The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-22

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1T seemed 10 me, Abe, as wen as
could hear. that he got yeu tangled uI
a little, First you said the last time
you laid eyes ON Craig was here at the
pfgpen, an next you said it was at the
fence you was buildin'- I knoWed yot1
was wrong about the pigpen statement
fer eff Craig had rid By here would
have seed i'm. Besides, he wouldn't
ride so fur out o. his way unless he
had some'n' powerful important to say.
You see, Abe, dar1in', right thar you
be in danger, fer you are sort o Hishy-
washy an careless in yore statements,
Ef Daniel does summon you to testify
about Susy an Craig you'll have to be
powerful careful, fer a sharp lawyer
VIII do his level best to mix you up,
an when a'body is under oath on the
stand they have to know what they are
talkin' about. You remember how help
less you was when you was convicted
that time
Fulton rose elumsily to his feet He
stepped down outside and moved across
the grass to the wash bench Wonder
ing over his unexpected silence, his
wife followed, tiptoeing softly to his
side. The red light Of the burning pine
sticks in the chimney behind streamed
out on the black forest in front of
Them She put her hand on his arm
and held it, but he said nothing Sud
denly he started, uttered a gasp and
cried:
Look! What's that comm this way +?
IT'S man on boss! Great God-it's' -
q faint nothin,, p the woman said as
eoothingly as If he were child fright
ened by dreams a1t's jest yofe fancy
I've been talkfn too much about
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mel God have mercyI Drive i'm OFF,
Don't be silly. Abe. sweetheart"
The woman put her arms around his
neck. 1T amt nothin' but yore fancy.
rive seed sights out Or the common my
sesf, but that amt nothin'. We've been
taIkin' so much about KILN an hang
fn' an the like that you are plum up
Aset Set down on the bench. It's cool
here III put up the things an come
back
Obeyfng her as a child might and
trembling from head to foot, he sat
down. She left him and went in to her
work. She held a cup in fixed hands,
stared into the IRE and cried:
tsOh, my Lordl Lord have mercy! I
understand it now. Pore. pore Abel
Lord a. mercy-haFe merey!I -
Cora Langham greeted her mother
aTectionately on the return of the lat
ter from two day visit to Atlanta
Glow did you find the house r. Cora
asked tndinerently-
aOh, all right. but the grass has suf-
Tered IN the front yard It looks dry
and parched I found out one particu-
lar thing that set my mind at rest. .
WHAT was that, mother?7
ssYou know, I guess Mrs. Langham
replied t'Why, found that we have
not been connected in the slightest
with that Howard Tipsley affair. Even
your father did not mention it. / de
ternined to see if people were talking,
and found that not one word had been
said. You know, IL there was any Cos
sip Cousin lilly would have heard it
md brought it Straight TO me; but I
didn't mention it. I LET it worry me
entirely too much Very few happened
to see the notice Of towards visit to
rs. Is there any fresh news about
him -
4Fot1ing particular Gera- answered.
Then he hasn't owned up YETI,
40, and from what some of his best
2rfends say be never Will Mother, you
ramember Nary Trumbley ~
/ Yea, Of course. What about hertz
r+TheT say she is most remarkable
kirz." CoFass eyes were now stealthily
probing her mothers face. Frank
Raymond was telling me about her.
lie can't talk of anything else. You
knew she went to work on Howard's
NapeE, dtdust your"
81 tatnk heard You say something
about e But what OF that7''
dn1liea are saying her work is wonder
4u1-sEmp9Y wonderful People here 10
town, too, ana all through the country
are adm4rfng it. I've just been reading
one Of her editorials. I can tell which
are hers They really are good, The
style 1s smooth, direct and beautiful
They arc fun of high ideals. Some are
like essays Of the best class. She
mother, she has stuck to Howard from
the first day of-of his great trouble.
Frank Raymond says that there has
not been a single issue of the paper
which has not contained a strong arti-
Gle from her about-about the inIiu.
manfty OF accusing a person falsely.
He says Frank says-that her articles
ara beginning to have a wonderful ct
feet on public opinion People are not
20 sure now that Howard has not told
the truth all along. His ffiends-his
tEue girl frfends-are sending him dow
eEs and notes of encouragement, and
even strangers are writing him kind,
hopeful letters
s-sVell, that's all right Mrs. Fang.
hazn said coldIy. Even If he is found
guilty at his trial it will be a comfort
10 Mary to know that she did so much
for him"
"But he may not be found guilty. In
fact, many now don't believe he will.
They say that no guilty man could
stand up as Howard is doing under
such q charge and put such a bEaYe
face on the matter. They are reading
what he writes and saying that his ar
tfeles don't sound as if they came from
"a guilty person. 1t is all due toto