Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-13


: and her light feet fairly danced down
the path toward the old quarry. And
there she interviewed the ghost.
I'm thinkin', Bridget said Mr..
O'Toole thoughtfully, after Maggie had
departed, that yez be too hard on the
girl Now that Ned McGraw be not so
bad young felly, an"
bad cess to Ned McGraw an the
likes of him." interrupted his wife,
snappishly. AN isn't it yersilf, Mich.
ael O'Toole, that tould me yez wanted
! Maggie to do well whin she got mar
, ried?"
".Yis," replied Mr.. O'Toole, soothing
ly, but thin Ned McGraw-"
"Oh, yis, Ned McGraw! Ned Nc
| Graw! I'm jist tired of hearin' of
him. FL niver give me consint-that's
what. An if Maggie marries him
there's not rag on me that I'll lave
her after I'm dead'
With this explosion Mrs. o Toole bus
tied her way into the shanty, leaving
her spouse to ponder the subject
alone.
=
On the following morning all Bally-
| town heard Of the adventure of Mrs.
OIoole, and that the ghost of Dennis
McQulnn was haunting the neighbour
| nood. There was variety of opinions
| IN regard to it. Some of the younger
| ones secuted the idea, or pretended to
do so, while the older ones shook their
heads in Ominous silence. However
all were more or less affected, and all
were more or less afraid to go out
after dark. week passed without
further manifestation, and then, all at
once, every one was startled by the re-
! port that the ghost had been seen again
| and at the same place, in the old quar-
| ry.
1t was Mr.. Patrick Shanegan who
| saw it this time, and he vehemently
| mis- McGuin.l. Mr. Shanegan, who was
| a gentleman CT the old Irish school,
had been in neighboring town on
| some errand, and while there had met
some good friends, with whom he pro-
ceeded to have a good time. The re-
| suit was, that when he started for home
! it was quite dark and he was in a hi
| larious frame of mind. Indeed, he was
| just in the proper condition to see
ghosts-two ghosts, in fact-and when
he came to the dark and gloomy old
| quarry he suddenly thought OF Dennis
McQuinn. He Strengthened himself up
as best he could, and gave a squint up
, among the rocks, and there, sure
enough, stood a silent figure looking
! down at him. 1t was McQuinn's ghost
he was sure of that-the same as seen
! by Mrs. O'Toole. He could dimly see
the brass buttons on the coat, or
thought he could. and the coat, of
course, must be blue. Mr.. Shanegan
felt that in such spiritual society po-
| likeness would be the best policy, and
SO he began:
Good ayenin', Dinnis, me friend.
An be 1t yez ghost up there, | don't
knoW?"
"Yis, Pat Shanegan, I'm the ghost OF
Dinnis McCuinn," came the muffled re-
ply.
We'll, then" continued Mr.. Shane
gan, in sudden burst of good-felow-
ship, its mesilf that's glad to see yez,
Dinnis. Ye was a divil of a good mon
whin Twin, an yez be q divil of a
foine ghost now yez dead-I'll say
that for yez."
Mr.. Shanegan thought this fine bit
of Hattery ought to conciliate the ghost
If anything Would;"and then, owing to
the unsteady condition of his legs, he
sat down on rock behind him.
Pat Shanegan, be yez listening"
came the voice from above.
Its mesilf that's dom that same
An what can l do for yez, Dinnis?"
inquired Mr.. Shanegan anxiously
We'll, thin, young Ned McGraw do
| be wantin' to marry Maggie O'Toole,
an Mrs. OTOole be down on him, an
have drove him away An this onjus-
| tice do be breakin' me heart intirely,
an me sowl can't be at rest till it be
righted. Ye must see Mrs. OToole,
an tell her to give her consint, or I'll
niver be at peace.
Sure. an I'll do it. answered Mr.
Shanegan, with emphatic solemnity.
An tell her." continued the unhap-
Ply ghost, that We and hersilf must be
comm down here to-morroy night, by
yez two silves. mind We! An come
whin it be rale dark, because no ghost
can be sane in the daylight, l don't
know. An tell her if she don't give
her consint then, I'll be hauntin' her
till the day of me death-that isl
name, for a good while after me death
With this parting remark the ghost
disappeared and Mr.. Shanegan hasten
ed homeward to tell what he had seen
and heard.
And he did tell it. His story fully
corroborated that of Mrs. O'Toole and
Ballytown was of one voice and one
mind The ghost of the last Mr.. Nc
Quinn must be set at rest and it was
the manifest duty Of Mrs. O'Toole to
do it. On this all were agreed-all
except Mrs. O'Toole. That good lady
was very indignant with the ghosts
| interference in her family affairs.
AN if Dinnis McQuinn will jist
tind to his own business, an kape his
! ghost from meddlin' with what don't
concern him, I'll be under a complimint
to him." she said testify.
Nevertheless, she was i'll at ease, and
as the day wore on, and one neighhor
after another dropped in with mourn
| full shakes of the head and direful
prophecies Of evil OF the ghostly
warnings were neglected, she become
sorely troubled. The whole settlement
Of the community was against her. By
Aight Mi O'Toole was so oppressed By
the general feeling that he added his
persuasion, and assured her that no
| luck would come to them if she re-
fused. He even offered to accompany
| her a part of the way. II she would
| orr ~ bo t,.xcf tho