Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-07

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 of blood, and the man he had flew
 There was envelope pinned to tn
 baby with some money in it. We COT
 ceited it was meant fur to pay an.
 one where would keep the child. Vel
 us we didn't give no one else tn
 chancet. Me and pop we took ant
 kep' the child"
 How much money was there?" in
 quired Kinross.
 That ain't neither here nor there,
 she answered curtly, coloring and look
 ing uncomfortable. Tt wasn't SC
 wonderful much, considerin' all tht
 trouble we had to take raisin' the
 child and the trouble we're havin
 pow," she added vindictively, "witl
 her runnin' after our Abe the way
 she's doin'. To be sure," she conced
 ed, i've didn't raise her the way hel
 mother was raisin' her. never did
 see a baby Snded the way she done
 q clean white dress every day-now
 mind! Yes. indeed! Oh, that baby
 mustn't never get dirty when her
 mother had her! She must be clean
 all the time and get washed all over every day, mind you, stead of oncet n week, like us country people does to our babies. Then she practiced this here hy-geen on it-she must scald the milk to foomgate the germs, or what ever, and wash her mouth and eyes with boraX water You wouldn't be- lieve anybody'd be that dunn to take all that there trouble, would you? But that there's hy-geen. 1 hear lots of towners believes in this here hy-geen Well, after We found the dead corp in there I wouldn't do it to sleep at the hotel till after the funeral was. I slep' to the neighbOrs' The news of the crime got put out all over the country, and we had wonderful big | funeral. But not one mourner," she added in a shocked tone, mot one crape well. When there ain't no crape wells it don't remind me of funeral, ain't not? Well, the preacher he had a wonderful solemn sermont. There was two or three saved to me after ward how they felt under his sermont, and one saved how she liked to hear q solemn preachin like hisn on funeral so that her heart gets affected.
 AS a general kin stand good bit. l don't soon go to bed sick, but that there crime sent me to bed fur near a week, with all the work layin'. Pop he was so much fur tellln' all about 1t to corners and goers, and it would work me up SO to hear him come over it all that I used to wish we didn't keep hotel sos there wouldn't be no corners and goers to tell it to-"
 She paused to take breath, but Kin ross was ready with question to urge her on.
 "How do you know that 1t was not a case of suicide rather than murderT'
 'The coroner's jury" replied Mrs. Morningstar, 'sayed she didn't suo- code herself, but was murdered in the first degree"
 Tt is the murdered woman who haunts the room:"
 'I don't know" she answered, turn ing white again. T ain't never slep' there. Oncet, before we quit hotelin' and began farmin' this here place. we slept a travelin' man in that there room, and about the middle of the night he walked us all with runnin' through the ball, screechin' he'd saw a ghost. And after that we never put no one in there no more. Their furni- turc is all there yet too. The neighbors tells us that near every night any per son passin' our place late kin see a queer light in the winder of that there room. Our Abe seen it oncet too"
 Peter" Daisy turned eagerly to KlnrOss, "are you husky enough to sleep in that room? If you are you'll tell Us about the ghost. won't you, to- evening-if you meet herr" "Ain't you got afraid to sleep there now. DOc-Pete-after what I tole you yetT' Mrs Morningstar asked incredu- Iously. I'll tell you tomorrow morning" an- swered KinrOss. Maybe I'll cut and . run. too. like the travelling man. You ! never can tell what you'll do when | you're up against a ghost.H Say" Mrs. Morningstar suddenly | her eyes moving from one . To another of her listeners with an inxiety amounting to distress. Took It here. Yous won't speak nothin' to . Eunice. will yous. about this herel Is we always kep' 1t from her. It would be ugly to tell her her pop mur- lered her nom in the first degree" And thought KinrOss. that her -ather left a sum of money for her .upport- l Doesn't she ever ask questions bout herSelf5' inquired Daisy. III were she 1t wouldn't take me long to ,et aboard" 1. There fur awhile she did.- Mrs. .I0ruingstar said ~But us we put her 1T win just telIin' her her parents left ,e- here a waif- If the vhoIe neighh0rhOn1 kuew of don't see how yoa've kept if from er." remarked GeoTgiaua- Surely one one would he apt to tel her We never lef her % uuch. We kepr ler elase at hone. just so's she ro3ldn't hear n8fhfn-. We thouzht Ft roIld te so uTssettin'~
 To learn bow shes been slavfzz far er living uhsch TrotaEly had beea