Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-28

| -.. yVu wish to co,
Reckon I'm doing that now,
Go up to your room, blow a.. =
candle, and you viii see your ~ ss.l %
father" siane
Who'll bring himf"
T will"
You. Do you suppose I'm s,s.
stairs to sit In a cold room q ~
dark while you stay down be~a NE .se
your nose In mug OF steau,ino 49,. ~
Thank you, know when I an, -, az - =
However, I've 10 shilIings in NV - ~. ~
ct. I'll bet you that you cant ~. NJ =
the ghost Of my grandfather y !. y
other ghost" any
Ten shilllngs" replied the -
man contemporary. "Do Won =.
pose that 1 court material thingxs~
well, If you don't want the me-
you can give it for charity '
Charity, Yes, but what is N =,
lings for charity? Make it so ana !,
consent"
His vis-a-vis looked through HI. noet
cts and found only the 10 sbilIings -,
a few coppers.
Friends" he said, "this man {. =,
impostor. He is going about irwin, !.
impress people with the belief thai !.
has something supernatural about hin
If you'll stand by me III show H.,
up. Raise the 80 among you TO ua.rs
his stake, and you'll be the richer T.
that amount"
This gave courage to the Others ara
desire sprang up among those ures.
ent to discover whether the vs,,
man was really one from the dead i,
playing on their credulity. put !,
must be remembered that a desire ~
money was as fixed among our anees
tors as in us. An effort was mada 1,
raise the stake, but failed, since tber.
was not SO much money among tia
company. The most that could be o.
tanned was IS. However, the war,
man generously offered TO accept thk
stake instead of the larger amount
and the money was put up on both
sides.
who's TO hold the stakes?' asked
the rosy checked man. For my part
1 would be willing that the man with
whom I am betting should do so-thas
is, If he remains here in this room ill
the wager is settled"
II hold the money! replied the 9th.
er sternly. II never touch money Ell
cept-except when 1 am as men are.
Hold hn ctaIynS
He said this in such a ghostly tone
that it brought back something Of the
former fear of those present. So great
was the awe that the gaping settlers
did not think TO protest when the rosy
checked man stuffed the money in his
pocket and. taking a candle, started
upstairs. a
what number, landlord?" he asked
mo. s." replied the landlord, hand
ing him a key.
When the mans footsteps had died
away, a profound silence fell on the
house. The man from the grave sat
motionless, alone, at his table, and
nearly every eye in the room was fx.
ed upon him. The wind. which had
continued to blow. gave several pro
longed bowls. at the end OF which the
man who had gone upstairs was heard
to give a Shrek, indicating some fright }
full experience. The man who had
agreed to introduce him to his grand
father rolled his eyes about over TIE
as if in triumph. No one
DroSon.Iv fha Iapdford mink
ed up courage and started upstairs
He was followed first by the mos
afterward by the Others
The door of No. was found 70
locked. The landlord called to tns
man within, but, receiving no ansWs
be broke it down and found the cnan'
Der empty.
Hes been spirited away" sugsese
ed the man with the plain waistcoaI
Didn't I tell you" said the young
ster who had made the predieuoA
that a ghost was going around ID 'n
iesh? He's the man downstairs.
BY this time it was noticed tnal
;ash in the bedroom was open, ana
occurred to the landlord that tne ~
.upant had dropped out through y.
window. 1t was no great distance"
he ground and a very easy fali
my friends" he said thousntiun!'
its nv opinion we've been rOpusU
Hes gone with the money
He hurried downstairs TO ma w
yaxy man. He. too. had vanisneu'
what say you, friendsT sa'u
andlord. shall we give cnsss
hese rascalST" a..
what" protested the man WIN :.
ed head and green coat GIVE ~.
n a night like this? l prefer " ~
no few shiIllngs l contributed 70 "
iosity." al
mo one has lost very mucn'
he landlord. "Come, gentlemen.
lay as we'll drown our disspi'. 4.
lent. I'll brew bowl or punch
he purpose" .ss
A couple OF hundred years pave
a since this episode took piace :, ..sa
,vern M Old Hadley. The low p',
ne still stands on the broad strses .
windy night there is thrashiAn X.
a moaning in the trees :.
ae age of ghosts and witcns
. ssed' and the present inhaoa.'s
lrn over in their beds Ni'A
hudder.