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Show 166 "vY 11, who done th ·hooting ?--·wa.· it. a Grangrrfonl nr a hc:pherd~on ? ., "Law. , how <lo l know? it wa~ ·o lo11 cr ago."' "Don•t anybo'ly know (" "Oh, ye.·, pa know.·, I r ck n, and "'OJn<~ of the ot 1H' l' old folk:; but i hey don 'L kn w now what the row wa:-; about i11 the .fir~t place." " lia there b en 111any killed, Bucl ? " "Ye - right .·1nart chance of fun raJ:-;. But they <1 n1 't :tlway kill. Pa. got a f w buck- ·hot in hi1n; buL he c1on·t mind it ·cuz he don't weigh much any\vay. J~oh's been carved 11p ~orne with a bowie, and 'l'o1n's been hnrt onC(' or twice:' "J(a · anyl1ody been killed this year, Buck? ., "lT c , W<' got on<' and th y got one. '13out three 1nont hs ~gQ, my con in Bnd, fourteen year old, \Ya. riding through the wood., on t'other .. :icl of the river, and clidn•t have no weapon with him, \vhi ·h was blam ' fooli ·hn . · ·, and in a l n .·onH· place he hear · a horse a-coming behind him, and sec.· ohl Baldy Rhepherd on a-linkin' after him with his aun in his lunHl and h hi~ white hair a-flying in the \Vind; and 'stead of jtnnping off nnd taking to th ' bru ·h, Bud 'lowed he could outrun hiHl ; so they had it, nip and tu ·k, for fiv mil or 1nore, the old JnaH againing all the i im '; o at la t Bud <'<'n it \nlrn't auy ust', ·o 1le stopped and fac <l around so as to have the bullrt hole in front, you know and the old 1nan hP rode up and ~ hot hi1n down. But hP di<ln't git much chance to njoy hi luek, for inside of a ,.n,ek our folks laid him out." "I r ckon that old man \va · a cowarcl, Buck." "I reckon he 1ua1~n'l a coward. Not by a blaine' io-ht. There . ' b £un t a coward a1n ng t them Shepherd ·ons-not a one. And there ain't no co"·ard ·among t th Grangerfords, either. \Yhy, that old man kep' up his encl in a fight one day, for a half an hour, again t three rrangerforcl1', and eome out winner. They T liE TE :,TAJfl~.YT. JG7 was all a-hor · ba ·k; h ll.L off of hi hor:e and croL behincl a lit 1 lt' \VO cl-pilc, and kPp hi:-; hors ' b 'for hi1n to ·top the bnllC't. · ; but the Grang<'rfonls taicl n th ir hor.· ·.· and cap r c1 aronnd the old 1nan, ancl p<'pprn cl away at hitn, and h p )ppered a'' ,1 r at them. lli1n <llld hi: l1or:-;c both w nL h 1n prt·tty ]<·ak, nn~l crippl cl, but th<· Urang<'rfonl~ had t be j etcf,ed ho1nr-· nntl one of 'em \Va. · d :td 8.1Hl anoth 'r <li \d th(' ll \ Tt day. r() ·ir j f a bocly' · out h tnJI i ng for ·owards, h don 'L wa ni t.o fool ; \Va \: <tny t in1 atnong!"L t lH'lll ~hcphcrs u , bccuz ilH'Y don't hr<'<'d an~ oft hat kind. · T xt Sunday W<' all w 'nt to church, about t hn o 1nil t', (.'V 'ryb dy a-hor" 'Dac-k. Th rnen took th ir gun: along, :o di<L 13nc k, and k pt th 'ln h<·t \Y) n th ir knee or ·t flod t lt <'J n han< 1 y again. 't the wall. Th h ph rd. n done the' .·<unc. It \V<~s pretty ornery prraching- all ab ut brotherly lov , an<l sneh-lik<· tire om n ·; but ev rybody said it was a go d nnon, and th y all talk d it ovrr going lw1n , and had .·uch a pow<'rful lot t ay about faith, an<l go d w rk , and fr P gra ·e, and pr<'foreord Htination~ and I don't know what all, that it. <lid _. 'l'tn t 0 m to be one of th rough .·t f4unclay.: I had run a •ro.·s y<·t. About an hour aft r clinn r everybody wa.· dozing ~tround, sorn in th ir chair: a1Hl 01n in their ro01n.·, and it croL to b<' pr tty dull. Buc·k and a clog wa .. tr tched out on t hP gras: i11 t h ~nn, sound a 1 cp. I 'vent up to our rootn and j ndg<·cl I would take a nap rny. elf. l found that 'W<' t 1\Ii~: Nophia t-;landing in her door, which \Ya. n xt to otn·!", an<l sh, took ntt· in her room an l HhuL t h door Y ry soft, and a.·k ,d 1nc if 1 lik d hC'r, and I aid I did ; and she a k d 1n j f I w uld do · · InPthing for her and noL tell anybody, and I said f would. Th n sh said ·hp'cl £ ro-oL h r T~ tmncnt, and lr>ft it in th <' s at at church, bPtw<'<'ll tw othC'r books, ancl w ul<l I :lil> out, quiet ancl go thPrP an<l f ·tch it to h r, and not ay nothin <r t nobody. I ai l I \Ynnhl. ~ I .·lid ut and lipp 'd ff up tht• |
