The Yale expositor., 1919-04-10

DO you knOW where hhte fuis1ftvs
lives? asked.
swell, it's purity likely that do" he
answered as he stood resting on his
srath. "Pve lived seventy-two years
on this hill come the fourteenth day o.
June, an If l didn't know where she
lived I'd be 'shamed of [. Do you sec
that big house down there IN tt'
trees?"
l could see the place at which ne
pointed far back from the village street
In the valley below us. the house y ear
ly hidden by tall evergreens.
EYES," answered.
"Wal, that's the Squire Fullerton
place-he's Hates father"
"Does the squire live there?"
mo, sir-not eggzac1y. He's dyin'
tbere-been dyin' there for two year
er more. BY gosh It's wonderful hoH
hard tits fer some folks to quit breath
in. Say, be you any o. his fsmi'yT
"No."
"Nor no friend o. his?'
"Nol"
Course not. He never had a frien<
In his life-tOo meant He's too meas
to die, mister-too mean fer hell an ]
wouldn't wonder-hOnest, / wouldn't
mebbe that's why God is keepin' him
here-jest to meller him up a little
Say, mister, be you in surry?"
"NO."
"Say, hitch yer boss an come iB
here. want to show = sutAin."
Ismounted and hitched my horse
old churchyard. between weather.
stained messy headstones ami graves
overgrown with wild roses. Near the
far end of these thick-sOwn acres he
stopped.
"Here's where the buryin' begun"
said my guide. "The first hole in the
Hill was dug for Fullerton"
There were many small monuments
and slabs of marble-some spotted
with llchens and all in commemOration
or departed Fullertons.
"Say, look a that" said my guide as
he pulled aside the stem of a leafy
brier red W tn roses. "Jest read that
mister"
Ny keen eyes slowly spelled out the
time-worn words on a slab Of stained
MARBLE:
Sacred TO the memory OF
Katherine Fullerton
| 17S7-1s06
proclaim his Word in every place
That they are dead who fall from krace.
A dark shadow fell upon the house
of my soul and l heard loud rtbpins
at its door which confused me 3ntll
looking out. saw the strange truth OF
the matter. Rose leaves and blossoms
seemed to be trying to hide 1t with
their beauty, but in vain.
az understand" said.
"Nc We don't. Leastways 1 don't be
lieve We do-not correct. Squire Full
lerton dug a grave here an had ar
empty coffin put into II away back il
1906. 1t means that he wanted every
body to understan' that his girl wa,
Jest the same as dead to him an t.
God. Say, he knew all about Godt
wishes-that man. Gosh! He hai
sent more folks to hell than there ar,
in 1t, guess. Say, mister, do We know
why he sent her therer
| shook my head.
"Yis We do, too. It's the same Of
thing that's been sendin' women t.
hell ever since the world begun. Y,
know hell must "a been the invention
of a man-that's sartin--an' ii wal
mostly fer women an children-thati
sartiner-an' fer all the men that
didn't agree with him. Set down here
an I'll tell We the hull story. My day.
work is DONE"
We sat down together and he wen
on as follows:
"Did ye ever see Kate FullertonT
eyes"
mo We didn't, nuther. Yer too youns
Mebbe We seen her when she was ole
an broke down, but that want Kat,
no more'n I'm Bill Tweedy, which ]
amt. Kate was as handsome as 9
golden robin. Hair yeller as his breast
an feet as spry as his wings an a
voice as sweet as his song, an eyes al
bright as his'n-yis, sir--ye couldn't
DtdL ntI ltI lOOhSs liiit WIS year.
and years ago. Her mother died when
Kate was ten year old-there's hel
grave In there with the sickle an the
sheaf an the portry on 1t. That wa,
unfOrt'nit an no mistake. Course the
squire married ag'ln but the new wife
want no kind of mother to the girl
an you know, mister, there was q
young scoundrel here by the name o
Grimshaw. His father was rich man
owned the cooper shop an the saw
mill an the tannery an lot o. cleared
land down in the valley. He KEEP com
p'ny with her fer two or three year,
Then all of a sudden folks began II
talk-the women in particular. W
know men invented hell an womeu
keep up the fire. Kate didn't look right
to 'em. Fust we knew, young Grim
shaw had dropped her an was keepin