Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-05-20

Ier Teacn my nedfI solue ueSe ud9 uen
/ ,iis go out lax a snuff o. cardle."
"Do you believe it, auntie2"
"Yas, sub l does b1'eve it; I knows
Inland de Lawd have mussy! but l is
mighty ole, bless de Lawdl my ole Miss,
Miss Eleanor's gran ma, would be niah
bout ninety now, and l is older dan her.
ga lonely life, Aunt Delilah; but you
can have nothing on your conscience that
should make you afraid to die"
"I do know, marster; my sins is as
scarlet, sho' huff, rs done rastled nigh
ty hard fur ter git de grace o. God, de
dyin' grace is what rs needin' now"
"And your master, he is kind to your"
"Marster Richard7 bless him Lawdl
vas, sub; he done tole me dat dey is a
STAMINA order at de bes' undertaken g
fur to give me de fines buryin' dat
money will git. Oh yas, sub; he amt
furget his ole nanny"
81 am not so pious as you, a%untie,
but 1 couldn't die with my conscience
like yours is. You know that Gerald
Soule is suffering for a crime he did not
commit; and if you die without"
The room was suddenly filled with a
dazzling white glare and just over the
face of the portrait of Eleanor Soule APP
peared that of Gerald's mother-sad,
wistful in its expression.
ooh, my Gawd!'' screamed the old wo-
man, "Miss Alice, | didn t go fur to hurt
Marse Gerald. Marse Richard done tell
me faint muffin but projickin, js lax
dey al'ays plays on bridegrooms. o
Lawd! O Lawd! it is dy Judgment! Go
way, Miss Alice, please, ma am do go
'wayl"
"What is the matter, auntie9 are you
illg'
She looked up, shuddering; there was
nothing to be seen but the usual furnish
ings of the room and the frelit dusk.
ct seed Miss Alice-I seed her, mars
ter; she done come to ha mt me case | done
hep fur to ruin her boy. Lawd knows l
didn It mean fer to ha m him"
eff you have anything like that on
your mind, you had better get it off, and
the only way for that is confession"
ct is done repented SO; I is beg Marse
Richard on my knees fur to max it right;
but he s so dade in love wiv Miss Aileen
dat he won listen; he done said he ll
wade trough hell-fre fur to git herl he'll
ruin a thousan' Ge'ald Ssules befo dey
can keep her. Wen a man feel data
way, what yeu gwine dow 1 cain u do no
mol" She grew defiant, and looked ner-
vously, from time to time, at the por-
trait.
Clinker walked about the room, think
ing; he disliked intensely the part he was
playing; he seemed to himself to be a
SPY, and only to release an innocent man
would he SO play upon the feelings and
superstitious terrors Of an old negro.
"Next time I'll take one of my own
size; but it is the only chance for Soule. .
He went to the window and drummed
on the glass. Again the white radiance
came through the window, and the face
of Richards mother appeared, not over
but beside the picture this time.
"Miss Eleanor, does you tell me tc
hurt our dear darlin' Marse Richard, dat
you die TO- any time7"
The picture vanished. Delilah COW
cred in her chair and shook in nervous
terror. All at once she fell back uncon'
scious. Clinker hastened to revive her.
III hope this isn't going to be fatal
it would be a serious business for us, il
it should"
He piled her with restoratives, and at
ter a few minutes, she revived and looked
about.
els I been a dreamin,' or did SCI
Miss Alice, and Miss Eleanor teoof"
"You saw them; / saw them too"
, what does dey want? Is ] gwine t.
dieq"
/ ooh no; not yet. What do you thinl
. they want you to dog
81 is a.gwine to tell all about da
, business; / can't be ha 'nted dis-a-waJ
I I bin a-feelin' TO- a long time dat | mus
, tell de trufe befo' / die, and when d
misery gifts in my hade an in my breas
I feel 1 CANT die; but ! is repented,
. is sho oily"
} "But if you ten all you know Of thi
/ matter, Delilah, you will clear your oW
soul Of completely mean OF any shai
o in a crime. If you die without confession
what becomes of youS"
Reckon I gets heil-fiah, but it's ~
Miss Cleaner q boy" She showed sign
of collapse again, and Clinker gave he
another dose of the remedy with which
had provided himself, but she became 8
lent and sullen. In perplexity, Tor
went away. The next evening he wer
again to see Delilah; she seemed MOI
cheerful and was garrulous.
fp "I done had a dream las night. |
: sho' now lax it's wrong fur to hide thing
. / didn't do no harm, am didn't mea
none. Miss Alice an Miss Eleanor BOZ
A come las night an tell me to say whs
/ knows, but ! done warn Marse Richar
fur to go 'way--I warn him LAX I know
y how"
q "The game is up, if Richard has bee
2 warned, y thought Clinker.
9 s9Do you mind q friend coming in vii
me to hear your story9 It is just