Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-02-28

brier 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
1887 1906
proclaim his Word in every place
That they are dead who fall from grace. "
A dark shadow fell upon tie house
of my soul and / heard loud rappinG
at its door which confused me until,
looking out, saw the strange truth Of
the matter. Rose leave- and blossoms
seemed to be trying to hide 1t with
their beauty, but In vain.
IT understand" I said.
mo We don't. Leastways don't be.
lieve We dO-not correct. Squire Full.
lerton dug a grave here an had an
empty coffin put into it away back In
1906. 1t means that he wanted every
body to understan' that his girl was
. Test the same as dead to him an to
God. Say, he knew all about Gods
wishes-that man. Gosh! He has
sent more folks to hell than there are
In 1t, guess. Say, mister, do ye know
why he sent her there?"
l shook my head.
"Yls We do, too. It's the same OF
thing that's been sendin' women to
hell ever since the world begun. Ye
know hell must "a been the invention
Of a man-thats sartin-an' 1t was
mostly fer women an children-that's
sartiner-an' fer all the men that
didn't agree with him. Set down here
an I'll tell We the hull story. My days
work is done"
We sat down together and he went
on as follows:
ibid We ever see Kate Fullerton
"Yes."
mo We didn't, nuther. Yer too young,
Mebbe We seen her when she vas old
an broke down, but that want Kate
no more'n I'm Bill Tweedy, which
amt. Kate was as handsome as a
golden robin. Hair yeller as his breasS
an feet as spry as his wings an a
voice as sweet as his song, an eyes nc
bright as his'n-yis, slr-ye couldn't
beat her fer looks That was years
and years ago. Her mother died wnen
Kate was ten year old-there's her
grave In there with the sickle an the
sheaf 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 a mother to the GIRL
an you know, mister, there was a
young scoundrel here by the name O.
Grimshaw. His father was rich man
owned the cooper shop an the saw
mill an the tannery an lot O. cleared
land down in the valley. He KEEP COM
p'ny with her fer two or three year.
Then all of a sudden folks began to
talk-the women In particular. Ye
know men invented hell an women
keep I'D the fire. Kate didn't look right
to 'em. Fust we knew, young Grim
shaw had dropped her an was keepln'
comp'ny with another gal--yis, sir. Do
ye know why7"
Before / could answer he went on:
mo We don't-leastway I don't be-
leve We do. 1t was cause her father
was rlcher'n the squire an had prom
Used his gal ten thousan' dollars the
day she was married. All Of sud-
den Kate disappeared. We didn't know
what had happened fer long time.
zone day the OIL 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.
Israel 1t was in the night-yis, sir
1t was in the night that he sent her
away. Goldarn himl He didn't have
no more heart than a grasshopper-nO,
sir-not bit. l could "a Drained him
with my shovel. but l 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 l looked
kind 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, did.
"She was sick all summer long
kind o. out O. her head, ye know, an I
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 It didn't grab
hold o. my nose an hang on like a
puppy to root. When they tried to
take 1t away 1t grabbed Its fingers into
my whiskers an hollered like a pam
ther-yis, sir. Wal, ye know 1 Jes'
fetched that little baby boy home in
my arms, ay uh My wife scolded me
like Sam Hill-yis, sir-she had FIVE
of her own. / toll her was goln' to
take 1t back in a day er two but after
It had been in the house three days ye