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

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Some five or SIX miles from the CIR
cuIt town IN the North II which ny so-
practices there l. q village which msI
name Heather Howe As q manner o.
fz1 the commonly close 70 the village
q long piece of rocky ground covered
vHh nne grass and furZe-s so named
By the inhabitants: and IS Il was On this
lone common, and near the old QUAR-.
bole, faat jock Browns ghost appeared,
the name Is not 30 very far-fetched-
Possibly the appearing and disappear
Ing Of the ghos1-for Il did boih-~ould
never have led 10 Law case hsd il moi
been for It's somewhat hbelous state-
ments- Even 3 ghosf csa not be a.
bowed 10 infringe the Law with impunitF-
il Is disa--eeable enough for q hard
working, soney, and thriving widow
Ike Mysie Brown 10 have peeFish and
h-condifisned husband come back
Again in ghost form 81 all; but when The
ghost adds 10 his oHense By ut1erIng
statements not strictly true. and calcu-
Eted 10 damage ms5srisllE those not
YET ghosts, II Is nigh time 10 take acaon-
Mysie Brown. when suddenly left :
widow, had Dot sal down 10 wiring her
hands and shake her head She had
two BARNS ID think Of. and being
q sfrooE-a-med. energetic young
E0nzn. she resolved 10 work for them
EnCe-haEaeds Is their f&ther had form
cry done The village wss badly sup
Piled with mix st desr rsse By a
neighbo-inE fsrmsr; MISE took IN the
position 81 8 glance, and bought COW,
went roand TIE village esnvassing for
customers and IN q week hsd more
buyers than she could supply In 3
short time she had three COWS, and with
these and some other TRIES made very
comfortable livelihood Mysle was II
yesr Or Two spoken of g 3 prosperous
wOnaz- with = few pounds laid past, 3
snug house, and 3 good stocking.
Moreover. Mysr vas Jolly, open-faoed
woman, with & free, dsHng waT thaf
pleased eTaybody: and, bsing neither
old nor UgiF, naturally attracted msny
sUfs-& Among those CT her aqu sinf-
aneAs whom gossips set down IS suibors,
none was spoken Of so hopefully and de-
cidedy 81 Peter Shsnd. the smiths
hamDermGn- Peter mendsd her fences.
eelve6 her Eaird for her, planted her
kal OF potatoes and killed her pigs
Peter. IN fact, when tKstted on the point
only smiled Ii 8 pleased and seIf-safis-
fed manner, and never once denied the
soft impeachment, thus letting the teas
ers know e5yon3 3 doabf 1aat the mAr-
rage was = settled thing Mvsie, II l.
E1e,when anv hint TO that effect reached
her ear. denied the truth OF the rumor
most srmlf, but when WAS Honan,s
81 y" taken under sach circumstances
for a1ything bur - Yes?''
II - nha
deciIve and irexpfcable Peter went
DO more 10 the widows. but sat mopinr
and ssseat Al home. or IN The public
house. while Mysie either did her own
mepdilg aId delFl8g, or paid some one
70 do 4 FOR her. What could be the
cause Of the sudden change? There was
70 be no marriage, eithsr-Ps.er had |
plaiasy sid 50, with 3 solemn look /
which Implied 1hat II was a duty he |
owed TO society not 10 implenent his I
engagement. and vet. at the same tirne, /
he stouflT insisted thss there was no /
quaErel between him and the soncy /
widow Vas there ever a village gos- /
sap who would be satisfied with an eva
sion Ike thai: EFey-one was quite /
sure SOMETHING more wss unde- his
words. and 81 length, under their subtle |
plying Peter was got to admit-after
sundry hints 81 something mysterious
and awful hsd failed to ssisfy them
that 3 +.veesitsfion had come atween |
them The Eyeiiest interest was
reused By the infimaion, Is Il was well
known thai jock Browns death had
never been rightly explained. Ii was
only known that Jock Brown had left /
his home one morning eray, and had
never been seen or heard OF since. His
wife had apparely been slow 10 believe
him desd. even though be left a letter
stating that she should never see him
more. and oEfv assumed Eidorr,s MOURN
ings after he had been gone for three
+
The s-Eeesita1lon'' darkiF aIluded TO
by Peter Shand roosed some old whis-
cerings- Peter was piled more strenu-
,1sfy than ever Tor Information, and at !
ast he admitted. IN the greatest conf
ience, thsi he had seen = phost-no
,ther than the ghost Of the deceased /
Jock Brown, who hsd solsrnnly warned
aim against having anything more TO do
With his widow This confidential reve-
a1ien Was but the first letting ont of
Ea5er; and gradually the circumsta
# the spectral warning oozed out. and
'ssumed something ike the following
hape-
1t had been Saturday night. and the
,our was iaze, for Jock had been spend
az the evening with MFsie. and the
ime slipped by unheeded. Il
II Kissed her Al the door," Peter was
ron't 70 declare with CREST pashos st ,
his part of his description. ..snd I tellt / ,
er It wsdna be lang store I wsdna .
eed 70 leave her ssa- Little did I think
was 10 be my last kiss.-
Peter lad Eupped-that Is, he hsd
aten some bread and cheese and taken
re glass OF whisky with the widow
nj he Was perfectly sober, and, more
yer, perfectly free from fear or any
,eughfs OF CHESS when he reached the
ammonfy before mentioned. II
The Night Was cold, however, and i
eter decided thst = smoke for the re- ]