The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-04
CContlnued from Saturday,

bread halfway to his IIOutl An 1 an when winter come I'd want | Ruth rer-ter tuck me in Psha". then f- 'ud be the same ez ever Stinn- CT. when the mothers blow an the coy otes yelp nights. d'yu feel creepy an LonsesonIe-an' nobody ter snuggle up cIost-nur tuck the cover in ?" "Oh. a little. recHin.' laughed ! S-tner-
 ~samer where do yer folks rve2'. Don't know"
 'Ain.t you got no ma ner pa"
 yer an orphtn. rhen~' he said softly
 Yes.
 samer rose and searched in the trunk
 This is a picture of my mother. Tom" he said handing him a faded . photograph. i've always kept it. she died when wuz baby" srEVhy. StIner ain't she fl1e2" "1es-au' looks good-5out you
 Yes. she do-yyhac tae writtn' on yere Stimer?"
 q don't know. Tom. never went ! to schooi-an' ! aLn'u learned to read WIl-in' yet" he said embarrassed.
 Tom was silent Cap stepped to 1 -he door and wagged his tail S5tma- Tipped him a mgr-aL A breeze stole in rhe window and rus-.ed some pa 1 pers on the table. Out on the praI- TLe a pack of coyotes began to wal diswaiy- Night hung about the door ! like a diugy curtain Tom moved his chair closer to Sriucr.
 'Nou aiu't scared. Tom 2'' <o-I-I--ies- feel funny. TVuust I .uz colin' from oI Graham's an # | Ing dark am I geard s0machin' erwin. { It soun' so lonesome feel like run nin' way. but ] didn't an it kept on CT cryD. am CT Crylu'. an walked out on the prairie am there w-uz CT little white kitten-alI erIoae-ro ma ner pa--au' CT erwin ct 'uz hungry ! Ter when ] picked 1t up 1t jest kept CT feeIIn' roun' with it's nose on my | han. An when I held 1t cIost ter my stonik it quit CT crytn' an Dr,rrei soft Ike it thought 1t done foun' frs ma. Am Ruth give it some milk an ! wrapped ir up warm-an7 fr didn't l cry no more-au'-an nexs day if went rnnuin' out il the yard ike +
 uz glad an Bob jumped on 1t an. killed lt-L heard his teeth go DoDDir ! right through the bones-aus l- an Orunin."
 There was q space of silence. How q you ever git yere. Stimer2" said Tom, Eawning sIeepuy.
 Us a long story. Tom"
 Tell me, SImer2.s
 S--IIer stacked mp the dishes. aq+y, cred the scraps and threw them to Cap lighted his pipe and handin. Lom the paper Of candy. sat down close to him and began;
 '.sJy mother died when I Ing a babv as ! toI you. Tom. an my father went to CalEoIny CT somewhere. Folks that took me to raise said they never heard from 'isr after he Iaft-reo1zfr he died CT got killed IT had a hard t1-ne. Tom. Fore I coafd hard '- reach the blow hanIe I 'uz put to L!o"ih. An after Ia blow all day ui ] could hardly drag my feet I'd ave To go out on the prairie an, drive m Lhe c9ws-sOme time I had +0 ro miles an miles fore l foun' 'en,- an I'd git a Hckin' fer be.n' late men Id ave to mind off the calves while they milked
 When ] got through with the jniIkin. l ct a cold supper-ff there was any left Then ] had to bring in .-e wood an draw water in the dark. Sy that time I'd be so tired I c.sIf7r7.t git up the loft where I sIent. Evr-0=t had to stop on the steps an rest. an. went to sleep. Eex' mornir' when the Oi man started up to wake me he stumbled over me an'-an' give me an awful whipD-n'. Tom some time I'd git so lonesome an IHaId al by myself in the loft I'd most wish to die.
 They had little black flee that l liked an when it 'ud follow me "1eIe they couIdn'r see, I'd play with t. We would ave fine times when they'd go to town. but I'd 9Iwavz s-i+ tched when they got back for not aoln more work. One winter tha+ LIZ colder n usual. an ! didn't have ao&zH cover, I got to sHDpinr Trfx- thar 'uz the dogs uane-ur -o -r,. i"-t to sleep with me But tho r-, man Loun' 1t out an' killed Tr5,-7-,, most killed me There's scars on nv ne.6 yet he made with the horse whiD-an'-'
 Sinners Story.
 'Gosh' Sttnler I'd CT shot s heart out-' broke in Tom. his eyes snap- pinE. An then what did you do?"
 l petted a calf an played with 1t sundays an when they 'uz gone. But ic got to foIlerin' me rour' a-.-9-s the OF man sold it."
 oh. gosh. I'd like ter-ter- I7i-ry .in2.' Tom exclaimed. banging his foot against the table
 An. an when they foun' how glad Was when Sunday come. 'cauSe T could play" Stjmer went on. g r7-7- lc7I smile creeping onto his face they made me go to church with 'ern Nu1sr they had a 'spertence nee-fn. an 1he ol woman got up an talked an cI-e. an said she ---z rafs-0' a poor orohtu boy. an she wanted -a--- al 70 prey fer i'm to git home ro E-otT an ne star in her crow, Well didn't believe I was gofr- 10 b 9 star an if I was. I didn't 7va-r % he -1 a0-rhtn' that belonged to --a mean o- woman. an made up my mn o run way hrs- chanst I got
 One night when I 'uz br-ng1n- me werz Ca02e5. I stopped in -rs .--,--- an listened to 'erl talk. tom, -b--- Uz E1.n to Texas an made r.7 7-,- min I'd go w--h 'e1- So when I got through v--h the chores that nzEr-. stead Of =1- -u 70 -le loft I s-.---s7