Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-17
ONLY THE HIRED NAN.
It was a True Story, Told for a Pur-
pose.

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a. 1"e aU- "I9 s0'''"s' '"sl'0 IoHe
miles from nome
9hlpe ana wiz Io"I nau oeeh pien1l-
lul' anu we Adu iOIsoI'en alIoso'ueI
"oou1 INC DAs-
EN- you what FRANK eAclaiiueu
my cnu1i, IL VIII ne no Joke hnulhg our
way 5ack IN the iog. through long
me o. gates, ana lJS all Oh uWeiNe
miles by the road. Randock snail go
back ana fetch the dogcart, While we
TAKE @ snack az the Woolpack' an Ola
va! sue nm Just over me ma yohuer'
bdhuocA transferred ms OlruS 10 joe
,ne second Keeper ana started lot
nome "nlle We crossing me nlis'
I -OuuO ourselves ia oroad, nat Io0u'
lordered by bitches. and ABOUT JhTu
OF mile from low building, surround
ed by Out-houses, which DICK pointed
4 out as the Woolpack.
Have not been here for more than Ok
year, he remarked, but noticed IN
the paper some weeks ago that Sangat.
the man who keeps the inn. lost his
wife. She was supposed TO have fallen
either into the river or one OF the dykes.
Lots lost that way about here.
When we entered we found a table
drawn up near the kitchen hearth. at
which was seated thin. specialized
gentleman in q black. somewhat greasy.
frock coat, and old gray trousers.
He's a furraner.' grOWled the land
. lord, says there was an old Roman
town here once. and goes trampeSsing
an ab0U, looking for it. He's been
here this two DAYS. and Yesterday hired
a chance hand to dig for him. Shall
be glad when un's shut on i'm.
We soon had some Of the birds roast
ing. and asked our black-coated friend
TO Join us He expressed himself de-
lighted. and iabbered away i'm broken
English. asking questions about the
neighborhood. and where we lived. in
turn giving us his opinion upOn Roman
antiquities tin dinner was over and
we liJ our pipes
All this time the hired hand" as the
/ host called him. had been sitting i'm the
chimney corner. hardly visible for the
shadow.
The old foreign gentleman had start
ed the subject OF ghosts. and Dick and
/ / we're laughing al him when this fell
low rose from his corner and said.
speaking i'm a great. deep. mellow
I voice:
Guess You are both right and both
I wrong. I've seen what Won mlsters
/ would call a ghost and yet doctor
/ chap at Honolulu explained how it was
+ only eNhalattons that rose from bodies
hastily buried I seed him do it him
self with bic flower. The spectrum
he called it.. Yes, IL were spectrum l
+ remember now.
Well. tell MS about 1t. said Dick.
But have drink first and YOU land
lord. mix Yourself drop.
was mate on board one 9t me ISL
+ ana schooners,' BEGAN the hired
hano ana we sailed rom Frisco
1t was on Friday l mind well.
we nad dirty weather rom inc
htSl ana storm sprihslng up were
9loVo Jar 10 me noflh %, our course.
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'H ''-,. W9eoL'
ms Cueettu us up Out IL uleo away
uu'Ius 'He llisul' ll'i we were not max
III over Two KNOTS.
Nhen the sun rose however one OF
ro;,tod So onongb 80 20 ,.'','
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IooN az ,ue ~ X, anu saw 1u" qua, net
Sp"I9 VIZ u ll-iiiieu' any nov anu Olla'
t nel IuNl'I"s IlssiHs WAS hanging III
olsuJS.
NUM- oi'' / S'Iu 10 1ue man pull
..'7 'Ie S'Io on5 ne ""S 1He ouIy "ulle
man on BOARD beside the old man and
my sen mere IS something wrong on
oo,lI ...., 'hdl Dig
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t w., ~ I'S suouIuer,
.ho;. ~ ha.y gi , ,liiS Oiu ana hahaka put
- 20 1 rs. ''l, ~ IL, anu we were soon
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