The Elbert County tribune., 1915-01-15
CHAPTER XVI.
The Green Turquoises.

Tho Green Turquoises.
Then" continued Dorcas. "Guleesh
lifted the lady to the horses back and
ieaped up before her. She put her
arms about his waist and clung 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 fying swiftly across the sea-"
Miss Dorcas," interrupted Robin in
creduously. Il didn't know that horses
could fly. I 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 fairy horne?"
I'm afraid never did
Then how do you know that it's
true?"
Fairy stories tell us SO"
oh" The child's brown eyes turned
to her eagerly. They we're interrupt
ed BY knock at the library door.
Jason entered.
Il reckon yo'se awful busy dis arter-
noon. Missyr"
Not II there is anything l can do
for you. JASON
'Emilines downstairs. You know
who Emiline is?' He paused and
glanced at Robin.
Dorcas nodded.
IF t want be inconvenIencin she'd
iike to see yo'' {
Why does she want to see me.
.Jasonr'
4 cant tell. Missy. She's des KEEP
spleadin' en- a-pieadin' fo' yo' to see
her, SO toll f,er. I'd ask yo'"
"I'Il see her And. Robin. suppose
you go with Jason for little while.
He keeps a doughnut jar in the pan
try. Make Jason tell you story. Fly
ting horses are nothing to the wonder
full things he has seen"
Emiline entered timidly and stood
aiting 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. Lawd. what whack she
hit me when toll her something's l
Thought"
She struck your" 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 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 fo' her nohow-
I'd ruther go on de streets. Mis- Went
worth. her tuqquoises am a-tu-nin'
green!"
What do you mean?"
Emiline spoke In a frightened whis-
per.
Her tuQquoises am a-turnin' green.
I 'clar' fo' Gawd. dey is."
Dorcas laughed The octoroon' s
statement was SO irrelevant 1t was al
most funny.
''Lawdy. Mis- Wentworth. don go to
laughin reckon yo' don't know what
an awful ting dat is to happen.
nebber heard tell OBJ hit but once. Hit
don happen exceptin when a womans 8
ez wicked ez de oil serpint herself,"
"Emiline, what on earth are you
talking about?'
My granny once worked TO a wick
cd iady-was back In slave days.
member hearin' her tell bout it when
I 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 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 tuqauoises was on her
neck when dey pulled her out OBJ de
Tshber-dey was green az grass-"