Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-10

about half-pa IL. went down town,
came back about 2. There was no
one homo when he came back. Stay.
ed around for while, built a fire.
BY this time my mother had come
back; Andy Brown came over after
some potatoes; I. went out to help
him put them on his wagon; as he
went away l went into the house; and
my mother followed me; went into
the sitting room; my neither looking
out of the kitchen window saw my
father coming home with the buggy.
She came in to the front room, and
told me to 60 and help father with
the team. l went out, and unhitched
one tug. BY this time my father had
unhitched three; I took the inside
checks, my father the inside, and
did up the line on the near horse; the
line on the off-horse was left
down, my father not doing it
up. We started to lead our
horses into the stable-he going first.
His horse stepped on the line that was
dragging, threw up his head and ran
away. All this time my father was
cursing my mother, myself, and the
rest of the family. Fathers horse
ran around back of the barn. l led
my horse to the front of the barn door,
father ran back Of the barn and
caught his horse. l let him go in
FIRST, as usual, then followed in with
mine. Father then went out back Of
the barn, stood there cursing myself
and all of US, while was unharness.
ing the team. When got through I
went into the house, my father fol-
lowing. He then began cursing my
mother, who had not spoken a
word to him yet until he went out
of the house, and came back. l then
told him I didn't want him to curse
me or my mother-or something to
that effect. This seemed to enrage
him all the more. He advanced,
swore at my mother, as if getting
ready to strike her. l jumped be-
tween, and interfered. He seemed to
get madden at me, and attacked me.
/ ran around the stove, to get out Of
his way. l did this two or three times.
He stopped, and went ou.in the yard,
but soon came in throwing three news
papers and bill from Swift & Regan
on the floor, saying: 'Look at the
bills I've brought in" After that he
again advanced toward my mother.
interfere d. He made another attack
on me for doing so. l kept cut OF his
way the best l could. He went out
into the yard again, came in and
pulled his coat off, and swore he
would clear us out. He made another
attempt to fight, / interfered again.
He then went out into the dining
room where he laid his coat, came
into the room and my mother wen,
,ut, and went over to Browns; my
father chased me out into the back.
yard and around the buggy. then
saw my mother coming back. She
went in; my father started in as soon
as he saw her, and followed her into
the front room. She went into the
bedroom, and started to close the
door, which she got almost or quite
closed when my father kicked it open;
in kicking the door open the door
struck my mother with such force
that it staggered her back against the
foot of the bed. She straitened ur
and caught a gun; my father caught
her right arm with his left hand, Just
as she got straitened up. He raised
his arm in the attitude of striking;
caught his arm and saved him from
striking; in getting back through the
door he struck his right cheek bone
on the side of the door, peelinP
the skin off the bone. He then made
another attack on me; I got out Of
his way by running out in the yard
till he stopped chasing me; he came
/; back into the house, and started strik
ing mother; then interfered again; be
backed up against the side of the
wall, and said some words didn't
exactly understand, but l under
stood some of them: These were III
clean you ou.!' He then started
toward my mother again. At this
time I went on the opposite side o.
the stove from him; after he advanc