Evening star., 1898-12-03

But there was frightened. credulous
question Underlying her words which
Mirrm' took advantage of
Put. NAV, / did see him. An he look
at me 'thout sayin' er word, ony grinned.
An he wuz covered with tree moss an he
Wuz ther will man, / know An lef pap
Ply nat an ther fishin pole. An I'll never
go back fur EN- Then, looking up as she
felt a touch on her arm, she exclaimed
anew:
oh: Aqn' Janey, don yo' go home by
yo SET He mout tar yo' up
Nuz his eyes blue like rninep" tremu-
lously asked the poor woman.
Don ask me bout his eyes! / only know
they wuz terrible
And having recovered her win" in a
measure. and desirous of imDressing her
AUDITORS with her terror of the creature
VINO rad giared upon her through the
thlc ket. she pictured so wild a man, in
deed t1at l was forced to the belief he
existed only IN the girls magma ton which
had been unduly wrought unon by the
equally ignorant ana credulous ncgnbors
who lived about her.
our dinner was cold when we finally sat
Gown 10 IL, and II was late in the afternoon
before We drove off, although we had plan
ned to strike camp about ter miles down
the bay. Janey Parker left the house
with us. as our road lay past her door.
AND the last we saw of the IoGr thing she
was shading her eyes from the sunlight
with one thin. brown hand, and gazing in
tently off toward the swamp.
Our hunt was a complete success-four
hne bucks and doe, the fattest / ever
saw. and near a dozen wild turkeys and
some birds of an unknown species which
We shot for the sake of their beautiful
plumage. | still keep over a book case in
my stujy the graceful tail feather of one,
long, thick, and a lovely pink in color.
We were pretty well tired when We re-
turned TO Robeys house. about sunset of
i'll kind of circular course, we came in
from an opposite road to the one We had
Travelled out upon. And we were 80 tired
that We did not notice the absence of do
nestic sounds until We Were fairly in the
ary." Depositing in rack for that pur-
pose our fonGly priced breech-loaders, we
walked around to the shed to help Robey
unload the game "Whar's the folks?"
hailed our host. as we neared him. We an
Swered that there appeared to be no folks
at home, the doors being fastened when
tried them. That's queer" said Ro-
bey. cause they mout er knowed we'd be
back some time fore night. guess.
though they'll be long putty soon" But
we hung up and properly put beyond the
reach of ''varnints'' the proof of sue
cessful sport, and still none of the family
appeared. Two or three times, as the shad-
ows OF the evening deepened to night. had
Robey grumbled something about 'goin ter
hunt 'en up; yet, as he made no move to
do so, composed ourselves as comfort
ably as We could at full length upon the
entry floor. and were ali three asleep when
young Robey stumbled over my legs. and
so aroused us all. AN wut ar yer all er-
bout enryhow?' asked his father. ''Whar's
yer an ther gals?'
BY this time we were In the room, and
the boy was on his knees before the huge
old fireplace, where he soon had roaring a
cheerful baCkvcods fire
Cant yer speak," demanded his father
after a little; then looking down into
Ned's face and seeing that the boy was
crying, he shook him, and continued in
way more pathetic than L had though pos
sible IN one cf his kind: Oh, Neddy tell
parpy quick. Whar's yer maw?'
"'Tain't maw." chOked the lad: 'it ar
Aun' Jarey an she's deadr' Then he gave
his father, amid tears that did them honor
for this queer gentle creature had
been sincerely beloved by them-a broken
account of the poor woman's death.
1t seems that when she went into the
house on the evening we let her down at
her gate she was unusually excited. Her
daughters tried in vain to get her IN eat
supper although she promised to do so if
they would put II by, 'an' plenty Nv 1t.
honeys cause somebody mout be hungry
They paid no heed. then. to this speech,
which afterward showed to them the drift
of her thoughts. They went to bed. leaving
her sitting over the fir., a habit common
with her and which therefore caused them
no uneasiness As Is natural to healthy
young people both her daughters slept
sCundly all through the night so they did
not know when th@ir mother left the house.
Most IkeIy II was soon as she felt as
sured of their profound slurnber. for none
OF the wood had been taken from beside the
fre to keep II up. and 1t must therefor,
nave burned out early in the night
The sun was an hour or so high befora
me girls awoke and then they discovered
that her place In bed had not been occupied
AT all She had always been the first one to
rise so the absence of any sound In con-
nectlon with the untouched pillow made
her daughters dress hurriedly that they
might ascertain where she was. No thought
OF real peril came to them: yet, knowing
thelr mother to be often queer" it was
their wont to look after her at thosa times
prolonged search Of two or three hours
railing to discover to them her where
aoouts. they had come after Robeys family
Tor aid As soon as good Mother Robey
heard what they said sh9 jumped to the
right conclusion
She hav' gone er huntin' the viii man.
pore heart. Come, Mirum an Cathern git
er bite er somethin an put some coffee
inter this buckit She'll mead it arter er
night In ther swamp. An come long Ned
fo lock up ther house an come too An
faint no use ter call ther neighbours,
Spreadin' IT 'roun'. Pore Janey,' And tn.
good hearted woman stuck to her resolve.
generalfztng the search, three at a time go
ing out the others remaining at home
resting, seeing after the two places. and
keeping in readiness for whatever Mrs Ro-
bey should arrange for them to do. II was
nearly two days before they found "Aun'
Janey." and il was Ned and his mother
VINO came across the body, scarce u mile.
from home.
She had got tangled up in some under
growth, and. supposedly. in attempting to
jump, had fallen forward and struck her
head against log. stunning her into help
lessness so that with her face under water
which barely came as far as her ears she
was drowned. They made a rude litter
and with the help OF the daughters and
nieces. who presently came at their call,
Mrs. Robey and Ned carried the rnor body
home Many times they had to rest the
litter, but Mother Robey's "ony US wit
loves her., was command Whial none Cf
them wished 10 shirk
We stood with the weeping family when
they buried her. She had once said when
urged by her brother to come live with his
family, where IT would not be so lonesome
for her. "Oh. no. fur should he call me FUN
ther swamp, I could II hear him.
So they put her under live oak beside
the little path. a-down which the bahy's
feet had pressed in search of pleasure, that
September evening, and over which the
mother, 100. had hurried. so long after, be-
lieving that San Pedro's held her hearts
desire, and where to each had come q beau
tiful revelation.
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