The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-02-28
A LIGHTNING SHOT.

ned on your motion long Senougn- lmust
have this land for a sheep pasture. You
understand"
Yes, Caleb Rawson and his mother un-
derstood.
Itwas hard to be driven from the home
they had occupied several years and
which Nathan Rawson had believed his
when he died but few months before.
His last words were, Il am thankful
that leave you comfortable home.
Mary, you and Caleb"
He had passed into the beyond with
this belief. and now the rich cattle king,
Silas Gudgeon, whose vast estate Joined
theirs on the west, had found a flaw in
Rawson's title and had secured the land
and ordered the widow and her son to
get off the place. @f5R
II want no more fooling, Mrs. Raw
son." declared the cattle king as he
turned to leave the room "f you and
this impudent boy of yours aren't out
side of here inside Of "a hours, my men
will throw you out, neck and heels"
And then the hard money getter strobe
from the room, leaving the widow in
tears, and Caleb white with righteous
anger.
'8The mean old skinfiintr' exclaimed
the boy. IL could kill him.
Hush, my son" uttered the mother
in shocked voice, lyon must not feel
like that 1t is as bad as murder"
Il can't help it," rejoined the boy.
This is our home, that we have enjoyed
for three years. Over there father lies.
and-and"--
The lads emotions overcame him, and
he rushed from the room.
In the next apartment he snatched
rife from the hooks and went forth into
the sunlight, an awful whiteness on his
face ...... ..:.-......
YES, could kill him for robbing my
mother. He is rich and has no right to
covet our little home. Mother, viii
save you if die for itT and the re-
vengeful boy hurried in pursuit of the
cattle king. H"1
In the meantime the object of SO much
bitter feeling made his way along
wagon road that led through ravine
toward his own home mile distant.
The cattle king had long coveted the
rich quarter section on which the elder
Rawson had squatted. and soon after
the settlers death Gudgeon began plot
ting to secure the land: BY the aid of
conscienceless lawyer the rich man
discovered faw in the Rawson papers,
and in little while had secured title
Ia the land
dudgeon was chuckling to himself
over the situation when he was brought
10 sudden halt by peculiar sound.
Its the panther" exclaimed the cat
tic king, recoiling as he caught sight of
a pair of glittering eyes fixed upon him
from above his position in the narrow
ravlne
On a jutting rock, almost hidden by a
dense growth of vines and bushes, not
10 feet from his position. crouched that
terror OF the west--a mountain panther.
One growl from the ferocious beast
was enough to halt the land king.
He realized that he had gone too far to
retreat
Truly death stared him in the face.
The animal was crouched ready for a
spring. Gudgeon had no weapon, for
which he cursed himself at this moment.
ono itipio eccono ondS Ouugeon
watched the flaming eyes and glittering
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anu no lets .has ae was uylng.
Only one brief secondl
Then the panther dashed upon his
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