Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-18

hVNlust VIC lVN cream And Walkru on,
and Elyiry's case was disposed Of to a
more convenient season.
They all went home Staging iu the
great haycnrts, In spite Of the disappoint-
ment by milking time And when Eiviry
wouldn't give her mother any snusfac-
ton, Mis- Marsh put her to bed without
her supper. An the mex mornin'.
wen she come in, an Elviry wouldn't
speak, Mis- Marsh said twas as good Il
time rs any other 90 break tho child's
sperit and she was keep IN bed and KEEP
without her breakfus aud KEEP alone,
When incoming came, Mis- Marsh told
her husband she didu't know what TO do
with the child, and he said she was
Marsh all over, an wen she'd made mp
her mind she'd made IT, al you might MS
well Try to turn the earth an make 1t 60
the other way.
But You see.p said Mis- Marsh, "it
isn't us ouly. Its the D0rcases, And
they'll be here In n body, you may de-
pend, this afternoon And ! suppose
ii was sort o material that Mis- Marsh
didn't ike 10 give In an be worsted by
the child; and Elyiry didn't git any
dinner.
II was Jest as Mis- March said, Come
| along o'clock, an In walked Mis- Bcus-
4 ley, solemn as q blew owl An as soon
as Mis- Lake see her acomin' np the
| front W1llk. she stepped over, An PRES
| emily Mis- Doctor Green, an Mis- Law
yer Slmmins. an Myra Means, was az
In Elyiry's room together, sittn round
the bed In an awful row.
"Now, my little ~ lil," said Miss Law
yer Slmmins in her great bass voice,
''you are behaving very bad, don't you
know. You was sittin' by the spring
the most OF thu fore part OF the day,
an you can tell what become OF that
sweety."
Eiviry stared at her with them big
black eyes o hcrn that looked twice ns
big an black for the dark rings round
them an the wilderness Of all the rest OF
her little face that was generally as
brown an red us q gypsye- TN nee
to confess, ! was along. For l dldn
mean TO have that child prosecuted more n
/ could help. an when ] see en- a-goin
In i SAYS 20 Lurcny, says j, They re 9
slaughterin' Of that baby says !, ana
think I'll jest step over to the Inquest
We'll, when Iflyiry'd look at her one
mins'd remember till her dying day; she
lest shut her eyes, and she didn't open
them again, or her lips either whilst they
you know" said Mis- Dr. Green
slowly. her mouth puckered up to keep
her teeth In, 'its just the sane as your
stenlin' Of it yourself, your not tellins'
',It's dretfnl thing for o little CELL ter
be party to theft wen she. could
clear her skirts by jest a-telliu' Of what
she knows" said Mis- Beasley'
No answer.
'sFIviry Marshr said Myra Means, y
wouldn't be such little dumb foolV
That done Myra good. II warnt swear
in. but i sounded NE Is go ,,u,n
only tell what you know III give you the
little red hymn-book for your own!
.,You may depend upon H." said Mis-
Lawyer Slmmins, there's more In tins
than meets the eye, WHAT'S she Keep
In sech a secret as this for away IRON
her father an mother an all PER best
frieudsY 10 looks bad said ais SIM
minis. 'It looks like conspiracy, Who
knows but we ahall all have our houses
burned over onr heads
Jane Simninsw says ], u wouldn't
" II we wouldn't said Mis- Lake. shaking
her head Ike the day o Judgment. Il
wouldn't be upholdin' a child in such
"sbe's Marsh all orer' said her
mother. as II il was RELY quite dis
grace. Her own father said 70! i
don't see what makes her 50 SOIL why |
don't you speak, childr And she seized \
her by the shoulders as ahe lny there !
IN bed and gave her q smart shake, /
Under ernsperated like beyond her en-
duranoe. And then, Just worn out with |
Ser fealin's an with her determination /
M with not havin' a thing 90 eat ior /
twenty four hours Elyiry tainted dead |
away. ar
believe you've Killed her" And pushed I
'em this way an that an ran 10 her /
WITH some winter from the wash pitcher. /
atm ashemed o the hull l1t o yer said /
I u shouldn't think you had my moth |
rs hearts IN your hodiesf clean forgot 4
Mora Means. And 1 sponged the child'a /
fac~ a slapped her hnnds, au' ~ Inst
~ a little sldycr. M jest tAen the door
Z, en,.d an 10 come Mis- Quincy. her
.firi mother, you know. And What's
N thisYT she cries, nd comes night W TO
M bed. "Elyiry. My dearest little dear
iearT' she reclaimed. Aud Elyiry lifted
,er two arms and curlcd her head into
,fis Gurney's neck and Mis- Marah
le,-tn 70 hawl. an IN come the minister.
.Ifg an inquest. sure enough, slya !.
ONLY the corpse amt quito uAdy.
Aud Mis- Sirumius, she told lin boy
twas an asked nm 10 bring the soften
NJ ~ this cllllda bard heart before the
hroue of grace--aH u tNuFu't her own
ard heart that Needed solfcniur mqH.
lnd be knott down by q chair and had nm
ufponriur 0f prayer that would have
lid 'em considerable II fhey badu'f been ]