American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-04-11

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1--WE lived seventy-two years
this hill come the fourteenth day o
June, an II / didn't know where she
lived I'd be 'shamed Of II. Do you see
that big house down there In the
trees?'
l could see the place at which ne
pointed far back from the village street
in the valley below US, the house near-
ly hidden by tall e~yergreens.
eyes" I answered.
"Wal, that's the Squire Fullerton
place-he's Kate's father"
"DOes the squire live theref'
mo, sir-n0t eggZac'ly. He's dyin'
tbere-been dyln' there for two year
er more. BY gosh RS wonderful how
hard tits fer some folks to quit breath
In. Say, be you any o his familyF"
mo"
"Nor no friend o. his?'
mol"
course not. He never had a friend
In his llfe-too mean! He's too mean
to die, mister-toO mean fer hell an L
wouldn't wonder-honest, I wouldn't
mebbe that's why God is keepln' him
here-jest to meiler him up a little.
Say, mister, be you in a hurry2"
"No."
"Say, hitch yer boss an come In
here. / want to show We suthln'."
I dlsmounted and hltched my horse
to the fence and followed him into the
old ch~urchyard, 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 buryln' begun"
said my guide. '"The first hole in the
Eill was dug for n Fullerton"
There were many small monuments
and slabs of marble-some spotted
| with lichens and all In commemoration
Of departed Fullertons.
"Say, look a. that" said my guide as
he pulled aside the stem of a leafy
brier red with roses. "Jest read that,
mister"
My keen eyes slowly spelled out the
tlme-worn words on a slab Of stained
marble:
Sacred to the memory Of
Katherine Fullerton
1787-1806
proclaim his Word In every place
That they are lead who fall from grace"
A dark shadow fell upon the house
of my soul and I heard a loud rapping
at its door which confused me until,
looking out, l saw the strange truth OF
the matter. Rose leaves and blossoms
seemed to be trying to hide 1t with
their beauty, but in vain.
81 understand" l said.
"No We don't. Leastways l don't be.
Ileve we dO-not correct. Squire Full
lerton dug a grave here an had M
empty coffin put into 1t away back II
1906. 1t means that he wanted every
body to understan' that his girl wa:
lest the same as dead to him an t.
God. Say, he knew all about God!
wishes-that man. Gosh! He ha.
sent more folks to hell than there ar,
In 1t, l guess. Say, mister, do We know
why he sent her there2"
l shook my head.
"Yis We do, too. It's the same ol
thing that's been sendin' women +
hell ever since the world begun. Y
know hell must "a been the inventiOI
of n man-that's sartin-an' it wa
mostly fer women an children-that'
sartlner-an' fer all the men tina
didn't agree with him. Set down her
an I'll tell We the hull story. My day
work Is done"
We sat down together and he wer
on as follows:
"Did We v e see Kate Fullerton"
"Yes."
mo We didn't, nuther. Yer too younj
Mebbe We seen her when she was oil
an broke down, but that want Kat
mo more'n I'm Bill Tweedy, which
amt. Kate was as handsome as
golden robin. Hair yeller as his brea'
an feet as spry as his wings an
voice as sweet as his song, an eyes {
bright as his'n-yis, sir-ye couldn
heat her fer looks. That was yea
and years ago. Her mother died whC
Kate was ten year old-there's h,
grave in there with the sickle an II
Sheaf an the portry on it. That WI
unfort'nlt an no mistake. Course Il
squire married ag'in hut the new wi
wn'n't no kind of Il mother to the gll
an you know, mister, there was
young scounGrel here by the name
Grimshaw. His father was a rich mc
owned the cooper shop an the sa,
mill an the tanncry an n lot O. clearC
land down in the valley. He KEEP cor
p'ny with her fer two or three yea
Then all of n sudden folks began
talk-the women in particular. !
know men invented hell an won,
keep up the fire. Kate didn't look rig
TO 'em. Fust we knew, young Grir
shaw had dropped her an was keepi
comp'ny with another gal-yis, sir. L
We know whyT'
Before l could answer he went on
mo We don't-leastways l don't b
lieve We do. 1t was cause her faith