Licking Valley courier., 1921-09-29

woods that away. I've got 1t reasoned
out Jest like this. And who
ever It was at was friend enough to
Bill Dale to kill a man to save him
will be friend enough to own up when
the proper time comes and keep Bill
Dale from a-bein' hung. Whoever II
was at done 1t is skeered bad now,
but later on he'll shore tell 1t, ef it'll
save Bill. You jest wait and see,
mother.
81 hain't never fo'got," Babe went
ION, after a moment, "about Black
Adam Ball a-tellin' me about a-workin'
that same trick on man over In.
Nawth Ca'llner-and he killed the
man.. The law never found II out.
And ye see what Black Adam got.
who lives by the sword shall perish
by the sword It's in the Good Book,
mother. honey; and everything In the
Good Book is God A'mighty's truth, as
YOU know" +e. ,.
"Ef was pinned down to guess who
It was at done It." drawled Mrs. Lit
tLeford, "Td guess It was By Heck.
He was q plumb fool about Bill Dale.
His nav she says he talks in his sleep
about Bill Dale. He was allus a-fol-
Ierin" him around like dawg."
Babe pointed to the meadow. An
aged and stopped and witchlike wom-
an was limping slowly through the
clover, coming toward them.
Granny Heck" muttered Babe.
The neighborhood's newsbearer and
fortune-teller llmped on up to the
cabin, and dropped 10 the stone step
beside Ben Littleford's wife and
daughter.
la, la, law she painted, for the
DAYS we're warm. "And hain't II jest
turrihle! wisht l may die this min
ute eff / wouldn't might nigh as soon
see my own son go to jail But 'en
It'll all come out right ylt, Babe.
seed It in the cyards, and ] seed It in
the cup. Babe, honeydumplin", he
never no more killed Adam an killed
him myself. tell ye, the's been some
awful ongodly work done, somehow.
know Bill Dale, and the shore haln't
nary burned drap o. killer blood In
him."
4 Babe spoke suddenly to her mother
'Pve got to 60 and wash and Iron my
new white dress. Acause-because Tn
a-goin' back to Mrs. McLaurin, like
promised I'd go. I'm a-goin' In the
mornln', on the fust train. Ye NIGH
as we'll inform pap to hatch up my
railroad money, mother"
Just then BY Heck stopped befor,
the gate.
I "Do ye want to 60 home along as
90, mawr he asked.
The three women turned their eyei
toward the lanky moonshlner. II,
was standing straighter than the!
had ever seen him standing before
and he held his repeater across on,
Of his thin shoulders IN manner tina
was almost soldlerly. II was al
though he had just discovered a hlth
erto unknown depth to himself.
The truth was that he was carry
ing secret that was great, and al
most too much for him.
His aged mother rose with a rheu
matte groan. "Looky here, By,"F sh
demanded, "what on earth's the mat
ter of ye1 Ha' ye done went ant
swallered a rifles ramrod, or tishln
pole, that ye walk so cussed straigh
and look like plumb dadblame'
fool7'
"No, maw," grlnned her son, "Nothln
like II. I'm Jest hongry, that's all, M,
gosh, ef don't feel hongry enough {,
eat whole raw yaller dawgl Ant
J top II Off with a couple O. baked house
cats. Durn my eyes and blast my for
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