White County record., 1922-07-13
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CHAPTER xV-Continued.

2 stuffed into Evelyns mou'h' " heh came out, Evelyn gave deep groan d her cramped jaws settled rigidly. Drm goin' to feed you now," said ,,r "There ain't no hurry, cause got ali night"
 r6on some minutes passed in silence hup the squatter girl, bit by bit, red the pap between Mrs. Mac bnze's teeth.
 |1Now drink the water," she urged Lmly It's warm an got sugar in .s if fin a trance, she got up and rod the cup on the table. She put .tick of wood into the stove and, ming caught Evelyn's eyes upon Then she sat down and consid- d the unhappy girl who had been llyered up to the justice of the bm country.
 Neither of them spoke. One of them praying duly to herself, and Polly ukins was recounting mentally all evil deeds of Evelyn and her ughty husband, Marcus Mackenzie. WAS necessary to keep Daddy's grief r before her mind and listen with ears of her tortured spirit to rvs shrieks to be able to keep on h the gruesome thing she had un- taken.
 You aint goin' to die till I tell you hethlng, Miss" she broke forth, final "It ain't news to you, but l just to make you understand why I'm ttlng you in the lake," .- Weakness kept Evelyn from answer Her eyes rolled up toward the bnty roof, then shut at the thought the icy waters of Cayuga.
 can't hurt your wicked man 'cept- through you" went on Pollyop. "We batters are goin' to learn him les he won't forget us long as he's in world. You can bet your boots thatl"
 Is if In support of the terrible rdS, the shanty shook, rattling the sened bits of tin on the roof. At the lstly sound Evelyn began to cry.
 know just how your man'll feel tnued Pollyop, a bitter smile dis Fng her lips into a grimace of pain, 80 does Larry Bishop. Larry's nan an baby died when Old Marc him up to Auburn, an the best of cracked when he grabbed Jerry It out of my arms"
 10th girls sobbed loudly. Then Pol. cleared her throat and wiped her Ah your man railroaded my daddy luOurn.' she gasped, "after plantin elhlng on him he didn't do; an every one of you, knew it."
 er voice rose to high-pitched am as she remembered the last le In the county jail.
 POd, wasn't it awful" she cried, you" She leaned over and 'ped Evelyn's arm. You could "a ne go to Auburn if you'd "a tried you didn't. An then-then you you didn't give me that dress re all liars -an'-an'-sneaks, you Icy folks be-"
 er hand reached out and touched aA' but she withdrew it as if an nad been under her fingers. She not yet able to do the deed which lad longed to do and thought " Ut Joy. Her head sagged for.
 and again came Jeremiah's llhg face before her.
 you'd a seeh my daddy in the "a Jail, mebbe you'd be able to what I'm goin' to do is all right all rlghtp she rasped.
 en she went on hoarsely, falterine i'e uescribed the horrors that all V'eu ones had gone through. Her cioKed and became silent as she 1n' or Robert. She could not force SOnsue to say a word about him ash her heart throbbed bitterly as ''"e came to her lips.
 
 0DeS She whispered brokenly ner head. Did you hear your gay money to us squatters as if pay for Larry's woman an Jer. my daddy? You heard, didn't '" head sagged. forward, and ., passed over her face as her 'Jseu' pn She looked as if she had .t o,iy Hopkins had seen death o ane silent City many a time; and eaf''Strings frightened.
 sou goneT' she questioned in a g whisper.
 other girls lids lifted slowly eser had Pollyop seen such an
 'O" m human eyes in all her set' dropped from the blue
 tnu to '-and-oh, Pollyop, Pm SC ,ola ui'' don't know how! Oh, @a.' 1,p me- l feel so sick" E@s @a were sick, too" shot back S 'n Jerry's turned up his toes b,, n'''e l ain't heard word ipi since he was took away
 moa eould a seen him if you
 ue your cousin believe l were
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