The Professor and The Ghost.

Observer, Volume 9, Issue 554, 10 August 1889, Page 11

The Professor and The Ghost.

A certain musical Professor got in some practice on a gang of larrikins the other night. The man of notes, who is also a man of note, was after dark on his way to visit the secretary of a musical society, who lives not far from Park

Road, when he encountered a gang of^^g hoodlums, who were out "to catch the Grafton Ghost." The valiant ghost-hunters followed the Professor, calling out " There goes the Ghost," "etc., and otherwise doing their best to annoy him. The musical man kept on his way unheeding their spirited remarks, until one of the gang, carried away by his ghost-hunting enthusiasm, made to catch him from behind. Then the Professor of the tuneful art, with an agility and science that would have done credit to a professor of " the noble art," wheeled around and played a lively tune on the "ivories "of the larrikins. Several teeth were soon smashed, and the " claret " flowed freely from one youth's proboscis. Not feeling inclined to " face the music " any longer, the whole gang turned and fled. They did not bargain for such a substantial ghost, and next time they form an expedition of the kind, they will steer clear of " a spirit of health " and vigour, such as the Professor proved to be.