The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-10-07

nan who had q rife Va 'orr~A ,"
cave II behind Will, the SIiei ~ I2Irp
lies; q company Of the states ani.ji&
Ans /. ere and each member Of ! .ind
h hi:ndred rounds Of ball cartridges
10 biS belt the authorities were taking
no chances.
Anm a breathless hush, he WhpeiE
~ 'tp law began to move. Caleb More
land quickly old wiiai he had 10 soy.
ana backed II up with proof: he
brought OUT q perfect abb. Tive
JUICE and HE jury fro ned and smiled
! n Tie same instant. Dale went for
%arJ ami took his place He pleaded
MOI Guilty" A little later the state
introduced Its evidence and rested.
The counsel for the defense. patri-
elan and soldier-like. Immaculate from
Ais toes 10 the crown Of his head.
went eagerly to his feet. He had fully
prepared himself. and he delivered his
argument with An eloquent and force
ful swing. Ii was plain that the jury
was favOrably Impressed by the words
OF this man who never accepted q Ia
unless he was absolutely sure that his
client was In the right.
Major Bradley hinged his argument
on the mysterious third shot. II Dale's
bullet had killed Adam Ball, would
o Adam Ball have been shot sQuarely
Or at least nearly SQ,arely from the
frOnt3 AS 1t was. the Goliath had been
shot straight through the templesi
| That third shot had been fred by some
hidden friend of Dale's. the major do.
clared, and It had been done for the
purpose Of saving Dale's life. BAN
had been in the act Of playing q COW.
ardly trick he had killed q man In
North Carolina by just such q trick
and he had bOasted of IL.
The attorney for the state made .
rejOinder that almost favored the de-
PENDANT. Then the court charged the
| jury, and the twelve good men retired.
The jury was out not more than
twenty minutes, but 10 Elizabeth Lit
ueiord IL was Al age of torture.
The Twelve men flied slowly in and
faced he Judge, who turned susters
eyes upon them and asked:
"GenIlemen of lie jury. have you
reached a verdict"
they had. Elizabeth LittlefOrd's
head SWAN as she bent forward TO
catch the foreman's words
Not guilty.
A Wild shout rose from the Ieathery
throat Of the happy BY Heck. The
Moreiands and the Litt!efords Cheered
until they were hOarse. Sheriff Tom
Flowers had difficulty III Quieting the
tumult. Bill Dale shook hands until
his shoulders ached. The Balls and
their relatives, bitter with resentmeni
and hatred, stole out. were given their
rifles, and went coward the big hills
with the eye Of the miltis hard npon
them.
Then the Morelands and the Little
his mining mar Hayes. came out, and
they, too, started for the big hills.
Dale had hired a horse and a side
saddle for Ben LittlefOrd's daughter.
and the two rode in each others COM
paDy on the journey home. When they
were we'll into the mountains, Dale
drew his horse over close TO that of
his companion.
las soon as | can build and furnish
-" he began, when Elizabeth inter
rupted:
Were ridin' too fast. We're too
much ahead o the others. One o them
Balls might try to pick you off with
his rife gum"
moi much danger of that" Dale re-
piled. The Balls have already been
warned about sniping; you father told
them that their very name would be
secured off the earth if there was any
sniping. Besides, BY Heck is acting
as advance guard somewhere ahead Of
us"
He continued AS soon as | can
build and furnish a little house out
near the mine, l want yon to marry
me. Babe. Will you?'
Elizabeth Littleford seemed not to
have heard.
will You, Babe?"
She faced him sadly. He saw in
her hazel eyes TIE same queer light
Of tragedy that he had seen there .
day or two before; and now. as then.
he wondered what ii could mean.
TELL me. Babel"
Her head fell forward. The sunlight
found glints Of gold in her thick chest
nut-browD hair. She was silent for Q
moment; then her voice came DULY:
"Td better not marry you, Bill Dale"
Dale sat up straight and rigid In
his saddle and stared hard at her SOL
EMMY beautiful profile. He could
hardly believe that he had heard cor
rectly. He knew she loved him. She
had told him that she loved him. Then
why wouldn't she marry him? He
tried to reason it out, and the attempt
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