Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-23
a HALLOWEEN PARTY

~ was the thirty-frst Of Oc,,hor
ana Mrs. browns two sons. John ana
James. had been invited to a UaIIn-
meen party tho day before ut Rober,
' ',,1.a,. risht down the, street one
'iock. Tint night at O'Clock .John
ma James were all In their cos,uIoe,
r.huy TOT tho party. Now Mrs,
crown had five children. Ioh, w,oo
10 ana James l6. Lewis IL lake =,
ana they had sister Is, bur Jonc
was ut Halloween party AZ ono
OF her girl friends. Now Jake and
lewis wanted TO go to the party
mhete 1ohn and Jamea was invited
they did not know what to do. RI,
AT 1880 they had thought up n
schcme. They had decided TO take
linen sheet each. where their
mother had put away In the chest for
certain occasions. Lewis had put on
me sheet, but where was the mask :?
JAKE tied the shoot around Lewis
90 'hnt ms feet nor shoulders would
not shown. "Oh. Lewis" said Lake
lets take that old velvet can where
mother was going TO give TO thar
smith girl, and red is the color they
want at Halloween party." YES
yes. said Lewis, II know where the
SCISSORS are and how, to cut the owes
nose and month. And you can take
that old Irish linen towel whore
mother Is going to give the ragman
nhu you can cut IL by my mask, and
aye II with that old ox-blood shoe
polish. You just need 10 dye tho
cheeks and lips" ooh. Jake, you are
smart guy" Let's hurry, it Is
nearly going on, it's 10 to s." They
cut the two masks out and dyed the
old English linen towel with the
shoe polish. They dyed them and
cut them out and put them on in
less than ten minutes. Their mother
said It's funny Jake and Lewis has
gone TO bed so early on Halloween.
heard them In their room fifteen
and twenty minutes ago. They locked
their door and tiptoed down stairs
and through tho hall, and hurried
down To the corner. Everybody had
come and gone mp stairs. So jake
and Lewis hurried up stairs. They
heard laughter up stairs IA they
entered the hall. Just as coon as
they entered the hall there stood a
pumpkin with lantern inside and
eyes and mouth and nose cut In II.
and n cloth black cat sat on top of
II, and the hall was lit By a few IAN
terms enough to see how to get up
stairs and in the hall up above there
was witch on q goose, and she
had broom in her hand. the witch
was dressed in white and the goose
was white. and she had broom
stick and ragged straw was at the
end. and up above was the red
moon. and thread was wrapped
around 1t for spider webs
At the foot of the staircase stood
black cat on n table and Sign
pointed upstairs. and It said: This
Way to Ghostden." AS soon as they
got to the door which led into an
other room, all the boys were seated
ON the floor by n blazing fro and
they wers telling ghost stories about
haunted houses and spirits and people
being followed by ghosts. Just be-
fore the boys entered the room where
the boys we're telling ghost stories,
there stood ghost and he held in
his left hand q sign which said:
shake hands and become good
friends" SO Jake, the leader, shook
hands, and TO his surprise the hand
was dreadful cold and Jake looked
ana they had glove. over the ice.
Tho ghost was made of wood and
dressed over in ghost clothes. In
me room where tho ghoat story peo-
plo sat thore was n howl and the
boys were told to reach inside oc
the bowl for their fortunes. SO Lewis
reached inside Of the bowl and TO
his surprise he put his hand on
something very cold. and 1t was a
bowl full Of ice froze round. to ft
the bowl. They called tho bowl "a
witch's den" They had Q, great laugh.
They were also told to walk down
narrow runway. Thoy did SO and
they tumbled on spring bed. The
bed bounced them UP two or three
yards. 1t was dark down there SO
they had to scramble out tho best
they could. They went In the next
room where NIL the crowd was going.
Tho room was lighted by ono Jap
anefo lantern. In there was all
shapes and forms OF ghosts, They
stayed UP there about .ivo minutes
and then someone's voice said aloud:
"Ali guests that. are present UNI
mask" Russell. .hussell." said Jake,
two can't unmask." So they slipped
out OF tho room unnoticed. as Il was
so dark. and lit by one Japanese
lantern SO the ghosts could be seen
good. Jake and Lewis wasted no
time getting down, the stairs. Just
as Lewis got outside OF the door no
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