The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-28
",,onc IN tho even,n'. Cater. he come

along In the evenin' CATER. he como
home, an went in tho cabin hungry as a
bonn; bat supper wuznt ready, not even
"a fire burnin' in the stove He w power
| full ycxcd. an axcd whar Smanthv WIZ.
The children aid she Ms siijin' down 10
/ the spring He up an went a tearin'
down thar purity mad. an thar she set On
I the rock n erwin soft an tryin TO look u?
hyar at the sun shinin on the top o
this Till She hcerd him comm. az,
sez she kind o quiet like afore he could
open his mouth: 'Cajer. sen she, I'm that
| burnt that I'm blind. and cant see tAs
sunshine mr. the flowers mr. the children
/ no more An thea she bust ont cryir
like she'd die
/ "Caier went back TO the diggin's III
cot the doctor. an ne tended on her tec
/ nlgh onto six months Her face uz alius
/ kind % smooth like an white, an her cyes
| M blue an big an looked plumb through
ioller. aforc that; her hair w sort o
cIiully. too. like the SMALLER warter IN he
crick Whar il rams swift. but when she
got well they ~ big sears all over her
face. an her hair "a: cd still an straight
~ wire. an the wust thing ~ that she
'uz that blind that she couldn't tell
whether il w day or night
After that il seemed ike she ~ sort
o. stupid. an nothin Caier AR any @ the
neighb0rs could do nd make her chirk up.
She les sot there quiet. an never said
noihin hardly an every day when tho
sun w shinin she d hcv one o the chill
drcn lead her down 20 tho rock by the
spring. an then she'd turn her face up
tords this hill like she ~ a.tlyin' 10 sec
the ycllor light Oh tie trees an rocks up
hyar
Il rcckin her grievin an a sOrowin'
that way sort O changed her, fer she got
to be Ike a child eein The children az
/ a CROWN up. an they set "a heap o store
by thcr nanny. rccolIcc,in how her suf-
form all came from her sayin them; an
/ Caior. too seemed Hike he w a-tryin TO
make up fer bcin contrary sometimes
afore she M hurt Yes, they take mighty
good kccr O'.Smanthy now, an she seems
/ Kind o. happy an jes like a little gal.
That's why said "A while ago that |
/ lowed Smauthy u a-gcttln supper. She
thinks noihin' nd bc done If II warn I fer
/ her an the rest o ON. they don't say
Iuotliu' to contrary her Sho sciapcs the
tatcr-. an strings the beans. an cverthin
o. that kind. an then after she gifts dono
one a. the children takes en- an goes
AWAY whar she can hear. an fixes them
all over agin. fer not bcin able to see. she
can't do il night When they cit done
eatin'. nothm' u do but she must have a
rag an dry the dishes, and then one o tie
gals wipes en- again 1t makes a ieicr
/ feel Kind o Gurus ia the throat 10 see
Cater huntin' around IN the woods Ter
/ flowers fer Smanthy 20 hold in her hand
an smell Of. cause he don't kecr nothin
for scch things. an nd "a heap ruther 10
a.workin in the c.Iin. Yes, the family
( is mighty good Ia Smmthy; but / low, Il
she Aadn a-bcn good to them, its them,
an not her. IS nd be a-eottin' around 10
BE- waited on~-cf they W alvin at all
".o on must be a goin', must YOU Yes.
it is a-gcttm quite late, an Of you're
amin to git 10 Nashville tonight, YOU
wont have much time to spare. Good
eycnin'. That S my cabin you'll go 10y up
thar on the right hand Of the road.
oh. say, stranger look down thar. ics
loctlc TO the lcit o that bunch q tim
Der Do you see somethiu white an small
ike thar Well. that's Snanthy; she
zones ont thar ever evcuin' when it's get
i'm sort o. dark in the holler an looks uP
.ords the sun a-sLiuin' on the top O this
hill Frank Lcslics.