The third night he was falling asleep, when there came in a gray old man and said to him—
'You are the best hero in Ireland; I died twenty years ago, and all that time I have been in search of a man like you. Come with me now till I show you your riches; I told you when you were watching your mother's grave that there was great riches waiting for you.'
He took Lawrence to a chamber under ground, and showed him a large pot filled with gold, and said to him—
'You will have all that if you give twenty pounds to Mary Kerrigan the widow, and get her forgiveness for me for a wrong I did her. Then buy this house, marry my daughter, and you will be happy and rich as long as you live.'
The next morning the young man came to Lawrence and asked him did he see anything last night.
'I did,' said Lawrence, 'and it's certain that there will be a ghost always in it, but nothing in the world would frighten me; I'll buy the house and the land round it, if you like.'
'I'll ask no price for the house, but I won't part with the land under a thousand pounds, and I'm sure you haven't that much.'
'I have more than would buy all the land and all the herds you have,' said Lawrence.
When the young man heard that Lawrence was so rich, he invited him to come to dinner. Lawrence went with him, and when the dead man's daughter saw him she fell in love with him.
Lawrence went to the house of Mary Kerrigan and gave her twenty pounds, and got her forgiveness for the dead man. Then he married the young man's sister and spent a happy life. He died as he lived, without there being fear on him.