The Idaho Republican., 1914-05-08

q hand at it myself tomorrow In
! as right as rain again now, thanks 10
Aunt Daph and the doctor. some
thing of crusty citizen, the doctor'
but he's all to the good"
A heavy step came along the porcn
and Uncle Jefferson appeared with
tray holding a covered dish Win
plate of biscuit and a round jam'pot.
Look here" said John Valiant,
had my luncheon three hours ago, I'm
being stuffed like milk-fed turkey.
The old man smiled widely. "Et's
les er lii snack er broth" he said
"Reck'n et'll kinder float eroun' de
yuddah things. Dis yeah pots dat
apple.buttah whut Miss Matte Sue
SEN yo' by Hickey Snyder"
Valiant shifted with satisfaction.
"I'm getting so confoundedly spoiled,
he said that I'm tempted to stay SICK
and do nothing but eat. BY the way
Uncle Jefferson, where did hickey
come from? Does she belong here!
mo, sub. She come fom Heirs
Half-Acre."
Whats that?"
Oats dat ornery passle O. folks
yondah on de Dome" explained un-
Gle Jefferson. "Dey's been dah longs
All kin recommembah-jes' er ram
shackle lot O. shifless po'-white trash
whut git erlong anyways t all"
That's interesting" said Valiant
80 Hickey belonged there%
"Yas, sub; nebbah d a-come down
heah 'cepiin' TO Mis- Shirley. She Do
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 1t.
His voice vibrated eagerly. -
"Well suh," continued Uncle Sener-
son, "dey was one O dem low-down
He'll g. -Half-Acrers, name Greet King,
whut call hese'f 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 op 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 fom de Dome
dat hits de Red Road clost' ter Rose
wood-dat ar's de cambridge place
en- she come dah. Reck'n she wuz er
pitiful-lookin' obstacle. 'Peahs lax
she done put de iii gal up in de
cabin lof en- hid de laddah, en- she
mos crazy fo' feah Greet git huh. she
lef' he huntin' fo' 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' reckn Mis- Shirley do? She ain
afeahd O. muffin on dis yerf, en- she
on'y sebenteen yeah OF den, too. She
dom tell Mis- Judith-no, sub! She
run out ter de stable en- saddle huh
boss, en- she gallop up dat road ter
HelPs-Half-Acre lax er shot outen er
shovel"
Valiant brought his hands together
sharply. "Yes, yes" he said. "And
them"
When she come ter Greet Kings
cabin, he done foun' de laddah, en- one
er he foots was on de rung. He had
er ak in he han. De po' lii gal was
peepin down thoo' de cracks o de
flo, en- prayin' de bestes' she know
how. She say arterwuhds dat she
reck'n de Good Lawd SEN er angel,
TO- Mis- Shirley were all in white
she didn' stop ter change huh close.
She didn' say muffin, Mis- Shirley
didn' She on'y lay huh han on Greet
Kings ahm, en- he look at huh face,
en- he drop he ak en- go. Den she
clumb de laddah en- fotch de chile
down in huh aims en- take huh on de
hoss en- come back. Dat de way ct
happen, sub"
And Hickey was that little child"
"Yas, sub, she sho' was. In de
mawnin' er posse done ride up ter
Helps-HalfAcre en- take Greet King
in. De majah he argyfy de case fo'
de State, en- when he done git thoo',
dey mos put de tow eroun' Kings
nek in de 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'n'y er bad aigS dat
Greet wuz Dey say he done sT'ah
he gwineter do up de maiah when he
git out M4
Such was the story which Uncle,
Jefferson told, standing In the door \
way. When his shuffling step had re-
treated, Valiant went to thetable and
picked up slim tooled vCsme that
lay there. 1t was Lucille, which he
had found in the hall the night of his
arrival He opened it to page Where,
pressed and wrinkled but still reain-
ing it's bright red pigment, lay What
had been rose. @#
He stood looking at 1t abstracteily,
his nostrils widening to its crushed
spicy scent, then closed it and slipped
1t into his pocket.
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