Show A GHOST Didn't Seer Bill Hepburn None as a Result Hank an Dewberry Is I Laid Up p t in n Bed all l lamed tamed u up p pd Contused a t d e There was WM quite a di started down to Hen store ev and as a result Hank Dewberry I is In m bed suffering from various con- con I and bruises and Doc Livermore Livermore Livermore Liver- Liver more our human specialist and veterinary veterinary veter veter- inary says that it if will be several d days ys I before Hank will be able to be up and around even on crutches Somehow or other the question was started down to the store as to whether there is such a thing as a ghost Some present maintained there is and some maintained there aint Old Dad Henderson Henderson Henderson Hen Hen- derson said as as- asfor for him he hadn't no doubt about ghosts being as he had saw them and conversed freely with them on several J Jed ed Peters Peters Peters Pet Pet- ers our lour intelligent school teacher who was present said that who believed in ghosts was not only ignorant ignorant ant but sup superstitious being beins- as there wasn't no such a thing Hank Dewberry Dewberry Dewberry Dew Dew- berry ry said that he reckoned in Bingville Bing believed ed in ghosts and if ifa ifa a ghost was to appear before them the they would nearly be to death Jed Peters didn't agree with Hank about this and told him just for the sake eake of argument why didn't he dress dressI I up like a ghost and go down to Bill I I Hepburn's blacksmith shop and try to fool Bill Bilt who has been working late in inthe inthe the shop recently and was hard at work that night Hank he didn't seem to be very el anxious to try this experiment but present egged him on and told him here was a opportunity to I show if what he said was true and if he didn't take advantage e of it the they would think that he didn't have the of his ic Well Vell they kept at Hank and pestered him hint un until tit he finally consented to go So he went home and got a sheet unbeknownst unbeknownst unbeknownst un un- un- un to his wife and it back to the store and md cut a couple of holes in it for or eyes and made eyebrows and a offal nose and arid mouth on the sheet with soot from the stove after which Hank wrapped wr the sheet about and them present all said they didn't know when they had ever sa saw v as and like lifelike a ghost as as he was Hank then left the tore Store tore and ed towards Bills Bill's shop by e buddy who was in in the store who was anxious to see sec the result When they got about a couple of hundred d feet from the blacksmith shop they all stopped and Hank told them to tp keep quiet so Bill wouldn't suspect anything any any- any anything thing and th they y talked in whispers Bill could be heard hammering away and singing at his work in hi the shop while Hank fixed the sheet around and up to the door which he softly opened and stepped inside Bill was working with his b back ck to towards towards towards to- to wards Hank and was making a lot of noise so he didn't know of his presence presence presence pres pres- ence and Hank stood there waiting for Bill to turn around and discover cr him for some time until it got to be very verr embarrassing to Hank Bill didn t turn around Finally Hank he would surprise Bill so so he says in a adeep adeep adeep deep voice yoke I r am a ghost I 1 Bill he didn't jump or he he only turns around slow and looks at Hank a minute Then he drops his hammer an and anH starts for him Hank he fled through the door of the IOp whence he come an and n J started down the road as fast fut as he could run run with Bill BiU after him Hank WM was tumble id would probably of escaped rpm from Bill BiU If it hadn't been that he got all aU snarled u up in the sheet heet and tripped and andell fell Cell ell and nd BUt Bill ill grabbed him So you jou u be a ghost be you says sill Bill Well it dont don't hurt a ghost none to give him a good thrashing I reckon so take tale that that says Bill and he hit Hank a wallop on the side of the head that turned him clean over before he struck the ground As soon as Hank got up tip Bill Bm knocked him down again and all the time Hank Kept hollering Please dont don't hit me no more Bill Bill I I I aint no ghost honest I aint Im I'm Im I'm no- no buddy but Hank Dewberry and one of the best friends youve you've got in Bing Bing- ill ville e. e You said you jot was a ghost says Bill as he hit Hank another crack and Im I'm going to take you at your word Finally Hank pleaded so pitiful pitiful piti piti- ful that Bill let him go in di disgust and went back to work in the shop Them as as witnessed the experiment sn k off in different becu th they y didn't want int to have any any part in i it when Bill Dill was yas as in that mood As for Hank he limped home and ind his wife helped him to bed bcd When she found fount out that he lie had tuk one of her clean sheets often the bed in the spare room for his experiment she give guc him a severe se se- se vere dressing down with her tongue and told the nabers that if Hank hadn't of been so bad used up she would o of used the floor mop on him herself As for Hank he says he dont don't believe be believe believe be- be lieve f anymore any more there is any such a critter critter critter crit crit- ter as a ghost and he dont don't believe any any- buddy else believes it either |