Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-08-12


She looked at me out of her large
eyes, and l loved her 1t was witch
craft, the work of the devil. The IRE
went out of her eyes and burnt TO my
marrow, it ran in my veins. That was
witchcraft, but l did not think it then.
There should have been heap OF
wood raised and fired, and she cast
INTO the flames. But our lot is fallen
in evil days. The word of the Lord is
no longer precious, and the Lord has
said, Thou shalt not suffer a witch 10
live" That was witchcraft How
else was it that l gave no thought to
Tamsine Bovey, of Buncombe, till Il
was too late, though Buncombe joins
my land, and so Buncombe was lost
to me for ever? Quiet that child II
you want to hear more. Hah! Your
Eve has deserted you and her babe,
but mine had not the good heart to
leave me-
The child in the cradle whimpered
The pale man lifted it out, got milk
and fed it, with trembling hand, but
tenderly, and it dozed off in his arms.
A girl?' asked Babb. Jordan nod
ded.
Another Eve-a third Ever Jo:-
dan nodded again. Another genera,
ton of furious, fiery blood to work
confusion, to breed desolation. When
will the earth open her mouth ana
swallow it up, that it defile no more
the habitations of Israeli
Jordan drew the child to his heart,
and pressed it So passionately that it
woke and cried.
Still the child or l will leave the
house. said Ezekiel Babb. You Would
DO we'll to throw a wet cloth over its
mouth, and let it smother itself before
it work woe on you and others. When
it is quiet, will proceed He paused.
When the cries ceased he went on !;
I watched Eve as she danced.
could not leave the spot. Then a
rope was fastened and stretched Oh
high, and she was to walk that. A
false step would have dashed her TO
= L
When her foot was on the ladder, !
uttered a great cry and ran forward;
caught her, | would not let her go. /
was young then He remained silent,
smoking, and looking frowningly be-
fore him. 1 was not a converted man
then. Afterwards, when the word OF
God was precious to me, and l saw
that l might have had Tamsine BoVey,
and Buncombe, then was sorry and
ashamed. But it was too late. The
eyes of the unrighteous are sealed.
was a fool. l married that dancing
girl
He was silent again, and looked
modify at his pipe.
1 have let the fire die out he said,
and rekindled as before. 1 cannot
deny that she was a good wife. Blu
what aVailed it me to have a woman
in the house who could dance like
feather, and could not make scald
cream? What use to me a woman
who brought the voice of nightin-
gale with her into the house, but no
.4oney? She knew nothing Of the
work of a household. She had bones
like those of a pigeon, there was no
strength in them. had to hire
women to do her work, and she was
thriftIess and thoughtless, so the
money went out when it should have
come in. Then she bore me daugh-
ter, and the witchery was not off me,
so l called her Eve-that is your Eve,
and after that she gave me sons, ana
angrily-'then, when too late
she died. Why did she not die half
a year before Tamsine Bovey married
Joseph Warrington? If she had,
might still have got Buncombe-noW
it is gone, gone for ever
He knocked the ashes out of his
pipe, and put it into his pocket.
Eve was her mothers darling; she
was brought up like a heather to love
play and pleasure, not work and duty
The child sucked in her mothers ma
ture with her mothers milk. When
the mother died, Eve-your Eve-was
a grown girl, and I suppose home be-
came uncomfortable to her. One day
some play actors passed through the
place on their way from Exeter, and
gave a performance in our village. i
found that my daughter, against my
command, went to see it. When She
came home, l took her into the room
where is my great Bible, and bear
her; whether she went after the play
actors or not I never inquired
Did you not go in pursuit?
why should l? She would have
run away again. Time passed, and
the other day l CHANGED to come across
a large party of strollers, when was
in Plymouth on business. Then
learned from the manager about my
child, and so, for the first time, heard
where she was. Now tell me how she
came here
Ignatius Jordan raised himself III
his chair, and swept back the hair
that had fallen over his bowed face
and hands.
1t is passed and over he said.
Let me hear all. l must know ali,