The Georgia cracker. (Gainesville, GA.) 18??-1902, August 10, 1901, Image 1

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tion of his dream this gentleman and the writer passed through a strip of woods close by where Mr. Telford met the ghost-dog. They were accompanied by the late Mr. Ed F- Little S s dog ;i Tige. ? ‘ Sud denly the animal stiffened out and began to bark and growl at a— Something on the ground not visi ble to mortal eyes. The dog was terribly excited, and when one of the men,would step upon the spot where its blazing eyes were fo cussed it would act like a mad creature. All the time “Tige” kept backing away from the dread ed spot, and finally, whirling around, tucked his toil between fiis legs and scorned for home. Verily, it may be as Shakspeare hath it that ‘‘there V are stran ge r things in heaven and earth ^than are dreamed of in our philoso phy.” forthwith. They had no sooner decided than they started for Jersey City and locating the fa^ moos marrying’squire. Justice F. P. Lehane, aroused him from bee at 2o’clock in the morning and asked him to join their hearts and h'aadsy rikkli he did. Dr. Williams was oncea surgeon at Bellevue hospital. . He is well known in Columbus and Atlanta. About two years ago he was located' in Gainesville In the practice of his profession and has many friends here. Dr. Williams returned a few months ago from the Philippines, and since Mb return, with the exception of a few weeks spent in Columbus, has been stationed at Governor’s Island. He. is one of be “haunted”; that 'the particu lar epsit which “walked the earth”|h|n was the ghost of a man who "met death in that sec tion recently ; that the ghost ap peared 10 tiie shape of a large white dog. This brought to Har old’s mind his recent experience and be related it. Mr.Telford says that when he returned home that night he tned to again scare up the strange ani mal he had seen, in mi endeavor to discover whether it were really flesh and Wood : but some of his friends say that they heard hard breathing as he passed the Arling ton hotel. That same evening, at about half-past eight o’clock, Dave Ben nett, a boy of truthful habits and good character, claims to have met the four-footed ghost an p of our society young men ps he has actually seen a I Tuesday evening of this Bfr. Howard Telford was on py to the house of one of his glidy friends. It Was the intional hour of nine. He String his destination, and i spot where a sad 3v occurred a short time ago. 53 j°Sging along in & aoul- auuiug reverie when suddenly l,w coining toward Aim at eagles what seemed to be an Ordinarily large white deg. AND WILL MAKE LEE PABXELL LOCATES. N and ears. The—whatever F-iept on its way, unhoodmg f j 060 ^ of Mr. Telford’s fboifc k crossing the path directly of him. f^ntlikethe wind,’* Har- Mained later, “mid madfe F« sound.” I f Noticed tins, bnt gave- the passage of the aiainaP thought, and went humming snatches- of Natal songs and making ^tothe stars. On reaching |