Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-26
Where LEFT Him

NCAis Dhtuty IidiIlkuu uu lntntil-
re mind, Barney, do yea big, shtroni
fellow that might knock sphots out OF
ye or me if he wasn't sich big coward
mtirely, IN then allus BLOWN bout what
he'd do?
"Wcll, as said afore, Barney an me
Dclf had purity little lot that we planted
In pitnytecs on shares, an the botherir
beetle had cl'aned out the whole thing
ravin nothin for us barrin the bare
shtalk; like the lawyer that settled that
dishpute over the oishter, by givin the
two shells to the men an takin the
oishter himself; so we had no pitayteei
an had to depend on our frinds intlrely.
"One evenin in November Barney he
came in an sez he:
"'Come, 60 over to Mike McCann's
they say he has plenty pitaytees, ar
well get some afore he buries thim.'
It'll be purity dark the night, an it'i
a matther of two miles over there sez
thinkin to poke the fun at him.
"What Of thatT sez he. kind Of
grandlike.
"'Well,' sez I, it's past the graveyard
an down that lane, an there'll be nc
moon the night
""rhin, IL ye're afeard, I'm not Sc,
he. I fear nayther man nor hobgoblin!
"'All right, I'm yer mani sez l. 81
Mary brought me a coat an sent Kathit
up In the loft for me shtick. Well, t.
make a long shtory short, we got t.
Mikes. IN with talkin IN shmokin the
time passed, an II was bout 3 or little
afther whin we got up to the lane. Ii
the manetine the wind changed. an il
was gettin cowld and cowlder an darl
clouds was hidin the shtars. Mike CONT
q piece wild us, an seq he:
Its no wondher Ne wind howls al
the hivens are angry, for Mcdowell, tn,
murderer, was hung the day, an thcy
say his shpirit must wandher round this
gallaws for fortnight afther.'
"'Do ye behave itT SEE Barney. DO y,
behave anybody can see ghostsY
| "'Yis. answered Mike; thin as II
born wild caul can see these things. fol
| Ill tell ye was goin home from a wake
one night an singin bit of time t
kape meself company, when right for
ninst me jumped up a beautiful white
lamb. / husht. an the lamb run on til
1t come to fence had to cross whir
| 1t turned into sheet that rolled over ar
over. like 1t wns frozen, an whin I 60,
| to the shtile 1t was gone intirely, nn Tn
sure 1t was pure little Biddy Malone, the
lamb, an her windin' sheet; but I'll Fave
ye now. an wish ye good luck
"Afther Mike turned back thought tc
change the talk, for knew that both
Barney an meself had been born vic
cauls, for mine was home in little sill
bng, an Barney's mother had sowlt
hisn to n sailor. as they say thin a.
carries a caal'll niver be drowned al
she was woman as'd turn an homes,
penny any time she could. talked Of
the night an our pitaytees, nm Mt las
about my Kathie bein our only child.
didn't want her to ravo her mother ar
me, an, tho Larry Burke was as good
a boy as liver shtood In shoes, l WASH
willln he should have our Kathie to take
away. Talk as would, Barney's mind
run on what Mike had said, an al
last he dhrew me back to that same, ar
seq no:
"'Whatd ye do, John. IL ye saw a
ghost? Tt n
"'Well, seq I, I'D make the best Of
the matther. If It didn't throuble me,
wouldn't throuble it.
"'But II It got right. .forninst yer
"Thln, II 1t kept forninst me, I'd kap,
behint 1t, for II l run away 1t might b,
like a jack o. lanthern an run afthe
me-
I've had now come to the beginnin O.
the lane; this was nearly a mile long Or
one side was woods, on the ither sid,
of 1t was last years cornfeld, an whert
the lane met the road shtood the church
an the clergymnn's house, an back oi
the church, on the line of the lane, wa,
the graveyard.
| "Afther we turned into the lane may
ther of us said anything for long time
was thinkin of what nike Ind beer
sayin. an Barney must have been doil
that same, for l notished as we nearet
the graveyard he walked closer to m,
thin before.
~ don't behave sich yarns seq 1; Il
at rest, they won't want to lave It, an 4
In the ither place, sure the ould boy /,
too fond of company to give them lav,
Of absence
"'Och,' sez Barney, don't be talkir
that way! Whist! What's thatY
1.-The wind, boy-the wind.' sez I.
"'No. It amt, nayther,' see he; It'll
some kind of moanin.'
"Arrah.' sez !, YEN be havin a ghos
here whittier or no.
""There ye are maxim light-an, och
murther, there's somethin In the road!
An wild that he jumped the fence into tn,
field, md SEE he, 'I'll take the short cut
home
II looked afthor him. an sez l. 'Arrah
thin, cowardly spalpeen that ye are, eff
don't tell this ON ye, thin me name ISM
John Mahonc.'
"Afther he had gone l walked on
littlo furder, whin short distance
ahead, for 1t was miserable dark by thi.
time, ! thought saw two figures NOV
In on toward the graveyard. | shtop
ped for few minutes conshiderin what
best to do, an sez to meself, John
don't be coward; il they're shpirits
sure the'll niver hurt ye,' SO l kept on
Whin come TO the shtile, | could see
nothin at all, at all. but heard talk nj
laughin from the clergyman's house; so
thinks !, it'll be no harm to look round
an see what that Is. The parlor windy
shutters was open, an | shtepped up or
the porch, whin there was Kathie an
Larry Burke just made man an wife ar
Rhtandin near was my ould woman.
walked In widout Fave or license, an SC,
l: 'knthie, kiss yer father-an, ould wo.
man, so We two was the ghosts. Well
Larry. It's done now an can't be helped
so come, let us go home, an III tell ye
| where dhropped Barney.' New Yorl;