Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-01
CHAPTER v
- p.ncins Ghost

rh. psncins Ghost
-,ov pI,y. Toddie Pupkins and the
pbu "a no sooner hidden them.
ono peHas tho rocks and bushes ana
selves unh the bijl than the hunters came
caves Wv ,a,,e to their camp. Tne nuI,'
rusnlps n.tnn, there were four--were
erpl, .xcitsd over the queer story tne Ias
nrn niuon cook Rastus had told them' ABOUT
the talK,ms christmas. that talltin' bear
Ho..h htcoes' bear All ever see de-
was w 20 stI,s. HIS eyes rolling IN trignt;;
clsresIh cls hc had VII him 200 other bears Jus
as ssrs, big aS Ssss ss" Peggy and Billy grin. for,
,nSn nosrss. there hadn't been ~" pears'
Sut only thirteen. ,.u,,no near ."
VINO e's 81 the hunters. "I',l bet you
ssse ~ o.lesp aud dreamed all THIS
sl sl,s as sab" declared Rastus. An was
2. ~, rakc fryin' de bacon for supper.
via, ~, bIp hear asked me u An done
sn enough bacon to feed him an al
H. hIs friends, an he said u az aiun n,,nnhse e
snn,ourh, n,o he'd slice of my mt hauhcheS
sn fry EN-" 80. al. n,,,ara
tn,,svs and now they were suro has-
20 ohaa seen asleep and dreaming. no.
W W' boF' they laughed. :.
no a. their laughter stopped snort at
,bs sight they saw as they reaou nS I
camp ,;vnet Tnet0 clear Of food. The. hungry
PAN nsd made q clean job or all the
edlo.oss % songh m Of tho hunters turned into
..ap L AZ rage They, too. were hungry
s,.t as hungry as the bears, for they
E.S been roaming the woods All Gay.
carrying heavy y,Soat suns' at W.T. they U had tneir
s.,ites sna It's ali fixed for one Of aastus's
spp.hs p,. hss, suppers, so they were doubiy
,, N ,yhen they found their food gone.
hnsry ws viii Ak those bears for gobbling
al, sscon," they roaredr we Will hunt
ySem and shoot them tho very hrst thing
In ae,us uae ,,,0' with the hunters helping.
,,icsiv dlshed up another supper, send
~ frightened glances toward the woods
~ ass hiII as he did so. But the supper to
s,Sioh mi Tho hunters finally sat down was
nothing like the one the pears hao
gobbled ,.., ,,,n,.r x,,. ,ak-
,,n s ths hill, and what he saw there caused
W w, VIZ n Mmp with q yell Of wonder.
Gs,nrdinv among the rocks was q white
S%,remIooking half like a man ana hait
like an animal. ..-.. -
-. ,bost !" shouted Rastus, diving
rrd,r The table. ITS that talking bear
mrned into n spook!
nns NJ the hunters. the straightest
,hootsr Of all, grabbed his gun, The
rSIs figure vanished for n moment; and
,hsn bobbed up again. Bang! Bang!
p.nsr vent the gun. The white figure
only bobbed as II bowling to them, and
Then Il began to do the Queerest sort OF
a dance as II sang the song that hestus
md been singing while frying the bacon; I;
"Swlpg low, sweet chariot, swing low.
Then The song changed bit: swing
iow sweet chariot, for Rastus ana MS
masters are going far away"
The hunters cried out in alarm. The
ana who had fred at the figure was the
Sss, shot among them---hc never missed
Ma aim. The figure should have fallen
over dead, but here II was dancing ana
What was the figure? In the first place
n was Podgie dressed up In his rompers
Ard Ills false fac. In the second place,
after the hunter grabbed his gun. II was
only Pudgie's rompers and false race
stuffed with leaves and dangled from n
mole BY Billy, who was safe behind
rock That Is why II wasn't killed when
Ills bullets from the gun tore through II.
That rs why II danced while Billy sung
The hunters were astonished. They
didn't know what to make OF things.
Every one rusneed for his gun. and then
there was another howl OF alarm. Tho
guns were gone! ..,
What became OF the guns will be told
tomorrow a