The Dermott news., 1919-03-27

 hill a few steps and stopped and Wh'stlcd to my Ally. l could hear her answering wh5nny far down Che dusty road and then her hoofs is she gal iapcd toward ne. She came within few feet of he and stood snoring. I caught and mounted her and rode to the nearest house for hetp On the way saw why she had stopped A uamher of horses were feeding on the roadside near the lug house where An arex Champion lived Andrew had inst unloaded some hay aad was back ts#ass cut ef his barn htfeHed my dflE and jumped on the aek=say.ug: Drive up the road HIS quick as you cau. \ man has been murdered
 What a fearful word | Was that l had spokeni What panic t made in the ltttle doaryardt The maa zasued aud jerked tHe reins and shouted to his horses and began swearing The woman uttered little scream and the children ran crying to her side.
 The physical facts which are further related to this tragedy are et little moment 10 now. The stranger was dead and We took his body to eur home and my uncle Set out for the constable. l Over and oNee again that nizat told The story of Ite saautuE. Ne went to the e.of the tragedy with lanterns and feucod= ion and put soma mta on euard there.
 h the morning they found the rob- hers footprints ja the damp dirt of the road and measured them The whole countryside was atfre a5tG ex- e5fement and searching the woods and fields for the Ashwayman.
 The stranger Was buried. There was oethus upon htm to indieate his name or residence. Weeks passed with no ae#s of the man who had sun htm. l had told of the gun With piece of wood broken cut of ifs stock but no one know of any such weapon in or near Lickitysplit.
 One day Uncle Peabody and drove I'D to Gr,mshaW'S to make payment of money, | remember 1t was gold and silver which Wr carried in q little sack. I asked where Amos was and MrS. GrimshdW-a timid, tired=oohinc. heHy little woman who was never seen outside of hrr own house-said that h. VaS working out on thc farm of Ar Eeekman aear Patt~hare He had gone over on the stage late in June to hire out lar the having. l observed that my uncle looked very thoughtful as we rode back home and had ljttlo to say.
 You never had any iaee who that rohher was, did ye?" he asked by and by.
 @No-I could not see plain-it was so dusk" I sad.
 The swift words, Your money or your life" came out of my memory and rang in it felt Its likeness to thc scoldug demands If Mir Grim shaw. who Was forever saying in ef- feet:
 Your money or your home,"
 That was like demanding our lives, because We couldn't live without our hame Our all Was in ZMr. Grim shaw'S gun was Che power h. had over us. and what a terrible weapon it was, | credit hIm With never rcaliE- ue how tgrEbHH.
 Nc came to Che saudhiHs and then Enefe Peabody hroke tae silence by sayms,
 T wouldn't e5ve fc.y# cents for as much o' ths land as a bird raa'i fly around in day.1
 Fen for a faas tme l heard only the sound of feet and wheels mailed If1 tbe saud. vble my uuo.a#=at look 5as thagehtfuHy at thc s#ae. When l spoke to him he >ogwel not 10 hear me.
 Before we reached home knew what was h his mind, h4t neither dared speak of it.
 People eaHe from CaHtea and an Che ueichboriuE villages ta sec and talk with me, and among them were the i pankelherES. Unfouu2ed tales of my bravery had gone abroad.
 Sally seemed 10 be very glad 10 sec me. We walked down to the brook and up into the maple grove and back i through the meadows,