The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-04-22
Her Husbands
Ghost
BY r A. MICHEL

. WIS lH NlNN lNN'fNN w NfNANfh'hAs ha'
had pre- cmptcd quarter section Ot
land ON prairie aud built n Iog house
on It. There he dwelt alone. strange
Il II that there are men who can le
content only when far away from al
other persons. The famous hunter
Daniel Boone was one Of these. aud
EnOch rogram was another.
In the spring he prepared his land.
planted. tended his fields. Keeping
y them free from weeds during the sum.
mer. aud In the autumn. having gath.
cred his crops, went forth with his
| rifle To provide meat tor his winter use.
/ Returning one night with plentiful
/ supply of vcuiSOn aud bear meat. he
went 10 bed. The next morning was
| clear aud cool EnOch went out To the
| tin basin located on n bench To perform
| his ablutiuus when he was astouiShtd
| TO see far across the plain n log cabin
with mnn standing near II.
Enoch was much disgruntled. " he
had been NJ home when that cabin
was bciag erected he would have tax.
en- measures 20 prevent It's being finish.
cd. lie was not sure that II had not
been built on his own land. lie would
60 at once To- investigate. Turning. he
went into his cabin to get his rite, for
he was not sure but there would I'd
trouble between him aud tins news
squatter. aud when he came out the
other man was just emerging from his
cabin also and with n gun
pogram started for his neighbors
cabin. aud his neghbor advanced 20
meet him IogrHm. who carried his
rife In hts right hand below his nip.
raised IL to u level with his chest In
order 10 have II ready In case of need.
The other also raised his weapon
looks n though there was gOin'
% he more fightiu than tnlkin'." nut.
tered POCram. and h. brought his piece
90 his shoulder Ills enemy was ready
for him. bringing his own gun 20 ex.
sctly the same position NJ rogram
You drop that qua shouted Pogram
al the top OF his vOlce
The man h~ld his weapon firmly TO
his shoulder and SEEMED To be shout
ing something which pugrnm did not
hear
i've either rot ." EHI him" thought
Pogram. "or h-1l KIN me"
lie cooked his gnn The other man
seemed 10 be sizing fhrougb = similar
motion
Pocram wns nervous WHETHER or
not he realty intrB,i, q 10 Kin his neigh
Dor he has never h-sn. c,rtain. Prob
ably he pulled III. rriVger wittsoot In
tending Ia De- ~ The n~t<hbe~ evi.
IDENTITY wac not nit nS hr stood
his groaud lie was not .afhci-ntiy
plain st the distaars fur Fegram to
discern IL b. hnd iir>.d. AZ any rate.
Pograrr could not detect smo,se issuing
from tho nuIzle &c his nj III aud dsint
even hear u bullet p.ss hina
There were no rcpcatiaG rides Il,
those hhSv. aud both men dropp.a the
butts ~ their ritses- at ths same mo-
ment to. reload L. was n questIs<s u
life and, death win them no Ia which
could load tue quicker The more
haste Poxram made tho more his op-
ponent hurried Roth finished ss the
the same moment Posrum Was not
hit and did noe oven hear a ''ping"
They stecd fas a rlotBsnt looking ht
each other Then T. soournea ~ Po-
gram that they wers AZ a gnsshst dis
lance from each otilsr than he had
supposed. liz had u ride In his cabin
that he used for long Distance shooting
and went In. "a. grit Ia
db had net used snis latsss rine for
a Iona "A "a ~ har hA
hsd expected to Ind II. Ehs hanted for
a.some time bofOrs. hitting spon H. then
went out again Ia. resume hhe shooting.
Meanwhile the sun ha. cleared the
horizon aud case some warmth and
more li.sht ossa the prairie Pogram
looked f0r his heighhs<. but he was
not 10 ba seen. Probably he had gone
into Ids cabin. But the cabin WAS not
there either. rogram was astonished.
Had he bssa firing at phhntomf He
shu aisrsd For the first time In hIs
life he fen lonely. He started for the q
plaoS where he had seen the cabin With
thu intention OF having a nearer view
M there was really anything there. He
walked several miles without ending
either house or n man. Thes he met
a woman.
stranger" she said. ne and my
husband settled last week over thar
pointingL Yesterday he took sick and
died this mornin'."
Pogram started Il seen his ghost a
spell ago" he said. The woman was
so distressed that she did not hear.
I'D be obleeged n you'd give me
bit o. help. was goln' TO the cabin
whar ! reckon you live for some one to
do somethin' for me. I'm dead alone"
$50 am l." said Iogram.
The two went back to the woman's
cabin, and Pogram helped her TO bury
her husband and In such other ways
as she needed
Pogram and the widow, both being
lonely, concluded TO live together In
Pograms cabin. Several years passed,
when one morning the husband went
outdoors aud saw the cabin he had
seen before and the man standing be-
side II. lie ran back into the house,
pale and trembling
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