The Washington times., 1925-10-21
SPOOKY YARN IS
GHOST STORY
WINNER
Frank HanIon Gets $25 Prize
in Times Contest-Girl
Ranks Third

in conjunction with the showing Of
1.-The Phantom OF the Opera" at the
Rialto Theater this week. He was
awarded the first prize Of $25 by
the judges, who shivered and
quaked after reading his 2S6 word
essay, entitled 1.-THE Avengers"
Second prize Of SIS was awarded
to Roger Nichols, 1888 Shepherd
street northwest, who wrote
spooky yarn, entitled 1.-THE Black
Phantom" dealing with his expert
ence with the ghost Of a negro
slave who had been beaten to death.
Third prize, SO, was awarded to
Miss Mary Carpenter, 1903 Holly
street northwest. Her ghost story
told of the torture OF a boy by a
Chinese phantom.
Here lis the first prize winning
ghost story:
Awakened by the rain beating
on his windows, joan. Massey, the
mucn-hated pubic hangman or Eng
land, sat up. and looked at his
waLch. 1t was O'Clock, and out.
side the w-nd moaned eefily. Mas
sey.s back teft cold, as il touched
ny a cod nanu-a dead mans cod
nand. les,, just like that-a
cIaInmy dead nand. He knew. only
TOO weL, the nofrible feel or dead
flesh.
what was that. The rain? No
-sometning IN the hal outside. s.
footsLep creeping, then sl4ence.
Again. Many rootsIeps-creeping
-stealthy-and the cIeak OF louise
board. He called out--no answer
but the moaning Of the wind.
Jumping to the door. he looked
but the corridor was empty. The
steps were closer now-and a hor-
rible choked babbhng. Massey had
often heard poor wretches try
to pray as they choked at the end
OF rope, and their voices-GOD--I
their voices were just like these.
He covered back terror-stricken,
dry-throated. mouthing-the wind
shrieked-a flash Of lightning.
Something behind nina THING
-he understanding there. The
cold hand again clammy-a stencil
of the grave-rotted dead flesh
he screamed. Cracking, gibbering
voices - crying - lusting. Then
great voice-Massey. hangman-we,
the innocent you have murdered,
have come-for you. Some awful
stenching things closed about him
he felt the touch of dead men,
smelled dead flesh.
Something around his neck
and he choked-the lightning Jared
again. and he saw them-O Cod
horrible - horrible - his throat -
they found him, purple
laced, a moose Of human hair tight
around his neck. "And outside the
sun shone down on a perfect day."
Fifty Win Tickets
The following fifty persons were
awarded tickets to the Ratio TO
see The Phantom OF the Opera:
Paul L. Compton. 1882 Fifth
STREET northwest; A. r. Cracker, 25
H street northwest; Miss Emily
J. Hewlett, 1404 Twenty.first street
northwest: s. Alpher, 20 New York
avenue northwest o. 8. Golf. 3407
Ordway street northwest; Max M.
1912 Ninth street north
west: D. Henry Young, st. Eliza.
oeth's Hospital: Arthur Lenox. lock
box 1914. city; Mrs. Mary Wilson,
1914 Madison strt ct northwest; v.
H. Landrum, 1925 Trinidad avenue
northeast Lily Freele, 5000 Pros
pect avenue northwest; Esther
Houchen, Seat Pic asant, Nd; Ben
2. Evans, u. s. Soldiers Home:
James w. Phoenix. 1437 Eleventh
street northwest; Ruby L. Russell,
1915 Sev6 nteenth street northwest;
George r. Payne, 4571 Grant row
northwest; Mrs. K. Davis, TIA
3: rect southeast: Mclean Curtis,
1850 Park road northwest; Agnes
Moore, Sc U STREET northwest:
Murray. 134S H street
H. Copperthite, 209 Pop
ular avenue, Clarendon, Va: John
r. Jarvis, 800 Eighth street north
We st; John w. Creegan, 916 Sixth
street southwest; Mrs. H. Stueler,
1905 Iowa avenue northwest; M. T.
Scanlon, $50 Madison street north.
wes.; Mrs. Daetz, 2016 r street
Mrs. H. A. Thompson.
1929 w street southeast; Mrs. Wal
ter Lewis Phillips. 947 Massachu.
setts avenue northwest; Mrs. j. B.
Colo sb6 try, Takoma Park, Md;
Virginia Darlington, 76 street
d. c.; Ralph Webster, 514 G street
iIOL LAtCdSIS ME- ~ al SO1V
Twelfth street. northeast; Frances
Thomas, Hyattsville, Md; Mrs. John
Alsop, Lan6over, Md; Mrs. Susan
Curry, EdmOnsson, Md; Louis G.
Goldburg, 3644 Thirteenth street
Louise McClosky, Beau.
mont, Alexandria, Va; Bessie
Powell Dunlop, 4207 Thirty-ninth
stro ct northwest; Hugo Kalus, 404
Thirteenth street northwest; Mrs.
H. L. Harris, sos H street north
west; Mary Lee Lawson, Willard
Courts apartments; Paul Brighten
burg, All M street northwest;
G. MacTSay, 1873 Emerson
street northeast; George F. Krim,
324l N street northwest; Miss Anita
Ballston, Va; Miss
Audrey Bancom, 1853 Oates stree
northeast; r. j. Healey, 1909 Pros
pect avenue northwest; Ray v.
Sherrard. Berkhey Springs, w. Va;
Mrs. Edith A. Butler. 1417 Eighth
Sf rect northwest