The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-05

tl0U UlW Wlgnt HhNu uVup tuu Huuu
myseli. aud | could not bear TO convict
myself, II WaS innocent.
Two OF tho nOighbou, Mrs. Holmes
aud Mrs. Adams, remained with me all
that day, Toward evening, when there
were very few In tho houie, they want
into the parlor to put II In order for tho
funeral, and sat down alone in tho
kitchen. As / sat there by the window
| thought Of my green silk dress, and
wondered II the stains were onL |
went to tho closet and brought tho dress
out to the light. The spots and slrOaks
had almost disappeared took the
dress out in tho shed and Hcraped oil
the aoaF paste, which was quite dFyi
| swept up the paste, burned It In the
stove, took the dress upstairs TO my
own closet, and hnng 1t Ia itS old place.
Ndghborl remained with mo all night
Al 8 o'clock IN the afternoon oil the
next day, which was Thursday, went
over to Phoebe DOle's TO 500 about q
blnCk dress to wear at the funeral. The
neighbora had urged mo to have my
black silk drssS altered q little and
trimmed with Grape.
! found only Maria Woods al home.
When She saw me ahe gave q little
scream aud began to cry. She looked ~
II she had Already bssn weeping for
hour. lIor blue eyes were bloodahot'
"Phmbs's HOna oVSs te--MFs. Whit
news to--try on her dress" she sobbed.
II want to get my black silk dress
Fixed a llttle." said !,
She'll ba homo-prsLty soon," said
Maria,
/ laid my dress on the sofa and sat
down. Nobody ever consuIts Maria
about u drOIs, She ssw' well, but
Ph@bO does all tbs planning.
Maria Woods continued to sob like a
child, holding her little soaked handkor'
chief over her fac, Her shoulder.
heavSd. As Tor mo | felt like a stones /
could not weep.
"Oh," ahe gaspNd out finally, "4knsw,
knew | told Phosbe-l kneW just
hnW 1t would no, i-knoWW
rou5sd myself a! that "What do
you meant" said !.
"When Phoebe came homo Tuesday
night aad sad she heard your father
and RUFUS Bennett having words, |
knew how It would DO, she ohoEed OUT.
81 knew he hada dreadful temper"
ibid PhDOO D1lO know Tuesday
night that father and RutuS Bennett
had words?' said !.
yes" said Maria Woods.
allow did Bho known
"Shs waB going through your yard,
tho short out TO Mrs, Orm'by's. to carry
her brown alpaca dress home. She came
right home and told me; and she over
heard them"
"Hayo you spoken Of It to anybody
but meY said ].
Maria said she didn't know; she
might have done so. Then she Esmsm.
bered hearing Phoebe herself speak Of
It to Harriet Sargent when she camo In
to try on hor dress. II wac easy TO see
how people knew Of 1t.
| did not say any more. but thought
il Was strange that Phgbe Dole bad
asked me II father had had words with
ANYBODY when abe know 1t all the time.
Phoebe came before long. tried on
my droIS, aud she made herplan about
the alterations aud the trimming. l
made no suggestionL did not care
how IL was done, but II / had carod 1t
would have made no difference. PhGbe
always does things her own wAH All
tho women in the village are In q mao.
Nor under PhUbe Dole's thHmb. Their
garments arc visible proot1 OF her force
OF will.
While she was taking up my black
silk on the shoulder scans, PnGhe
Dole said: lot me See-you bad a
green silk dre'B made at Digby three
summers ago, didn't your
yea" said.
"Woil," said she, why don't you
have II dyed black? Those thln silks
dye real nicO. II would mako you a
good dresB."
] scarcely replied, and thou shO
offered to dye II for me hcrIci. She