The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-07-24
CHAPTER vI.-con,inued.

CHAPTER Nl.-Continued.
Instinctivcly she glanced down
toward the shop. The doors were
open. but no one was there. The hens
peek ng around the doors were the
only visible signs OF life 90 her arN-
ious eyes. Unconsciously she began
hulling the straw berries with mo
chanical but steady fingers.
Times is DUH 'nough. pears TO
me the woman proceeded. First
KEN there want o. rain with Their gyar.
din a.dryin' mp spite q the care We
giy ct; then as though tibet warnt
'nourh. hyar kems Their accd'nt ter
Their mare a. Their jedFe's son. an any
o. rs likely 20 be ketched ct 'twaTn't
tibet s'picion rests In one direction
special
II was coming Dolores waited with
batcd breath a heavy sense OF guilt
fell upon her, she could not meet tho
gaze of tlc eyes bent upon her, and
she went ON hulling the berries
waiting In silence FOR what she knew
must come.
An them as knows says thyars
a great feclin over In taer town yam
der bout TIER mare the woman 3
voice struck In on the girls thoughts.
AN says ct pears she were worth
n deal a. money. an now nobody'd gev
copper fer her. an tley's workin'
stoddy Ca I'm ont who done ther deed.
an gettin every one thcys ken ter
prove thar s'picions erect O. a certain
person.
Dolores was waiting II was com.
ing now. she felt certain. She crush
ed some OF the berries in her hand
In n sudden frenzy.
"Theys holdin' court Almost every
day. an workin as though 'twere
Some great thing thet n critters
gone lame But ihcys won't do moth
in' with thor spicioncd Teller tell
thars mo ground. as theys calls ct
though young Green do feel pretty
sartin who IS Their guilty one. But
theys got considerable proof, an
there's ter be great time ter.morrer.
an they wants yer feyther ter 80 ter
prov thar spicions erect.
II was out AZ last. Dolores seemed
turned 10 stone; she neither moved
nor spoke: she dared not lit her eyes
from the red berries with which her
fingers were dyed. Her head was whirl.
ing: there was a din ia her ears as
though legion OF spirits repeated
aud shouted In wild horror:
"Theys wants yer fcyther ter go ter
prove-thcys wants yer feyther ter
go-they wants yer feyther-ycr fey
ther-"
Her eyes were like those Of hunt.
ed animal half hidden beneath their
long lashcs. her mind was filled with
a great longing 20 Eo-to get away
from the tiny room out on the noun.
tain under the quiet heavens where
the winds were free from the watch
ing eyes.
The woman at nc other side OF
the table arose with an injured air.
She had received scarcely "A word Of
thanks for her berries, scarcely even
"A show OF interest In her story.
"Thyars them as takes an iut'rest
I'm thyar fcller critters an'thyars them
as don't" she said. tartly. an
thyars them as has thyar s'picion o.
things
Dolores watched the woman's tall.
raunt figure go down the worn path.
her purple print dress brushing the
scant grass with an Indignant sweep.
the cape of her sunbOnnet limp and
Tapping over her shoulders. when
she disappeared from view behind
tho shrubuprN az the rond.s side Dolores
put away the dish Of berries and put
on her gray sunbonnct 90 20 Cut.
II was early afternoon The rocky
road, like yellow tarcad, wound In