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Show E E 'S S ' , ' i/ENTURERS i ENTURERS VENJURERS VENTURERS / ' CLUB CLUBAt CLUB CLUB"Ghost , FROM THE LIVES 4 41"i 1"i 1i At " I DUNES EOPLE pQLE LIKE YOURSELFI YOURSELF ! wj "Ghost Ghost " at t1ie the Door " ' rLO EVERYBODYyou EVERYBODY you u knOW low boys and glrls girls old Lady Adventure venture ISt is isatic democratic atic female in m the \ \ orld She ' doesn't doesnt ' ' con- con conattentions - conOS t + OS OSattentlOns , ( attentlOns attentions to toer any partlcular particular class of people but butp.E rer er favors on all ahke alike Whj Why kmgs kings and queens have . her p.E pE ' . * d\entures d entures dtentures \ and so have doctors lawyers , cab dnvers drivers + reachers Teachers ' reachers8Y 8Y ay I ve ye got a yarn from a dentlst-Dr dentlst Dr dentist-Dr dentist - Robert Lentz Lentzvllle v teIll vllle Ill Illadventure teIlladventure adventure happened to Doc along about the summer 12 "and and end " In those days he was hvmg living In WIllIamson coun counrlolfCreek counattety 1 ear ar rl\olfCreek rl olfCreek Rolf \ V olf Creek 111 Ill That s down near the Ozark ndges ridges ridgesm ridges'HVJI-1912 ridges'HVJI ridgesHVJI 1912 attety attetyear " ' m : - 1912 ther there therewas there , was some pretty lonely country in m thatsnot that snot b br borhood orhood orhoodntEtjrt t r Itoe orhoodknew knew , because he used to nde ride throughsome through some of It Itregularl ito itregularl3 it-sffiilarh it sffiilarh ntEtjrt . . regularl regularl3 - ) He was courting courtmg a eirl gIrl who lived hved aboutIUIes aboutr about about.assable o r ma onma ! IUIes miles ) from hIs home and he used to nde ride out there on onck ck rk along a v.mdmg vmdmg winding . road that was almost IXDpassable impassable .assable assable . in m placese placesigL places placesMS igL eoui < a ark e of the thIck growth on eIther side sideI sidebid bidtriad a ? I triad road led down mto into a place kno vn as BIg Grassy Creek bottom bottomI bottomt bid I t bottom v.as vas was . m dway between hIS home and hIS gIrl shouse shousewas s house houseceotla across the creek and near the ford old tumblecents MS was a ford an tumble tumble1be tumble'church tumblechurch cents centsI ceotla centschurch ceotlaWas I ' church that hadn t been used tor for upwards of 50 yearsIlepti years yearsBepi 1bechurch Ilepti IleptiWoman Bepi 1be , : , : Wonnn Wom'ln Womln Woman ' Burned to Deathm Deathin Death in m Bygone Days DaysS DaysN S N Y I ; Year Iear lyr ear the ( lie church was "as as " an old chlmnpy-all chlmnpy all chimney-all chimney chimnpy - all th that t tas \ was \\as as left of a house house'I1te housettte houselilj ' ' 'I1te I1te ttte ' 1 ' < ptOple people p ) ( told strange stories about According Accordmg to to'one toone ' one tale a woman had hada hadatt hadatom a att 1I ! ' " . . limned burned to death when that house took fireThere fireThere fire r There was something- something somethmg somethingeerie - eerie about the old church and the oldey oldey old - iiBney ey Doc Doe used to feel shivery when he passed them ridingI ndmgIDe ndmg riding ridingI A | / line IDe me tt al at two o 0 clock m In the morning Inornmg But one night Dlght he made the theISIake thecstake ( he I CK CKme LK heLK v isttt6 ISIake cstake of some gomg going Into that church and then- then theni3S thenr thenass then - r us i3S ass one dark n ght . when v.hen vhen Doc Doe was coming commg back from a datestarted datestarted date datef f ( ( | stirted started to ( o ram rain just lust after he lefl-a lefl a left-a left left - a th n drizzle a at t first firstu firstJIIj first-111 first 111 JIIj JIIjut - u ut iA , as s he rode along he heard the rumble of thunder and the ramCOJl11l1g ramcoining ram ' a coming COJl11l1g coining down harder He had reached the bottom then and theRCl the RCln RCl n Av 1 i ig g t & talB1k talB ; 1k ! \ \ , ( I Iir ir irp \p p \ 1Ili11 1Ili11i i 4 4e 3 : e & 1- 1 1Ii - Ii ' ' _ & fft/f fft f / i S 11 a human form of some sort standing there with arms outstretchedl outstretched l . 1 fth ii vould would afford shelter of a sort Doc tied his horse to a sapand sap , and plunged plUl1ged through the underbrush to the doorThe doory doorThe door y Tbt The church was all but fallen down It leaned over crazily to one oneas oneii onetil as ii it Jt of it had been pushed o\ o 0\ 0 oer 0er o \ er by some g ant hand mto into a great paral&raJn paralPram paral yam &raJn raJn Pram & The windows wmdows were out and the floor was partly gone buttub butTali but butte tub Tali Talied te led ed by intermittent mtermIttent flashes of lightn ng Doc worked his way forwardt forwardb forward t b ) " a i point near the rostrum where the root roof was good and the ram rain rainC ramE C i I t ( come through The ram rain didn t show any signs of letting lettmg up som solay so soss ss m : t lay down on a front bench to go to sleepHunch sleep sleepHunch Hunch Makes Him Stay Awake AwakeI I somethingI ! I lay ther\ ther therty therabout thertyabout there \ about 15 minutes mmutes he be said when somethmg something somethmgcaused somethingMl ciBicd caused me to open my eyes and look at the doorway at the othertIId othertad other othertni tni tIId tad of the Ihe church Lightnmg Llghtnmg Lightning lashed flashed ( just lust then-flashed then flashed then - flashed Just lust Justeoough lustenough just.1 just1 . SomethIngtold SomethingIi eininrh eoough enough to enable me to see dimly through the door SomethIng Somethingil Ii i toll told me to stay awake and with sleepy eyes I gazed at that door doorJ nsptctmg l5peclmg inspecting it each time the lightning hghtnmg would permit meI meI me meW W I heard a tWig ( wig break outside and could tell that my horsetras horse ' " ins was tras uneasy I felt the hair rise nse on the back of or my neck and my41 my myJi myii Ji Jihearl ii hearl heart ut began let n to beat heat faster laster It seemed that it at would bo be hourst hoursbefore hoursa hours t t a * teftre before the liehtnmg ltg-hlnmg ltg hlnmg lightning - flashed tlashed again to tell me what might be bet , there and 111 in Ihe the meantime I straightened np up Just lust as qUietly as as.I .I I . 0 could.r ' t I Could'i could .r r 'i i .rAnd 'itend . ' And tend Andalong tendalong along about then there entered Doc s mind mmd the thought that thatold thatbb thati ' bb old church might rmght be haunted There was that old c.hlmney-charred c.hlmneycharred c.hlmney chlmney charred chimney-charred chimney c.hlmneycharredot . chimney - - charredWat mint ot of the house in which a woman had burned to death And as asI ast asMt i whot I t wasn Waan wasp t enough Doc began thinking thmkmg of the countless people who who"have whohave " haveIn t have bave been buried burled from that old church-whose church whose church - whose bodies must have haven have'la havela ' In ! n their pine pme coffns cotfns cotrns before that same rostrum near which he hef6 hei f6 f6lying lying 11111g he11111g now Those thoughts were running runnmg through Doc s mind mmd then then then"aly thenaly . , " enly city lightning hghtnlng flashed agam again agam"M agamAnd againAnd And "M M " th tiI s time tune Doc saw something somethmg in the doorway It was a human11 humanor humanOf human or Of orsome Ofsome t tome some sort standing standmg there with arms outstretched touching touchmg both bothot bothof bothf ot of or the door \ how l\ow l ow I\ow I \ says Doc I wanted to make my exit Ian Ian I an " "to to Thedoor to get ( et ready to do so but how was I going gomg to go about it ' ? The Ther waitedd waitednmiily door " < " ' was blocked and the windows v-er v er v.er ver wer . - too high up I waited waitedously d lightningIt hghtmngt ously for the rwxt next flash fiash of lightning lightrung hghtmng t Inthe It 11 came and my ghostly VIM visitor tor was disclosed standing standmg In ine the s its doorway looking lookmg at me It was plainly platnly silhouetted and itfilmed it ittted filmed : ; tted 1I1ed hangdown hanglag to be an old woman with matted twisted twl.led twlled ! . hair hang lag down to hcr her shoulders no hat no shoes and wearmg wearing some someIOrt somesort IOrt sort " "t t " of a sack apronLightning apron apronLightning Lightning Reveals the tbe Thing Thmg Coming Commg at Him'She HimShe Him Him'She ' 'She She ' possiblya moved with as little noise as the spirit spmt itself Could it possibl possibly ? , a theg spirit SPlItt ' ? I couldn t move How was I going gomg to get out ? Was the the.vas thevas . itas itWas : g CODlIng Coming " 6 closer ? ' To T my disordered imagination IXDagmatIon it seemed as it ifg Was as my.rance myn . What " "at at " would it do when it d scovered me me9 ? Would it block my myHore .rance rance n . Ote ' ? Hore anticipatedOre WOl Would d lt It take out after a ter me ? Au All those thmgs things I anticIpated anticIpatedaOlfe s"11 s11 " " ? 6'1"o 61o ' Ore tt " aOlfe Orefeet feet feetnext f ( the t aboutt t closer i'11 i11 next ' " " ' flash ot of lIghtnmg lightning ehtamg When it came . .he he lie . Thing was about aboutSleet aboutj Sleet sill armssill sin08 U ' " " eom com comng ng onward with outstretched arms armstb armsi tbU the th tb e noiselesslye , , , there re wa8 was no sound The apparition had advanced noiselesslya noiselesslyg noiselessly clammyCIS clammygcri , . , , darkness " "kneas kneas " before the next flash Doc could imagine IXDagme cold clammy g gcri " ' CIS ' on hu Ius his , faceu face1ow facelow face ' slippedup nn , 1\ow 1 ow low \ w he says y * I I decided it was time hme to move I slipped Ju slIppedJu Juslowly lung lightlung u up slowly hoping to get past the Tbmg Thing before the ne"t net next " light- light lightb - - . b by wasby dJsclosed disclosed me I reached the posItIon that I thought was was1 /1 1 out yelledout / 1cr her cr side and then came anolher another tlash flash I jumped and yelled ; andmade am10"3 am103 dlOUd loud " she Allowed rollowed followed suit with a yell yeU equally as intense mlense andJl andl and andlJust made Jl lateJust Just C a grab " itt at Mc me But t00 too fclte late lateot 1 ot otone ott horseott oitTi-0116 oitTi 0116 Justone : ! - one jump " " 'P P ' and I was outside the door running runnmg to my horsed horse lke like ' d , h hlke have ave fIdeave ve "te te " a streak I believe if Tom M VI ! x could have seen me ride fIde rideve tnvied envIed med mewhat me mert d ( rt ww What was the s Thing Tlung that Doc saw in the doorway9 doorway ' ? Well the theOlll theon Olll nthe ti tiDoc th y " e Anna Mna escapedAnna escapede escapedMna Doc t : heard a report that an aged insane msane woman had escaped asylum not far away And that was Doc s ghostReleased ghostReleased ghost _ ( ( Released by w \ extern estern Newspaper Union ) |