The Hod-Carrier
A story which appeared in the Atlanta Journal dated January 25, 1886 was entitled "The Haunted Man." Michael Grady was a hod-carrier in Ireland. To those who do not know, a hod-carrier is a member of a bricklaying team who typically carries ten to twelve bricks for the bricklayer. But he was so poor that his only possessions were a few pieces of furnitu…