Saturday, February 14, 1920
the river, and didn't have 'ncv weapon
with him, which w?s blame' foolish
ness, and in a lonesome place he
hears, a horse a-coming behind him,
and sees old Baldy Shepherdson a
linkin' after him with his gun in his
hand and his white hair a-flying in
the wini; and 'stead of jumping off
and taking to the brush, Bud. 'lowed
he could outrun him; so they had it,
nip. and.. tuck, forfive. ,mile:or. more,
the old man a-gaining all the time; so
. at last Bud seen it warn't any use, so
he stopped and faced around so asto
have the bullet-holes in front, you
know, and the old man he rode up
and shot him down. But he" didn't
eh much chance to enjoy his luck, for
inside of a week our folks laid him
out."
"I reckon that old man was a cow
ard, Buck."
"I reckon he warn't a coward. Not
by a blame' sight. There ain't a
coward amongst them Shepherdsons
not a one. And there ain't no cow
ards amongst the Grangerf ords eith
er. Why, that old man kep' up his
end in' fight one day for half an hour
against three Grangerf ords, and come
out winner. They was all a-horse
back; he lit off of his horse and got
behind a little woodpile, and kep' his
horse before him to stop the bullets;
but the Grangerf ords stayed on their
horses and capered around the old
man, and peppered away at him, and
he peppered away at them. Him and
his horse both went home pretty
leaky and crippled, but the Granger
fords had to be fetched home and
one of 'em was dead, and another
died the next day. No, sir; if a body's
out hunting for cowards 1 he don't
want to fool away, any time amongst
them Shepherdsons, becuz they don't
breed any of that kind."
Next Sunday we all went to church,
about three mile, everybody a-horse-back.
The men took their guns along,
so did Buck, and kept them between
their . knees or stood them handy
against the wall. 'The Shepherdsons
done the same. It was pretty ornery
preaching all about brotherly love,
everybody said it was a good sermon,
and they all talked it over going
home, and had such a powerful lot to
say about faith and good works and
free grace and preforeordestination,
and I don't know what all, that it did
seem to me to be one of .the roughest
Sundays I had run across yet.
About an hour after dinner everybody-
was dpzirtg, arotfnd, some in
their chairs and some in their rooms,
and it grot to be orettv dull. Buck
and a dog was stretched out on the
grass in the sun sound asleep. I went
up to our room, and judged I would
itake a nap myself. I found that sweet
Miss Sophia standing in. her door,
which was next to ours, and she took
me in her room and shut the door
very soft, and asked me if I liked her,
and I said I Mid; and she asked me if
I would do something for her and
not tell anybody, and I said I would.
Then she said she'd forgot her Testa
ment, and left it in the seat at church
between two other books, and would
I slip out. quiet and go there and
fetch it to her, and-not say nothing,
to nobody. I said I would. So I
slid out and slipped off up the road,
and there warn't anybody at the
church, except maybe a hog or two,
for there warn't any lock on the
door, and hogs likes a puncheon floor
in summer-time because it's cool. If
you notice, : most folks don't go to
church 6nly when they've got to; but
a hog is different.
(To be continued)
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