The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-04-16

| Uncle Jefferson, where did hickey
come from? Does she belong here?'
mo, sub. she come I'm Hell's-
Half-Acre."
Whats that?"
Oats dat ornery ssis - f.
yondah on de Don olall 4 III,
Gle Jefferson. de. "a To- $
All kin recommc" ram
shackle lot o. shi ! trash
whut git erlop NV
That's int 81 - ." aliant.
so Hickey belonl - there
"Yas, sub; nebban d come down
heah 'cepin' TO- Mis- s. .rlsy. She de
| one whut fotch de III gal outen dat
place, en- put huh wild Mis- Matte Sue.
three yeah ergo"
A sudden color came into John Va
liant's cheeks. Tell me about It."
His voice vibrated eagerly.
well, subj" continued Uncle Jeffer-
son, "dey was one O. dem low-down
Heli's-HalfAcrers, name Greet King,
whut call hesef de mayah oh !e
Dome, en- he went on de rampage
day. en- took ahtah his wife. She wts
er DO sickly CONAN, wild er III ga
i've yeah OIL by er fust husban'. He
done beat huh heap O. times befo', but
dis time he boun' ter finish huh. All
reck'n he WAS too drunk TO- dat, en-
she got erway en- run down heah. Et
was wintah time en- dah's snow on de
groun'. Dah's er road rom de Dome
dat hits de Red Road clost ter Rose
wood-dat ar's de cambridge place
en- she come dab. Reck'n she wuz er
pitiful-lookin' obstacle. 'Peahs lax
she done put de lii gal up In de
cabin lof' en- hid de laddah, en- she
mos crazy TO- feah Greet git huh. She
ler he huntin TO de young 'un when
she run erway. Dey was on'y Mis-
Judith en- Mis- Shirley en- de gal EN-
line at Rosewood. Well, sub, dey
want no time ter sen TO- men. Whut
yo' reck'n Mis- Shirley do? She ain
afeahd O. muffin on dis yerf, en- she
on'y sebenteen yeah OF den, too. She |
don tell Mis- Judith-no, sub! She |
run out ter de stable en- saddle hun |
boss, en- she gallop up dat road ter
rs-Half-Acre lax er shot outen er
shovel"
Valiant brought his hands together
sharply. Eyes, yes he said. And
them"
when she come ter Greet Kings
cabin, he done foun' de laddah, en- one
pr he foots was on de rung. He had
pr ak In he han. De po' III gal was
oeepin' down thoo' de cracks o. de
To-. en- prayin' de bestes' she know
low. She say arterwuhds dat she
.eck'n de Good Lawd SEN er angel,
o. Mis- Shirley were all in white
The didn stop ter change huh close.
She didn' say muffin. Mis- Shirley
lidn'. She on'y lay huh han on Greet
Kings ahm, en- he look at huh face,
N he drop he ak en- go. Den she
.lumb de laddah en- fotch de chile
Iown in huh aims en- take huh on de
loss en- come back. Dat de way ct
Happen, sub"
And Hickey was that little child"
"Yas, sub, she sho' was. In de
nawnin' er posse done ride up ter
Iell's- Half Acre en- take Greet King
n. De majah he argyfy de case TO
e State, en- when he done git thoo',
ey mos put de tow eroun Kings
eek in de coot room. He done got
tx yeah, en- ct mos broke de majah's
a'at dat dey couldn' give him no
no.. He wuz cert'n'y er bad aig, dat
reef wuz. Dey say he done swan
e gwineter do up de majah when he
it out
Such was the story which Uncle
efferson told, standing in the door
yay When his shuffling step had re-
reated. Valiant went to the table and
licked up a slim fooled volume that
" there. 1t was Lucille" which he
ad found in the hall the night of his
rival. He opened it to a page where,
ressed and wrinkled but still retain ,
lg its bright red pigment, lay what
ad been a rose.
He stood looking at it abstractedly,
is nostrils widening to its crushed
picy scent, then closed it and slipped |
into his pocket,
To be Continued.