The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09
CHAPTER XVI.
The Green 1urouoiaes.

The Green Turquoises.
Then" continued Dorcas, "Guleesh
lifted the lady to the horses back and
Aaped up before her. She put her
arms about his waist and clung to
him tightly. Rise. horse. rise,' he
DRIED. 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. thought they trotted on
tho streets like this" The boy slipped
down from his chair and kicked with
his heels upon the floor.
'9uleesh's horse had wings-all
fairy horses have wings" Dorcas
laughed.
Did you ever see fairy horse!"
I'm afraid | never did
Then how do you know that it's
rue,'
Fairy stories tell US So"
Oh" The childs brown eyes turned
TO her eagerly. They we're interrupt
cd by q knock At the library door
Jason entered.
4 reckon yo'se awful busy dis arter.
noon, Missy"
Not II there is anything ! can do
for you, JASON
"Emiline's downstairs You know
who Emiline is:' He paused and
glanced at Robin.
Dorcas nodded.
~csA
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' 70 yo' to see
her, 70 toll her, I'd ask yo'.'
I'll see her. And. Robin. suppose
you 20 with Jason for q little while.
He keeps a doughnut Jar in the pan
try. Make Jason tell you story. Fly
ing horses are nothing to the wonder
full things he has seen"
Emiiine entered timidly and stood
Ating until Dorcas pointed to a
chair. She was neatlooking yellow
girl but there was a worried look on
her good-natured face.
Anything wrong, Emiline?" asked
Dorcas.
Wrong Eberytings wrong, Mis-
Wentworth. Use lef Miss Paget TO
good en- an. Lawd, what whack she
hit me when | toll her something's |
thought
She struck you Dorcas stared
at the girl in astonishment
Deed, Mis- Wentworth, she struck
me hard, straight cross my mouf wild
her han, ] could take de law to her
reckon, en- git damages. but / 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 euqquoises am a-turnin'
green
What do you mean."
Emiline spoke In a frightened whis.
Her tuqquoises am a-turnin' green,
'clar' 70 Gawd. dey is."
Dorcas laughed. The octoroon' q
statement was SO irrelevant 1t was al
hobt luHuy.
"Lawdy. Mis- Wentworth, don 60 to
laughin' reckon yo' don't know what
An awful ting dat is to happen. l
uebber heard tell OBJ hit but once. Hit
don happen exceptin' when a woman's
ex wicked ez de of serpint herself"
Emiline. what on earth are you
talking about?''
My granny once worked TO wick
I'd lady-was back in slave days.
member hearin her tell bout it when
was a 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 OF 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 grasa"