The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-14

"you must have done the cut in some
unusual way.
"Oh." said the farmer. 81 did not
cut the COW; it was Tom Whitelock
did it.
! ''That accounts for my failure. |
| said the charm, thinking you had made
/ the wound, Now I must charm again.
| She repeated the words and instantly
the blood ceased to stream forth. This
was told me by the man Whitclock
himself
In parish FIVE miles distant a man
in the bayfield, cut his leg with
scythe. and bled copiously. At once
the farmer for whom he worked sent
a horscman galloping, with kcrchlef
in his hand that was saturated with
! blood from the wound. and bade him
not draw rein till he reached Rebecca
! Mounce, who would stanch the flow OF
! blood, This she did by repeating
words over the blood -drenched rag. ]
was assured that the flow ceased near
| ly as could be Judged ST The very time
! that she uttered the blessing over the
handkerchief
Undoubtedly Rebccca received con
sidcration in money for such services;
! but she also accepted little donations
Of bit of bacon, or some potatoes,
or pasty from cottagers who desired
TO stand well with her.
That the old woman owed her influ-
ence and power she exercised in the
nelghborhood and the confidence she
inspired. TO natural shrewdness is not
to he doubted Take this instance 4
! farmer, who had indeed but a small
holding of sixty acres had lost his
wife in giving birth to her first child.
| He was a strapplng man of 81, tiorld.
broad shouldered, frugal. and not given
10 spending his money al the tavern
He consulted Rebecca about marrying
again.
she. ''lt's the sincerest compliment
you can offer to her as IS gone before.
II shows how comfortable you were
! with her
"'And there's the baby" said the
farmer
"Aye. if YOU re a kind hearted man
! you won Z let that poor mite go with
! out mother What s The best gift
You could give to child but moth
! er?'
"There 5 something in what you
! say, observed the man meditatively.
cit S very much as | we been putting
the matter to myself, but, Rebccca,
whom am | to marry, that S what d
like TO know
"Thesc things be ordained, said
she; marriages be made IN heaven. -
~ dare say. but as ! han I got a lad
|
make enquiries there, / m in mess; L
| don Z know whom to choose; you sec
! Rebecca, it would hurt my feelings, Just
! as if | had corns and some one trod
on them, if was TO ask girl and she
refused me-
"Then you mustn t ask the wrong
one"
but how am l to know which is
| the right oue2''
"Cross my hand with silver, and ii
tell You right enough
Accordingly half crown was pro
duced. aud drawn to right and left.
then up and down her palm, and the
coin allowed to remain in IT, when she
closed her fingers upon 1T. Now,
then, Mr.. Tooke, III tell you. AS you
be going home, should you pass come
ly wench. let her go by, then turn
round and look after her If She also
turns TO have look at you-that s
the right one and no mistake.
Thus as Mr. Tooke was returning
through the village, there was bux.
ON damsel in the way, in fact, !
strongly surmise, that she was going
to visit Rebecca Mounce, on some sub
man was aware that she was coming
As Mr., Tooke passed the girl. he
studied her out of the corners of his
eyes, and he had not taken many
Steps forward before he turned about
and nearly at the same moment Sally
Dave turned to look after the hand
some and prosperous farmer,
"That's the right one, SAID MI
Tooke, and instead of proceeding on
his way. he followed and caught up
with Sally, and then and there pro
posed to her. She did not say him nay,
and he Observed 81 think, Sally. we
will 90 on together TO Mother Mounce
and let her know as how we've each
of us found the right one,
But | am not sure that all her ad'
vice tended to such good results as
the above, for in the above the advice
did lead to excellent results, Sally
Dave became Mrs. Tooke. and as hard
working, cleanly, obliging farmer
wife as is to be found for twenty miles
round.
Now in the case 7 am about to re:
late, and which is perfectly true, l
cannot state for certain that the ad-
vice was rendered by Rebecca; IT may
have been given by another white
witch" but owing 10 the serious con
sequences that ensued, neither of the
two parties concerned In the consul
tstion breathed word relative to the
matter.
A man. whom we will call Saudridee,
had a daughter who. having had lnt1u-
enza. fell into deep depression that she
was unable TO shake off, and indeed
made no effort to do so. Sandridge
was warmly attached TO the girl, and
he went TO consult Fwise woman
which wise woman never transpired.
This woman told him that the young
woman had been overlooked and
that he would see the person who had
bewitched her shortly. That person had
killed a pig, and would go to him and
ask if he would take portion. Now,
unfortunately. a neighbor, Dennis, had
killed a pig, and Mrs. Dennis did look
IN and ask this very question. The cot,
tage of the Dennis g was low and
thatched. In the night Dennis awoke,
hearing a sound which he thought at
first was produced by rats In the
thatching, but shortly afterward he no.
ticed light, and spraing out of bed,
and found that his thatch was on fire,
He had but barely time TO rouse his
wife and children and get them out
into the noad, before the roof fell in
mud his eNnrxthinp was DESTROYED Il