Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-02-26

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Hartley house story. Luat..t. md
-omr,7dug 10 SAY, and ~a.. ..a, -..~a
was mo- ghost that could ~.a.r me- ~
least no ghost that ever Na, within q
hundred miles of Hartley. That's
where | made fool OF myself. I'VE
got to admit ma where 7 made 70
tool of myself.
81 bet I'VE dollars ! would stt un
hour on the bank at this place for
got AL about the dogs, "r I'd not have
made he bet. Anyway, they didn't
bother me. we R'' an automobile and
drove ont here he fellows lerr me
M the pool ana Went mile back.
They were Solhb 10 take my word for
il. / was 10 stay an hour auG .lcu
Starr walking PACK. N lhr end Of an
hour they womb start toward ~" and
pick mr up Inc! had beer and sand
WicAc~. ] hAd Il couple of bottles and
some cheese anu crackers.
81 wasn't atraIH OF 'hat place. I'm
not afraid OF any pIar" unless I -er
To thinking ABOUT ms one. II was
along In ort'per. \ h""t"Ni Was
somewhere HHtA ~ lie, amt there vas
81 "hlppo"r"iH u' toward The house.
I'm n>eu 10 ""''.'WiN #hd whip
I""r"iIlS' put l nadi' { drunk Nor"
than nan q po'''e VI Deer h'i"r" even
these Things pes"n 10 sound different.
The current oi 'i'e river Kept knock
Ing M The big T"ck at The uP end of
The pool, and you began to think thar
things were rea'hihE Tor You out of
the dark. Id nave given ten dollars 10
quit, but | got so mat | didn't want 70
move. felt SAFER sitting stu.
Then | began TO hear things that |
don't suppose were making a noise at
all. II may be 1t was rabbits in the
bush. | nearly died when | heard a
cry about fifty feet back Of me. ] did
hear that. | guess ferret had got
rabbit. You know how a rabbit cries
like a baby.
II was sitting In the open, and !
thought I'd feel better If got my back
up against something. So | crawled
over to some pushes and sat down be-
hind them.
Maybe | had been there a half an
hour, feeling scary and uncomfortable
when l heard regular yell. There
wasn't any fooling about that. II
sounded like some one being hurt but
yelling not so much because of the
hurt as because he was mad.
you've heard fellows talking about
their hair standing on end. never
knew what II really meant before, bur
my hair Just stood right up. l felt
like some one was trying to scalp me,
and l was goosefiesh all over.
ut had been Dark on account of
clouds, bu-7,qs-SS 55sh the moon came
out and lighted 10 the place. There
was man standing on the edge OF the
pool, just about where | had been sit
ting. He was leaning with both hands
on cane and standing perfectly still
He didn't seem Ike man. He looked
like one, but Iou had feeling that he
wasn't one.
Il don't want ever to be so scared
again, ! didn't know who had yelled
but l thought this man had, and
didn't think he was a man. I thought
he was ghost. I'm not saying what
l think now, but If l had to, I'd say
that | saw the ghost of this place
and anybody that wants TO laugh car
laugh. He can come down here al
night and get cured of laughing.
II couldn't move for a while. The
man stood still, leaning on his cane
/ watched nm until L began TO fee
that could use fny legs again
don't know why l was so scared, but
was. craWIed away through th'
brush for a huhdred feet or 50. Then