The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-07-10

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sponded in a grutf voice and without
turning his head.
oval! it may be true an It may be
not! All know is what heerd up to
Hoskins'. don't take no great notice
O. ghosts an SIGH. But them men
knows what they seen the night after
the Wilder Bruce's boy died, an
know that ye couldn't git one of 'em
on the place again with a team O.
steers! No, sir! KNOWN as they do.
the character O. man that ole Carney
was, an the way he as good as MUIR
dered that poor lad with his cussin'
an quarrelin' an fallin' of his boss,
stead o goin' to the stable an sad
dim up himself, like any man would
that want too lazy to take of his
coat when he ct, it amt no wonder
they believed what the Wilder Bruce
tole 'em more'n year ago."
He paused here and hicked fly
from the horses neck with a dex.
ferrous cast Of his whip.
What did the Widom Bruce tell
them?" asked anxiously, fearing that
his communicative mood would leave
him.
oval, she come over here from Eng
land with her boy 'baout the time ole
Carney was a.buildin' his haouse, an
she SEE, as soon as she seen it, that
1t was goin' to be Jest like them places
over in England where them docks
an sech fellers live, that sooner or
later someone 'ud die a H'lent death
there, an then the place 'ud be ha'nt-
ed same's the docks places mostly is.
90 course, we didn't pay no special
attention to her.
when her boy went up to the place
to work, 'baout year ago, she took
on terrible, an allus said no good 'ud
come of 1t, an that somethin' would
surely happen. But they want no
other. way out of it, fur they didn't
have a bite to eat nor rag to wear,
an If the boy hadn't decided to accom-
modate Carney's folks guess they'd
ha' starved.
Eye see," he continued, in explana-
ton, "old Carney wouldn't never give
cent to anybody that was able to
earn it, an when the parson come to
him an asst him to help the wilder, all
he SEE was, Send that big hulk of
boy up here an I'll give him job an
| good pay so'z he kin support his
mother like a man. he seq, but I
won't give her damn penny SO long
as he's able to work an earn it, he
sez."
But you haven't explained yet why
the men left" persisted, for we were
nearing our destination and my time
was growing short.
I'm a-gittin' to that" no replied.
Eye see, Carney was such mean,
stingy cuss that, what with his drink
in an gamblin' an other vices, the
wilder allus claimed he'd never rest
easy in his grave. When the boy was
killed she carried on like crazy wom-
an, an swore the place would allus be
ha'nted less the estate did the honest
thing by her an give her enough to
pay her fur the loss Of her son. That
night, more fur fun than anything
else, lot Of the fellers that was a.
settin' daown to Hoskins' went up by
the haouse 'raound midnight, but they
didn't see nuthin. The mex night
that's after you come-they all went
up again, an tell you they all come
back a-hyin'."
What did they see?" I asked, with
renewed interest, as Z sudden idea en-
tered my head.
That's more'n I know" said the
man, turning and looking me squarely
in the face, "but they said they seen
two ghosts, one fur the old man, an
one fur the boy, aout under the trees
in front Of the haouse right where ole
Carney fell off his boss! Every ono
Of 'em seen the same thing, an when
nine men agrees to dot on 4 thing o.
this kind it's pretty hard, even fur q
church member, not to believe It.
They'll all tell ye the same story.
The boy was a-swayin' back an forth,
test as he did after the boss kicked
him, an the ole man kind O. hoverin'
an bendin' over him like he was in
the saddle a.cussin' him again. The
figgers was perfectly plain, all in
white, but them that stayed to look
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trunks o tho trees an other things
right through 'em, too"
II suppose they all came back to
Hoskins' after seeing this wonderful
sight," remarked.
you bet they did, an they come a.
runnin', too," said the man. II never
seen a scarder lot O. men in my life"
MADE pretty good business for Hos.
kins that night, eh?" ventured.
oval, I guess it did," he rejoined,
with grin. can it'll keep right on
maxim good business fur him, too!
Them fellers won't git over talkin' o.
that fur month O. Sundays!"
"How did they get home that
night?" continued persuasively.
His grin broadened as he chuckled.
Them as couldn't walk had to ride
home in this ERE rig. Haow 1 ever
piled so many in is more'n kin tell"
and he laughed immoderately At tho
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