Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

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afterwards; he just pined away and {
But, ye see, he'd never sent any word
where he was, nor told nobody out t
anything about his relations; and whe
died, the government didn't know whs
do with his property. So they put &C
tisements in the Irish papers, and me
my brother answered them. And tn
had to come to London, and Father Male
our praste, with me; and Mr.. Metcalfe
us all we were to do about getting
tificates of baptism and marriage and {
one knows what besides; and, as te.
I had to sign me name till / was sick OF
"Then you got the money at last!" 81
| "Ah, to be sure I did," he answt
with wink and chuckle. "Look he
and he pulled out leathern pocket-E
and opening it, displayed good fat bu
OF Bank OF England notes. Eye see, {
a few hundred just to pay my expense
shall go back and buy just as much land
| can, beca'se, dye see, people may stale
money, but they can't stale your land"
| "But / guess" broke in the Amer
''you might invest your money SO as to
you better return"
"Arrah, thin, but don't you see," re-
the shrewd Mr.. Murphy Twelve
brought up on the land, and we know
business, and if we tried anything else
| uiSul 40 worse
"That's fact" laconically remarked
Captain.
| "Thin there's another thing" wen
our unsophisticated Irishman, " that +
ers me a good deal. There's what they
a codicil to my uncle's will, and it states
whoever gifts the money is to go ov'
America and buy little lot OF land ir
parish where he lived, and put up m
ment to the old gintleman. I've been tt
hard to get out o. that; but sure, Mr..
calfe tells me I'll have to go. Ay, but he
a quare fellow, that uncle o. mine-pat
his sowlv'
eyes," said L; "that is rather cul
requirement"
"Ah, sure, but that's not all, nor
! quarest. You see, he says in the will
one thousand pounds is to be given aw;
charity, and the strange thing is that this
thousand pounds is not to be given all il
place, but to be divided into four parts J.,
distributed in four different quarters.
wanted to take it all back to Ireland
him; but Metcalfe said no, he must only
a quarter; and so handed over two
dred and fifty pounds to him, and {
Now, what'll you have for your thro
in givin' away this moneys? He sal
didn't want nothing; however, I gave
twenty-f five pounds for his throuble, and
l bought him gold snuff box with his I
engraved on the lid, and sent the old gi
man back to Dublin. Beca'se, dom
see? the business was done, and he d
want me to go to any places Of amusem'
NWell," said Captain Williams, ''you
aged we'll about the first two hundred
| fifty pounds. What did you do wit
rest"
"I'll tell ye If ye'll wait minute. I
staying at the Castle and Falcon in Lon
for you know Mr.. Metcalfe cautione
when drew the money; says he: .
care you always stay at the best hotels,
take care what company you get int
have been about SO little.' Well, 1 was
| ing at the Castle and Falcon; and a very
gintleman, Mr.. Oscar, was staying thu
the same time. Perhaps you may know
I think he owned some collieries and h
nice place somewhere near place they
| Wigan. We got into conversation,
told him all about this thousand pounds
sure I asked him if he couldn't relieve l
another fourth of it, beca'se, We see. l
feel myself to be free man until ge
money out of my hands. Ii / had only
that, thin 1 could enjoy myself and d
| pleased with the rest, knowing that
done my duty. Well, the end of it was
| this Mr.. Oscar said he would take two
dred and fifty pounds and give it aw
the families OF the golfers when there
an explosion or anything of that kind.
said that was Just the very thing; only
Metcalfe told me the will required that
not to give this money to anybody
/ couldn't show that he had plenty OF m
of his own, and might therefore be tru
sOh, Mr.. Murphy ses Mr.. Oscar, 4
soon satisfy you about that; you can G
my bankers, or stay And he too
his check book and just wrote checl
two hundred and fifty pounds. But I
to him: well, sir, dare say that's all
good; but, ye see, that's
piece of paper-it isn't mo-
So, without another word he rings the
and when the waiter comes he says to
waiter, just go to the bank and get
check cashed.' In about twenty mil
the waiter comes back with the money
saws I: Mr.. Oscar, that's perfectly {
factory;' and gave him the two hun
and fifty pounds, and twenty-five po
for his throuble, and he wrote me out
safe; and within twelve mnnIhs mnne-I--- -