Gunnison news-champion., 1919-03-14
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"-.sH Il I-.-'I II ANLy from her
alrh 81 wlndlass.
w" brought him up an he wss al
Tus- good boy. We called him
En"rh-En"ch Rone-d!d ye ever hear
Ia" nHfnrT'
"'So'
81 dIIn, rhInk twas likely but I'm
-lwu-- houiu.
"taTIy 'lat fall Earo got better an
N rA" p""rhuu-,. uru"' Went away
come. t"r'.> -l-suts know where.
~,,ar -gl! -L.-.G ,r..-~,7! rl,- l.ae IN
..." a.. .., nt'r .n'r THl state. -usur
-.la ,'-a ta.au.I nrr--rl Iy.m by
a.. %. .-,, 'nar -a..H r,u,. Nav over
p" 81 lntr.-a,. ,,..rr, nh-r.- SlIas
Nr-h' lives un. an,rr y"uuE Grim
... l.! -.''DrI o"su after D." got
.a~s,.L
"' h.gi i've yrar uc" the -quIre
o. . .. ~,.euuI y,ff,.-,h"-" fl- over
q. 70, hu,A - Kar".s Alih '!.- little
.'.! ars"I on II. N"',rGy had seen
20. ..ulrc uu's.,l - bis huusr. FOR
.a~- uuiII IA" Clu,-nl-H. was Grip
."I -" with r'auwalI. After that he
,..t al I.u" IN tl.- t.E A..-,. with uU
.m l.nury ma hls u,f.. wLn'yr
.r.,d th,Tr lor bout iu.y Year. /
'"nL .r g., we kn,u Ea:r was
u..r lu Ia, huu-. uyIu' w.rh a.- Ia
..I. w an..Hn.r "a huuu,-. II. then.
1t hadn't h,r-u that Tom I4nncy
.u.~ u'rr urn duy un. said h. -rI.-s-..d
~, col squire wnur.rI To- -., m,-uo.
.r. We nnuiIur- Ter the squire amt
.,r'ah'r ar rh, u".rN'n-. r,,-r dark
% lI- a",~. 81" uu-' u come 10 th-
.grf Ir.r o. -h" went nobody So.
rr So au uul,,dy =,,. Irr r.mD. an
a.- mrt Wal. "ur day las fall
0'l,r the Icn'.. wue IN au they could
go. ouru"E O.. ug house through the
.I-trs. lpm WAS 1.ulEIu' the nl' man
roD 20 the r"um. Nl 10 once he
.uIravI uu' pIutrI AZ my hnts.
.,.,u-n ia" wlud,r an krp' p'intln'.
ON rru" Over an said he CalInt.I
30 sq.lr. Wan srI iu SOC me. So |
,ul there. Kat" met me al the door.
.ush How old an Sind - broke down
.l" LHUird, But Eurw her the min
ltr set uy eyes on h~r-uh huh-an'
.hr knew m.-yis. str--he smiled an
aslrs com" To her eyes an she matted
ny hand llh" sh" wanted Ia tell mo
hat IA" hadn't f"rrot. but she never
.uld worI-not worI. The OF
vluIrr had The palsy. 50 I he couldn't
Isr his hands an his thront was parn-
yzcd-c"uldn't speak nor no,hin'.
Wh"r" Il" " supp"s" h" was when I
'ound himT'
"ln bcd!" ! asked.
NO. Slr-no. sI-"cl He was in hell
that's where he was-reg'lar ol fash
.ou"d. dowu.cust he'll, burnIn' with fire
,n' brImstun. that he'd had the agency
'or an had recommended Ia every sin
f''r l" tn" ncighhOrhood. He was set
's room. God o. Isr'ell You
rrto n seen the motions he made with
his hands an the way he tried TO
speak when went in there, but ali
'uu!d hear was Jest long yell an a
SiHd Of Tnttle in his throat. Heavens
an airth! how dcspertt he tried to
spit out the thing that was gnawin'
tell me. Lord God how he did work :"
"All TO once II come ncrost me what
he wnnted-qu!ck as ye could say scat.
lie wanted to have Rates headstun
took down an put nway-thnt's what
he wanted. The stun was kind o. lay
in on his stummick an painln' OF him
day an night. He couldn't stan IL.
T.. 4 n
soon an that Kate would come here
an see II an that everybody would
see her standIn' here by her own grave,
an 1t Worried him. 1t was kind o. like
fire In his belly.
81 guess. too. he couldn't bear the
idee OF layin' down fer his las sleep
beside that hell hole he'd dug fer Kate
no, sir,
wal, yc know. mister. I jes' shooh
my head an never let on that knew
wha- he meant an let him wiggle an
twist like Il worm on a hot griddle. an
bellcr like a cut bull I'll he fell back in
swoOn.
Damn him. 1t don't give him nc
rest. He tries to tell everybody he
+ccS -thatS what they say. He bel
'"rS day an night an II you go down
there he'll beller to you an you'll know
what It's about, but the others don't.
You an me are the only ones that
knows the secret, guess. Some day
lore he dies, I'm Gnin' to take up that
headstun an hide 1t, but he'll never
know it's done-no. sir-not til he
gifts to the judgment seat, anyway"
The old man rose and Strengthened
himself and blew out his breath and
brushed his hands upon his trousers
by way of stepping down into this
world again out of the close and dusty
loft OF his memory. But I called him
back.
What has become of Enoch?" I
asked.
"Wal. sir. Enoch started OF West
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