None of we children was ever al
lowed to talk at table, but as soon
as a meal was over we were encour
aged to talk as much ss we liked and
in that way X get quite a reputation
as an after dinner speaker. This was
in my third yeeß ISM, when Taylor
and Fresser were runnldg for Pjeei
dent and Vice President against Polk
and Beans. The Taylors lived right
across the street from us, but it was
a different family. The Taylor who
ti was elected President was Zachary
Taylor, while the Taylor near us was
H. X. Taylor, the feed man. No re-
MMNkte the other Tsyter.
S ‘
“NATURALLY, WE THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT AT THE TIME."
count, com# to think of it* I certainly
had; there had been nights when I
was strangely reatleea, one time after
mince pie and another after welsh
rarebit. And as a rule I never dream
of such things and I hadn’t dreamed,
I'd had the nightmare! It was most
peculiar. But I wouldn’t give Mrs.
Goofnah the 'satisfaction of seeing
that, #o I merely says why how ab
surd, I don’t believe a word of it.
This idea of there really being ghosts
is all the bunk, ha! ha! ha! Tou don't
Imagine a little thing like that would
worry me any, do you, I should hope?
And she sa&rs well, dear. I certainty
do hope! And then she went on along
to worry up some other dear friend.
Well, I laid off of reading any more
Hamlet. I had enough ghosts for one
day. I decided where I would put the
whole thing out of my mind and not
think of it again, much less speak
of it.
