The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-19
Her Husband S
Ghost
By + A. MlTStiE'.

west when he st.'tiuii in winch he liNet
was in SLOW process OF settlement. IL
had pre- elpted IL quarter section VI
land ON n pr;lirie ana bum Il h'S li"ll>'
on il. There he dMeit alone. str;ih.'
ii is that there are men VINO. can i'
content only when tar away from IL,
other persons. The famous hunter
Daniel Boone WAS one vi these. aha
Enoch i'osram was another.
In the spring he prepared MS iihi.
planted tended his held>. krtl'ins
them free from weeds during the >"'''
mer. and in the autumn. having Sati'
cred his crops. went iortii WIN MS
rite to provide meat tor his wllilf use.
Returning one night with Il plentiful
supply OF veniSon and bear meat. NJ
went to bed. The next morn D. was
clear and cool. Enoch went out to the
tin BASIN located on il bench to perform
his aDlutioLs when he was a>toni>htu
to see far across the plain ii log caplh
with nan standing near 1t.
Enoch was much dlsgruntled. II he
| had been ut home when that cabin
was being erected he would have tax
On measures to prevent its being finish.
ed He WAS not sure that It had not
been built on his own land. he would
90 ut once to investigate. Turning. he
went into his cabin to get his rifle. for
he was not sure hut there would be
trouble between him and tins new
squnttpr. and when ne came out the
other man was Just emergtn. from MS
cabin also and with gun
['ogram started for his neighbours
cabin. and his neighbor advanced to
meet him. i'ogrnm. who carried his
| rife in his right hand below his nip.
raised ii to II level with his chest In
order to have II ready in case OF need.
The othpr also raised his weapon.
Locks rs though there was soin'
to he more tightin' than talkin.' NUT
tered Puyran. and he brought his piece
| to his shoulder His enemy was ready
| for him. bringing his own gun to ex-
nctly the same position as Posram.
"You drop that gun shouted Pogram
Mt the top Of his voice
ut llfUiI lltlu IlS "S'I'li h'''s v"
his shoulder and seemed to be shout
inc something which Pogran did not
hear
i've either got to kill him." thought
Pogram. "or he'll kill me-"
He cooked his gun. The other man
seemed to he going through similar
motion
Pogrnm was nervous Whether or
not he really intended to kill his neigh
tor he has never been certain. Prob
ably he pulled the trigger without in
tending to do 50 The neighhor e"i-
| IDENTIFY WAS not hit. for he stood
his ground. He was not sufficiently
plain at the distance for Pogrnm to
discern If he had fired At any rate.
Pogram could not detect smoke issuing
from the muzzle Of his rifle and didn't
even hear Il bullet pass him.
There were no repeating rifles in
those days. and both men dropped the
butts of their rifles ut the same mo
ment to reload 1t was "a question Of
life and death with them rs to which
could load the quicker The more
haste poyram made the more his op-
ponent hurried Roth finished at the
same moment. and both fired again at
the same moment. I'ogrnm was not
hit and did not even hear a ping
| They stood for n moment looking ut
each other, Then !! occurred to 70
gram that they were at greater dis
tauce from each other than he had
supposed He had II rifle In his cabin
that he used for long distance shooting
and went in To get IL
He had not used this latter rifle for
a long while. and it was not where he
had expected To lind IT, He hunted for
4 it some time before hitting upon II. then
went ont again To resume the shn'ting.
Meanwhile the sun had cleared the
horizon and east some warmth anu
more light over the pralrle. io.raIn
looked for his nrighbor, but he was
not to he seen. Probably he had gone
INTO his cabin. But the cabin was not
there either l'ogram was a>tonished.
Had he been firing ut Il phantomt lie
Shuddered For the first time IN his
life he felt lonely. lie started for the
! place where he had seen the cabin with
the intention of havin. II nearer view
il there was really anything there. lie
walked several miles without finding
either house or II man. Then he met
! a woman.
stranger" she said. me and my
husband settled last week over thar"
tpointing,. Yesterday he took sick and
died this mornin."
Pogram started II seen his ghost
spell ago" he said. The woman was
SO distressed that she did not hear.
I'D he oblesged II you'd give me n
bit o. help. | was gon to the cabin
whar reckon you live for some one to
do somethin' for me I'm dead alone"
$50 am l." said i'ogram.
The Two Went back TO the womans
cabin. and Pogram helped her to hur,
her husband and In such other ways
as she needed
Pogram and the widow, both being