The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-11

nee there we're two brothers
named Donsl and Jack ''.,a.
was hired by a rieh man W. .,,
i had one daughter and wilth ~ -.
master died. be marfiea uie
daughter m ~. ,-,,e
Jack. he lived close by WITH his VIZ VIZ
AID a big family Of Children. ana he va. Wa
very moor. but poraI. he was 10 way hoOu
O., lacy and would never reach his hahu
o. him afth a thing to-
Jsck.s house Jack Be used 10 think u III
,fe 49,, IN steaI bullock out ot Donal
~, ecrk ana XII g for his family.
A. Ieretb Doual began 20 suspect that
- - taxing hts buliocks, but be
g,5n.t kuoW how he would hnd out Tor
sure
Don4Ts old mother-in-law proposed
rl,a bv which she could catch Jack She
made Donal put her into a big chest that
had little spy-holes in Il, and put IN with
her beef and brandy enough 10 last her
nine DAYS Then Donal was TO take the
chest 70 Jacks and have Il left there on
some excuse.
DonsI went % Jack and said he had a
big chest Of things that was in MS way.
and asked Jack II he would be 50 good as
20 allow him TO leave 1t in his kitchen for
z week or 50.
Jack said he Was very welcome 10 put
IN ten chests Il he liked So Donal had
the chest with his m0theT-in-law and her
provisions tn IL carried 10 Jacks anl
planted In a good place In the kitchen.
on the very first night the chest and
the mother-in-law we're in Jacks, ne stole
and killed and brought IN another bullock
and The old woman was watching 4 ail
through the spy-holes OF the chest.
And after Jack and his wife and chill
dren hsd eaten a hearty supper of he
bullock. he and his wife began talking
over one thing and another, and says he.
ia Ilke to know what Donal has in that
chest"
So IN he went to a locksmith and he
foi me loan Of a whole bundle OF KEYS.
ana ne came and tried them all in the
chest tli ne got one that opened Il.
Nhen Donal found what was In the
thest ne lost little time taking away The
beer and the brandy. and he put In their
place empty bottles and clean-pieked
bones. and locked the old woman up with
these again.
~ he end Of nine days Donal came for
ihe chest He thanked Jack for giving
hm house room for it for so long. aud
SAID ne had now room for ii himself. and
80 he had come TO take IL home.
Ana behold you, when Donal and his
VIE opened the chest at home there was
me old woman dead Of starvation and a
lo' OF bones and empty bottles in the
chest ''''
SAYS DonaI: "she got greedy and ate
end drank the whole OF the provisions the
hrst day. and this is her deserving"
Wen, Donal and the wife walked her and
hurled her, with purse of money un Ter
her head 70 pay her way in the next
world. as they used to do in those days.
Jack Of course, he went to the wake
and to the funeral. and sympathized sore
with D0nal and DonaTs wife both. But
ihe very next night after the funeral JACK
dug up the corpse to get the money, as II
was SO useful to him. Then he took the
OLD woman's body on his shoulder and
carried her of to Donals. and went down
into Donafs wine cellar. He put her sit
ting in a chair by a puneheon there and
put glass into her hand and turned on
the wine.
In the morning Donars first race was
always TO the cellar TO have a drink, and
"H'H ''' NalHt NbNu llllS morning ne Iell
over and tainted with the fright when he
saw his old mother-in-law sitting by the
puncheon drinking.
When he came 10 himself he had her
taken up and laid out in the wakeroom
again.
Jack he came walking over to see Donal
like TO bid him the time of day in the
morning.
Good morning TO you, Donal." says he
'and how do you find yourself this morn.
ing?"
Och. Ochl ochl Jacki Jackr' SAYS
DOnal. says he. I'm in a terrible fix en-
tirelyr'
why. what's the natter" says Jack
Why. says he, my old moLher-in law
got lp out OF the grave in the night time
aud came back; and when / went down
10 the cellar In the morning To get a
drink OF wine there was the old lady sit
ting By the pUncheon. and she having the
luncheon drunk empty. What am ] "a
TO az all, Al alp" says he.
Well" says Jack, says he, II know
why she got up out of her grave again.