New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-08-15

might Her face seemed as void OF ex-
preston as the black oaks in the yard
The cold, hard stare was directed to.
ward the road, and there it rested i'm
movably. The hours passed slowly.
The moon crept on and on until it was
almost directly over the house. The
loud snoring Of the old folks, the occa-
sional cough of one of the children, the
chirp Of cricket and the croak Of a
frog were the only sounds which dis
turbed the almost perfect quiet.
! - 'Twan' no harm nohow,' = she said
to put yer in Jail fur maxim money er
whisky And the moon travelled on.
| s'He did it, that ther Dobson." And
again she relapsed into silence
Soon she arose and shook herself, as
| if to throw off the chill Of the night
air. She lighted the dip Of tallow and
| placed it on a chair; then she reached
| up over the door and took long rifle
| down from its resting place on pair Of
tree forks. She extracted the charge
! with a long rod, wiped the gun clean
and reloaded it. Then she placed it
back where she found it, removed her
! faded calico dress and went to bed.
| Her loud breathing soon told that she
was asleep. s
In the morning she performed her
household duties as if nothing had hap
pened. No word was spoken Of Eph,
except by the Oldest boy, who asked
once when ''pop I'D be back No one
answered him. The sun came out again
in all its ferceness. The children be-
I gan their play and the old people their
talk. When all We're busy, Mandy took
! the old rife down from the rack over
| the door,. She shouldered the weapon
! with the strength and sleight of strong
man and started off down the road.
She seemed in hurry: for she took long
strides like man. Her body swayed
in tune to her step, either from the
weight Of the gun or habit. She passed
several persons with the usual saluta-
ton, ''Mornin!" She looked neither
to the left nor to the right. Finally she
reached lane where the hazel bushes
skirted the road. She walked more
carefully then. She peered into field
through an opening, but did not seem
satisfied, for she continued her walking.
She stopped again shortly and looked
through the bushes. In the field, about
| 20 PAGES distant, was man patiently
hoeing his corn. She poked the rifle
through the bushes just as the solitary
laborer Strengthened up, took off his hat
and wiped the perspiration from bis
face with his shirt sleeve. She glanced
along the barrel of the gun. There was
sharp report, and the man fell over in
a furrow. The blood flowed from a
hole in his temple.
Then Mandy replaced the gun on her
shoulder. She walked off down the road
without word. When she arrived at
her home, she put the rifle in its resting
place and went about her duties.
In the afternoon the rumble of road
wagon was heard below the house. It
came nearer. All went to the door to see
who it was. The wagon stopped before
the house. All knew the driver It was
Bill Bucker, the constable. AS he climb
ed over the fence all in the house started
out to meet him.
MANDY, want yer ter go with me
fur ther shootin of Dobson."
The woman's face was as immovable
as it had been when she sat at the win
dow the night before. Eph's father and
mother and the children looked at her
fixedly.
"All right, Bill, I'll go with yer, "
and with this she climbed into the
wagon.
''Zach," she said to the oldest child,
Eyer go over to yer Aunt Minerals an
tell her to cum round an look after yer
all" The wagon ratified down the road,
and the children and old people looked
after twill Withers Douglas in
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