The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-23
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Desp@si2a. ,sss. by T. q. McClurs.l
When ashas strong. old bachelor. ),
bought n farm in the outskirts Of the
,1&ase ct ysyIerville and set mp his
Y &fkl tAau b. was at peace with
Et aIDnxe weeks later he was
EJ - - no with q ptechferk
q Esehng the HE u
- had ,nvaded.his prem,
|. Ass. -Four wears, the Willow "A.
Cor. dyyl 4. NJ Itlage; Mad owned 4
log. FSr taree years the animal had
bees isewn ,as s''the widows, 'hog."to,
aisshSutsh IN, FROM Che half hundred
ether hsss Dsnsiteed to meander
aryuad. The: villagers told tales about
that 6sE:SSfhb was tall and Slong and
raas& AsHes ever hungry. He was
S31te wassa destroyer Of gar.
I. 96d - kaopiaess of the owners
a&5rsof. He deserved death hV the
1aAls It -, x 5or club. but he hsd
- spassl because be was owned by
atwtasw: W. ,,s... ~. ....., 81
The widows hog. had waited q rea-
sonahlef length Of time and then PAID
aSvisit to the newcomer and rooted up|
half an acre. of; potatoes. silas Strong
was slew to anger, but he couldn't
ibapa ;tilat. After vainly trying to-
cstsi the hog he set himself to locate
the owner When this had been done
Ne PIT en- bis Sunday. suit and made .
saA. He had the damages figured up
and haew just: what he was going to-
cay. The Widow Tabor wasn't expect.
Ing him, but she was not a bit 6ustrat
Cd hr Strong had hardly begun hia
s<sry Of infainy on: the part OF the hog
when be was interrupted with:
Dear. dear, me, but am 50 sorry.
wish he: wouldn't act this way. Mr..
Strong, lThave just been making some
elderbeEry wine. and~l wish you would
give me your opinion on 1t"
When he had done 50 she asked IN
other opinion about blackberry jam,
and from that she Insisted that he SAM
pie custard pie, and when he finally
started home he had forgiven the bog
sndy had good opinion of the widow
These, sentiments. were not lasting1
Only 4 week had passed when ths'
same hog tore his way through q stout
fence and did some more rooting. -:
8iias Strong was stirred 10: the utter.
most by the outrage. The widow and
the hog shared his tnvectlves alike. Al
Soon As be could get. his breath and
brfakfast he set out for the. village. :;;. s.
Re may have been expected. for the
DIOR was opened to him with q, sweet
smile, and before he couid utter. q
word the widow said: (: -. -
~ am very glad to zee you. One Of
TIA; legs Of the cook stove has fallen
ost, and I do wish you'd a. It for me-"
The leg was no sooner in. place than
TIE widow mentioned that, she was
afraid the "mothsr" In the. vinegar
barrel on the sunny side Of the house
was dead, and che took silas out to
sss. He gave his Qptntan. and then
she. asked hts advice about keeping
Leshorn. chickens instead' Of Brahmas.
and the upshot was that he went away
without bringing the thunders Of heav.
sn upon her head. He. got a.. far al to
cay that the bog had, paid, him! another
visit, but she changed the conversation
To-, the coming circus; and be; found
himself sn. his way home II 4 puzzled
frame Of miaa. He wanted to forgive
~ widow without &orsiving the bog,
bat a. they seemed to 30 enc and in
seHarable how was It to be brought
ab4ut? stlas bothered over this mat
tes ter ten days and .thea- got acne
nsrning to nnl another battlefield b.
fore bis eyes. The widows hog bad
made. the third unaunounced visit Hsl
had rooted up tho soil. and he had
cheweA up things. He had spared
neither age nor sex. Il was simply .
gigantic case OF malicious trespass andl
deserved death at once. Az silss could
not catch him and administer thsI
death stroke, be took bite to eat andf
then started for Liverpool. 4 village
Eve miles away. Al soon 20 BE- sotl
there he laid the widow. and the hogI
and the trespass before the lawyer.
and when the latter had got the De-
tails be said: ~ W.,
'It's the plainese case / ever bad.
The hog has got to die"
alias Strong felt an elation % hs|
started for bone. The law was b. !
hind him. and the Law was to vindi.
cate him. He had given the widow
and her hog 4 chance, but they had
not taken advantage Of It. At the end
Of . mile or 10, however. this elation
began to lose its edge, and ten minutes