The daily Alaskan., 1919-04-05


 tlme-worn words on slab of stained marble:
 Sacred to the memory of Katherine Fullerton 17S7-lS06 70. 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 rapping at Its door which confused me until, looking out, I saw the strange truth of the matter. Rose leaves and blossoms seemed to be trying to hide It with their beauty, but in vain.
 'T understand" I said.
 "No ye don't. Leastways don't be lieve ye do-not correct. Squire Full lertOn dug q grave here an had an empty coffin put Into 1t away back in 1906. It 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. Gosh! He has sent more folks to hell than there are In 1t, 1 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 to hell ever since the world begun. Ye know hell must "a been the invention of man-thats sartin-an' 1t was mostly fer women an chlldren-that's sartiner-an' fer all 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:
 "DId ye ever see Kate Fullerton?"
 "Yes."
 "NO ye didn't, nuther. Yer too young. Mebbe ye seen her when she was old an broke down, but that want Kate no more'n I'm Bill Tweedy, which l ain't. Kate was as handsome as golden robin. Hair yeller as his breast an feet as Spry as his wings an a voice as sweet as his song, an eyes as bright as 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 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 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 kep' com p'ny with her fer two or three year. Then all of a sudden folks began to talk-the women in partLcIar. Ee know men invented hell an women keep up the fire Kate didn't look right to 'em. Fust we knew, young Grim shaw had dropped her an was keepin' compny with another gal-yts, sir. Do ve know whyf
 Before could answer he went on:
 "No ye don't-leastway l don't be- lieve ye do. It was cause her father was richer'n the squire an had prom ised his gal ten thousan' dollars the day she was married. All of sud den Kate disappeared. We didn't know what had happened fer a long time.
 "One day the or squire got me to dig this grave an put up the headStone an then he tOr me the story. He turned the poor gal out O doors. God O Israel! It was in the night-yis, sir 1t was In the night that he sent her away. GOldarn him! He didn't have no more heart than a grasshopper-no, sir-not a bit. l could "a brained him with my shovel. but I didn't.
 "I found out where the gal had gone an I follered her-yls l did-found her In the poorhouSe way over on PuSsley Hlll-uh huh! She jes' put her arms round my neck an cried an cried. I guess twas cause looked Kind O friendly-uh huh! I tol' hef 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. I took 1t in my arms an I'll be gOl dummed if 1t didn't grab hold O my nose an hang on like g puppy to a root. When they tried to take it away it grabbed Its fingers into my whiskers an hellered like a pan ther-yis, sir. Wal, ye know I ies' 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. l tOP her | was goln' to take 1t back In day CT two but after 1t had been in the house three days ye couldn't "a pulled 1t away from her with windlass.
 "We brought him up an he was al- l Wuss a good boy. We called him