Goody Two-Shoes - A Facsimile Reproduction of the Edition of 1766 by Anonymous
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[Illustration] But all the Country round came to see the Burying, and it was late before the Corpse was interred. After which, in the Night, or rather about Four o'Clock in the Morning, the Bells were heard to jingle in the Steeple, which frightened the People prodigiously, who all thought it was Lady _Ducklington_'s Ghost dancing among the Bell-ropes. The People flocked to _Will Dobbins_ the Clerk, and wanted him to go and see what it was; but _William_ said, he was sure it was a Ghost, and that he would not offer to open the Door. At length Mr. _Long_ the Rector, hearing such an Uproar in the Village, went to the Clerk, to know why he did not go into the Church; and see who was there. I go, Sir, says _William_, why the Ghost would frighten me out of my Wits.--Mrs. _Dobbins_ too cried, and laying hold of her Husband said, he should not be eat up by the Ghost. A Ghost, you Blockheads, says Mr. _Long_ in a Pet, did either of you ever see a Ghost, or know any Body that did? Yes, says the Clerk, my Father did once in the Shape of a Windmill, and it walked all round the Church in a white Sheet, with Jack Boots on, and had a Gun by its Side instead of a Sword. A fine Picture of a Ghost truly, says Mr. _Long_, give me the Key of the Church, you Monkey; for I tell you there is no such Thing now, whatever may have been formerly.--Then taking the Key, he went to the Church, all the people following him. As soon as he had opened the Door, what Sort of a Ghost do ye think appeared? Why Little _Two-Shoes_, who being weary, had fallen asleep in one of the Pews during the Funeral Service, and was shut in all Night. She immediately asked Mr. _Long_'s Pardon for the Trouble she had given him, told him, she had been locked into the Church, and said, |
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