The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-04-27
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cb9iisg s,motpsers Of the lofl on that par
tieu sr mwplns Ne hal plsnred hshini
istp along he foAmr hfowp str'am unde
gbe slstrt bot 90 sooner had be nnsshci
ni HI 4 The COVE ,hsH hls father had sen
iin 10 tie barn lott shh Instructions 4
.tift some of The hay from the untoucht'
eft mos 10 The depiettd iisht.
Aslig pisce ~ wois u seemed 10 ADey
mere pfel,r. 10 keep him from the brook
tut be lnew better lban 10 lifeus the mat
ter with bi, father,
A lorg, lapk. red-haIfed mAu Was y IL
Mseombtr Thsre WAS no smoke 10 hii
ttmpfT; last char 4 me. Ard noihlrg VA
,urer 10 rouse I, than 10 afumble ever ohs''
work The Mscombgrs changed bird met
fnqaertly
TIE swsl'ows Iumbled 10 and cut Of tb,
loft door. The sunlight fmote the hay dust
into golden life. Grip, Andy's dock tailed
mengrel, wbin, d and painted MOSTLY nesr
the bead Of the stsiis.
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thoughts Of happy, rowing hired meu 4 led
Andy ~itb mutinous Hashes; but he was q
Macomser tsig, after all, although not full
| ly Inclined 10 the way ii father meant hlm
10 grow. So, although the dust rtdtere ed
hIs eyes aud isiefs Bit Into the palms OF
his hands and hls arms sehed with the eter-
nal ,b, hesve and toss, he stuck silently 10
hi. ID.
Presently he saw bis father come rspidly
round the corner Of the chicken yard He
looked up grimly at his son.
HISS the dog been with you all the morn
Ing be ssked.
ics, since Fix, Ell Andy.
That's well--for / in. Come along with
me II you want to ste ore piece OF work
Maybe TN bripg home to you the mischief
OF hsrbofinga isscsl cur.
They picked up Mert, the nes hired man
o., the way.
Ellis, Mert, Andy and Grip, he dog alert,
snuiiag the wind, yet keeping shrewdly 10
the background, crossed In Indian file lhe
shaggy orchard, tie wet meadow, where
the bobolilks were singing, and acended
the sudden shoulder Of the sheep hill-pss-
ture.
At the summit OF the rise Mscomber stop.
ped and pointed toward clump OF feath-
cry fogered little pines.
The two white bodies made tragis patch |
on the bright, bare hillside. Their long |
silky .fbrous hair was blown about as II by
the breath OF fear, and dabbled with the
stain so grimly vivid.
Come back here, you brute aid Macon
Der, sternly, as Grip crept forward, the
wiry haekh Using on his neck, You'd like
to worrit 'em, too, I've no doubt
Not be, said Andy, spiritedly. LIS the
scent Of something besides blood that
makes bin set that way.
He vent forward and bent over the dead
sheep.
No dog did Il, he said. Come and see for
yourself. Undtr the long coats Of the mer-
nos the Il .,h was slashed In deep, true fur
% We. The head OF one was bent back at a
angle that showed TIC neck had
,een broken; but the throat, the i1vaIisbe
,)nt OF sheep-silling dogs attack was
lotohched.
Bear announced the hired man, with tY.
,itement.
That bear had done the mischief Ma
'omber was at last compelled to believe.
10 dog of any breed known to him could
,ould have so maul,d his victim.
The village soon learned that this was
10 chance rail. -Four days later Judson
Ippleyard's lock was attacked and fae
se dragged into the woods, where they
ound crow perched on her moist bones.
t was at the Mrrton homestead that the
lurderer next appeared, and here he was
cen 10 the high.handed assault. As old .
fandad Merton described him, no bear had
een quite so black or SO huge before, and !
o cap The climax there was clash OF
p .ctrsl white on his broad chest.
When you see bar marked that way,
Id Merton quayerec ,coLvlHciDgly, you can z
iake certain he's killer.
Science does not support old Mentors a
leory. Experience has taught US tta
lost bears are timid and clownish crea. J.
ires who seek living along the line Of
asst resistar ce bat through some hertdl- "
lry iaint or some unfortunate twist given D
is nature when young, the pariah Of Grey q
orn proved most cunning and deternin- 6
shi ep-killer 10 spite OF traps and armed
a rdf.
1t WAS after the killing at Merton's that G.
icy tracked him TO The rugged slopes Of
reyhorn. The chase stopped where the e
fubby timber tied down TO few muscu. <
r-rootsds iifs that tp,rsely dotted the %
ser bu,tresses,of the peak Above was g
CT aos ~ lopg-ysined rocF, broken and o.
70 st ,veiy Conceivable angle, but sin
siinx upward mighty mass, broad u
Ised, naked pyrsmid, who're sharp sp,x "
m d to fer foolho'd to nothing lees h'
lie than goas. IT,
10 stttmpi TIL. sronghod seemed fu- ~
lie labor to the psntiog farmers, especial Al
~ tb.Ir monarel dgs had lost the scent
the windwtsh,d d rock. ~
Andv bad plenty Of spare time at his dis - :,
,,sl al this seafon, and he and Grip put -
'ir Of earnest heads tcgsther and vowed to :
lst Ihe parlah from his lair The boy soon \,
I'VE up tryils 10 track the beast down ou, - -
hand He p'snne1 waiting game. A -
'est ihrus, rock formsd bis observatory - -
rom |, be could commn At close range -
10 ,lts that Greyhorn turted upon the vii.
r. with slass aud rn he ,psnt many =
morning ard iofg afternoon carried up 10 .
rirt but somehow he never raw the quar- u
I although the continued mortality VI
nong the merinos proved that The ely u