The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-04

|-done. This last week pve written Fxtfick
Murphy oftsnsE- than in all my 1ite before
put together; but Mr.. Metcalfe-tbat was
the ls'yer, dye see?1he told me couldn't
get the money without, SO fax Ihad to do il
till my hand was tired.,' - 90
-" Still, you wouldn't mind that II you got
Well paid for it, }" said Captain Williams.
r Well, III just tell you how it was. Ye
see an uncle OF mine went out to America
long time since. He was . high-spirited lad,
and ne just quarreled with the family,
ana went Sa out there; and they didn't know
bit Of land and farmed it; and after q
while, dye see, they found oil-wells on his
land, and thin the government bought him
out Tor thirty-five thousand pounds. Well.
he was getting old, and he didn't care fol
working any more, and his wife died; and
when the war broke out he had two sons,
and they were both killed at the battle Of
Nlcksburg, and the old man never looked up
afterward; he just pined away and died.
But, ye see, he'd never sent any word home
where he was, nor told, nobody out there
ANYTHING about his relations; and when he
died, the government didn't know what to
dow his property. So they put adver-
tlsements in the Irish papers, and me and
had to come to London, and Father Msloney,
our praste, with HE; aud Mr.. Metcalfe tould
us all we were to do about getting GER
tlfcates OF baptism and marriage and sOrra
one knows what besides; and, as I tell We,
L had TO sign me name till was sick of it. !"
"Then you got the money at last" said I.
with wink io be du1s ebsk b Ss4s
and he pulled out a leathern pocket-boOk,
and opening it, displayed good fat bundle
OF Bank of England notes. aye see, drew
few hundred Just to pay my expenses for
while, till enjoy meself bit, and then ]
shall go back and buy just as much land as
can, beca'se, dye see: people may stale your
"But guess" broke in the American,
'you might invest your money so as to bring
you a better return"
Sarah, thin. but don't you see," replied
the shrewd Mr.. Murphy, ''we've been
brought up on the land, and we know the
business, and if we tried anything else we
might do worse?''
"That's fact" laconically remarked the
Captain.
"Thin there's another thing" went on
our unsophisticated Irishman, "that both
ers me good deal. There's what they call
a codicil to my uncle's will, and it states that
whoever gifts the money is to go over to
America and buy little lot Of land in the
parish where he lived, and put up monu-
ment to the old gintleman. I've been trying
hard to get out o. that; but sure, Mr.. Met
calfe tells me Pll have to 60. Ay, but he was
!quare fellow, that uncle o. mine-pace to
his sowl".
eyes" said 1; "that is rather curious
requirement"
"Ah, sure, but that's not all, nor the
quarest. You see, he says in the will that
one thousand pounds is to be given away in
charity, and the strange thing is that this one
thousand pounds is not to be given all i'm one
place, but to be divided into four parts, and
distributed in four different quarters. An
sure, you know, his Reverence the praste
wanted to take it all back to Ireland with
him; but Metcalfe said no, he must only take
a quarter; and so handed over two hum
dred and fifty pounds to him, and said:
Now, what'll you have for your throuble
in givin' away this money! He said he
didn't want nothing; however, gave him
twenty five pounds for his throuble, and thin
1 bought him gold snuff box with his name
engraved on the lid, and sent the old gintle-
man back to Dublin. Because. don't yon
want me to go to any places of amusement"
"Well," said Captain Williams, ''you man
aged well about the first two hundred and
fifty. pounds. What did you do with the
rest?"
"Ill tell We if yell wait minute. was
staying at the Castle and Falcon in London,
for you know Mr.. Metcalfe cautioned me
when drew the money; says he: take
care you always stay at the best hotels, and
take care what company you get into, or
you'll easily be robbed: especially as you
have been about so little Well, was stay
ing at the Castle and Falcon; and very nice
gintleman, Mr.. Oscar, was staying there at
the same time. Perhaps you may know him;
think he owned some collieries and had a
nice place somewhere near place they call
Wigan. We got into conversation, and
told him all about this thousand pounds; and
sure asked him if he couldn't relieve me Of
another fourth of it, beca'se, ye see, I don't
feel myself to be free man until get this
money out Of my hands. II had only done
that, thin l could enjoy myself and do as |
pleased with the rest, knowing that had
done my duty. Well, the end of it was that
this Mr.. Oscar said he would take two hum
dred and fifty pounds and give it away to
the families of the GOLFERS when there was
an explosion or anything of that kind. So
said that was just the very thing; only Mr..
Metcalfe told me the will required that was
couldn't show that he had plenty of money
of his own, and might therefore be trusted.
ooh, Mr.. Murphy ses Mr.. Oscar, Il will
soon satisfy you about that; you can 90 to
my bankers, or stay And he took out
his check book and just wrote a check for
two hundred and fifty pounds. But said
to him: .Well, sir, 1 dare say that's all very
SOOuS UuCs yC SCCS eAat OulS
piece of paper-it isn't smoney.'
So, without another word he rings the bell,
and when the waiter comes he says to him:
waiter, Just go to the bank and get this
check cashed.' In about twenty minutes
the waiter comes back with the money; so
says 1: Mr.. Oscar, that's perfectly salts.
factory;' and gave him the two hundred
and fifty pounds, and twenty-five pounds
for his thrOuble, and he wrote me out re-
safe; and within twelve months he's to send
me a list showing how the money has been
distributed, and then I shall give him IA
Quittance,' think they call it."
1 was thinking it about time for quit
lance of another character, and so rose with
nv boy to go down to his ship. Captain
Williams rose also, and ing that he was
quite interested in the lad, proposed to walk
a little way with us. Mr.. Murphy, being
thoroughly his own master, and hardly
knowing what to do with himself while
staying in Liverpool, also asked if he might
join us. When we got outside, the Captain
fell behind, suggesting that my son and he
should walk together. I was by no means
to assent, assuring myself from
what had heard of this gentleman's talk
before that his conversation now would be
to the boys advantage. As Mr.. Murphy
wished to see something Of the principal
streets, we did not take the nearest way to
the docks, but sauntered down Castle Street,