Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-09-06

night her face seemed o9 Nolo Oh e1s
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 q cricket and the croak Of q
frog were the only sounds which dis.
turbed the almost perfect quiet
"'Twan't no harm nohow," she said
to herself "Ther law amt no right
to put yer in Jail fur maxim money er
whisky" And the moon travelled on.
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 u on chair; then she reached
up over the door and took long rifle
down from its resting place on a 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.
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 nd be back" No one
answered him. The sun came out again
in all its fierceness. The children be-
gan their play and the old people their
talk. When all were 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 a hurry, for she took long
strides like a man. Her body swayec
in tune to her step, either from the
weight of the gun or habit. She passed
several persons with the usual saluta
ton, "Morninp' She looked neither
to the left nor to the right. Finally shC
reached lane where the hazel bushes
skirted the road. She walked mor'
carefully then. She peered into a tielt
through an opening, but did not seen
satisfied, for she continued her walking
She stopped again shortly and looked
through the bushes. In the field, abou
20 PAGES distant, was a man patientl,
hoeing his corn. She poked the riff
through the bushes just as the solitar,
laborer Strengthened up, took off his ha
and wiped the perspiration from hi
= face with his shirt sleeve. She glance
} along the barrel of the gun. There wa
l sharp report, and the man fell over i
1 furrow. The blood flowed from
Q hole in his temple
r Then Mandy replaced the gun on he
1 shoulder She walked off down the roa
: without word. When she arrived 6
her home, she put the rife in its restin
s place and went about her duties
Q In the afternoon the rumble Of a roa
: wagon was heard below the house.
# came nearer. All went to the door to Sc
e who it was. The wagon stopped befol
d the house. All knew the driver. 1t WI
Bill Bucker, the constable. As he climI
10 ed over the fence all in the house starte
l. out to meet him.
u "Mandy, I want yer ter go with n
II fur ther shootin of Dobson."
}, The woman's face was as immovab
y as it had been when she sat at the wi
le dow the night before. Eph's father al
ut mother and the children looked at b
10 fixedly.
"All right, Bill, I'll go with yer,
and with this she climbed into t
le wagon.
'Zach," she said to the Oldest chill
le Eyer go over to yer Aunt Minerals
ed tell her to cum round an look after y
l. all. " The wagon ratified down the roa
II and the children and old people look
er after twill Withers Douglas
1T Louisville Courier Journal.