Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-13
CHAPTER II.

CdARTEH IL
 The woman continued: "He did pint edly feel bad; but he kept himself to himself and went on fooling his money away, rafting his timber down Black and getting aground, and having to pay a heap to boats to tow him off and that way; and one day, Robinson had to go to St. Louis to buy goods, and there he got a good place as a clerk and sold out, though Hetty didn't like it; but he hadn't fairly asked her to name the day, so she couldn't say nothing, but she hated it the worst in the world and looked like she couldn't bear to have him go; but he did go and she didn't git but one letter and news come in a month he was married to a St. Louis girl. Then Hetty she took up with Seth, and mar ried him, and bout year after they was married back comes young Robin son, no more married than the door post, and accuses Seth of knowing the story was not true. and having had a letter from the girl they told it bout saying she wasn't engaged to Robin son, and of sending him the paper with the notice of the marriage, and making him think Hetty had gone back on him, till he met up with some one from our way and got the whole story. couldn't begin to tell you all the row he made. He drawed on Seth, but Seth was not afraid of him no more than nothing and knocked his pistl in the river, and said he never did get that letter, and sure's you're born he told the truth, for it come out afterward that she thought she'd sent it, but she hadn't. But you can imagine that Hetty felt terrible Robinson came up to our house-I was back on a visit then-and he begged me to get him speech of Hetty, once. He wanted to explain and he cried, he felt so bad. He was right nice feller only a little hard of hearing, and mad if you spoke too low, and he was awful fond of clothes and used to put pretty smelling stuff on his handkerchief like girl. I told him there was no use trying to stick on chickens head that was cut off, but. he said here he'd come all the way to see Hetty, and how they had played to- gether, and all that, when they was chill drcn, and how was a kinder mother to lem and so he sorter got me all worked up. ain't excusing myself, but when he showed me the ring he'd brought Hetty and made like he was going to throw it into the river-but he didn't. He groaned like and stuck it back in his pocket, and they do say his wife wears it now; it was a gold ring with little blue stone and two pearls in it. But as I was saying, when he went on that way, clean forgot to quiz him bout why he hadn't written to Hetty for he hadn't and he could write the best in the world. was so taken up with pit4ing him and looking at his fine clothes that jest let him wheedle me into promis- ing that I'd give. his letter to Hetty. And did. It was only three months before Leon was born. I don't see how could do it, but I did. Hetty read it all through, and when she had finished she, that was as strong girl as you ever see for all her httleness, she tainted dead away, right there"
 t'Did she go?"
 0"Well, no ma'am, she did not. She set and set there, she told me, after wards, until looked like her head would fair burst with studying. Then she got up and put on her bunnit, and went out down the road where he was going to be, and was going to be near by, for wasn't quite sech God-forsaken fool as seemed, and lowed to have an eye on them two heart-brolzen things, for young things are jest natchelly fools and no knowing. So there, if you please, had perched myself on stump nigh enough to see Christie Robinson marching up and down and talking to himself, most likely saying over the words he was going to say to her. I give you my word, ma'am. Awaited and hs waited on Hetty for four blessed hours, and, being young and foolish, can't tell you whether was most re- heved she didn't come or mad at her for not coming and giving me my wait for nothing. But it was like this, as said, Hetty did start and she got spell into the woods when running fast, for she | said abe felt so tornented that she slan't kauu vZhinh. Eh1 ta taafu. nand