New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-05

I YOU Know ~
| have heard that ghosts often do that ..a
II know of none" says he, looking very SAD
and sorry; o1, +,onoht rou could do
nothing, and was only trying OF you. uoh
want ANY treasures. ! only want you 10 get gu.
of TINS place, and so. il need be, mean 10 haun'
'O@ SAYS the ghost there is comfort in that
as there. indeed ?' says ]. How DO you
make that OUT 81, ,o,, &c von
! live 81 saws he BE il So. But do you forget :
What is yeur miserable speck Of ne 70 ,, mtTc
Have not lived in the spirit for nigh two etnrty
The little that is left of your base Ilie Is p9t ~
drop in the ocean Of my own Fur thao SHOT
space | must he patient 49,. ,.-,,uu 1, his
could scarcely keep myself from Laughing IN us MS
face for | knew that was what he'd be coming
| "Ochln soys l. that's how you look at ~,
| is il? Sure thin We make O blg mistake entrely;
What mean you P' says, the ghost; and could
see that he was bothered all over. % r,orrov
SIRE, I'll show you what | mean to-morro"
| night" says l. 4" if l live. please God
Vol he couldn't get o word more out of me,
| for had spt a scheme up my sleeve which meant
to keep to myself for the present. -....,oort
| Now, Biddy O'Rourke, my pretty sweetneSlU'
bless herr had bit Of younger brother, fourteen
wears old or thereabouts, who was always getting
| into scropes and mischief, breaking windows ana
! chasing the pigs, and fighting the other boys as
So when / goes down TO the village again, l
gets Thady into corner all quiet ana NOBODY pS,
and says I: Whist oTIhady, my boy; wou'o 20"
Tbady' he turned pale a bit at first, and then
those wicked young eyes Of his lighted up inh OIL
| mischief, and he grinned. - r, .,uo
Sure, Tim says he, that would Is oneie
Thcn / up and told him all about the " Baa
Baronet' and what poor creature ne was, WY" ~
never a'porth Of harm in him; ana now ~, i II
been chivying him all around the castle nlghS 4lUeI
night till I'd half worried the llfe OUT OF NIL
| And 1hady laughed, and was just mad to go With
| me a,-s Sc the ghost BY ST. Patrick that o9S
had 10 more fear in him thon there Is IN an GU
wooden gatc-post, and he never shook nfno WITCH
SWbo ,''i is this urchin?n says Sir Rodericl,
Tuning and glazing in the old way Ia ..o,rars
och says shame Rm on Tg bs oaG IS a Thads
! O'Rourke, my brother-n-aw that is to be- ana he
has come here to help me with this JOB -,o.+
Il do not understand You, says the gnosV'
io'"tI NioT iS.' Won don't saws l. "but I'll soon
make YOU. have brought this boy with me to
| help ME TO haunt you, and he's Just coming mere
with me, night after night, to learn the business,
so as he can take it up when I've done with II. !,
Never a word did the ghost say but he started
back step or two and gave groa ~ o,a % =.
| for Thady, when he grows up. and ! am under
The turf will just get another boy like himself
| there's lashinqE ol them about-to learn the
business, and take his place after him, ana so IL
| ghost how do yOu like that look out, anyway
Och the poor ghost was sight 10 be seen Jnst
/ then. lie slammed ana ne SWOfe. anu ne lull''i'
and he scowled at Thady; but il was all of no
use, for Thady, seeing he couldn't do any harm,
| laughed in his pasty face, and was mad To worry
We'll. we led him a pretty dance that night.
md the night after; and Ihady Just enjoyed the
fun. he did.
We hadn't been at it for more than week eFo or
so when night we conldnt find the ghost
anywhere We tramped through all the GAL
leries, upstairs and dcwnstails; but it was all
ouict and never a creaking. or a grooming, or n
.,,lyo n u we 500
WHATS become Of him. anyhow?' SAYS Thady.
whist" says |, Il" look yonder, Thady
And, och! it was pretty sight that we saw
For down in the long walk between the trees.
what should we see but the old ghost. with his
sword tucked under his arm, and his bundle on
his sbruIdnr walking Off as fast as H. could tread
with his old wiz trailing down his back behind
and his spurs cleaning in the moonlight.
By the powers, Ih9dy says l. VIC nave
made him clear ont at last
And we both shouts ont Of the window together
as loud rs we could:
a good night to you ghost and safe and
Well. If YOU believe ne. Thadv and 7 watched
night after night up at the old castle to see II the
ghost was to change his mind and come PACK; Dut
never a token Of him did we discover. He was
cone for good and all and then We let the secret
ont IN the neghbors and the colonel, and all the
country round. At first they wouldn't believe It,
but sure they couldn't hold ont long: Tor the
colonel himself went up 70 the castle AZ night with
MS and saw the ghost wasn't there at all, which
showed it was tine a. miracle.
he BROUGHT down down builders and carpenters ard
gardeners from Dublin, and hid the old east T.
made as good ~ new, and ali tie u9lv weeds
pulled mp ont Of the prctt - wnlks and gardcns.
Then fhcv furnished the place like any palace, and
the family came down and lived in IT, aud gave
| a ball 10 all thc quality for miIeS around.
And the colonel was rs good as his word, and
better; for when liddy end me was married
lie gave us the fifty pounds he promised and
situations at The castle, with nothing TO do but Ia
keep the old ghost ont
As for Thady, he Ind job, too, on the demesne
and proud he Of the work he'd done, helping
me 70 make the eviction.
And | gathered lot Of other lads about me
one day, and | says To them, says /
Look here, boys. don't yOu take heed of
ghosts or any such like The worlds lust full Of
cm, and there's not haporth OF hom in en- if
Won pluck mp and face 'em, and show eln You amt
afraid Haf the troubles and hotheratiOns o life
is nothing hut ghosts. and if You let EN- haunt
Won they'll do il hut if YOU turn round and laugh
At EN- il won't he long before they take them
selves of like the morning mistS before the blessed
sun "-(E. j. Goodman in ATLANTA"