Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-20
AUTHOR or
e5EN HOLDER. DRi AND .DARRfL or THE BLESSED ISLES
kIEPINo UP WITH LIZZIE. ETC. ETC

GbEN huLpEfs, Uh AND |. i
kEEPIN0 UP VIII
June, an II I didn't Know where She
lived I'd be 'shamed of It. Do you see
that big house down there In the
trees?"
could see the place at which he
pointed far back from the village street
In the valley below us, the house near
iy hidden by tall eyergreens.
YES" / answered.
"Wal that's the Squire Fullerton
place-he's Kate's father"
docs the squire live thereT
mo, slr--not eggzac'ly. He's dyin'
tbere--been dyln' there for two year
cr more. BY gosh It's wonderful how
hard tis fer some folks to quit breath
IN. Say, be you any o his familyY
"No."
."Nor no friend o. his?"
sNor
Course not. He never had friend
In his life-t0o meant He's too mean
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 little.
Sny, mister, be you In a hurry?
mo-"
"Say, hitch yer boss an come in
here. ! want to show ye suthin'."
dismounted and hitched my horse
TO the fence and followed him into the
old churchyard, between weather.
stained messy headstones and 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 lichens and all In commemoratlon
OF departed Tullertons.
"say, look a. Tint" snld my guide as
he pulled aside the stem Of leafy
bricr red with roses. "Jest read that.
mister"
My keen eyes slowly spelled out the
time-worn words on 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 grace"
A dark shadow fell upon the house
OF my soul and heard loud rapplng
ut Its door which confused me until,
looking out, snw the strange truth OF
the matter. Rose leaves and blossoms
seemed to be trying to hide 1t with
their beauty, but In vnin.
IT understand said.
"No We don't Leastways I don't be-
iicve ye do--not correct. Squire Full |
icrton dug a grave here an had an
empty coffin put into 1t away back In
1906 II means that he wanted every
body to understan' that his girl was
Jest the same as dead to him an to |
God. Say, he knew all about Gods |
wishes--that man. Goshl He has |
sent more folks to hell than there are
In 1t, guess. Say, mister, do ye know
why he sent her there?"
shook my head.
"Yls We do, too. It's the same oil |
thing that's been sendln' women to
hell ever since the world begun. Ye |
know hell must a been the invention
of O man-that's sartIn--an' IL was
mostly fer women an chlldren--that's |
sartiner--an' fer al the men that
didn't agree with him. Set down here
an I'll tell ye the hull story. My days !
work Is done"
We sat down together and he went |
on as follows:
"Dld We ever see Kate Fullerton?"
Eyes"
"No We didn't, nuther. Yer too young.
Mebbe ye seen her when she was old
an broke down, but that want Kate
mo more'n I'm Bill Tweedy. which /
amt. Kate was as handsome as q
golden robin Hair yeller as his breast
mn feet as spry as his wings an
voice as sweet as his song, an eyes as
bright as hls'n-yls, slr--ye couldn't
beat her fer looks. That was years
md 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
an no mistake. Course The
squire married agln but the new wife
want no kind OF mother TO the girl,
nm you know, mister. there was q
young scoundrel here by the name o.
Erimshaw. His father was q rich man
the cooper shop an the saw
mill an the tannery an a LOT o. cleared
and down In the valley. He KEEP COM
Dny with her fer two or three year.
Then all Of sudden folks began to
alk--the women In partlciar. Ye
NOW men invented hell an women
seep up the fire. Kate didn't look right
q 'em. Fust we knew, young Grim
hnw had dropped her an was keepin'
omp'ny with another gal-yls, sir. Do
Q know why7"
Before could answer he went on:
"No ye don't--leastway | don't be-
lere We DO. 1t was cause her father
las richer'n the squire an had prom
sed his sal ten thousan' dollars the
AZ <lip vns married. All OF q sud