Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-07-26
CHAPTER xvI--continued.

then he toll me the story. lie turned
the poor gal out o. doors. God o.
Israel II was In the nlght-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. l could "a Drained him
with my shovel. but didn't.
II found out where the gal had gone
an j follered her-yls / dld-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 looked
bind 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. l 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 In my arms
an I'll be gol dummed II II didn't grab
hold o. my nose an hang on like
puppy to a root. When they tried to
take II away II grabbed Its fingers into
my whiskers an hollered like pam
ther-yis, sir. Wal, ye know jes'
fetched that little baby boy home In
my arms, ny uh! My wife scolded me
like Sam Hill-yis, sir--she had five
OF her own. I toll her l was goln' to
take II back In day er two but after
II had been In the house three days ye
couldn't "a pulled II away from her
with windlass.
ave brought him up an he was al
wuss a good boy. We called him
Enoch-Enoch Rone-did ye ever hear
the Manner
"'NO.'
II didn't think twas likely but I'm
Lwuss hopin'.
"Early that fall Kate got better an
loft the poorhouse afoOt. Went away
scmewheres-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 Silas
Wright lives an where young Grim
shaw had settled down after he got
married.
"Wal, bout i've year ago the squire
buried his second wife-there tits over
II there back o. Hates with the little
speckled angel on It. Nobody had seen
hn fol 49, ~ hi o..
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. who've
worked there for bout forty year, /
guess.
''Wal. sir. fust we knew Kate was
there In the house Twin with her IN.
ther. We wouldn't "a knowed II, then.
n II hadn't been that Tom Linney
come over one day an said he guessed
the oil squire wanted to see memo.
cir, we wouldn't-ssr 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 go an nobody see her come, an
that's fact. Wal. one day las fall
after the leaves was Off an they could
see corner o. my house through the
bushes, Tom was walkin' the oil man
round the room. All to once he
stopped an pinted at my house
through the winder an KEEP p'intin'
Tom come over an said he ca'llated
the squire wanted to see me. So |
hAr Kata ,At
Gosh! How old an kind o. broke down
abe looked! But I knew her the min
ute set my eyes on her-uh huh--an
she knew me-yls, sir-she smiled I'M
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 word. The oil
use his hands an his throat was para.
lyxed-couldn't speak nor nothin'
Where do ye suppose he was when ]
found hlmT
an bedr' / asked.
mo, sir-no, sireel He was In hell
that's where he was-reglar oil fash.
ioned. down-east hell. burnin' with fire
al TIC VI hdu tiC uBCilNy
Tor an had recommended to every sin.
her In the neighbOrhood. He was set.
tin In his room. God o. Isr'el You
orto "A seen the motions he made with
his hands an the way he tried to
speak when / went In there, but all
could hear was Jest long yell an
kind of II rattle In his throat. Heavens
en- alrth how desper!t he tried TO
spit out the thing that was gnawin'
his yitals. Ag'in an agin he'd try to
tell me. Lord God how he did work J.
"All to once 1t come acrost me what
he wanted-quck as ye could say scat,
de wanted to have Rates headstun
took down an put away-thats what
he wanted. The stun was kind o. lay
In on his stummlck an painln' of him
day an night. He couldn't stan 1t.
He knew that he was goin' to die purity
soon an that Kate Would come here
an see II an that everybody would
Bee her stnndln' here by ner own grave
sn' 1t wo ried him. 1t was kind o. like
= are In mis- belly.
ginae. LoIA he couldn't bAar the