Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11

s. Sherlock Holmes, the boy
n who wrote al them detective
"A stories but has lately given
4 \ them up in favor OF ghost
stories. once said, "A ghost
In q book IL worth two in the house.
And how true that IL come home
TO ! and George, that's my husband,
the other night after q visit ] had In
the afternoon from Mrs. Goofnah. She
come in just In time to interrupt me
reading TO improve my mind. was
taking UP Shakespeare In a serious
way. on account that was the current
program Of our Ladies' Thursday Club,
and / had got as far as Hamlet.
Not alone that, but ] had got to the
Enter Ghost and then Hamlet says.
saints and Faindamentaiists defend
Us. what the heck are you doing
wandering around here, pep. you
oughtSr be dead.'' Or words TO that
effect, seer And the Ghost Gays, II
am thy fathers spirits, doomed by
the Voistead act. but they won't let
me lie, they keep waking me up and
walking me around ell the tinne! or
that was the main idea. II you get me.
admit wasn't reading very careful,
on account OF the doorbell ringing just
at that point, I am just giving g.
general impression. But II was creepy,
anyways, SO didn't mind my culture
being interrupted on the least excuse.
And Hot Bozo! That Mrs. Goofnah
is the least excuse for interrupting
anything that person can imagine,
she Is just that type of woman who
will take up your time, take up q
collection. take up all the best cakes
at q party. take up her opponents
cards at bridge, but when 1t comes to
giving out anything the most unselfish
thing she ever give out in her life
was subscription blanks for the colored
orphanage.
OF course I realize the minute
see who 1t was that she would take
my own personal seat in the living
room and all she would give In return
would be some piece of information
that was so bad she didn't care to
keep 1t any longer.
SO the minute opened the door I
says why, hello, dear. how nice this
IL. 90 glad to see you. come right on
In! And she says so glad to have
caught you. And says you always
do, that's just my luck, do sit down
and talk awhile and maybe can
catch you, too. So Mrs. Goofnah sat
In my chair and took q look around
to see my charming furniture and was
there any dust on 1t. and then she
ts, dear, do admire It so, but amt
you q little afraid to sleep here? And
says my heavens, no. the bed is
paid for and the ceiling has just been
fixed over. And she says oh. don't
mean that, ] was referring to the
ghost!
WELL naturally. don't believe in
ghosts nor any Of that nonsense,
but her saying that right on top Of me
reading about Hamlet seeing things
at night, come as a kind of Co
instance to say the least Of It. So
! give nervous laugh, fadder give
II. couldn't keep IT, Why, what are
you talking about? says. We don't
keep any ghost, we amt even got a
skeleton in our closet! And she says
why dear, I'm surprised, didn't you
know the former owner died in that
room you sleep ing Do you mean TO
ten me you amt heard they say he
was murdered by his wife, and that he
still haunts the place looking for the
weapon she used?
And / says good heaven, no, what
was the weapon? And Mrs. Goofnah
says why unbreakabIe line of talk,
she 10 supposed to of used 1t until he
died Of Insomnia, lots OF people claim
to Of seen him searching for 1t, at
midnight. that Is why the place was
empty so long and you got 1t so cheap.
And says Hot Bozo! never even
heard OF that before. Why would the
ghost keep looking for 1t in that room,
do you suppose? And Mrs. Goofnah
says well, she must Of left it there on
account she shut up and never said
another word after the funeral. Do
you mean TO tell me you never felt
funny in that room?
And couldn't say a word, on &C.