The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-25

half bilei; and led 20 rouni eryin' bout
Ike giftin' sch = poor, shifth-s pisees She
Was pssky ole cTeet1r~
Mis- Hint spoke plaridly. Her hnsaeo
grieyaRr, had isyslofsi with years into I'M
PERSONAL fafts
And Ike. he WAS i>t as ehh ken haartei as
ever sle; he want n., hsore 'oInt IA Dish
rag. he .thth't reiy klshs who Ia sksc With,
all he hsgrrV,i "a Wa Ia ii oat - tn mus,
He'd take hi, ti,hl.sae aisi 90 oil and stay all
day; on.st, Shen w,d tsn hISin il prtty
toa-h. hls Az, sni ns', is, >tahi I'll "A Wstk-
Lug anl liisitin, Ike MAS. aIs. salhrr: sl0u>
snoftin' riulhi With a coll, amt uh,czin up
With "a thhy, AMI aIlin'; 'tHa'nt ~ nsas,n l
Mas ksskiI, fer When hs started Ia toC,a h
sihtly -thsrrd Ian H,ywark gam oil With
s'lls ui,,l t.m s. trs thu Ia .sinnn o t.nbh Ike,
h. ,ihln'i han, aa he -aus' IT tnt: tt, In b.
iarisi e. how, IA MAS thirty VA. adm.
lt,, la Hsnt Ill sl.Li,ilt, bgt h., wsit ,lriful
hani ! never ste no >.eh awful slsl> -
,oa him "a, Ia dbl have; .enA> th"u-h had
git ,iI4.,i Ia paws. anal tlsa way th;.t ,p~tur
u>e,l To sweat nishts-aal, tn slsets "A Ia.
urin in vet
lL - is uhlaster, listening with gratifying
=, Ntii tuN
TIM III auns,ns calmly narrative ta.r. The
tragedy ri hfty years a. =, hal l.,ous a casual
! ns,,.Ty, undressing: oi.ly for it> narrowing
| III ais
"iis WAS list skin ami tsne wheu he died,
his arms Want NJ bi-g,r rould n br,nln
sti> K, AMI hi, ,hsks w;is sunk ia Z II fairly
saiit ": Ia VA, a drrtfui t.,km sorps
Mi Hit turisi her eyes ul4n ts'r Ii tcIsr il,
| lLia>urahh' anticipation II the etfN't m ths~s,
items. lie Was barred up Ia tlls obi north
harry in M-he wa> t.k up afterwards AMI
| put IN thu new s'-a.id went hum again
! was powerful glad to get shat q ols Mis-
/ Hayward, nov tell w..
",iur nrrt ,.'isnant >orrow, have their ALL
waiting f,atur>, the s.'honlna>ter observed
| Mis- iiitt pulled at hsr pils The chirlhns
III frogs tlhL the Inus,
| "fou wer' nMiu,,>i I" nI.at thu n,atrin.s
NAL experiment. said the s,'hs. il,i,,ter
You married again, ! infer
Il was IA ~hthr fer six months" Mis- Hit
r~l.'n,l,,l; hat couLi b.n married afnre
that Il IA u min to. 'Ra>t,s Carter, he come
roumi asm ~ he was put in ulntr. He'd
S'ralssl up enough to cit II plap- pretty fone
halk,i. 'kast,is was--ali h. WAS cak ulatin'
u huy way up to thu CORNERS, clu, Ia the old
ttnl"ry Wal, totl him II h. was g",ll' To
live ruld that IN ts,nitry want, ami all
tln, l.'w,rS ,ouLiht MAKE me: the smell WIS
lit Ia kMh X W down, It about AMI rs 10
lNin' with II right uMkr my mas 1t na,ir
mr. ,nk IA II ,log, TIN hl,r ont isastu>, he
was mail ~ IL hornet: he went iii ram,
ln,.in. AMI twam't u MAxk afor h,rrl he'd
ls4, awl married pauiiny Wi,wcll She was
grttin alnn4, Iaulny was, AMI she WAS terri
bic t.lal To- vi him
wal, l Didn't lay oat IL wait fer ever h.
Kit another man, hut vow wa, clean at
lnck when Elhu Wilder come all in round
Ok lachLr. EIlhu Vas must "a Ism Nth
onto H. II, di.n II, in by himself fer hong
slsll, over IN the holkr hahn, never s.r
linn nIpn'n on,t ~ tNi,pt ,ty bar unin't
knoW hut Twas grttin ks,ny an ~ in slsrrlt,
WHEN h. ro,m nippin in Want much high
cr ma yar,lstnk, Elihu want -s.rn,si To- In ~
stunt,Si; AMI he was ~ kind % dral up, thar
Didn't kpk 10 ts mothin to him
wal, II III a.knew what twas kwpin
lo,lSe fer u bach'kr, ! wouldn't never ul1kr
tOok IT, Fuesiest, nar>.ais.st littlt rr,ctur !
ever come within forty mile Of, i.lilu " ikki
was. He'd lived thar by hinr4lf till he'd goi
~ national Us n witch; M want NJ ways used
Ia folks, amt come Ia the pint, h. didn't reel,
know how Ia san il havin mr. thar. ! guess
he'd a give constable to git unhite h.l a,;in
AMI | wouldn't u held otf nuthcr.
1T WAS IL sight to ls,hoki, that az hoIs o
hi,n Thar hadn't Ian II hammer t.thul to 1t
s'n,r twus put ul', AMI u all the tar,Ial ode
hol~. The front STEPS WAS all rottcd away
Thar want IA hull wi,nlrr in the ha,s,, AMI
thu ruff u the kspin' room kakrl like u sieve.
Elihi, b. wouldn't hear 10 iiNin' 1t up-ti,ht
Us thu bark of u trre. Elihu was. With all
my naggin', h. wouldn't .io mothin' hut put
an old s,wlors, BY the front door, ila,y q
steps, AMI beard W SOnio . the wimkrs,
He'd hen strung up s'n'lcrh sit shingles fer
that ruff. Used tO st tubs IN thar when II
raiDoi and keteh water fer washin' said
tWAs handy. Bout as ckns.ii ~ ever
come ncr~t Elihu Wilder WAS And what
with his lrin' 80 notiolG,l | don't know how
stoul him hong us did He wa, ~,rs'n any
oil woman I ever $40. Had the iorrr'1ni all
cramnnsi fun NJ sight . ole truck he'd ben
scrapin' up AMI savin, tho g""ln"ss knows
what fer-,lrpl verbs and ole tin pans AMI
pisces o rope and wagon Wheels and kgs %
lsslsteals; and h. wouldn't hear to haNin
EN- cleared ont; wouldn't have em trl,si.
I He wa, sut in his ways as ever n h'in' was
cr,nt.sl- Jest Went {" hss at y O'Clock,
year IN AMI year out, AMI got up at to III"
tick AMI Am II Sunday, AMI all the s.ii',ts
couldn't IA made q minutes shls III thar
WIS nnybaiy thar when the clH'k Iintl to y
be never made M bonts % startiu EN- fer
hum, Ef thu heavens had IA fell twoullht "A
stirred him out o his tracks. III iii "A knew
what twas llyin' with ia,hler reckon III
"A stctrsi clear o Elihu Wilder
"Wal," Mis- Hit purstiei, with a greater
tranquility If tome, "hc didn't live hut three
years, Elihu didn't He was took or with
dro,sy. fer all he'd never locked to have a
pint q blUsi in him. Wouldn't git II" dvt"r
iHr have nothin' done fer him, h. i~t ,t"'lad
up them ole ycrls a hi IN AMI SIT round the
stove stirfin' an lrinkin' o I'm. Wouldn't
give up till the last minute, then lIe did give
in 10 kttin' thu doctor tap him. Thar was
most gallon tr,k cut o him lie want Il
natural kDkin' corpse; he was swelI.d up ~
you wouldn't n knew him"
Ms Hit leaae.l over todrop the ashes Of her
p,r On the ground outside Then she got up
AMI filled il from a saucer IN the cupboard
lighted il by iimaIIs Of match AMI the lamp
chiu,ney, AMI sat down, recrtssiDg her knee.
"Dtl Mr. Carter rcapl@ar" the shol
master inquired.
"'Rastus Carter he'd went west spell
back. Pauliny Wiswell, she'd died o the
fcver-twa'nt mo wonder, nuther, liyin' NJ
A. agt..u h.'I