The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-03-12
ALES or THE BORDER6
Tlse oasoeT or m0WpYcRAscs.
or ALRxAMDn HRRauHR.
They gather round, and wonder at the tale
OF hoErid apparhion. tall and shastly."-BLATs
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4 :" they gather round, and wonder at the taIa
OF hoFrid AppastiOn. tall and shaaaly. - BLArs
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Jock Jervis," it said, IL, tones so he
l3w and 30 sepnlchral, that no furth
dbubts could be entertained Of its suthol
tt" Jock Jervis, ye ken the promises an
tfe solemn Oaths ye've made already
Nelly Khgour and il ye dinna fulfil th.
promises, and max her yer married wi
SFore FORTNIGHT is at an end, ye maun gan
II hell6re, to be burned, for a mis-swor
lion. And mair than a that, If ye prov
filuse- hearted, I'll choke ye wi this windir
sheet, and fling ye Owre my shoutber, an
ciry ye to Arangask kirkyard, and g,e J
Y the witches, to pike your banes ahnt th
y lle aisle, afOre ye get leave to gang aft tn
e1rth.''
Having uttered this terrible maledictiOn
i shook its win6ing-sbeet and then wave
tlIe candle round its head The rkite par
os the flame Immediately disappeared th
tfIe parted into thousand fragments, an,
few through the apartment in as many di
p!ctions, like Internal meteors-
4 While these appalling phenomena wer,
passing before the eyes Of the terri6et
SPECTATOR, the ghost had disappeared, b.
Guild scarcely tell how. and in a momen
Elore all was dark-awfully dark. But o
those terrific sparkles which the candle haC
eAnitted in going out, ONE had fallen OF
Jbck's hand, which happened to be lyins
cut of the bedclothes, and there it continued
II sputter and 10 burn most distressingly
blue, till the pain, which, in this case
sinounted to torment, and the absence o
tie ghost, restored bis speech or, at least
fsstOred him the use Of his tongue. He
tSared out most Justify for comfort in hi.
distress, and for assistance against BIZ
spiritual enemies, in case they should reap
tsar and the noise which be thus made
spon alarmed Nelly, who, with her under
etticoat hastily thrown on, and wanting
he whole Of her upper garments, came int
ae apartment, holding halftrimmed lamI
ID her hand. rubbing her eyes, and alter
lately speaking 10 herself and him.
"Sic a noise | never heard i my life
NDd yet dinna like to gae near him afort
1 get my claes on but that's awfu-Jock
flan, what's the matter wi ye? Ma. no az
Ford will be speak, but roar and cry as il
Somebody were stlckin him Jock, man
iI's me-it's your auld acquaintance, Nelly
Aut tell me, Jock, hae ye game clean out 0
Yer judgment ?"
Z 30 Nelly, Nelly" said Jock, is't yor
list you ?-gie's baud O. yer hand
FOman-Oh, gie's haud o yer hand, for
iyyanna speak"
Atweel no" said Nelly eff ye hat
lpn yer claes, and were butt at the kitcheI
fire, l micht maybe gle ye my hand, If j
we're to do ye guild but, as lang as ye liz
there, and roar and squall that gate, y
iheedna look for hand O. mine" "
"Aweel, Nelly, l Gamma help it,
said the other. "Pl never be at tb
kitchen fire again, fear and if ye dinni
Egie me your hand, yell maybe repent
when it's owre late for Gamma stand thi
jlang, and III be no lang to the fore. M,
hands burnin as if it we're in a smiddy fire
but that's naething. Oh, if l could onl
\ touch somebody, to let me ken It's flesh am
[ blood I'm speakin till"
On bearing that he was really in pain
Nelly could no longer stand back. " Dea
me, said she, "what can be the matte
wi ye?" and, as she spoke, she took hi
hand in hers to examine It with the lamp
It's burned, l declare !" she continued
in a toe Of sympathy, which appeare'
somewhat to comfort him; how did tha
happen? But / maun rim for some so,t
'redm to rub it wi"
"NO, no, Nelly" said Jock, graspln
her hand firmly in his, to detain her, an
now considerably relieved by the conscious
ness that be was in the presence Of one wh
had hands and arms, and a body of hes
and blood like his own dinna leave me,
be continued, "aDd I'll tell ye a. about i
It's no Eve minutes yet since / saw a ghsi'
oh dear, oh dear it gars my very bloc
rim cauld O. thinkin on't-aDd it said, If
dinna marry you in less than q FORTNIGHT,
maun gang to hell-fre to be burned, for th
promises I made i the glen. 0 Nelly
Nelly, tax pity on me, and let the ma
riage be on MOnandy, or Tysday .
farrest."
you're surely wrang, jock" was th
reply; "if the ghaist kenned Onything avi
it would ken brawley that ye had nae war
wi me. 1t had been Lizzie Gimmerton
bade ye tax, nd ye bad just taep up th
tale wrang."
" Ma, ma, rcjoined the other " it ws
you-it was Nelly Kilgour. Oh, I'll nevt
forget its words and if ye Wilma tax pit
on me, what am | to do P''
"Ye medina speer what ye're to do
me-" said Nelly; but it seems the ghai,
and you maun think that ye can get me
marry onY time ye like, just as ye woul
get a pickle strae to gather up ahint yOI
horse on mornin. But | daresay, aft,
a., the ghaist would ken brawly that
medina sent you to Lizzie upon sic an e
rand, for the first lad that would gang av
wi her, she would gang ava wi him, ar
leave you to whistle on your thumb or yOv
fore-fnger, if it answered you better; ar
vet ye micht gang owre the mOrn's mich
and gle ber trisl."
The awful words, hell-6re," and p
your baues at the back O. the AISLE" we
, still ringing in Jocks ears Nelly's obs
walton seemed to preclude all hope Of
cape from the terrible doom which viii
y they plainly denounced, and be groan
4 deeply, but did not speak this was WI
the other could not endure, and she NJ
tried to comfort him in the best manner s
could.
"I'm no saHin.'' abe resumed. but