4NtJ tnc 04u< rt4I , @||"|
do not marry the fertilizer mani
| The widow slipped softly out d
bed. There stood the ghost 1n1H
the apple tree. He had the as1'
white sheet around him-samc pe>1<
stone IN his mouth! She reached r
the old gun. and as the ghost turned y
| be swallowed up In the night. a.
fred. There was yen and A.
The ghost had been sailed. Ecot
and legs kicked the air--the nh'H
was thrown OF, and the next ml11'<
the widow was out door aad bending
over a man and saying:
why = why-it's Mr.. Ph'I'lH
Why-why-what on EARTH"
IL didn't want you to n1F1
anybody but mel" he exclaimed e 3
struggled to his knees.
But didn't know you card o.
mel
II But I dol"
J.. well, come in and sit down -
, wen see how badly you are hurt
But I can't-can't SIT down.
Then come over tomorrow
stand up and tell me you want ne I"
J a wife and maybe I'll say yssir
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