The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-06-07

ready. not even q FIRE burning in IN
stove. he 'uz powerful vexed. An
Gxed where Smanthy wuZ The chill
dren said she 'ux a-settin' down 70 III,
spring. He up and went a-tearin
down thar. purity mad. an thar she Sc
on the rock. a-cryin' soft an irwin 4
look up hyar at the sun a-shinin' OF
the top o. this hill She heerd hin
a-eOmin'. an seq she, kind O. auiel
like. afOre he could open his mouth
Cater. says she. I'm that burnt thai
I'm blind. an can't see the sunshine
mr. the flowers mr. the children No
more. An then she bust out erwin
like she'd die
'Caier went back 10 the diggin's an
got the doctor. an be tended on her
for nigh onto six months. Her face
'uz allns kind o smooth like an white.
an her eyes 'uz blue an big an looked
plumb through Teller. afore that; her
hair 'uz sort O. crinklg. too. like the
shaller water in the crick whar il runs
swift; but when she got well. they 'uz
big scars all over her face. an her hair
'uz ez stiff an straight ez wire. I'M the
wust thing 'uE that she 'uz that blind
that she couldn't tell whether Il 'uz
day or night
AFTER that it seemed like she 'uz sort
Of stupid. an nothin' Cajer n'r any O.
the heighbors could do 'ud make her
chirk up. She jes' set there quiet, an
never said nothin' hardly. an every
day when the sun 'uz a-shinin' she'd
have one o the children lead her down
a. the rock by the spring. an then
she'd turn her face up lords this hill
like she 'uE a-tTyin' to see the yeller
light on the trees an rocks up hyar.
Il reekin her a-grieyin' an a sor-
rOwin' that way sort o changed her
fer she got 20 be like a child agin. The
children 'uz A-growin' mp. an they set
= heap o store BY Their NANNY. recol-
lectin' how her sufferin' all come from
her savin' them; an Cajer. too. seemed
like he 'uz a-tryin' to make up fer bein'
contrary sometimes afore she NJ hurt
Yes, they take mighty good keer o.
Smanthy now, an she seems kind o.
happy an les like q little gal
That's why said while ago that
l lowed Smanthy 'uz a-geitin' supper.
She thinks nOthin' I'D be done ef II
warn't fer her. an the rest o. 'em they
don't say nOthin' to contrary her. She
scrapes the taters. an strings the beans.
an ever thin o that kind. an then
after she gifts done one o. the children
takes 'em an goes away whar she can't
hear, an fixes them all over agin, fer
not bein' able to see. she cant do it
right When they git done eatin.' moth
in II do but she must have rag an
dry the dishes. and then one o. the gals
wipes 'em agin. Il makes a Teller feel
kind o. Gurus in the thruat to see Cater
huntin' around in the woods fer flowers
Ter Smanthy to hold in her hand an
,mell OF. cause he don't keer nothin'
Tor sech things. an 'ud a heap ruther
be a-workin' in the clarin'. Yes, the
HhANAg - AitEhhl AhifA ~ ntiiAlt lil uNk
low, ef she hadn't a-ben good TO
hem. it's them. an not her. ~ I'D be
,-settln' around to be waited On-ef
hey 'uE alvin at all.
you must be a-goin'. must you2
Yes, it IS a-gettin' quite late. an ef
-Ou're amin to git to Nashville to-
light, YOU won't have much time 10
pare. Good-evenin'; that's nv cabin
QUILL 90 by. up thar ON the right hand
4 the road.
20. say. stranger, Look down. thar.
ss' leetle TO the left O that bunch
timber. Do you see somethin' white
n small-like, thar? Well. that's
she comes thar ever evenin'
Then it's gettiu' sort O dark down in
he boiler. an looks up lords the sun
-shinin' on the top O. this hill. LIS
is' s illustrated Newspaper.