Butte record., 1856-12-27

reason why she made such will.
Well, sir, she was buried with valua-
Bile diamond ring ON her finger, woich
1t seems. the clerk of the churdh knew,
and SO, says he to the sexton, Sam, |
don't see the use in burylng treasures
with the dead, they can make no use
of them, so let's unscrew the coffin of
the old lady, sell the ring, and divide
the spoils.' No sooner said than done,
the clerk and sexton broke open the
tomb. hoisted out the old lady, cut off
the finger that bore the ring. because
it wouldn't come off easy. Now, says
the clerk to the sexton, as We are out
of the spree, what do you say to one oi
Farmer Giles fat lambs, tits just the
time for lamb and green peas, Eve got
the peas, you get the lamb, who'll b.
the wiser'' very well, said the sex.
ton, but how shall manage it, p why,
replied the clerk, I'll stay here, and If
1 hear any one coming I'll crack some
of these nuts, as signal, and can wait
until the coast is clear Good says
the sexton, and off he went.
'Now it happened that carpenter
had occasion to cross the churchyard,
to get to the village inn, where he
lived, and coming home on this night
late from his work, he heard a strange
cracking sound in the church, and look
ing up at the windows saw strange lights
fitting about the place, and something
all in white, which no doubt was the
rogue of clerk, clothed in his rever-
ence,s surplice, to irighten passengers
away from tae place. So he tikes him
to his heels as fast as his legs could
carry him, and arrives almost out of
breath at the village inn, and relates
that he has seen most frightful appa-
rition in the church, and that all the
place was lighted up, and cracking of
flames were heard in it. A poor Grip
pied tailor who sat in the corner smok-
ing his pipe, ridiculed the idea In such
"a manner as to excite the ire of the
carpenter, and the tailor challenging
him to the proof of there ever being
such thing as ghost, there was no
getting away from the suspicion of his
cowardice but to accept the offer OF the
tailor, which was to carry him the
tailor, crutch in hand, to the scene Of
action, and discover the deception, if
any, or the truth, if necessary. So off
the both set, the coward carpenters
knees, as we may well imagine, knock
ing together, and the valiant tailor urg
ing him forward to the foray
did you hear that 2 says the car
penter (hearing the nut cracking.)
Go on ye fool says the valiant tai
lor (raising his crutch al'f ready for
the encounter.)
Look, there's the ghost stammer-
ed the carpenter Sure enough, one
like It, says the tailor.
Let's take BREATH courage he
meant, says the carpenter.
'Go on, 60 on says the tailor.
thus excited they entered the porch
just as the clock might strike two.
The tailor, nothing daunted, opens the
ponderous chancel do r. Now the
clerk, seeing something numbering on
a mans back, in the nights gloom, i'm
agined it was the sexton laden with
the lamb for his green peas, and SO
bawled out, lis he fat un 2
'Fat or lean, take him. said the poor
frightened carpenter, dropping the tai
lor and laundering over stones and
chairs, and running out of the building
with superhuman speeds
sNot bad story,' said l sbut how
is this connected with the Ladye An
ma =
You shall hear, master,' the story
goes that the cutting off of this lady's
finger for the ring, cAus d the blood to
flow, and resuscita led her. l believe
that's the term, for it appeared that she
had been bnried alive. The fright of
the sexton, clerk, and tailor, in their
turn seeing the lady in her shrond,
screaming, shricking and fainting with
fright, l leave to your imagination.
The end of all was, that my lady lived
many yeaas after, and | am told that
the monkey, and the remainder of the
nuts are now enclosed in a glass case,
set in gold, as heir looms in the family
-
to record the event. So after all the
carrying out of the foolish designs of
the old lady, you see added many year $
to her life. and let US hope that il she
were good Christian before the event,
that she died, even a better one after
IT."
There's no doubt of it, said l.