The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-03-04
gun in haud, went to SEE wha. was

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There lay Berry in the edfe oI
ihe bush, dead-shot through the
head hi, hair all blood and his
torn clothes all dust from having
been dragged there.
The men wrote everything down
IN a lilile notebook with a pencil
so that there could be no mistake
about the facls; and then, having
nothing to dig a grave with, .hey
found a hollow place not far off ON
ne hillside and laid ,lhe body
there, covering it with heap OF
stones. -
They said nothing when ihey
got back till the pack.irain came
IN; ;Shed, The big woman, the biz
woody dog, too.
The next day after tie pack.
ram got back, Tom Hound. the
sheriff, called at lie big woman's
camp. She was washing pair of
blankets, and The water was
bloody. She told Hound that
Shed had killed an antelope and
tied it, while yel warm, on ton of
his pack.
Where was Berry Oh. Berry
and she had divided up at the Dai.
les; he had gone his wav and she
had come her way, land tha, IS all
there is of thatm
Her fingers snapped in the air.
she Tossed her big head as sh,.
t1rned on her biz heel, and her
jaws snapped like s,eel.trap.s
Hound found Shed, the shadowv
old dog at bis hee.,s, out on the
NIL with The mules. His feet
vide aparl, his head bent low, he
was watching little COLONY Of
ants reforming their curious lille
city. A mule had sci his foo, in
lhe ant hill, and The big man with
mead down Was so busy; so sorry.
as he watched them, thai he did
NOT see or hear Hound till his
hand was on his shoulder.
"All right, Tom; only let me
lead The mules down to water and
Sort'er herd 'em up IA Bit"
The trial was held IN The CITY
square that nigh', by the light of a
big log fire. Aud ihe doy wos
surely the only friend that Red
Sized had. The big woman was
not there. Why she was moi there,
why she was not then prisoner
ana on Trial does seem strange
passing strange. But ah, those
were the days when women had
women's rights to perfection. For
alter NE NAL and The sentence OF
death had been passed-and all
rather hastily, 40 tha, The bows
might not lose any sleep, but be
up IN good time to see the hanging
The court on his way to his cabin
saw her .'placIdly" taking down n
Palr OF blankets from The clothes
line. '"0'
Hound worked all night and cot
upa first rate sraffold by The little
graveyard. In fact, any one, 10
look al 1t, wOnld have SAID it was
equal to he scallolds of mnch
older civilization.
Bout noon yult you, Shcd9,
"All right, Tom bout noonn
Thought Id kinder like to le.
I !he boys ge, in from round aboul
They don't have much 10 muse
'em, You Know"
".All right, Tom; let 'em cit in"
II was a warm day TO be so late
N The fall. There were four of Us |
N The scallold-Shed, Hound. The .
IoE and myself. Shed had sent 9
Hound 10 ask me to say something. I
~ at least. help sing. But II was $
'winl to be there! The dog kept !
,olllng his biz woody head against {
sheds tied legs and whining all \
he time, as if it we're he and moi
In'e, and passive old Red Shed |
hat was 10 he hung. @
mere was an immense crowd, 4
|ueer curious crowd. II came M h
" close mat 1t jammed against the o
calfo'd MI 1t creaked and creaked, "
he men, rs | remember them
ow, nearly all had their mouths d
pen as they looked up at us. A
's'ihctly remember looking away p
own one mans throat. | count, h
q his teeth as ! stood there and II
Iled to keep from breaking down. a
"me Indians sal on hill a little g
'ay off watching us. And WAY,
i'le' now one Of The big lawyers b
! San tranci'co, sat ON his horse b
ilh his soldiers not far beyond. o.
atch'ny lhe Indians; for Way. a
''re was Then a distinguished
Dnng officer IN the army. 81
There was little commo,ion n,
ose by and the scanold again "
'enked as a tall lank, sun burned h
~ slender man, all rags and hat a
I'd shoes, with an ox.whip under
IS arm, pushed the dog aside, v,
1d, stepping to the very edge OF "
'e scffaold, said, hastily: "'Scuse h.
e. gentlemen, my steers is stray.
!, and ! thought that some of YOU 7,
comm into the hangin' might "
en 'em;a ballface am a brindle 10
Migrant steer, purity poor steers,
II al me an my folks have. go, h,
ID I've got to find .'em. Didn't ="
e EN-, nobody9 Two steers, two IN IN
ingram, steers; a ball.lace and a NJ M
indie" /" :"
NO one spoke. The man whose