The Washington herald., 1907-06-16

4 Office, so he told Postmaster Higgins "a
mark II Refused" and send :; HJck q
/ the editor and started 20 walk back
I home shortly after dark Now the nearest
way from Blngville 10 where Enoch lives
/ IS CrOst the fields and so Enoch returned
that way. Il was about 9 o'clock when
! he come ou;en the edge Of the woods not
far from his house. and suddenly he
stopped IN his tracks and his blood most
froze I'm his veins for there standing not
/ fifty feet from him was one Of the most
feeroshious looking pirates Enoch bad ever
saw. Enoch said he had a gun aimed
al his (Enoch's) heart. but never said a
word. But Enoch knowed which side OF
his bread was buttered, so he held his
hand as high Up into the air as he could
reach and stood still expecting 20 be shot
on the spur Of the moment, every second
as YOU might say.
Enoch says he never wants 10 live
over the agony he suffered in them few
minutes. standing there facing death in
the most horrible form. His arms ached
i'm so that he couldn't scarcely keep them
up, but he was afeard % let them down
The pirate Jest stood there as silent as a
ghost. but never said a word-after a lit
tie while EnOCh got so weak in the knees
that he swOoned and sunk right down in
a heap and become unconscious. When ne
come 20 the pirate hadn't moved and
Enoch inch by inch crawled behind the
cover Of a big white oak and then from
there a little further into the wood
until he was out Of sight then he run
home by a round about way arriving all
outen breth and his tongue as dry as
bone
Soon as he got his breth he Ioadened I'd
his old shotgun with buckshot and walked
Up Brad Hlnsley. who is his nearest neigh
Dor, and him and Brad walked 20 Bing-
Vile and got Seth Dewberry. our lion
hearted town constubble. and they was
joined by several other Of our most re-
speckted citizens until there was quite
possy Of them, all armed TO the teeth. and
led by Seth they all started for the spot
where Enoch had saw the man.
When they arrived and crawled I'D to
where Enoch had saw him, there he
stood in the dim moonlight Jest the same
as ever. Cy Hoskins told Seth 10 walk
right up 10 him and put him under Arrest
In the name Of the law. but Seth said he
didn't think that would be a good plan
Seth said II he should walk out there to
should see that big tin star which Seth
wears on his coat as constable. the felier
would run and excape from custody. Seth
said he would deppytize Cy and Cy
could go out and speak to him. but c.
remembered that he had told his wife
before leaving home that he would be
at ALL and be would haft 20 start right
of which he done
Finally Seth he mustered up enough
courage 10 creep up closer with his pistol
cooked IN one hand until he was behind
a tree about % feet from the pirate then
Seth peeked around the tree and said in
a loud voice, 81 Arrest you in the name
OF the lawI There was no answer and
Seth repeated II louder Just then there
was a gust of wind blowed acrost the
field and the pirate seemed 10 wave his
arms. That gOsh-blamed thing acts like
a skeer crow" says Seth Then IL all
come back to Euoch that Il was the
skeer crow he had fixed up and he ex-
plained to the crowd that he had forgot
all about It and they all returned to
Bingville in deep disgust and went to
bed and Enoch went homo.
The general opinion Is that IL the skeer
crow works as well with the crows as it
did with Enoch his corn will come up
this time without molestashion.
P -Enoch was in Bingv,lle
again yesterday. When we asked him
how his skeer crow was workin the lang
wige he used was pitiful to hear COM
ing from a member of the Bingville
church like Enoch is. Enoch SAYS his
corn is all pulled up again and that the
last time he seen the skeer crow there
was five crows perched On It. Enoch has
give up raising any corn in that patch
this year as IT is too late in the season
now