Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-11-12

snug an warm III ped, IAN last asleep, an every
thing quiet, who should come to the door, sure
enough, but Jim Soolivan himself, an he be-
ginned fakin' the door wild big blackthorn
) stick he had, an roarin out like the divil 70
J open the door, for he had a dhrop taken.
What the divil's the matther 3 says Andy
Curtis wakenin out iv his sleep. who's
batin' the door = says Nell: what's all the
noise forP says she. Who's in itt' says
Andy. It's me- says Jim. who are
you !! says aaiy what's your name?' Jim
Soolivan,' says he. BY iabers you lie,' says
Andy; wait till get at YOU says Jim hit
tim the door lick iv the waffle you'd hear
half mile off. its him, sure enough says
Nell; Il know his speech; it'shis wanderin'
tune us an HARM Let me in says Jim, 'or
I'll dhrive the door in a top iv dis Jim
Soolvan, Jim Soolvan,' says Nell, sittin up
in the bed, am gropn for a quart bottle iv ho-
ly wather she used TO hang by the back ~ the
bed, don't come in darlin, there's holy wa
ther here says she; shut tell me from where
you are is there any thing that's throubin'
your poor sinful sowl!' says she. AM tell
me, how many masses sill make you asy, am
by this Grass, I'll buy you many as you
want says she. Il don't know what the di-
vii you mane,' says Jim. Go back says
she, 'go back to glory for Gods sake,' says
back TO glory, or any where else,' says he,
'this blessed hight: SO open the door at onsl,
an let nae in,' says he. The Lord Forbid
says she. BY jabers you'd be,,her,' says
he, cor it ill be worse for you,' says he ; and
wild that he fell to wallopin the door till he
was fairly tired, an Andy an his wife Grass
In themselves an sayin' their prayers for the
bare life all the time. Jim Sooiivan,' says
she, as soon as he was done, go back, for
Gods sake. am don't be freakenin' me an
your poor fatherless childhren,' says she.--'
why, you bosthoon you says Jim, won't
you let your husband in says he, 'to his
own house!' says he. " on ,Uor my husband
sure enough says she, 'but it's we'll you
know, Jim Soolivah, you're not my husband
nOtc,' says she. YOU'RE as drunk as can
be consaved,' says Jim. Go back, in Gods
name pacibly to your grave says Nell
by my sowl, it's to my grave you'll sind me,
sure enough says he, you hardhearted
bain,' for I'm jist aft wild the cowld,' says he.
'Jim Soolivan,' says she, Sits in your decent
coffin you should be, you unfortunate sperit,
says she; what is it's annoyin your sowl, in
the wide world, at all % says she; hadn't you
every thing complate 2 says she, the oil an
the wake, an the berrin" says she. Och, by
the hoky,' gays Jim, 't's too long I'm maxim
a fool iv myself, gostherin' wild you outside
Nv my own door, says he, for it's plane to be
SEEM says he, you don't know what you're
sayin', an no one else knows what you name
you unfortunate fool says he; $50 cnst for
all, open the door quietly says he, 'or by my
sowkins, III not lave a splinter together
says he. Well, whin Nell an Andy seen he
was getting veXed, they BE- ginned to bawl out
their prayers, with the fright, as ifthe life war
levin them an the more he bate the door,
the louder they prayed, until at last Jim was
| f,ir Il, rl.J l.
for rale divil of woman, says he, Il can't
get any advantage av you any way; but wait
till get hould iv you, that's ALL sayshe. An
he turned aft from the door, an whit round to
| the cow house, an settled himself as well as
he could in the sLhraw; am he was tired e.
enough wild the travelIin' he had in the day
time, an good dale bothered with what Ii
quor he had taken; so he was purity sure of
sleepin' wherever he thrue himself. But, by
my sowl, it wasn't the same way with the man
an the woman in the house-ior dlvil wink
! iv sleep, good or bad, could they get at all, wild
the fright iv the spirit, as they supposed an
with the first light they STINT a little gossoon,
as fast as he could wag, straight off, like a
shot, to the priest, an to desire him, for the
love Of God, to come to them an the minute,
an to bring, if it was plasin' to his reverence,
all the little things he had for sayin' mass, an
savin' sowls, an banishin' sperts, an freck-
enin' the divlI, an the likes iv that. An it
wasn't long till his reverence KEN down, sure
! enough, on the ould gray mare, wild the little
mass-boy behind him, an the prayer-books
am bibles, an all the other mysterious articles
that was wantin', along wild him; an as soon
as he KEN in, God save all here says he
God save We, kindly, your raverence,' says
they. AN what's gone wrong wild ye p!
says he; we must be very bad says he, 'en-
tirely, to disturb my devotions,' says he, this
way, jist at breakfast time says he. by
my sowkins,' says Nell, its bad enough we
are, your reverence, says she, for it's poor
Jim's sperit,' says she: God rest his sowl,
wherever it's says she, 'tlatwas waDdherin'
mp an down, opposite the door all night,
says she, sin the way it was no use at all,
thyrin' to get wink iv' sleep says sine
Its to lay it,, you want me, suppose says
the priest. If your raverance, id do that
same, it id be plaisin' to us says Andy.
Well, there wasn't a second word TO the
bargain; so they paid him the money down,
an he settled the table out like an althar, be-
fore the door, an he settled it out wild all the
things he had wild him; an he lit bit Nv a
holy candle, an he scattered his holy wathtr
right an left; an he took upa big book, an
he wint an readn' for half an hour, good an
whin he KEN to the end, he tuck hould iv his
little bell, an he beginned to ring il for the
bare life; an, by my sowl, he rung it so well
that he Weakened jim Soolivan in the cow
house, where he was sleepln', an up he Jump
ed, widout d minutes delay an med right for
the house, where all the family an the priest.
an the little mass-bOy was assimblCd, LAWN
the ghost; an as soon as his reverence seen
him comm in at the door, wild the fair fright,