The Elder's People (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...us ter take." "Fer us ter take?--Where's the sand? I got ter git this pitch ofTn my hands. Come, Kitty, quit your foolin' an' let's have some supper. I done a good day's work to-day." "You'd du a better one ef you hed this little thin' ter work fer," she said, in atone that was new to him. "You ain't in 'arnest, be ye, Kitty?" he exclaimed, wheeling round from the sink. "I be, too I wanter keep this baby " "Keep a child ye don't know nothin' about? Wy, you 're crazy, wife A little come-by-chance ter break our hearts bime-by, maybe, 'ith the tricks of its own folks--" "Its own folks was the Deacon Hills's. And I guess there ain't any better in the Settlement " "Sho, sho An' there ain't any on 'em left. Wat's goin' ter be done 'ith it?" "It's goin' ter stay here an' be ourn." "Not ef I know it," said Seth. "Here, I 'll hold it while you git supper. How come the Elder ter fetch it here?" "He was takin' it ter the poor'us," said Kitty, sullenly. "He'd better have gone on. It's got ter go." "In this snow? Not onlest I go tew " "Kitty I would n't know't was you " "Don't you Kitty me " she cried, now in a storm of anger. "My name's Keturah. And I won't be called out'n it " "But, Kitty--I mean, Keturah--I--" "Oh, you, you, you " And Kitty burst into tears and buried her face in the baby's skirts, the baby regarding it as play and clutching at her hair rejoicingly. Seth loosened the tiny hands and took the child. "Kitty," he said, "you know I'd du anythin' in reason. Ef the Lord had 'a' sent this, we'd 'a' roughed it. But ter go and ask fer trouble by takin' it w'en...