E~.slai~• Stories	Page Two	2C9
(Texas)




~Zverson digs ‘b~it fi,e feet, where de ghost toit hia to, and

he spade hit da iron box. ~ prises de cover off and. dat box ~t full of de gold coins, fives and tens and. twenties, gold money, a whole buahel in dat ~ He hell~rs to da two aen and dsp c~es runnin, but by d.

tias clay gits dire, de box ~ stink and all they can see is de hole where it go down, Dey digs and &i~s~ ~it it ain‘t no ua•. If him hadn‘t taken de sen with his, him be ri~ ‚ but de ghost ditin‘ t want dem other men dere.

u Zn dat clerc s~e country, dez‘s e~ a fars what eho‘ ~ hanted.

Many fg,ltes tri•s to live in dat house, but e~ forced to move, It aposed de niggers ~at de cruel sassa on dat fars kilt in slave tines, cones back to tan‘lizs. De ghostiea co~nee in de night and walks back and forth ‘cross te yard, and dey can see ‘en as plain as dey. Dors nobody ihat will stay on dat farn.

TMïypappyancoain‘ hoseondeho8sonenightandhefeelltke

someone on dat hose bein‘ his . He turn and kin see sonething. Ks say, s Phat for you git. on ny hose? ‚ ‚ but dere an r~ answer, He tries to touch dat thing, b~~t he pass his hand r ight throagh it and he biow t t a ghos t ‚ and peppy hops off tat hoes and am on le gr~nd ruzmin‘ quicker ian greas.d li~itning. P~,py sees tat hoes, with de haut on hin, gwine throu~gh de

woods like de doez‘.

BRight here in diPs bouse, a person die ~nd dey spirit tan‘lts.

at night. It c~e aftsr we goes to bed and patters on 1s floor with d bare feet and rattles &. paper. Dat sho‘ git ne all a.quivernent. I hass to get de 3ible end call de Lawd to banish den. )at I seed de shadow of dat ghost oft~ end. it an a nan ghost and it look sad..