GHOSTS IN WELLINGTON.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12430, 20 February 1901, Page 6

GHOSTS IN WELLINGTON.

THEIH MATERIAL TREATMENT. [Fnon Gun Comtes roxi) ext. ] ' WELLINGTON, Feb. 19. If the ghosts who have been frightening hysterical women of late among us have any idea of putting two and two together they will take a lesson from what happened last night. Some youngsters, partial -to practical, joking, rigged-up a dummy in ghc-stal robes and reported to the police. Thereupon a force ‘ composed of zealous ■constables and wrathful .citizens, armed with brickbats and other missiles, proceeded vigorously to the spot. Sure enough the ghost was there, fluttering about in the breeze,, after the manner of supernatural persons,, who are orthodox in their munif.estati'ons. There was a terrific onslaught, whoops, yells,-irate roars, profanitty ■ and missiles, One of the latter being successful,: down , went the ghost, and the crowd advanced. .Then there rverc savage cries Of “Let- daylight into him,” “Give him the boot/' “ Bust hi his ribs,: the dirty - ruffian,” and in the midst-of; them, it was that my lord ghost was only a “fake.” The faithful informers were not visible, hut it required no ghost to tell one that somewhere close by they were chuckling. The moral for the real ghost, some half-demented creature who thinks it good, fun-to frighten women, to consider, is that if the British public in its might ever gets hold of him he may have to join the ghostly world in sorrowful earnest. However,, if another story is true, the suppression of this nuisance will not be left to a moral. According to this, a real ghost startled two of a party of three last night, two young women and their '■ escort. The escort, not startled, blit angry, gave chase, and overtaking the night-sport recognised him and promptly laid an information. , If that is so, we shall presently hear the young gentleman trying to explain to the Magistrate how he came to make, such an idiot of himself.