, 1870-06-05
he wooda, not rightly nowin' whAre hs Was

:" II WAS ! pretty consid'able gloomy sort Of
plaee, that are old mil VAS There wsa =
great fill Of water that come rushin' down the
rocks and fell in deep pool, and It sounded
sort o Wild and Ionesonu,. but Cap'B Eb he
Knocked On the door with his whip handle and
got in,
"There, to be anre. sot old Cact beside a
great blazin' fre, with his Eum.tug Ut his d.
xas for Ill that, there waa come good in him,
fos be MAS pleasant spoken and bhging, and. he
made the Cap'n welcome.
"Yo ser, Cack.' said Capfu Eb, Tn OF my
road and got enowed up down BY your bars
MWant ter nowr s.ys c.ck; Calculate
youn Jest have TO camp down here TIL NOR
aWI' 70 Old caek he got out hi, tin lantern,
and went with Cap'n Eb back to the barn to I
help him fetch along his csittu1s; be told him
got the Gittu11 up to the shsd and got the eaH
under, and By thIt ime the storm WIS awful
'But Cack be made great roaring fire,
cause ye aee 0ack allars hid slab-wood plenty
from bis NIL, md great rossin' FIRE Is Just
so 9Poo fra doss s. ssss e. ha so
On his teaketfle md made = swinging lot o.
toddy, and he and Cap'n Eb wern hAvin'
tol'abte comfortable time there. CAek waa
pretty good hand to tell stories, and Cap'n Eb
Ws1nt no yays backward IN that Nne, md kep.
wae ro2rin' and haw-hawin' inside about rs |
loud "a the storm outside, when al OF q sud-
den, bout midnight, there came loud zap On
the door: .. ,n
Folks is 1athar startled allera to be checked up
sudden when they arc carryin' on ana laugh
in, and it Was such An awful blowy night, It
was little seary to have : rap on the door.
Wal they wAited mint, and didn't hear
notfnn' but the Wind screeehin' round the
ali ,traf1 md nj TnnL fa&$ o{nf An /
with his story when tho rap come ag1n har-
der'n ever, Is il it'd shook tho door opsu.
"'NAl," sayB old Cack, IT it's the devil, |
we'd Jest - goods open sna have it out with
him TO onst, says he; and 80 hs got up and
I'd Ksta1y ~ ae1e:. : e E1pecs 20: q heard Jour
grandma tell about old Kesnry. She used to
come TO lneetin's sometimes, and her husband
was one o the praying lndians, but ketary wts
one Of the rael Wild sort and Jon couldn't no
morn convert her than yon could convert
wildcat OF painter (panthe1). Lo1dy n.ssy,
Ketuy used 70 come to meetin' and sit there
On them Indian beuehos, and whan the second
ball was tollin', and vhen Parson Iothrop
and his wife mas comm up the broad siale,
and everybody IN the house ria' up and stood,
the corner o her eyes, and folks used to
Say abe ratified them nect1aces o rattlesnakes'
tails and wild-czt teeth and sich Ike heathen
trunpery, and looked for al the world ~ il
LUG 6p4I11 Vi tu6 OH 6A4 pSuk l414ae4I VIII ~
her. I've seen her sit md look ut Lady
Lothrop ont o the corner o her eyes, and her
| old brown bsggy neck would kind o twist and
work, and her eyes they looked 30, that 7 was
| enough to scare = body. For all the world,
| ehe looked Jest as il she w1s Z workin' up to
| spring at her. Lady Lothrop Was just as kind
| to ketury Is she always was to ever; poor
cnttur. She'd bow and emile a. gracious to
her when meefn' was over, and she came down
| the aisle, passin' ont q meetln'; but Ketuzy
| never took no notice. Ye see keturys father
va one o those Feat powous Of Nsztha'a
apart when she was + child to the service
o the devil my way, she never could be made
nothin' OF, In Christian way. She come
down to Parson Lothrop'a study onco or twice
to be catechised, but he couldn't get word
out o her, and she kind o seemed to sit scoEn-
fp1 vti.e he Was tsikan'. FolkB Baid II it was
in old tiInea Eetury wouldn't have been a.
lowed to go on co. but PArson Lothrop's 80
sort O mild. he let her take pretty much her
own way. Everybody thought that ketury
more'n she ought to know, and eo they was
kind o fraid on her. Capn Eb says he never
| see fellow seem scarder than Cack dld when
he zee ketu1y etAndin' therel
Why ye see, boys, abe vas as witherod and
l wrinkled and brown AZ an old frosted punkin-
vine, and her little enaky eyes sparkled and
snapped, and it made yer head kind O. dizzy to
look 1t 'eru, and folks used to Say that any
body that ketury got mad at was sure to get
the votst Of it, fust or last; and 80 no matter
what day or hour ketury had mind to rap At
snybody'e door, folks gen1ly thought it was
best to let her in; but then, they never
thought her coming WAS for any good, for che
7 was Just like the vino, d,-ahe came when the
6t was on her, she stayed jest 30 long
as it pleased her, and went when she got
Engiah, and could talk it well enough, but
always seemed to acorn it, and was alters
/ mowin' and 1nutterin' to herself In Indian, and
winkin' and blinkin' Us il abe saw more folks
round than you did, 20 that she wa ut no ways
pleasant company, and yet everybody took
good care to bo polite to her.
"6o old Cack asked her to como in, aud didn't
make no question where ehe come from OF
what she come on; but he knew il was twelve
good miles from where abe lived to his hut,
and Captn Eb declared that there want no
track nor sign o track OF auybody's coming
through that anow pe1t morning.
How did abe get there, them said I.
l *.1Did MT ye never zee brown leaves 1id1n'
On tho wind 7 well,' Cap'n Eb, be SAYS, sho
came On the wind and I'm sure it WAS strong
enough to fetch her. Bat Cack he got her down
into the VAIN corner, and he poured her out
mug o hot toddy and give her; but ye see
don, aa % for she % sot there rppekin bscErds md
| for ards Hippiu her toddy, and 3 mutterin'
and looking up chlrnbley.
"Capn Eb says in ali his born days he never
hearn such acreeches and yella ~ tho wind give
frightened you could fairly hear his teeth chat
"But Cap'n Eb he WIS putty brave man,
md be Want goin' to have conversation
stopped By no WOMAN, witch Or no witch; aae
chinbley, be spoke up, and says be, Well
Ketu1y, what do you see,' says he? Come
out with it, don't keep it to yourself Ye sc.
! Cap'n Eb was hearty fellow, and then he wa
1 leete warmed up with the toddy.
"Then he said he saw an evil kint
O smile on Ketury's face, and sht
ratified her necklace o bones and enakes
. tails, and her eyes seemed to snap, Ane
she looked up the chiubley and called out
Come down, come down, let's see who 70 be.
+ "Ihen there vas scratching and rumblir
Q md g7osn, and pair Of feet come down th
| chimbiey, and stood right in the middle OF tn
9 haArh, the toes pTntin' outrds, with shoe
. and silver buckles ahiuin' in the areligh
Z Capn Eb SAYS be never come 50 near beit
+ SCARED in his life, and As to old Cack he ies
e wilted right down in his chair.
. "Then old ketuy got up and reached ht
o stick rp chimbley, md called ont louder, Com
o down, come down, let's see who 20 be;' An
t sure enough down CAME = pair OF legs IN
y fined right on TO the feet good fsi5 lega the
!, Was, with ribbed stockings and leathe
" asWI, vere in TOT It now sa5s Cap'n Et
n "a 20 u, Ketasy' md let's have the sess Q
ID "Ketuy did mt seem to mind him; q
Is stood there - sti6 a. stake and KEEP cali
10 out, Come down, como down, let's sea VT
10 | 70 be- and then come down the body OF
\ man with brown coat and yellow vest, a
= lined night On to he legs, bat there want
eu chimbley, and called, Come dobn, COT
y, Io1cr,r and there came down pair o At
1t 1 and went on each side O the body, And the
n stood man al fiuIshed, only there wa'n't
ut head On him.
e q. Wal, Ketury,' sAys Capn Eb, this ere
&; settin@ serious. spec you must finish hj
ii up, and let q SEQ what ha wants Of u.s.
id aIhen Ketury called out once more loud
he | n eye1 Come down, come down, let q 4
As who re be-; and sure enough down comes
,e, uan's head and settled on the shouldt
ne st11isht enough, and Cap'n Eb, The mint
al sot eyes On him knew be was Jehiel Lomu
cir = Old cack knew him too, and he fell fat
no his tace, and prayed The Lord 70 have me1
lp- On his soul but Capn Eb he v
ow for gottin' to the bottom Of matte
lch and not have his scare for nothi
20 so be says to him, What do you want, n
on you have come
q, "The man hs didn't speak, be only sort
a moaned and p'inted to the chimbley;
sea tS II to tSp, 4. bot 905. ae1
its nitted to sp. II but Just then there cauot
In ec1eeehin' Blast O. wind, md howed the d.
open, and bloNed tho smoko and fire al {
len into the room, and there seemed to be : VII
on. ! wind and darkness, and means and eTeech<
est and when il all cleared up, KetuT and the rr
Sta was both gone, and only old Cack lay on
~. ground rolling md moaning Is il hs d die.
IN N Wal capn Eb he picked him