The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-09-20


ing, just as the clock of the church al
Barnes chimed the three-quarters past
8, I entered the church-yard.
The first thing then did was to fall
over somebody's grave, for was look.
ing fer Mrs Grantham instead of mind
ing where [ was walking :and thena voice
said ar
"There you go again, as violent as
usual, doctor ~ and in the dim mist
saw Mr.. Shaw, the solicitor, to my great
surpriseS,
I was going to say something, but at
that moment was nearly knocked down
again by some body brushing past me.
A glenn Of sunshine came out, and the
mist began to clear away, when o most
singular scene presented itself A few
yards off was the grave of Mr.. Jordan
and kneeling by it was Mary, his first
love, with her child by her side. Mr..
Shaw stood to my left, and at her feet
there knelt respectable looking young
man, I reeolocted as Mr.. SwaW's clerk.
GOOD God Richards. said Mr..
Shaw; q is that you? What is the
matter 2'' y 1A3 s7-
60, slr,n said Richards; sssI have
come to ask your forgivness- The spir-
it of my poor old father stood by my
bedside all night. Q, God o, God it
was dreadful and I knew what it was
for o, sir, forgive me. / peeped into
tho VIII, sir, while you went out to
dinner-Mr. Jordan's Will--and--and
I went round to all the relations, and
sold the secret for two pounds apiece,
and-and-
Mr.. Shaw gave jump that astonish-
ed me. 49, -
Doctor, doctor,n he shouted, ss for
Gods sakear run down the. Londonisroad
and bring the man with the, grage-stone.
O, good gracious o, curse you,
Richards! Ha, ha, ha, o, here, he
is o, bless you, for a prudent stone
masonl You shall go well paid fer this
jod, Hip, hip, hip-hurrah "a -s4
I thought, to be sure, that Mr.. Shaw
must have gone mad. There was man
looking over the trailing of the church
yard with spade on his shoulder, and
to him Mr.. Shaw said
e Five guinies for that spade.n
& The man thought 4hes was mad, and
tried to run away, but he dropped the
spade, and in another moment Mr, Shaw's S
coat was off, and he was digging away
like fury. is''t IS q R'zsS ts''.. +
Where's the stone ?o he cried
aBring the stone That's right Poke
it tlin-prop it up. That's the thing
all's right. Here we are. Another
knock. ALPS right-alps right
e Lor'l'' said the stone-mason, as he
lifted up his hands look there ''''1e'
looked in the direction he indicated,
and there, to nay astonishment, saw
arriving carts, coaches, cabs and wheel
barrows, and each contained tomb
stone. A regular fight ensued at the
entrance of the church-yard, and en-
gagged IN the fight I recognized the re-
lations of Mr.. Jordan. Heavens, how
they cuffed each other
Holdl'' cried Mr..Shaw q you are
all too late, although you had informa-
tion you ought not to have had. There
is already a stone on Mr. Jordon's grave,
and placed, too, by one who knew not
what you all knew Listen to the con-.
clusion of the will: And to that one
of my relations who will erect tomb
stone to my memory, I bequeath my
blessing and forgiveness, and eighty
thousand pounds of bank stock Mad
am, TO Mrs. Grontham-s I congrat-
ulate you.'' .--.f,
And there's your ring,n said I;
Mr.. Shaw, let us shake hands. / un-
derstand you now.'' 7s5
Ha, hasH' said Mr.. Shaw. La
dies and gentlemen, you had better all
of you keep the tomb-stones for your
selves. You can get the name altered;
for, if you don't, I'm very much afraid
you will not find them somethSag ad-
vantageousan ss Ssf'as ie