The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-25

buried treasures. had heard Of them before,
speaks only %Ssn forced
peculiarly from The fairies They have t sn
barely left tho life in him. shall have occa-
sion to refer to the man later. on. The woman
cidrnt in her own experience. the other two
concerned her husbands relatives.
It Ts ri b einrs u
firmly for n time that 1t had.
Il may say that the woman. whose name is
Maggie Doyle. was unwilling to tell tales In
the daytime. 1t was only after some persua-
sion and an extra reward that she was in
duced to begin. rs follows.l
Long ago. when was fine. strong girl. not
tho like OF what am this day. went down the
country with bag OF sea moss to sell I was
In company with girl from the next village.
and she was carrying another bag. Coming
evening. tho other girl found lodgings for the
night with n friend. and walked on the roud
for myself l wasn't long walking. when
met woman. and che took me home with her
1t was milking time when we came. Tho wo-
man. whose name was Peggy Drlscoll. nut
cream into the churn. and told mo to churn
while herself would be milking.
churned away while she was with the cows.
and when tho milking was over, she helped me.
and the two OF us were churning till the but
ter came. She never asked mo to take bite
or n sup. not even drink OF buttermilk. /
had food OF my own with me, and made sup
per Of that. After supper she said: "There
is II dead man above in the room: como with
me-" 'Oh. God savo us !" said L. how is that.
and who is t;' My own husband. John
Driscoll. and he's dead these three hours
God knows then" thought I to myself
'''tis easy enough you are taking his DEATH"
She brought warm water and We went up.
the two OF us; we prepared the body OF John
Driscoli. dressed it, and laid 1t out. and put
beads in the hands OF the dead man. who was
stin and cold.
Il must go out nov for little start" said
Peggy Driscoll: sure you'll not be in dread
Of the corpse while l go to tell some of the
neighbors that John is dead?"
| was that in dread that 1t failed me to
speak to her. Tho nnxt minute she was gone
and tho door closed behind her. l was left
alone with tho corpse. 1 stopped there while
and then went to the kitchen. sat there a
quarter of an hour. then went back to the
About midnight the woman OF tho house
walked in. and with her neig hboring young
farmer She made ten in the Kitchen. and the
two were eating aud drinking for themselves
They were tall King English. / hadn't but two
or, three words OF English at that time: and
Wa youn MOI
ting himself said in Irish:
It's happy ~, woman aS you are this nj. night
candles and everything before him: He caught
Kitchen. with him. Peggy Drlscoll md the
young fhrmer began to screech IN the way
Them nu but i" Nv my W, word they hadn't long to
scrench in the Kitchen for the pike was COM
Ing at them 2nt VIII the I've through the
took my bag AMI away with me through the
front door, was running for hours and huT;
at las last II mot tai" man and asked what was the
next town. and he said XII larney. / went on
I'LL to and took s9a the r Dag
for myself.
Dil Won &C, to Killarney with moss the Sec
II did indeed" said she. II went the next
week and mrI. met woman on the road cousin
You told me- said I. that you and Peggy
stiff and cold. a real corpse. How. then. could he
il was that that frightened me-" said Mrs.
John Drisroll had II twin brother Daniel. and
the two were so much alike that no man could
tell ono from the other. ,,..
world ut all , She was m, married to John p only
the Inc m" "ri til tho middle OF tho afternoon.
He wasn't two hours in the house when no
died IN one minute. As II something pflrara ms
n trial of Peggy. So he put his own clothes on
Daniel, and lai'! the corpse on the bed rhove in
the room and hid under tho bod himself.
Peggy put Daniel on the table. think ing that
il was her own husband she was laying out.
W sfEy h wa" ch%n for
on the bed and went on the, table himself You
have tho whole story now
-" suppose you can tel me story now with
n real ghost in 1t, remarked /.
PdeHd then can sid dit the old pdow woman 1nHn
boyle myself nor his son. for they lived across
the mountains from us and John Doyle died
fey 6 ggbn and sut sony and my
husband was man who wouldn't tell lie.
God rest his SOUL
There was young man in the next parish
whose name was Pat Doyle and one night he
had to bring tho priest 10 his father John
Doyle. 1t was lato when the young man came
to tho priests house. Ho knocked, a servant
opened and asked what he wanted.
THE priest. formy fatheris dying" said Pat.
"I'llnot 20 att this hour" said the priest" why
didn't you come enrllcrT
MY father wasn't in danger till night. and
besides was working far from home. couldn't
come Il minute sooner
horse and started. Pat Doyle and the clerk
came to "A house where whiskey was kept,
though people didn't know il generally.
-" Will yoI wait for me- here, FatherT" asked
viii said the priest, but don't keep me
Pat t"F was bnrcly inside when a ghost APP
reared nohipd the, priest and the clerk; The
priest turned. and holding the cructhx toward
the ghost spoke and held him back; 49,,
Let US be going on" said the clerk. the
Tho priest and his CLERK buried away
priest nor clerk and ran on after them. The
road lay through DOGGY lana, Tnd a. mere 20 MS
There was no escape at ono side or another.
and Young Doyle had no steel to defend him
Sell. So tl,s ghost Killed MIN there on Tie road;
ali night. lie was too much In dread to go
home John, Doyle grew better but he WAS
frightened when the son WAS not coming. He
asked where wa, Pat. They said he'd come
soon But when he wasn't coming. the sick
man boGged his own brothers sons to go for
courageous younA: fellow. and said:
"Ijl find him il hos In 1t. Neither ghost
nor devil will keep him from me"
Tim went ny to the loft then and took an old
sword and Knocked n shower OF rust from II.
lie went ON his way then with his brother and