Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-25
The Evening Story
ROLLING
GOLD PIECES
By TERENCE J. o'1ooLE

Ill by l60AE ]. ~ IO0lE
Mike. ~ poor divil. why don't ye 90
to Aneriky:"
The words were spoken BY q country
squire In Tipperary county. Ireland. to
Nike Doolan. one Of his poorest ten.
ants.
what would 20 there forT' in.
qulred Mike.
"Why. man. don't - know that in
that country the sold pieces are
rolliD' around iverywhsrs7"
| Mike scratched his head. SWELL"
he said presently. If that's 10 III go.
Lind me the money for the voyage
and ~ soon as get to Ameriky I'll
pick up enough gold pieces rollin'
around to sind back the loan"
The squire laughed.
mike" he said more seriously, "all
a. smart 4 man a. you needs Ii q
chance. I'll pay the passage Of - and
Bridget and the kids. and - needn't
send It back at ALL"
Mike accepted the offer and went to
America. The squire heard nothing
from him and had forgotten him when
one morning while sitting at his desk
writing he looked up and saw a man
dressed in a fur coat and with q soil
tnire diamond stickpin IN his scarf
standing looking down on him.
what can do for you, sir1" asked
the squire.
Nothing. You done It long ago"
| IA rviinA vro11nt ppovn 1T. ,Snnbn<
counted out a number OF gold pieces
and laid them on the desk.
whats thatr' asked the squire.
Didn't 70 Ind It to me to take me
to Ameriky? And didn't 70 tell me
Id nnd gold pieces roilin' around
there? Well. did ] KEN back to
return the loan."
you don't mean to say that you're
Mike Doolan?"
II do"
"And found gold pieces rolling around
In American
II did that same"
"Tut. Mike. ye're funnin'. Sit down
and tell me how yet got rich.'
Mike took a chair and told his story.
| 10 ICuSIuOSIs bOTs tu0I tu0 LIuuG
was a mason. Well. a. soon rs got
to Ameriky I got a Job and went to
work. 1 didn't ace any gold pieces roll
in around. hut I thought me time for
that hadn't come yet found a shan
ty on road near city and used to
60 In every day to work.
"Well. one evenin' ] was walkin'
|
ged. dirthy lookin' filly stopped me and
says, says he:
"'Are ye a masonr
"'Faith I am says I.
eff yen let me blindfold ye I'll give
ye Job
"'For how much payT
"'Somethin' more valuable than
money
"'Go on
HE blindfolded me and led me along
for awhile. counted my steps. Thin
he turned me to the right and went on.
beginnin' to count me steps ag'in.
Then he led to the roight, still count.
in till he stopped. and turned me
round and round and took me into a
house and down into the cellar. He
showed me a little room about 8 by
0, with no door to t. All there was
in 1t was a CONN shaped box. Brick
and morthar was handy. and the seedy
man tould me to wall up the openin'.
done 1t and put one O. the bricks-the
nfth from the door on me left-a little
furier in than the rest, so I'd know
it again.
when finished the seedy man blind.
folded me again and took me around
and. leaving me, says:
"'Stand till ye hear a shot. then take
OF the bandage and yen find the pay
for the Job at your feet
when l hears the shot took OF the
bandage. ana there at me feet was me
pay shure enough. 1t was a paper
with writin' on It.: Only q fool
works for nothin'.'
II went home and wrote down the
figures Of me steps. and of a Sunda'
I blindfolded meself and whit over
tho ground, countin' me steps
found q house standin' above with no.
body in It, and in the cellar knoved
me job BY the brick out Of place. Me
curiosity bein' satisfied. thought no
more about 1t. but long afther. when
me lease expired. l remembered this
house and rented 1t.
Like 4 fool, I tould Bridget that
there was q corpse IN tho cellar. and
she wouldn't let me rest till I'd pulled
down the brick wall I'd put up and
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