THE TIMES, NEW HLOOMFIELI), 1A.. SEl'TEMBKll 7, I860.
Capturing a Ghost.
PAUL C'HKNEY sat at his desk lu
the sellout room of a rural dlstrlot,
where he hud been teaching (to uso a
veil-worn ailge) the joung Idea how to
shoot. Ills present task was that of
writing a letter to a chum lu his city
home.
" No doubt (he wrote) you luiaglue I
u m dwelling In a sort of rural Arcadia,
ami Just as fr as physical nature goes,
I am, for there can be nothing more
green than the hllls.uothlng more clear,
cool or limpid, or musical than the
brooks that everywhere rlbbou the
valleys, Furadlne Itself could not pro
duce more life giving breezes, and yet
my life Is a burden, because the girls
(aud they are greatly the majority of
my pupils) are such wide awake, nils-chief-loving,
tormenting beauties as
were never before given to 0110 person to
manage. They will have their own
way, and completely demoralize the
school i they tease, coax, and wheedle
me out of my most Important rules, and
when endurance ceases to be u virtue,
csst upon me such reproachful glances
and put up such pouting, pretty lips,
that a fellow is tempted to sel.e tils hat
mid vamoso the ranch, as they say
We tt. Hut lu spite of my complaints,
don't imagine me subjugated. I have
nt lust Is.tiuHl positive command for the
students not to range ofl' during study
hours, as has been the practice.
A sort of Gipsy encampment Is located
iear mi Isolated nook among the hills.
Among the tribe is an old lortune-tellcr,
and of course the pretty heads of my
female scholars are completely turned,
aud I have not only laid down the law
against visiting the camp, but fixed a
penalty thereto.
Now I know you will ralseyourhands
In holy horror when I tell you that after
exhausting every other form of punish
meut, from the dunce cap to writing
lengthy compositions (the bitter abhor
rcuce of every feminine heart !) and . all
to ui purpose, I have In this instance,
resoi it d to the old-fashioned one, the
ferrule. Aud so help me fate, I will
carry it out to the bitter end, aud make
every little hand smart whose owner
disobeys, or my name Is not Paul
Cheney."
The school house where our hero pre
sided was some distance from the village
where he boarded, and the walk, though
pleasant, was lonely and passing a
graveyard. And of late wlerd tales had
been told of ghosts who walk there by
moonlight, and in one or two instances,
wheu the school-master had been belat
ed he had observed an object clothed in
white lilt at a distance before him, and
in his very path. Though a trifle
startled, he had no doubt that It was a
riddle that time would unravel. There
fore, upon the night when he had re
mained writing to the city friend, as he
hurried homeward to be in time for
supper, he gave the matter no thought
and had reached the boundary of the
graveyard when he was confronted by
the white robed apparition, approaching
him with extended arms.
The suggestions natural to its appear
auce were the reverse of pleasant, yet
he never dreamed the gliding visitant
was other than earthly, and quickened
his pace to meet it, but to his astonish
ment it disappeared as quickly and
eutirely as If swallowed by the earth.
Not a little startled and puzzled, he
hastened home, but kept his own coun
sel. The next morning he proceeded to
school more early than usual and spent
some time In reconnolterlng the walk of
the ghost, and evidently to his satisfac
tion, for the broad smile that illumin
ated ills face as he entered the school
room, appeared to assure the pupils that
their teacher was in the best humor,
and they would accordingly receive
many indulgences.
At recess a number of pretty heads
wore in close consultation,' and Sue
Salmou, a black-eyed beauty said with
a pout:
" Wasn't it mean for Mr. Cheney to
threaten to whip any one who went up
to the Gipsy encampment? Just as if
he dared to do it 1"
." I would like to see him ferrule my
hand," chimed In May Ellis.
" Or mine, either!" exclaimed Kitty
Dal ton. "What's the use of being such
cowardly ; ninnies, girls ? Let's go in
spite of him."
"I will pay for any girl who will go
with me to-day to have her fortune
told," laughed Sue Salmon, merrily.
"Will you? Then we will all go,
even if we have to submit to the punish
ment," answered May.
It was decided to run the risk, and
accordingly when school closed at uoou
they marched off boldly to learn the
mystery of the future.
" It must be half past one o'clock at
least," exclaimed one of the number, as
they were hastening back from their
" visit to the Gipsy camp, half repentant
and anxious to know what would be the
result of their breaking the law.
" I wish we hadn't gone," sighed Kit
ty ruefully. "It was all your fault,
Bue."
" I know it," returned the young lady
with a merry laugh ) "and I am ready
not only to take my share of punish
ment, but yours as well."
"It Is all very well to talk," said
May, " but you are sure you will get oh?
with the lightest ponalty, and that you
can do anything you please with l'aul
Cheney."
" Can I V Well, then, I'll shield you
for your disobedience. Ho cheer up aud
be bravo. Here we are, and school has
commenced."
They marched In and took their seals,
and lifted their guilty eyes to encounter
the Indignantly flashing ones of their
much abused teacher. Uf all the schol
ars, Hue was the prettiest, most lovable
and most trying. Hhe laughed his most
serious and Just reproof to scorn, and
when she found he was really wounded,
her great black eyes would flash up to
hliu through tears and appeal to be
forgiven. And somehow his voice al
ways tuned Itself lower when he address
ed her, and In spile of himself she man
aged to throw upon hliu the solving of
all her most dllllcull problems. Bhe
would come up to him with such a
pretty pleading pout, with "My head
aches so," and protest she could not do
her algebra unassisted ; or " Might I not
bo excused from writing that dreadful
composition for Just this once, please V"
And promised to do anything else he
wished; and she looked so winsome,
pretty aud bright wheu he yielded that
she usually carried the day.
Bo, when the master, in a hard, cold
voice commanded the young ladles who
were late to school to leave their seats
and tuke places before his desk, to his
surprise Hue said something in a whis
per to her companions, and came grace
fully and quickly forward alone, and
leaning her white arms upon his desk
as for support to her trembling limbs,
said :
" Mr. Cheney, we have been to see the
Gypsies, but I alone am to blame, and
am ready to take the punishment you
think the rest have merited together
with what Is my Just due."
"Oil I you wish to make yourself a
sort of scapegoat for your companions V"
he questioned, with a flushed face.
" Yes, sir, if you please," murmured
Hue.
"Well, If I don't please V I think
you have sins enough of your own to
answer for, without shouldering those
of -others."
" But really aud truly," pleaded she,
with tears In her glorious eyes, " I am
alone to blame. They would not have
gone but for me, and you will make me
perfectly wretched If you punish them,
wheu the fault was all mine," and she
sobbed audibly.
" I should be sorry to do that," he
answered. " It Is enough that you make
every day of my life wretched without
my retaliating, and If you will answer
for the good behavior of your compan
ions in future It shall be as you de
sire." "I will," promised Sue, but she grew
deadly pale, to the lips, as he extended
his hand to receive hers.
The next moment her little rosy palm
lay in his great broad one, above which
the ruler was poised for the blow ; and
though their bands were hidden behind
the desk, the blows could be distinctly
heard.
" One, two, three, four one for each
truant," said the teacher, looking down
into the eyes of Sue with an expression
none but she could interpret.
The next instant the face of Sue was
burled In her handkerchief, and her
cheeks crimsoned as with shame. Then
she spok6 In a suppressed voice to the
teacher, and he had to bend low to hear
her.
" Who is the scapegoat nowV" she
questioned, and the dimples betrayed
that her emotion was laughter, and If
her eyes were filled with tears they were
not sorrowful ones.
"Nevermind," was answered by the
teacher, as he bit his moustache to hide
a smile, "You may take your, seat
now."
" What a generous soul," murmured
Sue, as she laid her head upon the desk,
"I knew he wouldn't strike me. His
broad hand entirely covered mine and
received every blow. How the girls
would laugh if they knew it. But I
won't tell. ' That shall be our little
secret."'
The remainder of the afternoon she
studied very diligently and recited clev
erly, though there was a very saucy
light burning in her brown eyes that
argued ill for some one.
When school closed for the day, the
girls flocked arouud her with many ex
pressions of sympathy.
" It was so good and noble in you,
Sue, to take all the blame and the pun
ishment," exclaimed May.
" "And how ridiculous he looked
pounding the little hand of a ' lady,"
added Kitty. " I am sure he must think
very little of himself, and, as for roe, I
Late him." ' 1
" So do I," said Annie Miller, "and
would sit up all night to And time to
despise him."
"Don't be fools 1" interrupted Bue,
with a flash of auger. " I think he was
very kind aud generous to let us off as
ensy as he did, for we were wrong aud
he right."
"I thought it belonged to a gentle
man's code of honor never to strike
a woman I" answered May, with a
sneer.
" The truth Is," replied Bue, "he fixed
the penalty so severe aud unrelenting
that he supposed no one would disobey,
aud when he was forced to fulfill the
law he punished one girl in place of
four, and as It was neither of you, I
think you ought to be satisfied. Buppose
we let the subject drop."
"Bo be It. Hut If he remains at the
school-house late agftlu to night; shan't
we haunt him V"
" Yes," Raid Bue, " aud it is my turn
to bo the ghost. There Is jolly fun in
that."
Meanwhile l'aul Cheney was again
writing to his city chum, aud in conclu
sion lie said :
" I have had a hard day. The girls
were unusually provoking, and the
kuuckles of my left hand are very much
swollen, from an Injury received while
punishing one of them. You need not
be surprised to hear that I have given
up teaching. The l'lulnvlllo Academy
is proving too much for me, and any
day I may drop In upon you."
The letter finished, he started for his
boarding place, but as he approached
the grave-yard there flitted before him a
white-robed ghost, which disappeared,
as he n eared It, with a mysterious facil
ity. But, nothlug daunted, he pressed
rapidly onward to an Immense hollow
tree aud forced his way into its depths.
There was a smothered cry of alarm,
the removing of a sheet, and Bue Sal
mon stood panting In the arms of l'aul
Cheney.
"Bo, I have at last captured the
ghost," he said laughingly.
" ), please let me go. Bee, you have
frightened the girls, and they have all
run away. Bo please let me go."
" I do not please Just now, Miss Susie.
I have a long account to settle with this
particular ghost."
" Then settle It quickly, and let me
go," she suld, Impatiently stamping her
little foot.
" Well, let me see. How many nights
have I been haunted on my way
home V"
" This Is my first night," asserted
Hue. "All the girls took It by turns."
"Ah, did they t And you are gener
ous enough to again be their scapegoat,
aud take their punishment along with
your own V"
" Yes, yes; only please let me go."
"And there were four of you," and
stooping down to her flushing face he
left four kisses burning there.
" I will never forgive you," she ex
claimed, struggling from him, and,
standing a little apart, began twisting
her long, loosened hair, and colling It at
the back of her pretty head.
" I shall be sorry for that, very sorry,
Susie dear. As I told you to day, you
make my life miserable, yet I love you
with all my soul."
"Aud I hate you," she replied pas
sionately. "Are you going, Susie," questioned
he, "and without a single kind word ?"
"Yes!" she snapped out, "and give
me that sheet. I am sure I don't know
what mother will say, because it is so
torn."
" One little word," he continued,
"before you go. We may not have
another opportunity to see each other
alone, as I shall leave this place next
week."
"Going away r" she asked with a
little quiver in her voice, and staying
her steps.
" The term will soon be out, and I
shall not teach longer least of all
those who hate and refuse to be guided
by me."
She drew nearer to his side, with
downcast eyes, and giving him her
band said softly :
"Forgive me, Mr. Cheney, I have
been very unkind and rebellious. To
day you bruised your own hand to save
mine. I saw how red and swollen it
was, and that was the most severe
punishment you could have inflicted on
me."
"A bruised hand is nothing to a bruis
ed heart," be replied.
" I did not know that I was Injuring
so important an organ."
"When you say you hate me dar
ling-"
" I I did not mean I hated you.
am very grateful, aud and so sorry you
are going away."
" Then if you love me." he whispered.
twining an arm about her, " bid me
stay."
"Then stay Btay, only"
"Only what, Susie V"
" I am done being scapegoat for any
mortal or gnost eituer.' '
"That Is right, and henceforth receive
only rewards."
What she might have said in response
he never knew, as her Hps were for the
moment eneciuauy sealed.
A few months later Paul Cbeney'a
city friend was not surprised at his re
turn, though he was at his bringing back
a oriue, me enter or ma tormentors.
Pot Tub Ttmm.
Excursion From Altoona to Atlantic City.
Ai.toona, AtiKUit 17, 180.
Our train Hurled Friday evonlntr. Aus-tut
lath, at (1:40, from the Altoona dopot, and as
It will a special train and a little behind lime,
we were soon thundering on our way from the
mountain city tq the eea. There were six
hundred and twotily-olijlit passcnKori on the
train, Including the band alt Altoona em
ployees oflho P. R. H. Company, Tboro wore
thirteen cars, all full. The first stop we made
was In Lcwlstown Narrows to take In water
next stopping place was Itarrlshurg, at 9 A,
M. Saturday ninrnliijc. There we changed
cnKlnoa, and train men. The committee then
went through the train with the conductor,
Our next stopping place was at Lancaster city
at about 4 A. M. Here was the finest depot
that we passed on the trip, but did not stop
long here. Now It loon began to gut daylight,
alT.irdlng ua a chance to see some of Lancaster
county. The country here I generally level,
with splendid farms, and nice houses, good
com, clover, tobacco, Ac. On Hearing Phila
delphia the conductor takes one ticket (we had
six tickets alltogcther, and here the conductor
tnrooirthe first one.) We arrived In Philadel
phia at 0:03, Bitturday morning, and now thero
was a rush for the street cars tome would not
wait till they could get a chance lo get through
the gale, but ran and Jumped over the board
fenco, all wanting to get In the cars first In
order to obtain seats. I got In and got a seat
anyhow. I am unable lo lull the number of
street cars there was. We went from the 1'.
K. It. depot along Market street to the wharf,
and the like for fruit, vegetables, etc., I naver
saw buforo. Thousands of bushels of peaches
piled up, and the largosl ones I ever nw also
apples, tomatoes and calilmgn, with beef and
mutton piled on both sides of the street for a
distance of seven miles.
Thore Is a largo court bouse hero, but Is not
yet flulshcd. The Inside Is built or brick, the
outside marble, and Is said to cont when fin
ished, the sum of f 7,000,000.
Here the conductor of the street car takes
another ticket. The horses are kept trotting
all the way. We arrived at the wharf at 7:l!i,
A. M. and here wo got mixed up considerable,
at thoro were three or four excurslnu parlies
here, somo going to Atlantic City and some to
Cape May, but they did not part us hero and
we alt crossed the Delaware together, on the
stcamor Delaware. The band gave us music
while crossing the river. It took but Ave or
ten minutes to cross over, and then we were In
the city of Camden, N. J., which Is a largo
city, of nearly all brick houses. And now
was the time to get lost, the trains starting for
Cape May and Atlantic City, both, some of our
crowd did get lost and wont to Cape May. We
left Camden at 7:39 Saturday morning and
wero soon thundoriug over the Jersey sands at
a fearful sperd. New Jersey la low aud level
where the WeBt Jersoy road crosses. The
railroad Is built on sand, aitd the rails fasten
ed down with dykes. There Is but a single
track, and thero Is water standing all along
the road. We passed some nice orchards In
New Jersey, and bearing good crops. Apples
and peaches are plenty there, and also pump
kins and watermelons are in abundance. But
near the Ocean there Is no farming done, on
account I suppose of the land overflowing with
wator. There it a great many pines there and
water standing all around them. At 10:40 the
Ocean Is In sight, and at 10:53 we were stand
ing on " The sands of the boundless tea,"
looking over the wide Atlantlo. As far as the
cyo would carry, the Ocean looks blue, and
appears to rise In the distance.
Myself and a friend wero standing on the
coast on dry sand talking, and looking In an
opposite direction from the Ocean,
"When a wave came up out of the sea,
And said to us all, make room forme,"
and came out farthor than we expected, and
wet oar feet. Thero were people In bathing as
far as we could see. I suppose thore were two
or three thousand In the sea at once, and
thousands standing on the thore watching.
We taw lots of small sail ships on the ocean,
but no large ones, and they were from two to
thirty miles out from the coast. There li no
landing hero. Atlantic City is near ono-fourtb
of a mile from the shore, between, which there
Is nothing bnt a white tand resembling pewter
sand, and while walking through it we would
sink In ankle deep. Ladies would tit down on
this sand In their good clothes and It would all
brush off easily. The first pavement next to
the ocean It made of boards and Is about tlx
feet from the ground, the others are laid with
large flat (tones. The streets aro at level at a
floor, and very solid. They ran ttreet cars on
the bare streets j they have no track. They
have tome elegant hotels here, and tome fine
looking churches. They charge at the hotels
from 25 cents to 11.25 per meal. The per
formances here, are dancing, flying horses, ran
by steam, and swings, run by steam. While
twinging on tbem you can tee all over the
city charge ten cents per ride.
We were teven hoars at the tea. We left
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belonged to oar excursion left behind, bnt I
don't know whether It was so or not. We
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nlgbt, and arrived in Altoona at 8 o'clock on
Sunday morning. Oar tickets for the round
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cheapest excursion that was ever got np in
Altoona.
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