Show the me cabman s ghost by F A MITCHEL 11 yo dun don belleme iu in hants yo don lau butten wha yo calkin bout the speaker was one of 0 several col red ored back drivers waiting for the mid night train to come in at a station it in ten essee soule some of the group bud bad vo 0 o far broken away front from the tion of their rare race us as to doubt or pre tend to doubt the existence of ghosts wha yo TO know bout nants hants blus bill one orthe or of the doubters wha I 1 know bout ayli em I 1 daiv one mie ob em 6 yah yah yo vo daiv a hant bout did he tiny pay yo I 1 in a haut bout It money ioney yas twant no money at till nil wha kind ob money was vias dot yah yati yah ou mean twalla tw ailt allt no nn hant at all mahlie it was a beat yo suet shet up an ill tell yo till nil about aboin it IL one mighty dak night I 1 was on de box to fo a tare fare fut fust thing I 1 know knew I 1 felt jagt ink somebody teemed me lae on de knee with an icicle I 1 woke up an all dar on de sidewalk war a young feller lookin at me with de shiniest shi niest eyes I 1 eber see 1 I see man dressed lak ink dat nis ills hat war all fuzzy an was bigger at de top dan at de bottom nn an de brim was all rolled up on de sides he had a big white towel round his neck an no shirt collar de coat was green with brass button big as a surer dollar an it was spike hpike tailed de pants was tight at an trapped strapped down ober de foot he was night might I 1 delro tell yo lie ile said he want nip me to drive irive him up de road a bit an ain he tell me who to stop ne ile git it in de cle bak bix k an I 1 daiv up le de road curt sunn on lir lie ring out nut I 1 stop an I 1 stop lopit tp lie got cot out ut nn all to tola me to stay wha I 1 was un he w went ent into info de by dp do time de clolie n lil hat var rollin ober de moon roll rollad fl ull nil ante awill dp de rall full it was n is if lislie bt is as dy I 1 sot awhile worl derin who de voting vonne man war and what lie went into tie de ro fo an I 1 got cur us so 11 1 got down do de bus bin au an hollered foll ered him dar I 1 see sl stand andin iii in ili dp do cl earin in d dp oli ob de moon de young feller tal lilu to another leinig man and in aln pance e WIM was man talk tail in to anu ilder Ider nian mail too dig was wall tall man luan with laburn jaws na an be hiar ti clr stood right up lip on de top ob he benil lak ink a har bar ue he was wag de mos de nian I 1 eber see ue he mar nr breed lak ink de udder men dar ony only he bob bab a shirt collar shi nilio way up under be years while I 1 war lookin at em cm dit de two udder men mah dials somo some steps lak ink markin off de graull den dey dev put do de two firs men ahot I 1 tole lole yo bout at de ends benua ob de groan dey marked off an handed each one ob em cm a beetle pistol ien den one ob de udder men stan up fin an te he drop a an hot bof de men shoot at each udder one ou on em cm bol ills his tire den be ink long alm aim an be shoot my fare so he be fall down on de aroun when I 1 em cm carrein car him 1 de wood I 1 says sars says 1 dey gwine t to tak him blua to mv hack an I 1 mak tracks to fo de hack hafek an when dey git dir I 1 was settin on de box to be asleep den I 1 started agin an dey put de young coulig wan in de leroid e an tell me to daiv me home I 1 whip up de boss an iriv bick back to de town toun nn an ebery once in a aw life bile de young man put he head out de winder an tell me bleh way to go when he put out he be head I 1 look down an see he be white face ace with de d big black eyes lookin at me an aa it a if he be been dead ei hundred year for de bawd I 1 thought I 1 swine gwine fall all offen de box I 1 was so when N w e got to de place he be was go in at I 1 daiv in de gate an up to de house I 1 een darivin all about dat klutey an I 1 see ilat dat place bafo dar want no sich place on dat road I 1 1 feel as if de bebble got la in side 0 me au all was clutching chin at my w windpipe I 1 daiv up de path to dat house an I 1 see de house bouse bafo i any mo dan de grouns it war dalt dak as a coal hole rut nut de linit I 1 stop be fo de steps ob de verandah it was all lighted at ree ance some peoples come out one oh ob em cm a young woman who tul tuk ou on when she see de young man mad lo in de kerridge kern dge in an I 1 made up my mind she war ho he wife dey carried bial iota inta de house an loft left me waltin outside 1 I sot lar dar on oil de hoi box body to brine brina tile me out ma tare fare an anet a long time a kern out an said I 1 no po ga a adur way since I 1 1 might be wanted but he be say nay kotbin bout mab mah fare ile he went into de house boas e BO an 1 waited no an waited an I 1 got tired waiten arter while I 1 forgot bout de queer evix oh ob de youns young me I 1 dalr do lit I 1 vor ina an I 1 tuk a nap call when ahen I 1 loke up tip wha yo vink I 1 was wasl ahn ba leclain pin on de box right in de town who wha I 1 barted at the aud lenie lente atvas so frightened at the that they showed signs of sway away when the speaker on con linued 1 I 1 daiv a 0 gentleman arter do dat to ir de hermitage till nil I 1 tell hlin him bout de na n ts ne ile tak rne me la in de boo home booe e an show me a of de owner long inn time ago to de ant arar de man who wha killed mah fare who dot dat I 1 asked de nut lineral ii fl jackson he ele killed flat dot young man whose abos you saw |