The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-12-23
By Courtney Ryley Cooper
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"Whv dIdn't you foil vour .wee,.
benrt ohou, tbIs;"
~ mus,n.t-vo,,vo sro,,od 4, ,o,y
Roadv"
"No-uonev can show vou the
UNIV He's nenr,v zone Wbat were
Won going tn do when he VENT"
"He,d have dissolved in mir Rn.dv-
I know. The shirts have fold me"
"Perhaps So" The voice of the scar.
faced, mean. visaged SauInt Rodnine
was still honeyed. still, caiolIny. "Per.
haps so-but not Mt once. Isn't there
barrel of lime In the basementf"
ayes"
"Come downstairs with me-"
They started downward then, and
Fairchi,d watched them pass. Rodaine
In the lend, carving n smoking lamp
with It's haIf-broken chimney careen-
Ing OH the base, Crazy Laurn, mum.
bling her toothless gums, her hag.like
hnnds extended before her, shufrling
along In the renr. He heard them 20
far to the rear Of the house. then de-
scend more stnirs. And he went fiat
ear against tiny chink that he might
hear the better. Squint still was talk
Ing In his loving tones.
"See. Honey" he was saying. "Tve
I've broken the spell by going in up
stairs. You should have told me.
didn't know-1 just thought-welf.
thought there was some. one In there
you liked, and l got jealous"
"DId you. Roady?" she cackled.
"Dld you?"
"Yes-I didn't know you Ind him
there. And you were making him I'm
nortal?"
81 found him. Rondy. His eyes were
shut. and he WINS bleeding. 1t was mt
dusk, and nobody snw him when car
ried him In here. Then I started CIV
Ing him the herbs
Tint you've gathered around at
night7"
ELSEWHERE the dead sleep. I get
the red berries most. That's the blood
Of the dead. come to life again."
The ouaking, crazy voice from be-
low cnused FaIrchI,d TO SILVER with a
sudden cold that no warmth could
eradicate. Still, however, he lay there
listening. fearful that every move from
below might bring n cessation of their
conversation. But Rodnlne talked on.
"Of course know. But I've spoiled
tb,t NOW There's another wny. Laura.
Get that spade. See, the dirt's soft
here Dip n hole about four feet deem
ard s,1 or seven foot long Then mt
boIf TINT lime from the barrel In there.
ITnders,and,-
"What for,~
ops tho univ wav now: we'll hive
70 do TINT ~. rho o,ber wny to I'm
morality You've given him the
herhs,"
"yo."
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