The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-10-22
CHAPTER XVII.
The Green Turquoises.

The Green Turquoises.
Then" continued Dorcas, "Guleesh
lifted 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, Il didn't know that horses
could fly. l thought they trotted on
the streets like this" The boy slipped
down from his chair and kicked with
his heels upon the floor.
"Guleesh's horse had wings-all
fairy horses have WINGS" Dorcas
laughed.
Did you ever see a fairy horse?"
I'm afraid l never did"
Then how do you know that it's
true?"
Fairy stories tell US So"
ooh" The child's brown eyes turned
to her eagerly. They were interrupt
ed by a knock at the library door.
Jason entered.
81 reckon yo'se awful busy dis AFTER
noon, Missy?''
Not If there is anything 1 can do
for you, Jason"
"Emiline's downstairs. You know
who Emiline is?" He paused and
glanced at Robin.
Dorcas nodded.
eff t want be inconveniencin' she'd
like to see yo'."
why does she want to see me,
Jason?"
Il can't tell, Missy. She's des KEEP
a-pleadin' en- a-pleadin' To- yo to see
her, so l toll her, I'd ask yo'."
I'll see her. And, Robin, suppose
you go with Jason for little while.
He keeps q doughnut Jar in the pam
try. Make Jason tell you story. Fly
ing horses are nothing to the wonder
full things he has seen."
Emiline entered timidly and stood
Waiting until Dorcas pointed to a
chair. She was a neat-looking yellow
girl, but there was worried look on
her good-natured face.
Anything wrong, Emiline?" asked
Dorcas.
Wrong! Eberyt'ing's wrong, Mis-
Wentworth. Use lef Miss Paget TO-
good en- all. L4awd, what whack she
hit me when I toll her something's
thought"
"She struck you?" Dorcas stared
at the girl in establishment.
deed, Mis- Wentworth, she struck
me hard. straight cross my mouf wild
her han l could take de law to her,
reckon, en- git damages, but l amt
a-goin' to. Use scared to death OBJ
havin' anything to do wild her." The
girls face seemed to whiten, and she
clasped her hands in an agony of ter
ror. Il wouldn't wuk TO- her nohow-
I'd ruther go on de streets. Mis- Went
worth, her tuQquoises am a-turnin'
green!"
What do you mean?"
Emilne spoke in q frightened whis-
per.
Her tuqquoises am a-turnin' green.
'clar' fo' Gawd, dey isl"
Dorcas laughed. The octorocn's
statement was so irrelevant 1t was al
most funny.
'Lawdy, Mis- Wentworth, don go to
laughin'. l reckon yo' don't know what
an awful ting dat is to happen. l
nebber heard tell OBJ hit but once Hit
don happen exceptin' when a woman's
ez wicked ez de OF serpint herself"
''Emiline, what on earth are you
talking about?"
MY granny once worked TO- wick
ed lady-was back in slave days. !
member hearin' her tell bout it when
] was little gal. Her Misses was
an army lady, rich en- beautiful ez
could be, but she done hated her hus-
band en- der was anodder man she
was sho' sot arter. Her husband, de
fine OIL army man, he died sudden one
night. She had er necklace on, de
bluest tuqquoises yo' ebber see, en- de
next day dey turned green. Den dey
found out she'd poisoned him. Dey
would have hung her, but she drowned
herself. De tuqQuoises was on her
neck when dey pulled her out OBJ de
ribber-dey was green as grass"
Dorcas shivered "Emiline, what
has this to do with Miss Paget?"
The girls eyes grew round with ter
ror.
"She had er necklace oh de SWEETEST
tuuquoises glib her a month ago by a
gemman. She's always gittin' pres
ents firm gemmen. Dey was ez pale
blue ez de sky when she got dem. She
wears dem all de time. day and night
You see dem on her when she was
actin'?"
Dorcas nodded.
She nebber takes dem on. One
day toll her dey want near ez blue
eE deg used to be. She took dem to
q 5aweler man en- he'd dem cleaned. Hit
didn't do dem a mite OBJ good Dis