Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-05-04
. Yes he Stammered.

"Yes," he stammered-
And he tellt you / was base, hack.
hearted womans" she adaed with the
same deadly emphasis
There was no answer either In assent
or dissent, and the thick stick descended
and did lis work most eEectualiy, foa
Peter Shand was next morning too std
and sore TO go TO work He excused
himself for day by saying he had
caught cold, but apparently he was MOI
so ID but he oould 90 out alone on ths
following night and see the ghost for the
third time
This time. Shand declared. he found
the ghost seated On fence near the
quarry. and Al once bean 1Dzbuse iEfoz
the scrape into which It had brughi
him bE making sncn unsupported aocn-
sations. The ghost, processing regreT,
and being told Of the besti1g which
Shapd had endured 81 the hands oil
Myae, shnddered viably and brea1hed
3 ferTent thanksgiving that II was safe
from al such troubles, and reminding
the Zimmerman of Its own warning,
that Il he maried Mysie he weuld re-
greet the step ali his lie I s. Z g 3 z
- That's specimen of what Won would
have got As her husband" said the
ghost, with some show Of logic, s.but II
Is nothing to what suffered at her
hands To be sure, death 10 me was q
joyful release, but stin that didna jassa-
II her in cruelty taking nv lfe-'' -
@Iour ife2n cried the horihed hzm-
norman, with Al inward thankssiTng
i for the escape he had made. ssDo re
mean TO tel me you weN-wers muir
dered?''
/ "MErdered in eauld blude, " solennly
returned the ghost ssTe mig Int n
guessed that By seeing me gaun aboot
this wss instead o. s1eepin' socHdy In
nv grave, Or dan 'e-ing aboet In EnF
new quarters Naebody that has deed
5 natural death ever comes back rs 3
ghaist, Peser-they' OWE glad to biae
avs. especially them th2f has been af-
fiekt a their Lie like me by wi6e M
tongue thas the deeN hinsel' coHdna
match
- Weel, Of ooorse, We sud ken" eb-
served the S1toaec and overs wed ham
norman, in polite difference ID his old
friend s-BuI hoo was the aw1a' ceed
dunes hoo did she manage to- murder
We and syne get nd o the body without
sac muekle - leayin' drap O bfRde TO
tel the sale:H
Odna l tel Ee / was murdered II
caa5d blude27' said the ghest with some
Of las earthly peeTishness- aEvery
word 8 ghaist saws has. its meaning
There wasna dIap o. my blude shed,
SO I'm no very sure II the aud Scriptu-
ral command wad apply 70 Mysie She
didas shed nv blnde, she only .cG1J5eI
IT.
"what-whas does fhat neana''
sfammered Shand. with his hair creep
ing On his scalp
I'VE had BIT quarrel IN the mornin..
IS usual answered the ghost .sand IN
the middle OF ] banged 3 bit cake
scross the table 81 Mysie's face TWAS
daiehy and heavy, AID gied her g-y
rap on the face. Mysie Up wi s 5oog
O bilin- water and let bang at nv held. :"
:. That wasna maxim re ea1ld; It
was maxim We Ae!,' mildly @correcIed
Shand
-.sD3nns interrupt me- NJ 'Empident re-
marks peeyishly returned the ghost
ssor II ava back to ms csuld bed
wifhoof teliin' We aniIhe- thing. The
joog dung me donnert- and Mysie
thought I was killed, SO she got a rape
and big staae and carried me TO the
quarry hole and drappit NE in Muir
dered In ca1ld blude, We see,'' and As
the ghost laid dead and iee-oold paw
upon Stands warm hand TO emphasize
his words the Zimmerman ninbly lesped ]
back couple Of yards IN terror
"Ye've been deid an awful time with /
oct sayin' a word ABBOTT it, remarked !
the Zimmerman, ST last 81 Could We no |
hse gien q bit hint o Il 10 the police or |
the Eiscal3''
Only five years said the ghos1- /
with the air OF one who considered that |
thew were only equal 10 five minutes.
land hoo Is the jaud 10 be brought /
TO justiee2'' said Shand. with some con-
Germ
shell never be brought TO iaStice,r
said the ghost, with the air Of a ghost
who knew - Ye Gamma NEEDLE vi her.
for afore she can be q en- Up ye maua
find nv deid BODY
.Weel. could that no be doaes
Could We no rake the quarry an fish /
7e up2' suggested the sympaahizfng
Shand.
Fish me3-sy, that's the word -
sadly rejoiRed the ghost There wasna
/ scrap o ny flesh Left week after I !
vas tnmmelf ia-the perch made short /
vark O me, / can tell We. Ma. na-
here's nae GUIDE raking for me If I
lad been In a eleAr, running stream.
where there WAS nsethinr but dasnty.
fpooties. II might hare
,een vera different Dinna speak aboot
ishin' me up-it's s word that gars me
Tue--
:. Then Whist an to do?-' helplesslr
inquired ShaDd- Il
a. Ye,re TO bide as ye are. q single ,
man, said the ghost ''OnF fule miehs
Ten that-"
lay, that's a riehf-but shoot the |
murder, / mean?'' said Shaod. anxi-
'RsE- /.
do: Ye maun just do naefhing,"
promptly ansE ered the ghost What ,
'o1lld We dae2 There's nae proof that | !,
vas murdered, unless the bosom should !,
yer think of coHfessin' 1T and If We
rere to tell cay body ye believed sic a
hing she miehi kae the aadacitF to / ,
We for libel Ma, IA; tax nv ,
a. :.