Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-09-02

whats thatP' Bony asked.
1--WE been drunk ag'in. Met an old
comrade. We got TO talkin' bout the
second day at Gettysburg. There's
suthin' Gurus bout Gettysburg. It's
slippery ground. He had a bottle, we
walked to Browns cove in the cool
o. the night an got drunk on the
way. We sot down here an fit the
Confeds till daylight. If could fer.
git Gettysburg an some other things
I'd be respectable"
They ate a moment in silence. Then
Bumpy added:
"One drink win put the devil in
me. The old sores begin to bleed.
But I'm thrOugh-by Jeedixi Never
no more whisky fer nae. I'm through.
The woman has looked purity solemn
since then"
He carved the birds and loaded
their plates 1t was no time for idle
words. Talk was not resumed until
each had dulled his appetite on the
bones. Then Bumpy began his tales
Of thrilling and improbable adven-
ture.
When the boys thanked him and
babe him gOOd-by the sun was low.
They left with a most friendly feeling
for the old man.
One day Mr.. Smithers sent SAad
down to Cyrus Doolittle's with q pack
age Of medicine which had come up
on the stage for cid Oscar Perry, the
father-in-law Of Cyrus. Here was the
Inflated house which Shad was never
70 forget. The old gentleman was sit
ting In q wheel-chair. He had the
worried, sorrowful look OF the streng
man who has had his warning. He
had been partly paralyzed by .
stroke. His daughter, Mrs. Doolittle,
opened the door for Shad. She was
an erect handsome woman with q face
somewhat careworn but still comedy.
The house had q gloomy and de
pressing atmosphere. There was q
solemn note IN the ticking Of. the old
family clock. After all, houses have a
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and his son Moses, q hoy of ShadS
age, were cleaning "A pair of colts
tethered on the barn floor. His err
rand accomplished, Shad went out for
q look at the colts The boy turned
from his work to speak to Shad. His
father rebuked him. saying:
"COne, hoy, I'm in q hurry to get
away. Bring the harness"
Turning to the young clerk, be
asked: young man, are you loafing
todayF'
mo, sir"
"wen. you don't seem to be very
busy"
The tall, ibrown-bearded, gray-eyed
man had spoken in his ;hustling man
ner without stopping his work.
Late In the afternoon of the mem
cradle tenth of November Shad had
gone down the road some two miles
to collect a bill. Darkness overlook
hin on his way back. He was hum
Cry and hurrying with "a bicycle Ian
tern in his hand, so as not to be too
late for his supper. When about a
quarter Of q mile from the store he
dimly saw q man approaching him at
. rapid pace. He could hear his foot
steps on the rough frozen road. Shad
stopped. The man had turned sud-
denly. some sixty PAGES from where
Shad was standing, got over the fence
and hurried away in the, darkness. As
Shad came near the store he saw a
crowd of people in the street. Men
were shouting. Hysterical women were
crying. Shad ran toward the crowd
In front Of the store. Bony was there
whats the matter7" Shad asked.
whats the matteri Why, some
man just bust into Cy 'Doolittle's
h0ase-not ten minutes ago-an' shot
up the hull family, murdered 'em right
an left. The OIL man is killed. Mis-
DOOlittle an the teacher Is over to
Silas Meriwether's mos dead an
bleedin' awful It was like "a battle
In the war"
A singular paralysis Of fear and dis
- CSo 1eAa AssAAoA bPOh LAC BOOu peODle
Of that village. A few men had
rushed out IN the roads and fields In
q vain quest for the criminal.
Come oni I saw him." :Shad said
to BOny. and the two ran at top speed
down the road toward the fence where
Shad had seen the man climb over
the fence and vanish In the darkness,
It was near the Doty place. The man
must have gone around the barns and
then whittier, It was impossible to
say. The boys we've in deadly fear
Of finding the criminal but saw no.
body.
"We're darn FOOLS" said Bony as
they were YEARLY walking back.
what would we have done with him
an what would he have done to us?
They say OIL Bumpy Brown is the
murderer"
Lord, not" Shad exclaimed. at
can't be-"
LESS he's gone crazy. Two men
have run down the river to see if he's
to home"
So began the widest night in the
history Of Amity Dam. Q
Divested Of all the excitement and