Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-22

one or two little questions, but see
right away lie didn't want to answer
nothin, SO Jest quit. Land, I amt no
hand to try to make people tell things
anyhow whether they want to or not"
There was an oppressive silence after
this, silence during which there was
much thinking. But Turner was bliss-
fully ignorant of the trend of thought
He did not even suspect 1t when he
saw smile on more than one face.
can bout that Teller over to your
house, HIP" Hicks remarked question
ingly.
"He amt thar no more" Hi replied.
"Gone away?"
Eyes; went yistedy."
IT'D say't."
eyes; he got sod he didn't pear to be
satisfied no more, so yistedy he packed
up an put out"
Want satisfied with the 'comrn.r-
dalton you give him?" Turner asked.
'Them fellers mostly amt satisfied
with nothin."
"oh, 1t WANT that, I guess. Least
wise he never made no fuss bout his
'commerdations."
what allied him, then, you reckopY'
dunno, I'm shore. Jest seemed to
r. got sorter. restless an uneasy an
couldn't be still nowhar. When he
want asleep, he was oil the time NOV
IN about, either trapsin round over. the
woods or else walkin back ards an for
ards across the yard. I've seed him
Yalkin out thar In the yard for hours,
Jest goin to an fro, to an fro, till It
wore me clean out. It got SOS he done
it of nights jest the same, an lots Of
times I've walked up way. long towards
mornin an seed him at 1t. Then thar
was o kim of skeered look III his
eyes, an at ever little noise he'd Jump
an look round like he'd been shot. I
peyer see nobody do like he DONE"
s'Py grab, it was funny, want it,"
Ii Iooked that away to me Shore.
What you reckon was the matter of
him, Hip
EgEain't no notion, jake"
IT bet 1t was that murder. done. It"
Sam Morgan said. Don't you all'reck-
QHjt was2"
Ssyatord, don't see how that murder
Gould "a had anything to do with. III
HEreplied. 1.-THE murder want nothfh
toshim. noway, an he didn't know Mel
yin nor Sim Banks nuther. Guess he
never seeynuther Of 'em less he see
Melvin that day he was lyin here a
cawpse."
"He did see him that day." Sam said,
ran.he acted sorter quaire too. Twas
a-watchin him when he went MP to
Yhar the cawpse lay, an, for allshe'd
been SO cool out thar in the woods. the
second his eyes fell;o that dead face
he turned right white an put hisihand
pp to his heart, then looked round
eight quick, like The wondered II any
Rpdy'd seen him. Guess he. must be
one of them kind Of people that's easy
teched by anything like that"
unjust be II be. done that away" old
HI replied. .'My skin, lit don't make
no difference to me to look al. O dead
Teller, I'D Jest as soon tech him as
not"
'Lord. Iii, not ifshe'd, been killedy'
Eyes, sir, even If he'd been killed9
"By grab, wouldn't. They say Il
you tech q Teller that's been murdered
that away he'll come to you three
nights hand runnin and stan By your
bed an look at you.'
"Wonder IL that's sor' Jim Thorn
asked.
"By grab, they say It is, shore. .auJl
can tell you right now I don't wanf.np
dead fellers pesterin round me 6f
nights
"Lord, you bet don't. don'twant
nothin to do with them. ha,nts an-ilx-
ms, an amt never goin to tech no.
body that's been killed, you bet even
IL they never are teched."
"Shucks, you fellers don't know what
you're talkin bout. Say. you all Jest
wait till you've seed dead men as I'VE
seed 'em, lyin round on a battlefield
jest eyer'whar." Thus spoke Ebenezer
Sparks, the warrior bold. "Lord
Almighty, I've fit into many q battle
whar men were Jest a-drappin all
round me so thick that couldn't move
'thout steppin on lot Of 'em. Ny
land, I want skeered Of techin 'em, an
they never come back Of nights to pes
ter round ha'ntin Of me, nuther."
'It want that away that time when
you went into Hicks cellar to Wtup
the battle, was It, Ebenezer7' Jason
Roberts asked.
Ebenezer flashed angry.
"Doggone it ALL" he cried, sain,t !
never goin to hear the>last Of that dad
burned old cellar? Ever time I men
ton any word bout when 1 ut into
the war some blame fool has got to 20
to work an drag that dod blasted old
cellar In"
''Waal, we want to show intrust in
your war record, Ebenezer. an that's
the only battle we ever see YOU fight in.
80 that's all we got to speak bout"
"Waal, you needn't poster bout