The Jasper news., 1919-05-01
CHAPTER xVl-continued.
Copyright, by Irving Bachellerl

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this grave an put up the headstone an
then he tor me the story. He turned
the poor gal out O. doors. God O.
Israel 1t was in the night-yis sir
1t was In the night that he sent her
away. Goldarn him! He didn't have
no more heart than grasshopper-no,
sir-not bit. / could "a Drained him
with my shovel. but didn't.
Il found out where the gal had gone
an I follered her-yis 1 did-found
her in the poorhouse way over on
Pussley Hill-uh huh! She jes' put
her arms round my neck an cried an
cried. / guess twas cause l looked
Find o. friendly-uh huh! / toP her
she should come right over to our
house an stay jest as long rs she
wanted to as soon as she got we'll
yis, sir, did.
"She was sick all summer long
kind O out O. her head, We know, an I
used to go over hossback an take
things fer her to eat. An one day
when l was over there they was won
derin' what they was goin' to do with
an I'll be gol dummed If it didn't grab
hold o. my nose an hang on like
puppy to root. When they tried to
take 1t away 1t grabbed its fingers into
my whiskers an hollered like a pam
ther-yis, sir. Wal, ye know 1 jes'
fetched that little baby boy home in
my arms, ay uhl My wife scolded me
like Sam Hill-yis, sir-she had five
of her own. l tor her l was goin' to
take 1t back in day er two but after
1t had been in the house three days ye
: couldn't "a pulled 1t away from her
with wlndlass.
1--WE brought him up an he was al
wuss q good boy. We called him
Enoch-Enoch Rone-did ye ever hear
the name"
"'NO.'
81 didn't think twas likely but I'm
Alwuss hopin.
EARLY that fall Kate got better an
left the poorhouse afoot Went away
somewheres-nobody 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 Sllas
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 It's over
in there back O. Rates with the little
Epeckled angel on it. Nobody had seen
the squire outside O. his house for
years until the funeral-he was Grip.
pied so with rheumatic. After that he
lived all lone in the big house with oil
Tom Linney an his wife, whove
worked there for bout forty year,
guess.
wal, sir, fust we knew Kate was
there in the house livin' with her fa
tner. We wouldn't "a knowed it, then
If 1t hadn't been that Tom Linney
come over one day an said he guessed
the OIL squire wanted to see memo
sir, we wouldn't-fer the squire aim
.sOciable an the neighbors never dark
ten his door. She must a come in the
night, jest as she went-nobody SEE
her go an nobody see her come, an
that's fact. Wal, one day las fal
after the leaves was off an they coult
see a corner O. my house through tn,
bushes, Tom was walkin' the OF mai
1round the room. All to once h
stopped an p'inted at my hous
through the winder an KEEP p'Intin
Tom come over an said he ca'llate,
the squire wanted to see me. So
went there. Kate met me at the door
Gosh How old an kind O. broke dow
she looked! But l knew her the min
ute l set my eyes on her-uh huh-an
she knew me-yis, sir-she smiled an
tears come to her eyes an she pate,
any hand like she wanted to tell m
that she hadn't forgot, but she neve
said word-not a word. The o.
squire had the palsy, so t he couldn'
use his hands an his throat was para
Iyzed-couldn't speak nor nothin
Where do ye suppose he was when
found himf"
"In bed?" asked.
"No, slr-no, stree! He was In hel
that's where he was-reg'lar OIL fasl
Toned, down-east hell, burnin' with fir
an brimstun. that he'd had the agenc
for an had recommended to every sir
- ner I'm the nelghbOrhOod. He was sci
tim In his room. God o. Isr'el 70
orto a. seen the motions he made wit