The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-29

a like the ovid boy himself sittin' inside.
b My grandfather took to his heels, decent
y man, an ran for dear life. But Peter
I, Lanigan, bein' just such n harum-sca-
rum gossoon as yGrsclf Terry. stayed
g behind to colleague wild himself in the
u dead coach From that day 10 this no
one ever set eyes on Peter Lan!gan. The
h divil carried him off In the dead coach
AT least, that was what all the wise
people said at the time"
AN what did yer grandfather say
( the dead coach looked liie?"
"Sure, an didn't tell ye?" answered
Mehaul. somewhat testify mo horses
only the ouid boy himself steeerln' My
Il grandfather said twas the most terrible
i thing he ever set his eyes on
Medit@tively Terry Gaffagan picked
< his way through the potatoes sealed
81 the fence and found himself on the
road-the "owld" road he noticed with
+ satisfaction. He had been keeping very
quiet of late, had Terry; and no hair
y breadth escapes" or stirring adventures
] had come ito disturb his serenity. But
Ing monotonous He longcd for some
& dining Notwithstanding III the ghost,
b or llobgoblin line particularly.
Ever since lie had exposed the mys-
7 terry surrounding the reputed king o.
z the Cats" and practically laid" the
/ castle ghost, Terry had experienced Il
morbid fondness for adventures OF a
supernatural character. Right In the
y ick of time something had turned up
Theirs was a weird rumor in the BalIy-
carney valley that the ghostly dead
coach" had again made its appearance
{ on the deserted main rCad. Little Kitty
Cleary had seen the hideous vehicle
Z Whirling through the dust. drawn by
invisible Steeds, and shedding a ghast-
Jrr rl,k LIN
returning empty Of wagon but doub,
less otherwise replcnished reported an
encounter with the awful apparition ar
erthey had turned by mistake into the
'oWid'' rad at the Cross. Several moro
or less trustworthy people had caugh,
glimpses of the coach, heard lis horrible
rumblinG, or fled in fright from IN.
black demon who appeared TO guide its
swift career. Hearing Of these yrl,e
some experiences, Terry had resolved T.,
and out something about the dead
coach" and If possible to see II for him
eelf. Frequent successes in the linz, Of
investiga ting the ghostly had given this
small boy heart daring in the extreme
So, he had betaken himself to the home
stead Of Mehaul the sheannachle, for
some preliminary informa ton about the
dead COACH"
Terry. avicr' shouted the latter wor-
thy, as the lad scrambled through his
fence to the road, lis it goin' 10 meet
Nhe dead coach tonight We are?"
That's where I'm goin', honest man !"
answered Terrence sturdily
q 'Wdsha! wishan' exclaimed the She
i annachie. In Ballycarney and all
through the County Fillmore the patois
{ mas 1t wisha! wisha!" and not "wirra,
9tfR 'lt.a! as In the rest of 1reland)
Wisna! wisha! IT'S carried off veil
& pe. Terry, Remember poor Peter LAM
gan, aiannah."
az Terry grinned Clearly he was inter
4 rified by the fate Of the Iamented LAM
SSi5.,.Well." sighed Mehaul, "if We must
d III, ake a. spell wild We. Here's three
3 shps OF yew. They'll protect We against
& s ne ould boy, SO long as We keep tight
Terry ar'i Glaffagan vas NOT SO far above