{"id":4898,"date":"2026-11-01T07:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T07:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=4898"},"modified":"2026-11-01T07:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T07:24:25","slug":"sunday-verses-the-hanging-tree-11-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=4898","title":{"rendered":"SUNDAY VERSES: &#8216;The Hanging Tree&#8217; (11\/1\/2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">By<strong> RAHN ADAMS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jacob Green was a traveling man \/ who turned a pretty head or two \/ until one day his luck ran out \/ when he charmed a girl named Sue.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4917\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4917\" style=\"width: 145px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hangingtree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4917\" src=\"http:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hangingtree-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hangingtree-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hangingtree-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hangingtree.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IN OUR BOOK &#8220;Quest of the Kindred Spirits,&#8221; a live oak is the story&#8217;s hanging tree (illustration by T. G. Adams).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Susie Gause was a beautiful girl, \/ with hair so fine and eyes so bold; \/ her lips were ripe like cherry wine, \/ but she wore a ring of gold.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Gause was a jealous guy, \/ and he caught young Jake with his Sue; \/ he called his friends all to gather round, \/ and he told them what to do:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Toss this rope up over that limb, \/ and loop it into a noose; \/ drop it over young Jacob&#8217;s head \/ and make sure it don&#8217;t come loose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The moral of this story is clear: \/ it&#8217;s all about love and hate; \/ a cheatin&#8217; heart may cut you down, \/ but by then it\u2019s way too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By RAHN ADAMS Jacob Green was a traveling man \/ who turned a pretty head or two \/ until one day his luck ran out \/ when he charmed a girl named Sue. Susie Gause was a beautiful girl, \/ with hair so fine and eyes so bold; \/ her lips were ripe like cherry &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=4898\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SUNDAY VERSES: &#8216;The Hanging Tree&#8217; (11\/1\/2026)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4898"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4928,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898\/revisions\/4928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}