The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-10-09
CHAPTER XVII.
The Green Turquoises.

The Green Turquoises.
Then" continued Doreas, "Guieesh
aifted the lady to the horses back and
leaped up before her. She put her
arms about his waist and chung to
him tightly. Rise. horse, rise he
cried. The horse and all the hun
dreds of horses behind him spread out
their wings and rose in the air. They
went flying swiftly across the sea"
Miss Dorcas." interrupted Robin in
.creduously, II didn't know that horses
could fly. 1 thought they trotted on
the streets like this" The boy slipped
down from his chair and kicked with
bis heels upon the floor.
''Guleesh's horse had wings-an
fairy horses have wings" Dorcas
laughed.
did you ever see fairy horss?'
I'm afraid I never did"
then how do you know that it's
true?"
Fairy stories tell us sc"
oh" The child's brown eyes turned
to her eagerly. They were interrupt
ed by a knock at the library door.
Jason entered.
Il reckon yo'se awful busy dis AFTER
aeon. Missy?'' - ~. - -.
Not II there is anything can do
for you. Jason"
"Emiline's downstairs. Won know
who Emiline isT' He paused and
glanced at Robin.
Dorcas nodded.
IF t want be incanyeniencin' she'd
like to see yo'."
why does she want to see me.
Jasony'
Il can't tell. Missy. She's DIES KEEP
a-pleadin' en- a-pleadin' 70 20 to see
her. so toll her, I'd ask y0'-"
I'll see her. And, Robin. suppose
you go with Jason for little while.
He keeps a doughnnt jar I'm the pan
try. Make Jason tela yDa STORY. Fly
Ing horses are nothing to the wonder
full things he has seen"
Emiline entered timiday and stood
Waiting until Dorcas pointed to q
chair. She was a nsatlooking yellow
girl, but there was a worried look On
her gcod-natured face.
Anything wrong. EmiGine?' asked
Dorcas.
Wrong. Eberyting's wroag, Mis-
Wentworth. Use lef' Miss Paget TO
good en- all. Lawd, what a whack she
hit me when 1 toll her something's 1
thought"
"She struck you?" Dorcas stared
at the girl in establishment.
Deed, Mis- Wentworth. she stuck
me hard, straight cross my meslf wild
her ham / could take de law 10 her.
/ reckon. en- git damages, bat I amt
a-goin' to. Use scared to death oh
havin' anything to do wild her" The
girls face seemed to whstkn, and she
clasped her hands in an Sgony of ter
ror Il wouldn't wuk 70 her nohow-
I'd ruther go ON de streets. Mis- Went
worth. her tuQeuoisee am a-turnin'
Ereen,"
What do you msfa?"
Emiline spoke IL. a frightened whis-
per.
Her tuQquoises am a-turnfn' green,
'clar' TO Gawd. dey ISL"
Dorcas Laughed. The octoroon' s
statement was so irrelevant il was al
most funny.
'Lawdy, Mis- wentworth, don 90 to
iaughin' reckon yo' don't know what
an awful ting dat is to happen. /
nebber head tell oh hit but once. Hit
dom happen excepsin' when q woman's
az wicked sz de o. serpint hezself.-
''EmiEre, what on earth are you
Alking kbout?"
MY granny ohce worked fo' wick
ed laSy--was back in slave days. !
member hearip' her ten shout 1t when
I w2s little gal Her Misses was
an army lady rich en- beautiful ez
coaid be, but she done hated her hus-
hand en- der was an06der man she
was sho' sot arter. Her husband, de
fine OF army man. he died sudden one
night She had er necklace On, de
bluest tuqcaOises yo' ebber see. en- de
next day dsy turned green Den dey
found ont she'd poisoned him DEFY
would have hung her. hut she drowned
herself. De tuqauoises was on her
neck when dey pulled her out oh de
sfbber-dey Vas green ~ gzasA-