Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-13
Closs's Column

THE MAN TO WATCH: Sidney
/ HilIman . we believe that he's
! the man under whom CIO and AT OF
. VII! un!tc. -.
CAPT. w. SAYS it really happened
TO his sister. :.
Mother: Lcanurc, you have disgrace
cd the family. You failed to be pro-
,motCd in school.
Lcanoru: couldn't help it, mother.
When the promotion cards were pass
cd around, there weren't enough to
go around.
TRUE GHOST STORY CAS-
written down for me by Morchead
fisherman. Seriously, we like his style
OF writing. Names have been chang
ed.)
Mary willis, fourteen years old,
an orphan was living at her umcle'S
home on the Banks. And it was her
duty to drive up and milk the cows
every afternoon. On going after the
COWS one p. NJ she saw d ship on the
ocean and the sails were being low
cred away and the anchor was put
over the bow. A small boat was low
Iercd away from the ship and several
members Of the crew including a
boy Of about six years old and two
iron chests was put in the boat and
the crew roWed the boat to the
beach. The Capt and the Mate and
the boy came walking toward the
girl on the beach. The crew was
carrying the iron chests on poles,
and Mary Willis got frightened so
she went up big tree. And the
Capt. and the Mate and the boy
came TO the tree and the crew fol-
lowed with the iron chests. And the
Capt. gave them orders TO put the
iron chests down and dig hole at
the side of the tree. So the sailors
got the hole finished The Capt.
ordered them to put the chests in it.
And when all was ready the Capt.
ask who would take care Of the
chests Of money until he returned
for it and the little boy too small
TO know even, too young to talk
lplain, said me will, mister. And the
Capt. him laid down and his head
cut off and his body wrapped up in
d blanket which they had brought
from the ship with them, and the
burial rites was:
PlOW it with Il Rooster
And harrow it with hen
| Before this money is ever gotten
again.
/ Then the Capt and Mate and the
crew went and put up the sails and
|up anchor and sailed Off. After the
ship got out Of sight, which was al
most darI: the giri came down and
vas 50 excited snc couid not find
. The cows 50 She went home extending
| to tell her uncle. But he was so
angry he punished her and 81 she
did not tell him about il. But every
day She would 90 to the spot To see
/ if anyone had gotten the money. Then
she bot d boy whom She lcll in love
with and they was really in love
and one day he said Mary darling i.
| was able to support you ] would
ask you to marry me. Shc said Honey
If money is all that stands between
It's we can get married and ike in
a Rush tent Ga house bGilt Of ruShcs
from along the shorc) and Somcday
we will be happy and wealthy. So
DIS soon as they could get rush tent
and make a little home made furn:-
iturc such as built in hunks with
ScaWccd mattress and a bench to
sit on and another TO eat from and
also some mud clay for fire pit
they were married. And after they
we're married she told him about the
money so he got rooster and hen
and plOWed it with the rooster and
narrowed it with d hen and dug up
the money and buried the boys re-
mains and buried the money in the
rush tent floor. About a year from
then they built a modest home across
ul1A ulau AU1RA