The diamond drill., 1919-03-22
AUTHOR or
6BEN HOLDEN D'Ri AND l. DARRfL or The BLESSED ISLES
KEEPING UP WITH LIZZIE. ETC. ITc
AUHos Or

wuss good boy. We called him
Enoch--Enoch Rone-did ye ever hear
the nameT"
'"No.
81 didn't think twas likely but I'm
Rlwuss hopin'.
''Early that fail Kate got better an
left the poorhouse afoot Went away
somewheres-nobo knew where.
Some said she'd crossed the lake an
gone away over into York state. some
said she'd drowned herself. By'm by
we heard that she'd gone way over
Into st. Lawrence county where Silas
Wright lives an where young Grim
shaw had settled down after he got
married.
'Wal, bout five year ago the squire
buried his second wife-there 'tis over
In there back o. Kate's with the little
speckled angel on It, Nobody had seen
the squire outside o. his house for
years until the funernl-he was Grip
pied so with rheumatic. After that ne
lived all lone I'm the big house with OF
Tom Llnney an his wife. who've
worked there for bout forty year,
guess.
"Wal. sir, fust we knew Kate was
there in the house livin' with her fa-
ther. We wouldn't "A knowed 1t, then,
lf IL hadn't been that Tom Linney
come over one day an said he guessed
the oil squire wanted 10 see memo,
sir, we wouldn't-fer the squire amt
sociable an the neighbors never dark
en his door. She must "a come In the
night, jest as she went-nobody see
her 90 an nobody see her come, an
that's a fact. Wal. one day las fall
nfter the leaves was or an they could
see corner o my house through the
bushes, Tom was walkin' the OF man
round the room. All 20 once he
stopped an pinted at my house
through the winder an KEEP p'intin'.
Tom come over an said he callated
the squire wanted TO see me. So /
went there. Kate met me at the door
Gosh How old an kind o. broke down
she looked But knew her the min
nte set my eyes on her--uh huh-an'
she knew me-yis, sir-she smiled an
tears come to her eyes an she patted
my hand like she wanted TO tell me
that she hadn't forgot, but She never
said word-not a word. The oil
squire had the palsy, so I he couldn't
use his hands an his throat was para
lyzed-couldn't speak nor nothin'.
Where do ye suppose he was when l
found hlm2"
In bedT l asked.
mo, slr-no, siree He was I'm hell
that's where he was-reg'lar OF fash
loned, down-east hell, burnin' with fire
an brlmstun, that he'd had the agency
FOR an had recommended TO every sin
ner In the nelghborhood. He was set
TIM In his room. God o. Isr'ell You
orto "a seen the motions ne made with
mis- hands an the way he tried 70
speak when | went I'm there, but all
could hear was jest long yell an a
Kind OF rattle I'm his thront. Heavens
an airth how desperlt he tried tc
spit out the thing that was gnnwin
his vitals. Ag'ln an ng'in he'd try tc
tell me. Lord God how he did work J
"All to once Il come acrost me what
he wnnted-quick as We could say scat
lie wanted TO have Kate's headstur
took down an put away-thats wha
ne wanted. The stun was kind o. lay
in on his stummick an palnln' OF hin
day an night. He couldn't stan II
He knew that he was goin' 60 die purt!
soon an that Kate would come here
an see II an that everybody woul'
see her standin' here by her own grave
an Il worried him. Ii was kind o. lik'
a fire I'm his belly.
'I guess. too. he couldn't bear tn
idee OF layin' down fer his las sleel
beside that hell hole he'd dug fer Kat
no, sir
"Wai, ye know. mister, ! ieS shoo
my head an never let on that | kney
what he meant an let him w!ggle ar
twist like worm on hot grlddle. an
heller like a cut bull til he fell back 4
a swoon.
damn hlmi it don't give him n
rest. He tries 20 tell everybody h
sees-that's what they say. lie be
lers day an night an IL you 20 dow
there he'll beller 10 you an you'll kno'
what It's about, but the others don't.
"You an me are the only ones thI
knows the secret, / guess. Some da.
fore he dies, I'm goin' TO take mp this
headstun an hide II, but he'll neve
know it's done--no. sir--not til
gits to the judgment seat. anyway"
The old man rose and straightenC
himself and blew out his breath an
brushed his hands upon his trousei
by way OF stepping down into Oh
world again out OF the close and dust
loft of his memory. But called hi
back.
what has become of EnochT
asked.
"wal. sir. Enoch started of We
bout three year ago an we aln't hear
a word from him since that day--naI
a word, mister. suppose we viii son
time. He grew into good man, bl