F .
W . Stokoe .
*MARY
FORD
AND
JIMMY
PRICE .
A
GHOST
STORY.
JIMMY
Price was
twelve, and
played
Where
the chestnut cast
a shade
Near
the crumbling
house of God,
Anno
Domini, Nineteen
Odd .
Mary
Ford , at twenty - five,
Gave
up
pretending
to be
alive :
This, says
her
tombstone under
the
tree,
Happened
in
1743 .
Now , as
Jimmy
plays alone,
All his
pretty
fellows
gone
Home
to
supper , home
to
bed ,
Mary
rises
from
the dead.
Just her
very
self
again
Mary
rises ,
prim
and
plain .
Jimmy, scared
to
death
almost,
Shut his
eyes
to
hide
the
ghost
.
Mary
cried
to
him
:
“
Never
fear
,
I
won
't
hurt
you
,
Jimmy
dear
:
It's
only
Mary
,
poor Mary
Ford
,
Tired
of
resting
in
the Lord
.
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