Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-09
I guess. In fac, the folks 'baout here

ain't over anxious to work up to the
place anyway, though they was allus
willin' ia be obligln' an accommodate
ole Carney whar they want nuthin'
else fur EN- to do; but naow, It's com.
in on haydn time, an l s'pose theY'i
ruther work at haydn"
Tho man had turned his back on mo
completely and was urging the horse
forward at a rapid gait.
"Vtry generous of them to accom-.
modate him when they had nothing
else TO do, and then leave his daugh.
ter as they have, just because haying
time Is here" ] commented. But you
said there were two reasons. What Is
the other?"
We rode on in silence for quite a
distance until, at length, the fellow re.
spondcd in n gruff voice and without
turning his head.
wal! it may be true an It may be
not! All know is what | heerd up to
Hoskins'. l don't take no great notice
O ghosts an SIGH. But them men
knows what they seen the night after
the Wilder Brucc's boy died, an |
know that ye couldn't git n OF 'em
on the place again with a team q
steers! No. sir! KNOWN as they do.
the character o man that ole Carney
was. an the way he as good as muir
dered that poor lad with his cnssin'
an quarrelin' an fallin' of his boss.
stead o goin' to the stable IN sad
dim up himself, like any man would
that want too lazy to take on his
coat when he ct. It amt nc wonder
they believed what the Wilder Bruce
tole en- more'n a year ago."
He paused here and fiicked a fly
from tho horses neck with a dex.
ferrous cast Of his whip.
what did the WidOm Bruce tell
them" ! asked %anxiously, fearing that
his communicative mood would leave
| him.
wal, she come over here from Eng.
land with her boy 'baout the time ole
Carney was a.buildin' his haOuse. an
she sez, as 500 AZ she seen 1t, that
II was gOin' to be jest like them places
over In England where them docks
an scch fcllcrs live, that sooner or
later rOmconc nd die q vi'lent death
there, an then the place nd be ha'nt'
ed samc's the docks places mostly Is,
90 course, W. didn't pay no special
attention to her.
when her boy went up to the place
to work. 'baout a year ago, she took
on terrible. an allus said no good nd
come of 1t, an that sOmethin' would
surely happen. But they want no
other way out of 1t, fur they didn't
have q bite to eat nor a rag to wear,
an II the boy hadn't decided to accom-.
modate Carney's folks | guess they'd
ha' starved.
"Ye See he continued, in explana.
tion, "old Carney wouldn't never give
a cent TO anybody that was able To
earn II, an when the parsOn come To
him an asst him to help the widdcr. all
he seq was, Send that big hulk Of a
boy up here an III give him a job an
good pay so'z he kin support his
mother like a man. he seq, but |
won't give her a damn penny SO long
as he's able to work an earn it, he
sCL."
But yOu haven't explained yet why
the men left" I persisted. for we were
nearing our destination and my time
was growing short.
I'm a.gittin' to that" he replied.
aye see, Carney was such a mean,
Stingy cnss that, what with his drink
IN an gamblin' an other vices, the
wilder allus claimed he'd never rest
easy In his grave. When the boy was
killed she carried on like a crazy won.
an, an swore the place would allus be
ha'ntcd less tho estate did tho honest
thing by her an give her enough to
pay her fur the loss of her son. That
night, more fur fun than anything
else, a lot of the fcllcrs that was a.
scttin' daown to HOskins' went up by
he haousc 'raOund midnight. but they
didn't see nuthin'. The mex night
hats after you ~cOmc-they all went
up again, an ] tell you they all come
back %a.fiyin'."
What did they scc?' ! asked. with
renewed interest. as a suddel idea en-
tered my head.
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