Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22
Tie 0uaker's Reyeree,

H"ii a. Hiiit W "dcH olnFF. anu 10 nPrs
son lived hetw ween their respective farms.
| which would have joined, bad not a little
| strip Of prairie land extended itself sniff
cientlv to keep them sera,a a.ed Dodd
was the oldest settler and from his youth
np had entertained singular hatred
against quaker> therefore when he was
informed that Lawson n regular disciple
/ of that class of people. bad purchased the
next farm to his, he declared he would
make him move again. Accordingly
system o. petty annoyance was cnrnmenc,
ed hv him, and ever time one Of Laws
sons hogs chanced TO stray unon nudd's
most va@elv abused
Things progressed thus for nearly
year, and the quaker, man of decided
peace prin ,ip!es, appeared in no way to
resent tie injuries received at the hands
of his spitefu! nei@hbor.
But matters were now drawing to n c~i
SIS; for nold more enraged than ever at
the quiet Obadiah, made an oath that he
up the spunk Of Lawson. Chance favor
ed his design The Quaker had a hi4h-
hlooded fillv, which he had heen very
careful in raising, and which was Just
four years old. Lawson took great pride
in this animal and had refused large
sum Of money for her.
One evening, little after sundown, "a
Wait Dodd was passing around his own
field, he discovered the filly in the little
strip Of land that separated the two farms,
and lie conceire cd the design Of throwing
off two or three rails of his fence that
the horse might get iato his corn Mt night
lie did SO, and the next morning bright
and early. he shonldered his rife and left
tie house Not long after hired man
whom he had recently employed, heard
the echo of his gun, q . in a few minutes
Dodd, considerably excited and out Of
breath, came hurrying to the house, when
he stated hc had shot at and wounded
buck that the deer had attacked Kim,
and he hardly escaped with his life
The storv was credited hv all hut the
newly hired man who had taken a dislike
to Watt and from his manner ind~cd thar
something was wrong lie therefore slip
ped quietly away from the house. and 90
n. in the direction Of tho shot, he sud-
denly came ur"n Lawson ti'lv stretched
upon the earth with bullet hole thr""@h
the cad, from winch the hiood was su
"ozin".
he animal was warm an" """'t nor
have been Killed an hour. lie FASTENED
back 70 the dwelling OF bodd, VIII" :
manded somewhat roughly where he hac
he"n,
= ve con to see II y'ur bullet MADE
SIRE work OF Mr- Lawson hi'y, was the
instant refoTt
Watt raiet fora moment. hut co letting
n.msc he h"reeiv shont"d-
''l'o you dar" to say killed her.
How do YOU know she IS dead p said
the mar
nofd bit his lip, hesitlted moment.
and then turning away, Wa ked into the
house.
couple Of davs passed hv. and the
mornIn@ at the th'rd day had broken, rs
the hired man met friend Lawson riding
in search of the ii ~,
\ few words OF explanation 'nsned,
when. with a hea. Y heart the Quaker
turned his horS" and r'd" home, where he
informed the people "t the tate OF the
f'Iv \" threat OF recrlm'nation escaped
him; he d'd not eTen 60 to recover dam,
ares n"' e'i" .'"""e" nus "'"' ana
plan "i revenge. II came al last
Watt podd hat Durham he'ier i0r
"h.ch ne h'" P'id ne"'H price on "il''h
he n"d counted 10 make great gam. ohe
m"rn'n@, Just aS Obadiah was coming
down I" breakfast ms eldest son came IN
win information mat ne'-"""r io'i"
heller hal broken down the fens'' entered
tn" yard anu after eat'nS most 81 '',e
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