Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-26
THE SHADOW IN THE MOONLIGHT.
A Weird Story About a Blind and Demon
allied Miner.

allied Miner.
You couldn't stop man from stalk
ing ont Il claim if the ground was not
already covered, and so, though none
OF us liked the looks of this new chap
who came in on lis at Straw berry Hill.
we couldn't gainsay his stalking out
and putting up a rude shanty. says !.
writer in the y. Y. sun. We soon
discovered that his looks did no, belle
him. You'd expect to find some ba,!
men IN the mines. but this man. whom
we soon nicknamcd Satan was worse
than any dozen Of them put together
The way he would curse God and
man was something awful to hear, and
we sometimes wondered why the wrath
OF heaven was not visited upon him.
We o>tracized aud outiawed him. but
he would not 20 away. Only the fear
that We would string him up kept nina
from doing murder. for he had a tenn
per like wild beast.
One day. after dinner. and after a
spell Al cnrsing and reviling. he went
down into hi, clam and fired a bla>,
which blinded him forever Then h..
became worse than before. His ours
ln- and rayiug became 80 constant
that We built him q shauty ON the
ROCKS halt mile away and icd him in
To II. Three times day Il mau WAS
sent up with his meas aud this con-
timed for weeks and weeks. For
lonS time there was no change in n>
health or disposition. 'l;.eu he bcgan
to grow thin and van and to cease
cuis'n@. and one evening i've a-sr.. If
the man Who lrou. ht hi meas.
jim. il THAR Il tvah lcul.ia. it, ...re
from camp
N. Wg- The ya;5'v.
Ill amy body was poui'H down inc.
trail from Top Notch how would i...y.
hit mr.
~ hY. strike across about tnriv las..
above camIl'
And the door faces that wayo
"le-."
"!iow's the nights uo,v. jim"
~lau moon ana hrighi n, lat-"
That VA, aDout all fn4twas >a;l.bu,
] WISH totcI NUl lerc THAI warn satan
Wa blinded hi~ evp.id. were f,4,e,,
fast He cou}d ueyer open taem af,4.
that except he used his t.uges>. I'uere.
wa, tn injury 10 the ,!si-cies ro,lirs.-
ing them It. Me,ia o. his vision. Dav
and night We're .rt9 Aim.
On that yery u dit. about half m
hour after midni mt. a pr0wlng wolf
disturbed orr camp AMI routed ont
three or !5,ir men. They were ,lijy.
ng the beast away when they looked
up and >a~ q. swallow au The lan notch
trail. 1t Was ~ ligm a> da,. AID
there Wa no question In their minds.
7, w.s c,,,or .bo,,o, I, b,t ,ba
share Of a Iiltle Old woman ba3t oyer
with ,r.. and ii ,,o,t.j abou, In m
unrcrtoin wav III, tbr4e or four
men PASSED from tent torrent and he
fore lonr si>ty or seventy al NJ were
ont and hat our cye- fastened on the
queer thine Bv and bv ii t1oarea
over the rocks and Sbrnb, towards
Satun's ,;antv. ana every man ii rs
followed ii Ia tn. door and beyond
with his eyes.
III. woma,-an old wonan,n
WHISPERED a Scor,.of men.
"Bnt wl,a, can a woman +. doing
here,
one or two su,,aastad mat some
body Oh nm IN ma sh.,ntv mn NO one
volunteered. There vas sometbiDc 50
nueer and unc.,nnv I'm, nchodr felt
| ike maxine a closer Investigation. II
was perhaps ten minute, a.frr the ti.-
uye entered .he shantv before II rea51.
pcared. 1t passed over the SANE
Ground in The same ra7iI}ior way and
a, ii reached the t-ai, il halted for a
moment. as if looLing back. Gertyes
followed ii mn tbe nlain. broad ;raji
until ii rrcw fainter .nd finally a.
/ solved.
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=, If.r III
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