The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-03-19

gone q couple OF miles he met q stranger
riding on a white horse. q rood-lookinR gen
tlsman wearing red knee brseches. swallow.
tailed coat. and a Caroline hat Ia tall haiti
Tho stranger saluted John Connors. and he
returned the salute. The stranger asked
where was he going at such an hour.
I'm going" said Connors. Ito Beaufort IN
ind sponsors for my young son."
OH. you foolish man,. said the stranger
you left the road a mile behind you. Turn
back and take the left hand"
John Connors turned back as directed. but
he never came to n crossroad. He was riding
about half an hour when he met the Same gen.
tleman. who asked: Are you the man l met
a while ago going to BsaufortT"
lam"
"why. you fool. you passed the road a mile
or more behind. Turn back and take the right
hand road. What trouble is on you that you
cannot sec q road when you are passing itp'
So .p but ioa rSf mo- side IHs r fSSp II The same e stranger
met him for tho third time. and asked him the
back. But III. night Is so far gone" said he.
that you'd better not be waking people, My
9 you can rs nc nsf FOR II Tie s seSn @,s" t @s orr %'"rn'ne'
John Connors thanked the stranger and said
70 70 a w ane castle ss T't the nina and i toid iihl im to d fGGa n'%
Your horse will be taken care or" said he.
J9hn Connors rode asnlendid white hors..
Toond T . so gsntlsms ar. h. san a EG 10 . sH"TpeF
him : bed and said; aTsks 81 your Clothes
Whom Connors was asleep the stranger took
tho clothes. formed ? corpse lust like John
the. horse. and leading the beast ontsid. turned
is head toward home. He kept John connors
The horse went toward home and reached the
yillSEs next 1morainE; The people saw the hors:
| IL wnE the bpdv of John C0nnora Evarvhodv
began to cry and amentf for their neiRhbor. He
% Wa t tax on 81 IT. the he h. horse Ts ssrip ped washed sr... x and
over him. for wasn't, he good man and the
for to celsbrsts mass and attend tho ians sra.
which hSr h: did; i1 o Vas 2 large funeral
from his sissp By the gentleman. who came to
.o ont /. j. ssfls' s.%s for FFS Ss to s, e y .siaPs'ns Your your
,TSO X. nr meyer To zone; . had the eh ydu 6aEtizsd; and
away from here and went home"
a. "In sss n, .h;n' t EGs ar, sss; az I, ii e tb sSr ssd' whole
hi. clothes, but il h, did he could not SEQ
s s,lts al b ot them' where are my eloth'sT'
and nd II knS S.,5 netting ,aH q o ySu II; t Clothes { my man.
.I PoorJe eRn" was .S sstonished. "God S Rsf1' me.
fG had an = ! tt e it benz It y!saHSs ~ g s SO bsd. bd i
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r. s' :S. s.'E Es j. a Sc: :! VIZ ~ vi vi ava ava! ,.ih !a$
ies sS Si$ but Sed a. J 81 and Hia d issss was n0'h'ns be-
Ing. and connors saw 4 some distance down
the s fosd i p Pee Ias,d on It, their cir w We to mass: He
s sarrsso y 'n IL n' Eept tot the lear fs IL 0e and s wsihe %
close to the bitches till he reached the side Of
o 3 hui IL s sIsht E' As FL s'o Rs, By ns shn,i kS e. H~n We'll WI
lags q 1.-THE side Of the mountain there happen
ID to BE- three Or four little b0ys looking FOR
As the dead man buried three weeks before.
They scErsamsd i, and ran WAY home: some Of
Cennors. and he with q sheet on him:
son dies TO sprinkle holy water on the clothes
OF The deceased and then give them to poor
t lso1ai Il that e By 1i GIVING TIE tRs clothes doas i IN this " way y
the formSr owner has them to use IN the other
m mH1Ia; x. 1hi shse% s1s sS9ee w Tine, ys so mash sho oS s!G sns.
y AZ ss ss.: %ssf Re-. Sfssf:shss they may Be- 1 ss@s
story Of a. Soys some Of them wont to the
a'Tis your fault that your husbands ghost
T. oamiug around in nskedness. You didn't
did. ilna.ed.S said the wife. "1dtd my part,
bit It must be that tho man gave them to
poor husband is naked in the other World"
e.. asS' I HsG s kef "a ;6 s1sth /: ii 4: H. entered
Bad luck to you: you heathen!' said she.
john 5h aio n nI. shl IN y II. o ,hs m xor !S i's Tou my nsl RSer
went to mass in the clothes gave you nor
'psE1n ala. ia nGs, TeTFf his o Is t H. ehird suDd., sine.
az 4.' shiEa t ias.d S y II "a dt$ r. I hssthon 70 ftssPs
She Went home then. satisfied that every.
'n Am u hsa O q 9o dGn eo ss n le sn iiV.a P IS tn. same
village. He was q rich farmer and kept a ser
n nos is s!. aa ans g ana aSrS Sri the hey turf nhs at tu the eo So %ss
being burned I TIE servant girl was told to GO
earE. s. sh sh .e sGst to TIM r e.ias sn hG WAS al fGTssl hs OF
cresl. when she happened to look toward the
far end Of the reek. and there she saw a man
and hs with a sheet on him, She looked a sec:
ond time and saw John Connors- The girl
was 70 tn reek that C2nnoTs had gone. TO walt
to his own house without any one seeing him.
farther. Ths !:'t t \ SD a ssld s wb.s s.. across 1ssose. .as
resk Of turf. and nothing on him but a sheet"
,s The s, fGs sniS and !!r ths 2 tHs xs hoy v lia,SSG yon 4 st
ways when there's work to do
nors thrust his head ont. and the boy ran away
screeching worse than the girl. Nobody would
20 near the reek now. and the report went out
that John connors wa; down In tho bog mind
Ing the TYR. Early that eHsnlng John Con
knees and offer up the rosary for the reposs
went to bed in a room together. but were not
long in 1t when there was a rap at The door.
The poor woman asked who was outside. John
answered that 1t was himself.
May the Almighty God and His blessed
Mother give rest to your soul" cried the wife.
and the children crossed themselves and COW
ercd their heads with tho bedclothes. They
were in dread he'd come through the keyhole;
they knew q ghost could DO that 4 It wished.
glass and WAS tapping. Mt that. Tho poor wo-
man looked opt and there she saw her hus-
repose Of his soul. but he called out:
BAD luck to you. won't you open the door to
me or throw ont some clothesl am perish
ing from cold"
This, only convinced the woman moro surely.
John didn't like to break tho door. ana as 1t
Was strong, it wouldn't be easy, for him to
ancle's. When he came to tho door ali the
family We're, on their knees repeating the
rngarH for tina an,l IL