The stranger afterwards related that tennessee beguiled the time with interesting anecdote and
reminiscence, but illogically concluded the interview in the following words:

"and now, young man, i'll trouble you for your knife, your pistols, and your "

the excerpt above is an example of harte's use of

first-person narrative
local color
realism
humor

this should work:

the sun warms our planet, and with the moon, creates the tides. the moon orbits the earth and in turn, the earth orbits the sun. because they appear to be the same size in the sky, the sun, earth and moon work together to create eclipses. when the moon is directly in between the earth and sun

answer: a mother fears that the poor lighting poses a danger to the children who play there.