Stories told by Annie Ludlow Proctor
to Shirley Fay Proctor Brough
Her Granddaughter
Annie and her sister Alenia Ludlow
Annie's father died when she was quite
young, so she and her sisters had to help with the chores each day. One of the main things to be done was to take
the wagon and horse out each day and get a load of greasewood and sagebrush to
burn in their stove. They would go in
pairs and take turns each day of the week, except Sunday. The greasewood and sagebrush was stacked
against the shed each day, and what they didn't use that day for cooking,
washing, etc. was saved for their winter supply of wood.
One day she and her sister, (Fay didn't
know which one) got the axe and hooked the team to the wagon and proceeded to
start gathering wood. Being desert country,
there were a lot of rattlesnakes, but the girls hadn't been bothered. They had about half a wagon load when they
moved the sagebrush. Grabbing it they
were ready to start chopping when a large rattler came out, coiled and
threatened. Annie's sister immediately
chopped the snake behind the head, but the head kept slithering toward them,
scaring them to death.
They ran to the wagon, jumped on, and
drove home as fast as they could, and it was several weeks before their Mother
could get them to go out again.
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