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