The next autumn Jonathan went up beyond Exeter to buy some of they black-faced, horned Scotch sheep, and he wanted for Parsons to go with him; but his man falled ill the night afore, and so young hacker went instead.
"Humorous Ghost Stories"
Dorothy Scarborough
But Jonathan made as though the whole thing was nonsense, and wouldn't let neither Thomas nor hacker move a pebble.
"Humorous Ghost Stories"
Dorothy Scarborough
They dug and they dug, this way and that; and Jonathan found nought, and Parsons found nought; but hacker came upon a box, and they dragged it out of the earth, and underneath of it was another box like the first.
"Humorous Ghost Stories"
Dorothy Scarborough