The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-10-21

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a few days before; he had not given
the matter really serious considers.
ton until that morning. Now" he
finished. 81 wan to know whether YOU
think there's any dangerT"
Littlefcrd tugged at his blnckenee
beard and frowned.
bill" he said sOberly. "dO you
%rickOllect what John MOreland told
you oncet about them Balls? He told
We at you wasn't safe. and at he
wasn't safe. Ontel they was dead and
buried. didn't he? believe he did.
BY Heck says the's q whole big passed.
O. them Nawtb Ca'liner Turner's; he's
shore them and the BallsU outnum-
Der us more'n two to one. Yes. tbe's
danger, Bill. and specially 10 you.
They think II was you killed Adam.
and they don't think the law handed
'em q square deal at the trial"
"Then listen to this PLAN" said
Dale.
"I1i keep By Heck up the river
watching for them. He will have
three sticks Of dynamite tied together
and capped and fitted with a fuse. II
he sees them coming this way 10 any
thing like q force. he will fire or the
dynamite as q signal to US. Our men
will gather here in the upstairs Of this
building, and bar the doors"
ooh. Bill" mOaned the old fighter,
you shorely don't think we'd ever let
'em git to the doors"
~ hope they don't, certainly"
smiled Dale. "Where are your rifles,
Bin:'
see, Bill, we've been a-lookin' TO
trouble"
Dale went on: AT BY Heck's six.
nal. I'll get on my horse and ride to
the lowlands for the Morelands. I can
set them a lot quicker than I can get
competent help from the law. What
do you think Of it,
Its a good plan. | reckon"
growled Ben Littleford. 'oniy / don't
cotton very easy to the idee o us
al ttiili WI t't ~ W Ills BrINI
huildin'. | never did like to run from
rny M wo'th q durn, Bill"
"Hui that wouldn't hc coVa'tly.'
na!e Ir"j">ttG Ia would 81" i'uTti'
q strategic mo,". and il H"Uld ~ Il
for US. For, when the Balls and
their kinSmen come, you'u have to de- /
liver me into their hands or you'll
have to fight like the very devil. that's
sure; and. according to BY Heck's fig
ures, they Outnumber you more than !
to one. (
"All right Littleford replied. with
q shrug Of his huge shoulders. what
you say. that same well do"
So BY Heck was sent for, and short
afterward he Sneaked into the Iau-
-els and went off toward the settle
nent of the Balls. In the crook of his
arm he carried his rifle. and inside his
shirt he carried three pieces Of dyna-
mite all ready for the ~match-and he
hose every step with great care for
ear OF iarring the explosive too much.
He had not beer gone an hour when
Bill Dale heard q dull. Smothered roar
from somewhere to the northward.
Dale ~prang up from his desk, ran to
lis ready aud Visiting horse. mounted
rode like q strpak toward the
owland.
Dale arrived AZ John tiorelaud's big
White farmhouse 3 li1tle before the
middle Of the day. and haiioed Justify
( lhe gaze. John MoreIand and his
>"n> hurried OUT in response TO
he call. Dale waved aside all greet
n@> ami inquiries after his health.
nd Told HAT which he had come TO
ell. The elder Mnreland turned quick
10 his two stalwart sons
Guns and hosSes. boys. ltli be
ur last fight. and les be at it aud
rake it q good fight"
Less thar five minutes later the
erStwhile mountaineers rode out '
I the barnyard gate with full belts Of :