Fortuna Union High School - Megaphone Yearbook (Fortuna, CA)

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The Ghost The budffe 1tself xx 19 1 lonfr n'111oxx C18dkX lfllill tl11t C10SQ9d Gob l1n Gulch about txxo 11111es beloxx Ghostvllle The countlx alound Ghost v11le xx f1s noted f'11 and xxlde as the centel of 111 SO1tS of stones of ghosts haunted houses 'md tl1e llke Tl11s p 11t1culf11 budge had the most te111fx 1110 sto1 of them 111 A huge xxh1te g1e'1m1n0f ghostlv f1gu1e xx '1s sa1d to lppe 1 GVQIX llllllt '1t n11dn1ffl1t 1boxe the t1ll 11dc1s thqt 1e'1ched 11 111ost to the top of tl1e blld e Onlx 1 fexx people h 1d GVBI S6611 the ghost 11 then orlx bec1use thex c11 1nced to be stlanvels xx ho happened to pass the b11d fe It th lt l1ou1 The xx hole ll91g11b01l'100d 'uound tl1e bl 1d0e ple sented 1 d1ea1y aspect even 111 the dax t1n1e a long dark d1e11x stretch of xxoods suuounded the budge on all s1des Nun1e1ous sc1eecl1 oxvls lxfd IH the old 10tte11 sn ws lC'11 tl1e ends of the budge and scleeched feufullx It mffnt A de sc bl mket of fo 1lxx ax s hung loxv OV61 the '11de1s '1nd thus excluded even the smallest 1 1y of sunhght I had been 111 toxxn 1bout txxo xx eeks when I l1e11d about the Ghost flom 111x Iuendsne 10 Clxd t llose Yes M s 1 I o11e see d1t Chos once 11 d o11ce IQ su1e nuff fo me lut I don 11ke talk 1l70L1t d1t Fhos xou bettel 'fo '1n see h1m fo Vou self Th1s was all I could get Moses to tell me '1bout the matter t1x '1s hard '1s I mwht Whenevel he he11d the Chost 111ent1oned h1s ex es xxould Wlx f11e d xx ho d1d not belleve 1n ghosts sa1d th It tlllS sto1x xx as '111 fO0l1Slll1GS5 He lefused to go xx 1tl1 n1e at n1x lequest to see the Gl1ost I xx 1S not d1 CLLIIPUYCC1 hoxx ex C1 cl 1QSClVCC1 to 'fo 'md find out fo1 mx self xxh1t the Chost 1eallx xx'1s Accoldlnfflx I set out fo1 the H u11ted l11d0'e 1lo11e one buffht lllOOHllt nwht I l1p1 ed bl 1evolve1 and 1 couple of hfmdfuls of C'11t1ldgQS 1l1t0 one of n1x pockets lJ6fO16 I left but I f1ssu1 ed myself that I hfxd not tl1e least thought of any danUe1 As I t 1ed the 4110111 xx oods 11ea1 tl1e bl 1dge '1 feellng of des01at1on '1 d lone IPGSS Clllle ox 91 111e The n1ght xx 'IS cold and the sha1p 1o1t1ng xx1nd th It Llexx doxx 11 the p 1tl1 p1e1ced n1v hef1xx cofxt ard sent ch1lls up and doxxn mx b1ck I stalted to 1etu1n No I xxould not UIVQ up I h1d come th1s fa1 and I xxould see tl1e th1n0 tl11ou h Tl1e budge xxas just head Quddenlx ve1v suddenlx and xx 1l2l1Ollt '1 111o111ents xxa1n1n0f I heald 1 lObt ln n1x ea1 the most blood Cll1dl1l'10' p1e1c1nU ho111ble scream that 'mx one could 1m'1g1ne Mx hefut Jumped up 111to 111x th1of1t almost 1nto 1nx mouth It seemed Yvlth '1 shf1l41ng hfznd I 0'1llJb9d f1t mx lexolver HO1101Sl It W'1s gone' Pe1haps I had dlopped It along the 1oad Then I began 13110111170 at n1x oxxn foohshness That SC18 n1 that H15 llxelx 1m '10 nat1on had n1ade so 1101 1'1ble xxa nothmff but the sc1eech of a sc1eech Pa T etx -' I 44 4 4 4 - 4 4 4 4 ' 4 4 4 -I C c 4 1. G4 c 4 K 1 c c 4. ' 4 ' 4 4 ' 4 4 4 4 - c 4 l ' 4 4 4' 4 4 , 4 4' L . c c 4 , 1 . l 4 u . I Q. 1 Q. v c 4 c . c c C, - ' . 4 444 4 4 ' ' 4 4 ' :4 ' J 'Y - as r 1 cu . f 2 zz' 1 gg 4 1, 2 1 a 1 L' 4 ' 4 z - ' ' 4' 2' l i I C ' 7 :uf ,j z ' Z, f 4. 4' Q 4 4 4 4 ' 4 4 4 4' 4 - C, c c 4 1 'D K4 2 4 4 4 L ' 4 Ly ' , 4 4 4 K 4vv 4 1 I 4. ' 1 1 ., D . 1 . f: . 4 C 1 4 C, 4 4 4 ' 1 4 4 4 4 4 c K 2 D . , 1.14 3 c gl tl.. C, c 1 I vm h l 4 C A C 4 ' 4 4 4 4 4 4 H 77 L C I 1 4 ' 4- 7 44 4 uw 4 -Q ' H g s 1 .. ,1. . s. 4. 4 4 4 T 1 ' , 1 r ., 21 s., c 4 L z , z 1 . 1 1 ' , , 1 , , a ' 9 . J c c c Q , . 4, c 7 Y! . 4 4 c , L c ' , I , KK !! ' ' , V 4 C, . L 'I U' get as b1g as saucers, and he would turn as pale as a negro can. 1 3 ' 11 , ' , 2 '. 4 ' 4 4 4 4' 4 4 U 7' 1 42 S 4 . 0 , , ., me . A E K . t, 4 4 U Y 77 4 4 4 4 ' 4 4 4 U 44 c . 1. . I, L , L. , v. ,, 1 . . . . I . i 4 ,, 4 'O 1, . s 1 .1 g ' 4 1 C K . . . .4 . 3 , 1 . L ' 4 c 1. I C, c C, '. A--4 Q 4 4 4 4 7 4 4 4' ' ' V., 4, 4 I C, 1 4 'l Q , 2 7 ' 4 c , 1 7 E I' Y 7 L t c lt' c . 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ' V 4 . .4 4 4 , C . c ' 4 4 Y ' 4 4 0- 4' 4 ' ' D C ' C .4 C. K 4 4 4 4 4' 7 4 4 ' 4 'f 4- 4 1 . 4 C C as ' 54 H . L, ., . D, . b, .. C r C my C 4 .I L ' . J lv 1 C , 4 ' , ' 4' 4, 4 4 -4 . 4 . c c f c C c c L . mm 1 D 1 . v 4 C 4 so 4 ' 4 4 ' 4 , ' 4 1 ' - oc D Ht, A' 4 4 cf I L 4 Lg 4 4, , ,' ' s C, ' ' - ge w n '-Six

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ow I pl oc eded on my v ax to the brldve I glanced at my mdlum xxllst watch It was seven mlnutes to txxelve In only seven mole sholt mlnutes I was to vlexv the Ghost' I stood on the edge of the blldge and 2lYVdlt6d 1tS llllval Of COUIS6 I told mx self that no such thlng would come as I dld not belleve ln ghosts I looked 'lt mx watch avaln It xx 'ls one mlnute to twelve All at once I heard a POISQ that made mx hful stand Stl ught up It xxas a loxx lumblln moanlng sound that came f10m doxxn ln the 'lldels under the blldge As I looked I sflxx 1 llttle cloud of vxhlte vlpol IISC up thlough the tops of the tlees and to mv h01lO1 lt slowly but BUIGIQ sh lped ltself lnto a l1f9SlZ6 movlng figule It seemed to be a skeleton d18SSGd IH sheets and kept gloanln all the tlme I ved at the ghost ln bexxllderment dumbfounded I at last c me to my senses 'md started to lun My foot caught on a nall on the cd e of the blldge and I pitched head fllst OVGI the slde I fell dllectly lnto the ums ot the Ghost I felt 1tS hot bleath I could heal lt pmtlng I could even see 1tS long bonv flngels leachmvf out to clutch m A It made a glab fol me I scleamed and felt It clutch my coat Down doxxn down I fell Somethlng llke hot steam was all around me It colched my face and hands Could the Ghost be followlng me? I larded ln 1 clump of bushes xx lth a clash and lolled out of them I atheled mvself up and almost flew throu h the fllders and up the slde of the gulch I dld not look behlnd once Mv heart was bumpln agfunst my head I dld not even stop when I came to mx fllend s house but kept Il ht on tlll I came to the depot A passengel t12l1I1 was just pulllng out I JLII ped lbolld thls and almost knocked the conductol doxxn as I lushed thlou h the dool Next molnlng aftel I 'I1I'lV8d home I telephoned my frlend and told hlm that I xx IS safe and that a lettel xx ould leach h1m next dax ln folmm h1m of the cause of my somexxhat hullled departule About ten xe IS lltel I l6C6lV6d the folloxxln lettel flom anothel lllend of mlne Ghostvllle Mflss Oct 17 1847 Xlx D611 Fllend I lecelved xoul lettel last nlffht 'md xx as velx ghd to heal that xou If xxell I IIT! velx xxell 'md IDI stlll tlflxellnxf xxlth Pl0f6SSOl Cornxxall We had an lntelestlnof fldxentule the otllel nlght Thele IS 'ln old behel' '1lOl1I'ld Chostvllle that fl ghost appeals ex 91X nlght 'lt mldnlght bx -1 httle IJIIOLIQ thlt closses Goblln Gulch txxo Illlleb beloxx hele The Plofessol and I xxele xxfllklnrr OVGI that blld e the othel dav xxhen the qlrlessol sflxx sonle klnd of a plant that he xxanted doxxn undel the bl ldge We xx ent doxxn aftel It As xxe xx ele pushln oul xx'lx thlouofh the blush xxe llmost fell lnto fl VQIV deep hole The hole xx as about five feet acloss PgT ty 1 e h 'n v ' C . v -C ' , .' ' U H 1' - - . I 1 1' 1 v D v ' . . , , 1 C V 6 1 I . A v . 1 1- l A M c c , f v 1 . 0- I , 4 1 7 ' 7 C37 c ' 'n 1 7 2 . ' Q Z ' Y 7 1 I I 'Y , , , . , . C . g. . ga I. , ' , ' , . 1 Q l . C. C u C :R U' I Q C 1 1 K . - . 1 . ' . . ' H H ' . . ' 1 I . 1 u . I . 1 6 e. s ' ' ' ' , ' . Y ' I - I ' 1 9 x ' K - r, , KK n - xl . W A u 1 c . 2 . ' 'c ' . gf I I A' 'Q C g 1 1 ' . . , g ' . my back teeth and my halr llfted my cap full five lnches from the top of . v 1- , 7 v ,, . . A L L . . . . . U . C, . 1 . 1 D . ' 9 1 .2 C . , . , C -, - , g , .. I . ' v 8 . 2 . 1 ' v' 0- 1 . . . ' D , ct ., ' ! 1 . 1 .' . A . C 1 1 l v u 1 . v 1 v 9 ' - . c D c c L t 1 1 . 11 '? ' . 2 ' 1 2 ' 2 ' ' C, ' ' ' - ' . ' - C, C Y ' ' A . ' 1 ' ' , ' . v . v ' ' ' ' I 1 c c t 1 . ' ' U ' v - 1 v 1 . 1 ' z ' - . :At - C v . .C 6 1 C - g- - V V v . 1 ' s . v ' ' ' ' 'u . 1 -1 f n C ' v v ' v v 1 . I v v 1 ' ' - g f . an v 4 l 1 ' ' 1 c U - 1 a e wen -Seven