The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16
Viewed His
OWN Soul

Another of ST HaskeIl's Peculiar
Psychological Panoramas
of Things He Sees.
"D'ye moind auld Anne, Cassidy, the
,redheaded termagant that scolded at
livery one she met? Twas her wake
that Oi was at the other noight and
,shure Oh nivver seen wusser hypocroicy
in all me loife thin was cackled over her
body. Begorra, she was no saint and
it's meself tha's after saying it, if she
was dead these forthy toimes."
And Hughey Flynn poked at the fire.
box savagely before he turned around
to see what effect his words had on his
audience, but getting no reponse he
continued:
"Shure, don't Oi know she's cackled
at livery man she's met since E d dy
Carroll Tilted her forthyyears ago and it's
nivver a divvii of good word bad she
for anyone. Begorra she had scorpi-,
on's tail of a tongue and q blighton her
like q banshee for an oye. was just
after rubbin' elbows wild Ellen Shea
whin auld Mrs. Brody came along and
sez wild sigh like the exhaust from
the big pump: 'Deara me, tits panied
me heart is to see pour Anne lying there
nj f0 hor ooD
'Whew!'" sez OF to E g n as Oi
punched her wild me elbow, would ye
moind that nowr
"sAn' can't ye let her pour soul rest
in pace?' sez Ellen.
"'Shure,' sez Oh, 'if she had one,' an
at that we both had to lave the ROOM"
"What is it now, Hughey," said ?
"Hyocrites or womenl"
"It's neither" said Jade Appelby, the
lanky engineer, "Hughey was just max
ing few objections to the habit some
people have of never saying anything
good about persons until after they are
dead"
sits roight ye are," said Hughey,
emphatica'ly. "Shure, tits some paple
that would be after eulogizing the dlvvil
himself, if some denim fool held a wake
over his body"
speaking of what people would say
about you after you are dead, said Jade
slowly, as he dropped in his chair, ire
minds me of an event in my life that
occurred few years ago. Iguess heard
every one that ever knew express their
candid opinion about me. The reason
that l know it was a candid opinion, il
because was dead, and it was my Soul
or Spirit, or Ego, or the Me, or whatever
you call it, that heard the people ex
pressing themselves over my corpse"
Hughey Flynn and pulled our chairs
in front of Jade and looked as expectant
as any mortais ever did in this world
but was impatient.
swell, really, jade" said I, shat
rather an interesting preface. 70,
might just as well tell us about it righ
now"
"There isn't much to it, !" said he, "bu
Idon't mind telling you what there ie
Once when was having little vaca
tion down in Boston I wandered GU
into the suburbs on the North End on
afternoon, just to cool my fevered brow
Finally came to the conclusion tha
was getting tired and sleepy, so az
piled for lodging at the first Furnishe
Rooms sign Icsme to. Like all tn
rest in the vicinity 1t was q cheap, dilar
idated house, but I didn't mind that;
was place to lie down that I was looh
ing for. Evidently the landlady too
me for some important parsonage /
disguise for she gave me the front roor
on the ground floor.
sThat was on the thirtieth of Octt
ber, but wasn't thinking about Ha
iowe'en, or anything else in particuia
The first time the bed went bobbin
past me after gotinto the room Ian,
cd on it ands was soon dead to Il
world. It was on, that night. that [ ga
:, my own soul and heard what everybod
ever knew had to say about me.
II never knew exactly how the trans