The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-05-14

No. sub She come rom Helrs.
Half Acre"
What's that"
OATS dat ornery passle O. folks
yondah on de Dome" explained I'm.
Gle Jefferson. "Dey's been dab long .
Al kin reeOmmembah-jes' er ram
shackle lot o. shifless 20 white trash
whut git erlong anyways { all
That's interesting" said Valiant.
SO Hickey belonged therey''
Vas. sub; nebbah d a-come down
heah 'cepin' 10 Mis- Shirley. She de
one whut fotch de MI gal outen dat
place, en- put huh wild Mis- Matte Sue,
three yeah ergo"
4 sudden color came into John Va
liants cheeks Tell me about It,"
His voice yibrated eagerly
Well. sub. continued Uncle Jeffer-
son. "dey was one o. dem lOwdown
eli's-HalfAcrers. name Greet King.
whut call hesef de mayah oh de
Dome en- he went on de rampage one
day, en- took ahtah his wife She was
er po' sickly CONAN. wild er III gal
five yeah oil by err tust husban' He
done beat huh heap o. times bcfo. but
dis time he boun ter finish huh. All
reck'n he was too drunk 70 dat. en-
she got erway en- run down heah. TT
was wintah time en- dah's snow on de
groun Dah's or road rom de Dome
dat hits de Red Road clost' ter Rose
wood-dat ar's de cambridge place
.s.s V.A aka ar
pitiful-look obstacle. 'Peahs LAX
she done put de III gal up in de
cabin lof' en- hid de laddah. en- she
mos crazy 10 feah Greet git huh. She
lef' 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 Whit
yo' reek'n Mis- Shirley dol She ain
afeahd o. nuffln on dis yerf. en- she
on'y sebenteen yeah oil den. too. She
don tell Mis- Judith-no. sub! She
run out ter de stable on saddle huh
hosa. On she gallop up dat road ter
Helrs-Half-Acre lax er shot outen or
shovel"
Valiant brought his hands together
sharply Yea. yes" he said. And
them"
When she come ter Greet Kings
cabin. he done foun' do laddah, en- one
or he foots was on do rung, He had
CT ar In he han. DE po' III gal was
peepin down thoo' de cracks o. de
10. on prayin' de bestes' she know
how She say arterwuhds dat she
rack'n dc Good Lawd sen or angel.
To- Mis- shirley were all In white
she dIdn stop ter change huh close,
She dldn' say muffin. Mis- Shirley
didn' She on'y lay huh han on Greet
Kins'a ahm. en- he look at huh face.
en- he drop he AK en- 20, Den she
ciumb de laddah en- fotch dc chile
down In huh ahms en- take huh on de
boss on come back. Dat dc way ct
happen. sub"
And Hickey was that little child"
Vas. sub. she sho' was. In de
mawuln' or posse done ride up ter
Helrs HalfAcre en- take Greet King
In, DE malah he argyfy de ease TO
do state on when he done git thoo'.
dey mos put de tow eroun' Kings
nek IN do co'ot room He done got
six yeah. en- ct mos broke de maJah's
ha'at dat dey couldn give him no
mo He wuz cert'ny or bad alg, dat
Greet wus ney say he done swan
he Ewineter % up dc malah when no
Sit out"
Such was the story which Uncle
jefferson told standing In the door,
way when his shutting step had re
treated. Valiant went 10 the table aud
picked up a slim fooled volume that
lay there Il was Lucille. which he
had found In the hall the night OF his
arrival Ne opened Il 70 page where.
preased and wrinkled but stu retain.
INK is bright rcd pigment. lay what
had been rose
Tie stood looking at n abstractedly.
bis nostrils widening TO It's crushed
spicy scent thon closed Il and slipped
t into bis pocket