The diamond drill., 1919-03-15
Of my soul apq J heard p loud rappIns
~ Ifs door which confused me until

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* its door which confused me until
looking out. saw the strange truth 10
the matter. Rose leaves and blossoms
seemed to be trying to hide It with
their beauty. but In vain.
'T understand" said.
mo We don't. Leastways don't be-
lieve We do-not correct. Squire Full
lerton dug a grave here an had an
empty coffin put into II away back In
1900. 1t means that he wanted every
body to understan' that his girl was
Test the same as dead TO him an TO
God. Say, he knew all about Gods
wishes-that man. GOSH He has
sent more folks to hell than there are
In II. guess. Say. mister, do ye know
why he sent her therer"
shook my head.
"Yis We do. too. It's the same OIL
thing that's been sendin' women to
hell ever since the world begun. Ye
know hell must "a been the invention
of n man-that's sartin-an' IL was
mostly fer women an children-that's
sartiner-an' fer all the men that
didn't agree with him. Set down here
an I'll tell We the hull story. My days
work Is DONE"
We sat down together and he went
on as follows:
.Did We ever see Kate Fullerton
EYES,"
mo We didn't, nuther. Yer too young.
Mebbe We seen her when she was old
an broke down. but that want Kate
mo more'n I'm Bill Tweedy, which 1
ain't. Kate was as handsome as a
golden robin. Hair yeller as his breast
an feet as spry as his wings an q
voice as sweet as his song, an eyes as
bright as his'n-yis, sir-ye couldn't
beat her fer looks. That was years
and years ago. Her mother died when
Kate was ten year old-there's her
grave In there with the sickle an the
sheaf an the portry on 1t. That was
unfort'nit an no mistake. Course the
squire married agin but the new wife
want no kind of mother to the girl.
an you know. mister. there was a
young scoundrel here by the name O.
Grlmshaw. His father was rich man
l--ownod the cooper shop an the saw
mill an the tannery an a lot o. cleared
land down in the valley. He KEEP com
p'ny with her fer two or three year.
Then all OF sudden folks began to
talk-the women In particlar. Ye
know men Invented hell an women
keep up the fire. Kate didn't look right
10 'em. Fust we knew, young Grim
shaw had dropped her an was keepin'
comp'ny with another gal-yis. sir. DO
ye know whyf"
| Before | could answer he went on:
"No ye don't-leastway ] don't be-
lieve We do. 1t was cause her father
was richer'n the squire an had prom
ised his gal ten thousan' dollars the
day she was married. All OF sud-
den Kate disappeared. We didn't know
what had happened fer long time.
"one day the oil squire got me to dig
this grave an put up the headstone an'
then he tol me the story. He turned
the poor gal out o. doors. God o.
Israel II was In the night--yis, sir
Il was in the night that he sent her
away. Goldarn him He didn't have
no more heart than grasshopper-no
sir-not a bit. l could "a Drained him
with my shovel. but / didn't.
81 found out where the gal had gone
an ! follered her-yis i 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 I looked
kind o. friendly-uh huh toll her
she should come right over to our
house an stay jest as long as 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, ye know, an
used TO go over hossback an take
things fer her TO eat. An one day
when ! was over there they was won
derin' what they was goin' to do with
her little baby. / took II I'm my arms