The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook

Author:Elizabeth Crook
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Dear Judge,

I am sorry you have not heard from me lately. The man whose cows I helped capture when I was nearly snakebit hired me to help him build better fences, so I was working double time. There was not time for writing any more of this report. I would of stayed over with him at nights and saved the daily travel time, as my mare is about wore out, however I did not want to leave Sam on her own at night. She is chomping at the bit to take off and I fear might use any excuse.

I am grateful for your letter and suggestions as to her. I took a day and rode over to Bandera and talked with Mrs Callahan as you advised and it was a nice talk. However, she asked if Sam was a orderly person and would do some work. I told her Sam did not do much of anything useful or even otherwise for me but might likely change her ways if she was to have better instruction than I have been in the situation to give her. Mrs Callahan said she would think on the matter, however she figured she had enough trouble with her own kids without taking on a girl such as that.

A different day I went to Sisterdale and talked to Mrs Dieter, the woman you said to talk to. It was not easy, considering she did not speak a lot of English. She showed me the letter you wrote her saying Sam was a smart girl and might do well with instruction. It was a nice letter. Thank you for the compliments about me. My father would be proud to see that letter if he was not passed. Mrs Dieter give me a good meal and showed me her violin that she brought from Germany. She was not a stern German like some, and might of been good to Sam. However, she did not want her.

When I got home from my journeys you can bet I had words with Sam about being so lazy nobody will take her. She told me she would work hard for anybody but me, as she is tired of me bossing her and she is not yet tired of anybody else.

I said, Show me one week of hard work and I will believe you. I need some proof you can do it before I can assure somebody it is in any way likely.

However, she will not give me even a day of hard work. She is about as useless a girl as they come and I can’t figure why that would be. Her mama was a hard worker. She was a mean woman but she did work. My first years was spent in a tidy house, and that was thanks to Juda. And now I am left with this girl who is a nuisance to me, as I am compelled to worry about her a great deal. What am I to do. Do you have another person I might pay a visit.

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