Manchester Democrat., 1919-03-19
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IN TIE PLFARIN6''
A TALE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY
IN THE TINE OF SILAS WRIGHT
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Of my soul and I heard loud rappinl
at its door which confused me until
looking out. I saw the strange truth o
the matter. Rose leaves and blossoms
seemed to be trying to hide 1t witt
their beauty, but in vain.
" understand" said.
mo ye don't. Leastways I don't be
lieve ye do-not correct. Squire Full
lerton dug a grave here an had al
empty coffin put into 1t away back IL
1906. It means that he wanted every
body to understan' that his girl wal
Jest the same as dead to him an II
God. Say, he knew all about God'I
wishes-that man. Gosh! He hal
sent more folks to hell than there ar,
in 1t, I guess. Say. mister, do ye know
why he sent her there?"
shook my head.
"Yis ye do. too. It's the same ol
thing that's been sendin' women tt
hell ever since the world begun. Y,
know hell must "a been the inventor
of a man-that's sartin-an' 1t wal
mostly fer women an children-that'l
sartiner-an' fer all the men thai
didn't agree with him. Set down hert
an I'll tell ye the hull story. My day.
work is DONE"
We sat down together and he went
on as follows:
''Did ye ever see Kate Fullertonr
eyes"
mo ye 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
an feet AZ spry as his wings an q
voice a. sweet % his song, an eyes q
bright a. 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
shsaf an the portry on It. That was
unfort'nit an no mistake. Course the
squire married ag'in 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.
Grlmshaw. His father was rich man
owned the cooper shop an the saw
mill an the tannery an q 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 IRE. Kate didn't look right
to 'em. Fust we knew, young Grim
shaw had dropped her an was keepin'
comp'ny with another gal-yts. cir. Do
ye know why1"
Before could answer he went ont
mo ye don't-leastways ] don't b.
neve ye do. 1t was cause her father
was richer'n the squire an had prom
ised his gal ten thopsan' dollars the
day she was married. All Of sud-
den Kate disappeared. We didn't know
what had happened fer a long time.
Zone day the Of squire got me to dig
this grave an put up the headstone an
then he top me the story. He turned
the poor gal out o. doors. God O.
Israeli It was in the night-yis, sir
it was in the night that he sent her
away. Goldarn him! He didn't have
no more heart than grasshopper-no,
sir-not bit. I could "a Drained him
with my shovel. but I didn't.
II found out where the gal had gone
an I 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 looked
lind o. friendly-uh huh! I 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, I did.
"She was sick all summer long
kind O. out O. her head, ye know, an l
used to 60 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. I took 1t in my arms
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