The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-03-01
I'D BACK TO CAB
,es TELLS OF EXPERT
DuIssusSeurw WITH "eHosT."
-. "a Be Harmless, but ne
fS's' v !, Gave Him Just About
''"'s q. Prize Scare of
His Life.

HIS IHe'
-, Why. yes, we have them
sao. .ss railroad; lots of them. Get
dsns ' me skin of the boys on the
essf . us and If they like you and
hbI rur r,onerly qualified, well-pos-
- ' rev p viii tell you, who knows!
sbs u s'i1l be necessary to have theIr
81 a.%,pce. for they are very F+ Ell fht
S'noe discussing their friends OF the
seul Cor these ghosts are usually
s' '.,'"s GOOD fellows whose society is
gum ~. enjoyed, remarks a railroad
'iDei = tbe Buffalo Express. Some
81 y however, they fail u.s. "nd-Hut
's ". coming up from New York
sa va, on the Chicago express No. ..
80. .a in early, but the car was
.' and stury. and after tumOIinE
.uupd for an noui VI - "a
sS' nssible to sleep, L dressed ana
~ ~ stories with the train crew
N " 10 reached wilkes-Barre, when
~ ,, ahead and climbed on the en-
\. thinking that the night run up
,,ypr would straighten me out.
vas awakened, however by the
nan who, entering the cab at that
..,, began to unfold a weird tale
.,,inr a headless man with a lu-
ms body who, on nights like this,
TOD the woodlands Of the river
-. below Glendon's eddy; how the
.,.ttou had appeared to many OF
y bcys on the night runs, and was
I'm "a have, on one occasion, raised
dov,ng arm in salute as the train
M mast him; how he had been re-
..,sdly seen leaning against an old
rrup near the entrance of a small ra-
4. and at another time, how the en-
s,..r Of a Symbol Liner found him
,,tpr on rail, only to disappear in
a As the pilot point touched him.
yot can rest assured that lost all
,sy for sleep as he continued to
,ste the various doings of this fero-
.sw roblin, ard l was mighty glad
= we're travelling so fast that even
vigorous, ill-mannered ghost
nsldu't catch us with a handicap. But
as,s another case bf the unexpected.
n, slrbrakes were suddenly applied
"a veed was gradually reduced I'M
a We cane to q full stop, not far, as
t | could Judge owing to the dark
NJ from the long sweep near Prim-
ne ueek at Fenton's ferry.
Something had gone wrong with the
s1ns and the engineer, fireman and
uuef we're soon on the ground, look
N gu the big machine. 1t was only
4 rang matter-a lost pin from one
4 Tie big siderods-which was
wuvty located and neatly repaired
ihn dancing to glance behind me
vis Id | perceive, to my horror
Szndg on the bank, not a dozen feet
nsy but q phosphOrescent parsonage
an Imagination at least ten feet
"a with long legs and arms, but
Adng head, showing out in bold
sid, glowing and brilliant against
b Intense black background like 9
II piece of Fourth of July fire
Wtx
lb when It shook itself together
ID Gid down the bank, started fol
n engine, stood beside the engineer
nd watched the repairs being made
Y bat simply went up about foul
hAe and I had urgent bushes:
~ back In the cab of that loco
ndse with every window and dool
cssd tight to keep out the nightsair
lux as the first faint streaks o.
avn we're playing tag with the rivel
mo and the feathered songster:
nv earollng forth their welcome tt
& early morn, from every tree anC
wa along the river, as we rolled
kas the long bridge at Towanda,
ane TO and glanced across the cal
ny companion of the night, anC
.uoOen l knew that my expression
ensnded an explanation, none wa.
Mneoning. bland smile being hi!
hspnse; and 1t was not until W,
Msned the end Of the run, on time
~ were seated together on an oil
" IN the roundhouse stall, that h,
'sned up. And what do you think
ny mat terrible headless monste
20 oaiy q poor, old, innocent Ger
"a VINO had unearthed a small veil
ndlum In the immediate vicinit,
saere we had stopped, and Will,
uns the same during the nigh
.s 70 avoid meddlers and interior
~ permitted his clothing to be
appropriated with the radian
~. !, % the CONSERVATION Of tn,
.si'aers' Internationally becoming
80 mort period, the Shining Spiri
Tue susquehanna.
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