The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
CHAPTER xvI.-Continued.

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CHAPTER XVI.-Continued.
can run Angry yells from the pack
greeted the cry. A dozen voices took
1t up.
Don't give the old woman time to
warn EN-"
Jim Farthin~'s the man. Dang
Hes the murderer"
Hang the heIl-hound-hang him be-
fore he has time to kill somebody else
Lynch HIM"
'frhe whole damn bunch of EN-"
A few mad spirits can make a mob
of any multitude, and a mob is a
piece Of hell.
Shoot 'em!"
Hang 'em!"
Lynch 'em!"
Here. get the ropes; somebody get
some halters.''
'Cut the rope off'n that rig"
Come on; we'll learn the hell
birds"
The mob frenzy had seized the
crowd In fun grip. In a yelling. ours
Ing, boiling mass they swung out of
the barn and up the trail toward the
Gap, cruel as wolves on a scent and
as hot to destroy. The sheriff pleaded
and argued and threatened, but he
might as well nave argued with the
freed waters of a dam.
whe,a,re vo, ,,oinea" dan, Vic Nrs
F'arthing helpiessIy, standing by the
gate and her hands in grow
ing terror. a hideo1s Veil n,ing,e
with insults and curses, was the re-
ply.
"oh, don't be hasty! oh, please
don't, gentlemen! There's some mis-
take, oh, my God, don't do it! oh
sheriff, stop EN-. Don't let 'em do it.
My God, stop, men; don't do it," But
they swept by her Ike wolves. Who'll
~ beside herself now with terror, she
bounded after them, begging and de-
laying her hands on the
entreaty. BGi they pressed on, heed
less of her anguish.
Ion fafthing, standing on a freshly
aeiiea Tree, heard the roar coming up
'he zap ana paused to listen.
Wnats mat
1is,s aouid int Ike u Srowd:a Ihey both
aha,n in.en.iy Their father had left
mem an hour before for he Wild
AIsauows 10 xamine some trees to
oe Gut iater.
" WHATS shals d crowd coming up here
lovc
why, no. todays only the second.
a woman darted out of
we pushes n MADE straight for Tom.
WY, Loha-
2uica; rom. Kun" she painted.
s. .. I'M:
hhantenS We got ropes. They'll hang you
ooln. Come--qu1ck."
But we haven't done anything. Why
should we run?"
Tha don't make any difference.
Quick. Q won't listen to anything.
Hear that? Oh, comet"
If we run. It will be confessing we
done something"
~ you cont you'll be hung in two
ahlnute On,
..r, hlaeous yen arose below them.
me h,s nag caaghI sight OF III boys
broker into q mad rush like a pack
g nounds at the sight OF their victim.
quick, Tom she gasped For my
sake. Tom" Her panic was contagious.
He looked into her eyes an instant and
turned with her. Jim still wavered,
put 2 fresh yell from behind sent him
a : ! rom and Iona. Then b wild
panic q the animal that turns it's back
SaIne over tnem-that mad, unde-
ru,th s~a aear shat grlps the heart as
49, - NJ, au scHus 2 1ugitlve on
90 ~ tha.s Mu. ~. ~ ms racks. Iney
vaiIs that ca,ma ~ 49, ~ ~ ehe
M ~ ~ w AIotn Deninu
.ns tham ana - aeain cauEh slgnt
r,arx,a ,n.mnl = waS s.rainins every
more antiua - p ths ~. me younger n
100 , acl.ye n the iead. Ihey crashed
80 serass LveuouonuIon suarl IKE q
g S.uI hs. ~ cate. p and Pitch
az 1912 1ru.s.ns themselves on
s,aTd. ana Yanna ~ uea thas comes ana
arsltave YES, nad cleared the brush line
sns $3.50 MSre - plaln slgnt now among
U .vSns tElat!ssWay up,tne ridge. The
- m,a is1..lMs sHls .au.y 70 restrain
drew Ma revoivar ana al the