Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-26
CHAPTER tV-Continued.

They was hItrhrd jest about hun
drrd yards below MIR Curtis proul'y.
ou the on side g. tho roud / hndu't
any mur"'u got tu our front gate when
! heard some one running I'm the road
np thor" behind me Pore | kHowcd
whnt was hnpponin', bang went gun,
| almost jumped out'n my boots The
runnin had stopped. The horses was
rnrin' an tcnring' so | thought I'd"
"Whcrc'd the shot come from?" de
fnand"d Jones
Up the roHd S0mecrcs. couldn't
swear just where Must'n' been up by
the rund that cuts In To Green Fancy.
So ! thought I'd hustle In an see II
IN was awake an git my gun Jest
then pm stuck his head out'n the win
der an yelled what the hcll's the mat
ter. Nuu hctChcr life sung ont who
! was mighty quick. cause pas purity
spry with II gun an | didn't want him
taldn me fer burglars SuCaklug around
the house. While we wuz tutkiu' there
one of the husScS started our way
lickeiy-spllt. an in about two seconds
It went by us. II was purity dark but
we see plain as day that there was
man in the saddle, bendin' low over
the boss neck and shoutin' to IL. We
waited couple O. minutes. wonderIn
what TO do, an lIstenin to the boss
gittin' furder and furder away in the
direction of-the, crossroads. Then
way dowE sre BY the pike we heerl
anottfr Rlgf there aR then ph
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set out to see Flat'it was All about.
s"well, pa colhe out with my gun an
his'n an we walks up to where / seen !
the hosses Shore 'nough. one of 'em !
was still hitched to the fence, an |
t'other was gone. We stood around n
minute or two examlnin' the boss an
then pa says let's go up the road why's
an see if we en- see anything. An
by gosh. we hadn't gone moren' fifty
feet aforc we come plumb on n man
layin' In the middle of the road. fn
shook him an he didn't let out II
sound. He was warm, but dcader'n n
tombstone wuZ fer leavin' him there
till we cd git the coroner, but pa says
no. We'd carry him down To our porch
nm lay him there. SOS he'd be out o
danger. Jumps on Polly an lights
cut fer here. Mr.. Jones. TO telephone
ND To Saint Liz fer the sheriff an the
coroner. not givin' dang what | run
into on the way Polly SHE'D some
thin, terrible Jest aforc we got TO the
pike an | come dcrnea near hein
th-nwed An right there side the rOnd
was this Teller, all In n heap. Thinks
/ YOU poor CuSs. YOU must n tried to
stop That Teller on hosSbaCk an he
plunked you. That accounted fer the
second shot. The thing that worries all
ef us Is did the same mnn do the
shootin'. or was there two of EN-, one
wnitin' down the cross roads,
Must have been Two" said Jones,
thoughtfulIy. THE same man couldn't
haye got down there ahead Of him,
that's sure Did anybody 90 mp Ia
Green Fancy To make inquiricsT
"'TwuSnt necessary. Mr.. Curtis
It'NIh INV Nll'bIl III Az I'NN ''A'i' w
left he sent man out To- see what Il
was nil about The otd skccztcks that's
been driyin' his car lately come down
hnlC-dresscd. He said nuthu' out of
the way had Unopened NJ at Green
Fancy
ITS most mysterious" said Barnes,
CHANGING round the circle &C awcd
faces. There must have been some
one lying In wait for these men. and
with very definite purpose in mind
STRIKES me" said Jones. that these
two men were up To some Kind of dirty
work themselves. else why did they
say they we're goin' To- Spanish Falls :?
They were queer actin men, I'll have
to say that.
His eyes met Barnes and there was
queer light in them.
"You don't happen to know anything
about this do you. Mr. Barnes?" he de
manded. suddenly.
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