The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-07-21
CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER V.
HERE | shall quote you again
iii from the diary Of Uncle Eb:
pTUFN 1T was so dark couldn't SEE
uaR1U han before me. Don't pint
yer gun at me- the man whispered
Thought twas funny he could see me
when ! couldn't So him. Said twas
his home an we'd better leave. TOT
him ! was sick (rumatizl an couldn't
stir. Said he was sorry an come over
near Us. TOT him was an oil man
goin' west with a small boy. Stopped
IN the rain Got sick. out o. puryi.
sions Bout ready { die. Didn't know
what { do. Started L strike a match.
an the man said Don't make no
light. COS | don't want to hey We see
my face. Never let nobody see INV
face said be never went out less TWINS
a dark night until folks was abed.
said we looked like good folks. Scalrt
me a little COS Ne couldn't see a thing
Also he said Don't be 'frald OF me
DO what ! can fer ye.'"
remember the man crossed the
creaking floor and sat down near rs
aiter he had parleyed with Uncle Eb
awhile In whispers Young as | was.
Keep a vivid impression OF that night.
and aided by the diary OF Uncle Eb.
l nave made record Of what was said
that Is In the main accurate.
do you know where YOU arey' no
inquired presently. whispering AS he
had done before.
I've no ldec." said Uncle Eb.
Wen. down the Hill Is Paradise val.
ley In the township o. Faravay." no
continued. It's the end o. Paradise
road an purity country. Been settled
long time. an' the farms are big an
prosperous-kind Nv a land q plen,v
That big house at the foot o. the hin
Is Dave Brewers. He's the richest
man In the valley"
How do you happen { be- Twin here
II ye don't min tcllin' mey' Uncle Eb
asked
crazy" said he "'Frald o. every.
body. an everybody's 'frad o. me
Lived good long time In this wav
Winters 20 into the big woods. Co,
q camp In a blg cave an when Pm
there ] see little daylight Here IN
The clearin' I'm only mp In the night.
time. Thei'S how I've come TO sec "a
wei In the dark It's give me eat.
eyes"
Don't ye git loncsomey Uncle Fb
asked.
"Awful-sometimcs." he answered.
with a sad sigh. AN Il seems rooi =
talk with somebody besides myself 1
get enough 10 eat generally. There are
deer In the wopis an COWS In the ficll.
ye Know. an potatoes an corn an her.
ries an apples an al tibet Kind o. thing
Then I've Got my traps In the voaIs
whcrr kcich patridgcs an squirrel,
an coons an all the meat nc,l I've
80, place In the thick timber T. do
my cookin'-all I want e do-ln IA.
middle Of the night Sometime. I
come here an spend day In the garnet
I'm caught In storm or n I bnppc,
TO stay a little too late In the valley
once In a great while I mrrt a man
somewhere In the opcn. bu, he AWAY,
riis away quick as he can. Guess thew
uink TIN ghost-,lunno what I THINK
n them"
our hos, went on talking a. n he
wc-r tlnd 10 tell the ~,,rr,s NJ MI.
lcari IL spuc creature n his own kl,l
! have of'cn wpnlrrd NJ nj. FRANK
ho''' but 'hc1c wn, fiihrrly tender.
ncs~ | rcH .m,'s. 10 the ya.,,, M t',.,i,
In and I iu'isr II irmpirl M. ,,,1.
tcncr Probably tie love u r,m,,
liisalp ,1r never h. ~ dead An , man
bu' t|fi tie ,''y~ ~ Kindness NAV ,.5li
u hHcN ~ l,fr ar1jn
I'll briur vnI bite z r,t h,f,,.
morn a." De- SAID Presently rs no 49,,
10 @ let to- fr,i o. yolr hla'. nf.
ter
Vncir ~ ave him III, l1ni AMI
thanked bin
'fy'ls So First I've brl b,,i,fo
q l'1s tin s" Dc whispered .wb,t.
TIE day u ,lc monthly
Tho 2nh"
y must 'rmcubcf Where ln vo,
como frlmv' W.
Uncle 81 told him. briefly. The story
OF or going wet
''rc" you'd ncvcr d, mo n, harm
Worh yef' the man asked
Not a bit" rnrlc 80 answered.
Then he hadc Us rcpihy. crossed tina
.rcak'ns n'pr aud went away In Inc
darkness ." WV
terrd Nv "'u''
Vas sr,ilnE drowsy. and that wa.
the last heard In the mornln, Ne
Ionhd small pail Of milk sitting pe,s
us raisi~l partridge. two fri,si An
anu somc boiled POTATOES 4, Ma.