Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-05-06
MET 20 GHOSTS;
NOW AN EXPERT
Washington Man Upsets Popular
Belief by Saying Hands
Not Clammy.
ONE GHOST BROUGHT APPLES
Liked All His Spooky Visitors Except
one-Treat Them Kindly, Is His
AdVice-one Ghost Wore
Patched Garments.

misunderstanding and its
ethereal visitor, which apparently has
gone on strike since the arrival of
scientists and curiosity seekers, is
backed into insigniticance when COM
pared to the bodyless visitors who
sometimes pick out Washington as
ghostly rendezvous.
AT least so says William H. Bryson.
1902 NJ street, \. W., amateur ghost
chaser of tile District, who allows that
since he first started studying the
habits and manneriSmS of Spooks. five
years ago, he has been visited by y
assorted ghosts all of whom turned
out with one exception to be first rate
chaps.
Bry&on, who until recently was EN-
plOyed in the government service in I
semi-scientific capacity. had come on
with the blanket statement that ghost:
do have bodily characteristics and
contrary to popular belief, the hand
clasp of spook is warm and not cole
and clammy.
While the hunter after the habitat
of the dweler in the world heyont
has made no effort to photograph his
nocturnal visitors. he says he has held
protracted conversations with many OF
his friends and relatives who have
passed on.
One Ghost Carried Apples.
IT might be said that Bryson goes
further In his research in the fact thu
ne AYERS that one of the ghosts who
paid him visit about three months
ago wore silk gloves. or what appeareG
TO be silk and felt like that material
and was carrying a few red apples.
Asked if he had held any protractc,
conversation with his ghostly friend
BrySon admitted he had and went 81
far as to say he ate a shady apple
The fruit had no flavor, he said. hu
Bryson declares that a core was lef
and can produce it if occasion de
mands
On one occasion. Bryson said hi,
brother visited him and complnine,
bitterly about conditions on tn,
Florida Scacoast where Il SelfreSpert
ing ghost of the past decade coul'
not enjoy himself. Whether it Wa
the beach nymphs or the conditions
regarding the influx of foreign spirit
from Scotland the ghost did not SAY
but he nevertheless said he woul'
seek some other cline during the win
ter of 1923.
The wandering ones also are sub
iect to downand-uut periods il
"shadowlnnd," Bryson states, as ON,
friend who was rather opulent here
came wandering into his room Will
ghoStly garments that had beer
patched III several places
Don't Like Cold Reception.
In this connection the saying thai
you can't take it with you" may be
erroneous, as the Spook gave ever,
evidence, according to the spectator
of being in need of few shades OF
gree backs TO buy Il new set of gar
: mentS.
Some of the shades that return ant
haunt the scenes of their life are not
Inclined To be kindly disposed. espe.
Nldllh IL WV iUIIS tllt covers over ftli'
head and keeps mum unit! the ghost
loses heart at the cold reception ana
blows off to some more hospitable
place.
Another ghost that Hryson NEW in
the flesh, according to the medium, az.
peared to him on one occasion and bit
terly berated him for having lost
few dollars of his while on earth IT,
business deal. ''In the future yo
will see me often" the Spook is saiu
to have announced in the language .,
the beyond, and to prove It he cam.
for six nights running
Asked if he ever became nervous 81
the nocturnal visitatiOns, Bryson
FASTENED to remark that he did not in
wife the bodyless one. to visit him, but
did not put up signs that no spook
traffic would be allowed
He qualified his last statement by
saying that prohlbtlye sign would
only 90 to rile the departed ones and
he would no doubt have his home clut-
tered up with Il bevy of ghosts each
hight who might berate him for his
unkndness.