Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-08-14
chAP1ER vI.-continued.

ShSF En- Nis-So"p'ess'
Instinctively she glanced down
toward the shop. The doors were
open, but no one was there. The hens
pecking around the doors were the
only visible signs OF life do her anS'
ious eyes. Unconsciously she began
hulIing the strawberries with me-
ehanical but steady fingers.
Times is dull 'nough, pears to
me-" the woman proceeded. FIRST
KEN there want o rain with ther syar'
din a.dryin' up spite o the care We
xiv ct; then as though thet warnt
'n0ugh. hyar kems ther acc'd'nt ter
ther mare o. ther jedse's son. an any
a. us likely to be ketched ef twarnt
thet s'picion rests In one direction
special"
IL was coming. Dolores waited with
bated breath. A heavy sense OF guilt
fell upon her: she could not meet the
gaze OF the 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 thyar's
\ great feeiin' over In ther town yam
der bout ther mare" the woman's
voice struck In on the girls thoughts.
"sn says ct pears she were worth
n deal o. money. an now nobodyid gsv
. copper fer her. an they's workin'
steddy to I'm out who done ther deed.
an gettIn' every one theys ken ter
prove thxr s'plcions erect o 4 certain
person"
Dolores was waiting. II was com
Ing now. she felt certain. She crush
oil som. OF tAe berries in her hand
in n sudden frenzy.
'-rhcys holdin' court a'moSt every
day. an workin' rs though 'twere
some great thing ,het critters
gone lame. But thcys won't do moth
In with ther s'pIcloHed felicr tell
thar's mo- ground. as ;heys calls ct,
though young Green do feel pretty
kar,In Who Is iher guilty one. but
theys got eonsld'rabl. proof. an
there's ter be n great time t.rmorrcr.
an they wants yer f-yther ter so ter
prov thar s'pleions erect"
I: -zs out Al last. Dolores seemed
tun,sd 20 stone. sh. neither moved
nor spoke: she dared rot lift her eyes
from "a. rcd berries with which her
anr.r. wer- dyed. Her head was ~hirl.
ins: there vas din In her ears as
though legion OF spirits repeated
and shouted in Wild horror:
-Theys wants yer f.ythcr ter go ter
proye-th.ys wants yer f.yihcr ter
sp-,hcy wants yer fcythcr-ycs fey.
thsr-
Her eyes were like those OF hunt.
ed animal. half hidden beneath their
long lashcs: her mlad vas nll.d with
. sr-a, longing to so-,o get away
from the tiny room out on tn. noun
tain under the quiet heavens ~hcr.
the winds we're free from tn. watch.
Ing eyes.
The woman n, the other side of
tho table arose with an injur-d air.
she had received scarcely a word of
thanks for her berries. scarcely even
. sho~ of interest In her story.
''rhyars them AZ takes an lrtrcst
In thysr Teller critters. an'thyars them
a. DON'T she said. tartiy: an
thyars them a. has thyar s'picion o.
thinks.
polor~. watched the ~oman's tall
kann, figure go down the worn path
her purple prin, dress brushing the
seant grass with an Indignant sweep
tho cape of her sunbonnct limp and
Tapping over her shoulders. When
shc disappeared from view behind
tho shrubocry Of the roadside Dolores
put a~ay the dish OF berries and put
on her gray sunhonpc, TO 60 out.
I, vas early afternoon. The ROCKY
road. like a yellow thread. wound In