Show Sambos Halloween Last October I spent some time visitIng 1 my unelo on a Kansas farm Among the servanto on the place was a very superstitious super-stitious little darky boy called Sambo Tho childs credulity was 1 so well known that a great many practical Jokes were played on tho poor fellow and as Hallow I con approached we 1 wondered what cel ulproch we ihe bovs would do to torment him il of their Thc soon gave us un inkling o plan Passing the kitchen one morning ny attention was attracted by Sambos high pitched tones hlth Jltchrd Im akcard of ghosts 1ou aIls dont pit me lo go nigh no graveyard ailcr dark Then Will my oldest cousin replied Why Sam theres no such thing as ghosts I should think youd be afraid of the Halloween bogy S I peered In Just in time to see the whites of Sambas eyes rolling excitedly that eroV Whats thnt era Will replied with a deep groan and a startled rJlcl toward the 1001 JroCn Youd bettor not ask Just look out next Tuesday Tues-day that it doesnt catch you I Just dotes on little boyslikes to hear their bones crunch Good lawsy I shant give Im any chance to git me You dont catch thin chicken out doom after dark ehlcl1 day and several i times a day until that mysterious Halloween the boys and farm hands entertained Sambo with graphic accounts of the terrors of the Halloween bogy lie was eight feel tall he had long white robes he usually haunted creek banks and his victim never was allowed to utter more than one scream all these Interesting details wcro carefully Impressed on his mind Tn the careuly meantime I observed Will slyly making a mrantmc pair of enormous ttlUs and later I overheard over-heard him begging the loan of a pair of sheets from his mother When Halloween came Sambo made 1 desperate ofTort to tot all his chores done before dark but on one pretext or another tie hands delayed him I The twilight was gathciing when he started for the corral ga milk tho on the bank of tho creek to mik cows I was KO much Interested In the conspiracy conspir-acy by this time that I followed him part wav und sat down under 1 tree to await developments It I l soon crew julte dark but creek all was nulot In the direction of the Suddenly the most bloodcurdling yell broke the stlllnesii and lurf came Sambo running for dear life a milk pal swayIng sway-Ing wildly l in each hand with the contents con-tents streaming alonG the path und behind be-hind him in hot pursuit a most uncanny figure fully eight feet In height with flowing wmte robea ali blue llamas outlining out-lining a hideous pumpkin mask I screamed myself In sympathy The fun was soon over Tbu poor lad was HO terrified that he dropped In a faint on the doorstep and the whole household wero alarmed lest the shock might affect him permanently But he was all right tho next morning and strutted like a turkey tur-key cock in a complete now suit with a jackknife and a Waterbury watch in the pockets the gifts of his remorseful tormentors tor-mentors Ho was completely cured of his super Htitlons by the Incident When he found that it was Just Marae VII dressed up on tilts ho decided that all ghosts must be Just makebelieve and he was never again known to ho afraid of the dark |