Greene County herald., 1919-07-25
CHAPTER xvI-contlnued.

the poor gal out o. doors. God o.
fsraell 1t was in the night-yis, sir
It was in the night that he sent her
away. Goldarn himl He didn't have
no more heart than grasshopper--no,
sir-not bit. / could "a Drained him
with my shovel. but \ didn't.
II found out where the gal had gone
an l follered her-yis l did-found
her in the poorhouse way over on
Pussley Hill--uh huhi She jes' put
her arms round my NECK an cried an
cried. / guess twas x&use looked
kind o. friendly-uh han / toP 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.
'4She was sick all summer long
kind o. out o. her head, ye know, an
used to go over hossback an take
things fer her to eat. An one day
when l was over there they was won
derin' what they was goin' to do with
her little baby. I took it in my arms
an I'll be gol dummed IL 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 it's fingers into
my whiskers an hollered like a pam
tber-yis, sir. Wal, ye know l 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. top her l was goin' to
take 1t back In day er two but after
1t had been In the house three days ye
couldn't "a pulled it away from her
with windlass.
'We brought him up an he was al
wuss good boy. We called him
Enoch-Enoch Rone-did ye ever hear
the namef
"'No.'
81 didn't think twas likely but I'm
Alwuss hopin'.
early that fall Kate got better an
left the poorhouse afoot. Went away
omewheres-nobody knew where.
EOme said she'd crossed the lake an
gone away over into York state. some
said she'd drowned herself. By'm by
we heard that she'd gone way over
into st. Lawrence county where Silas
Wright lives an where young Grim
shaw had settled down after he got
married.
"Wal, bout five year ago the squire
buried his second wife-there It's over
IN there back o. Kate's with the little
speckled angel on 1t. Nobody had seen
the squire outside o. his house for
years until the funeral--he was Grip
pied so with rheumatic. After that he
dved all lone In the big house with oil
Tom Linney an his wife, who've
worked there for bout forty year, !
guess.
'Wal, sir, fust we knew Kate was
there In the house livin' with her ia.
tner. We wouldn't "a knowed it, then
II it hadn't been that Tom Linney
come over one day an said he guessed
the OIL squire wanted to see memo,
sir. we wOuldn't-fer the squire amt
soclable an the nelghbors never dark
en- his door. She must "a come in the
aer 60 an nobody see her come, an
that's fact. Wal, one day las fall
after the leaves was off an they could
see a corner o. my house through the
bushes, Tom was walkin the oil man
round the room. All to once he
stopped an p'inted at my house
through the winder an KEEP p'intin'
Tom come over an said he ca1lated
fhe squire wanted to see me. So ]
went there. Kate met me at the door
Gosh How old an kind O. broke down
she looked! But 1 knew her the min
ute set my eyes on her-uh huh--an
she knew Ae-yis, sir--she smiled an
tears come to her eyes an she patted
my hand like she wanted to tell me
that she hadn't forgot, but she never
said word-not word. The oil
squire had the palsy, so t he couldnl
use HIS hands an his throat was para
lyzed-couldn't speak nor nothin'
Where do We suppose he was when
found himT'
'In bedY' I asked.
mo. sir--no, stree! He was In hel
.-that's where he was-reg'lar OF fash
ioied. down-east hell. burnin' with fir,
an brimstun, that he'd had the agenc.
for an had recommended to every sin
ner In the neighborhood. He was set
Tim 10 his room. God o. Isr'ell Yo,
orto - seen the motions he made will
his hands an the way he tried t.
speak when went In there. but all
couli hear was jest a long yell an ,
kiEd Of . rattle in his throat. Heaven
eA' airthi how desperit he tried t
spit out the thing that was gnawin
bis vitalx- Ag'in an ag'in he'd try Il
tell me. Lord God how he did work !!
"All to once 1t come acrost me wha
he wnnted--quick as ye could say scat
He wanted to have Kate's headstul
took down an put away-that's wha
be wanted. The stun was kind o. lay
In On his sfurrrmick an painin' of hiu