Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-11-23

trouble with him."
Its him that'll have all the trouble.
You do jest what tell you. Git his led
an burn It, Burn it around Il black oak
tree. What do you thinkll come o. the
Niger whom the tree dcsf What would
naturally come Of a niggerY When tho
tree dies, he'll die Who'll know any
thing about that, Juny? All you have to
do is to git his bed an burn it around a
brak oak. If it was "a white man, you'd
have to pick white oak I'll do my part,
June"
For several days June pondcrcd over DR..
Cotton's suggestion. Sometimes he was
skeptical and then again he reasoned it
through to its logical conclusion. 1t was
useless to deny that good many "ha 'nts"
in different forms had been seen on Caro-
way Junc's granny could remove warts
by incarnation. Again. how camc Yam
tiy Smiths horses to die unless they were
"cunicrcdF' BY and by no somewhat
r'Gcd into watching the little cabin on
Stony creek at such times rs he expected
its uwnor to be away He wondered if Dr.
Cotton who had disappeared, would re-
mCmLer 20 do his part. 1t seemed to him
probable that DR.. Cotton had already
worked the spell and that it only remain
ed for Aim to DO the flimsy thing that per
tanned to mere matter.
One afternoon while watching the cabin
he saw the fisherman drive up an OK cart,
and loading in his fish start for Salisbury.
After the cart had joltcd off down the
rocky road JuneS mind was made up He
pricd out the siSilc, to which was attach
ed the paddock in which Catfish reposed
so much confidence, and entered the cabin.
Tho floor was strewn with trumpcry,
through which there were avenues hardly
wide enough for free passage. a little
fire still sm0ldorcd on the hearth, claso
beside which sat a skillet and black cof
!, opot with an improvisCd spout. y wide
shelf served the purpose of dining table,
and just above sumptuous pile of corn
dodgers hung Catfish's banjo. The bed
stead was another shelllilie affair made of
rough plank
Everything that might be thought to
minister to Cathsh's physical reposc juno,
after replacing the lock and staple carried
off into the woods to previously selected
spot. There was "a piece of fish net, which
had apparently served as n pillow. 70
June, mere novice in incantation, it
seemed essential to lcFve nothing on
which the negro could rest chance for
escape, and so the fish net was taken
along. He constructed a girdlc of dry
leaves and sticks around the base of the
back oak, ana when he had fired it Cat
fish TaVi~hvd couch was added piece ~
piece. When the last article was cunsum-
cd ana tie five had died away, June sat
and pondcr,i. Tho black oak tree, with
C"''if'u ''l'' aVcIilcH su'urnly 10 haNo
takyn on a startling appearance. Some
how he had not thought Of that. What if
some enc should see the tree? 1t was deep
III 'i' "ool9 puu nc hicW 'h"U no iocaIi
y was sure rom eAplor"uioh' ana il 70
shuulu ue seen "I'aU iV'a"h co'lu any nouy
uSsls" iur s"'li an uilcoliiliIoIl sp'c'"cI'I
IL Woulu certainly pecoilc known anu
Noulu ne'o,he inc SupJ'cV ol 'alh anu Gu
iIou9 SlVcul"'ion
NIuuGIly ne became very huch lrlgh'
ehCu' II "a"hcu upon nm that he ha'
s'oIeH ana destroyed inc negro properly
ana 'he real motive, il IL shouid income
KNOWN was eluiNaleh1 10 hluluor. Nn'il
INC "iu NAN "i'u- ''is IC9"iO ~ an "l
once I'l' suio-co'''u ne re huhg iur Dig
H'ur"' l'h lIl'H.oIl'" l"'N an
ar1uiu ne lIuh+'U u'' per mo 'he M'Vu'
u ""S ,'''N "' hl@n' wren N"'l't u
Jones arrived Ih 'A' N'iHI'N oI hl7 NOME
he steer '''"drhiF F.'I'H ih'o 'h' or'h
s.",' H7""!-F "'i'' ~" '' .il!.! on 9"'h "'
g.. lo'.' ANA ,,.,'u' G 't't' l.r I!,.lo cone
Oh i"t''f 'c |'u "'fNI, N"il@ihg al
once zee peru 81 ms store 'I l"IHl l''"'
JlMlr'" i'"l'' Tie c"iU ana i''"0'u 'l' sue
on
=. ho'' u'r' lou u'' war; can lo''
Gu eau a man ouC mousse an nome an
uen paw ION IN"
ne oid man uhhitched the steer from
thc cart u'" nam IN ms pace ana 'nVh'
as II 10 paIauo ms lha9'' n.y. maze MN
want awhile before ne gave RIM ms mod' +
a'' aIi""ahr' ~ loud'r' iron ne 'ooA n
package oI bacon ana some smaller arll
Giles from the cart unlo'Gtd me door "Ad
went 'hto thG edhln. ne WalA,o uh'rr
iinsly to the place where the 6'd should
be ana dropped the pacHage' 10 his great
management thGy ieIi on the iloor'
Law me ne eNciallheu' uoy must b'
somepln ne matter WI my head l never
miss dat pea ptio'
lie put ms mana IN creVlce IN inc
Jamb ana bringing forth match lighted
It, AS ms eyes sought the place where
the pea had stood he was transhXed VIII
nstonishm'nt' 1t was beyond his compre
hcnsion' ana when he mad made blaze o.
llght WOOD III the fireplace MS mystlhca
ton even increased Everything but The
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