Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-07-18
CHAPTER Xxx.

"Dis amt no joke. no lie At all
went on the well-knowu voice. "Ah
was IN heah one night las winteh.
when dehe come an awful scream out
side. Kee Lung. de Chinaman. goes
to de dooh. an IN falls a niggah WON
an. she'd seen A. Shed seen a man
standin' outside IN de yahd wivout no
haid-just his body all complete up 20
de neck-a big. upstandin' Teller IA
good clothes. be was. She done let
out one yell an fan agin de doob
Den dehe was a cihcus man, a mighty
fine young man he was. too. what goes
roun de country IN de summah. graft
IN wiz de big-top shows. He was
Jest a comm in heah when he seen
de same ting. ezacLly Identical Dat
man mighty nigh TUNED homes den
and dehe. so he did"
Don yo' spose. SAM" quavered a
voice from an adjacent bunk, las how
ali dis was a joke? Summun might
have been foolin' an projiekin' roun'
jest to scahe folks silly. don 20
think
No indeedy." answered the voice
Of big Sam. "Dehe was no joke bout
dis at all 70 jest ak Kee Lung
One time when dat haidless ghos' done
Brighten de livin' soul outen some peo-
pie comm in heah. Kee Lung runs out
WV a lamp an smokewagon. lie
seen de same hng-de haidiess man
( stannin' right longside de doohWay.
kee Lung frow a Mt an bus de lamp
all oven hisseI tryin' to get back In
side"
'Madre de Dios," came new and
trembling tone from the same bunk
whence the voice OF the negro had
Just issued. Il am YER sorry I mex en-
trance here. I care not. not me. to see
ghosts. Ay de nil haf de good rea-
sOnl"
The air thickened again with the
smoke OF opium. and the voices died
down to soft. uncertain whispers.
Broekett wriggled from the bunk. ana
Solano was just extricating himself
from the narrow limits OF the smok.
ing-deA. when there came the sound or
a sudden struggle only a few feet
away. Humping blows. hoarse cries
or surprise and rage. and the cracking
- e~@V WN11 WRA uEALdLr0 AEEl
and hands made up q startling mixture
OF noises. Heads protruded from the
half dozen hunks around the room
the Chinamen and the mulatto woman
rising from their chairs. came hurry
ing toward the scene OF trouble-and
then the curtains OF one bunk wers
violently burst ssunder. A writhing
hghting heap fell heavily 10 the floor
and huge black man. extricattng him
self with q great heaVe OF knees anC
shoulders, rose up gigantic ia tn,
smoky room. Round his knees cluns
smaller man. striving frantIcally 4
drag the giant down Big Sam. witt
beastlike snarl, drove his massiv,
INST upon the head Of the clinging en-
envy, but did not break him from hi,
hold The smaller man tugged mad
"; big Sam. caught on balance. fel
like a severed tree, and before b,
could rise something flashed In IN,
blue murk OF the room. Big Sam
with a hoarse gurgle. Strengthened GU
upon the floor. The little man gpranl
up, knife in his blood-spattered hand
and reached quickly into the olotbin,
or his victim AS he fumbled In Ia,
negro's pockets. the Chiaaman strucI
him with billet OF wood. and IN,
mulatto woman caught his knffs-hano
!. The three dusky fighters rolled an,
grapDied. upsetting the miserable fur
nitnre OF the room. while anoshe
hideous uproar began outside tn
threshold. and q scream Of "Th
&hosti The ghosti- mingled With N
sisssnt heatinga On The pAnslz.
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