The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-10-24
LAID PLANS


the road. III was i-auEfl's mother VINO
had told her the tale of her grand
fathers crime.
ut was best" she had said, "that the
child should learn of 1t from her own"
Laurel had ionged 10 make the
mountain neighbours child her eomnan-
ion, life was lonely among the hills.
SO Laurel's mother had explained why
this could not be.
She had listened In frightened hor-
ror. Her grandfather was a murderer.
That was the fact In all its brutal
plainness. as her mother told IL.
Grandfather had killed the man who
would be this mountain elild's grand
father. His crime had been yindl-
Gated because the deed MAS considered
one Of seif-defense.
But the grandfather had sought no
s2h excuse. Murder" he said. was
In his heart at the time. 1.-The man
had told cruel lie 10 the woman he
loved. breaking the engagement be
tween them. On the narrow mountain
trail he had met and accused the vic
tim. aud when they had struggled ia
anger II had ended in the fall OF
the man 20 Ills death below.
Self-confessed. Laurei's grandfather
was a murderer. sud the shadow lin
gered on those Who followed. Recon
eiled. he had married his sweetheart.
but the enmity begween the two fam
lilies concerned remained a thing OF
reality.
When Ianrei's own saddened mother
a "a. Ia
h0sne. II 1zs at her wish that her
daughter be sent away 10 school. and
70 learn what the great outer world
might hold. Nov. in all the sweetness
Of mounialn summer. Laurel had
come back asaln. 10 be with her father.
II was "a the weather beaten church
on Sabbath that she raised her eyes
from her singing book. 20 meet those
Of s stranger. From the outer world
be, too. had eotae back 20 the prtrai-
tive. Like hers. his own eyes had
wfd~n~d ia question. -Iiow come you
her~T. asked ihs strangers eyes. -And
who.~ flashed Laurei's. ~ar~ yonf~
After service both were answered
That said her father. IN . tone Of
c0nsfrnlns. is the last % the Wiituns.
from down the road. He's been away
sor years. studying. they aay. an get.
ting rfch-
oa the following morning she met
the nan ~ the Questioning xass on
narrow mountain TRAN. IT'S PRO
nounced avoidance Of her proclaimed
that the iAss % TIE wlifons eth bore
avrrsfaa 70 she granddaughter Of
murderer.
I.anrsfs saft eyes elouced. tuf she
felt no reseusEAeat.
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