house sined by the Terible 3 and Ike
hadent been down town sence and hadent been out
day times without having old mother Moulton come
in and set with his wife while he was gone. he sed
Ike had got a pistol and was going to lode it only
he dident know whitch end of it loded and his wife
was moar scart of the pistol than she was of the
Terible 3 whoever the misable cusses was. father
sed that old mother Moulton was moar pertection
than 5 pistols and 2 bull dogs and he wood pity enny
Terrible 3 or Terible 300 whitch wood dass to interfear
with her.

then old Steve he sed he had heard of sum things
the desperrit villanes had did. they had tide a snaping
tirtle to the doorgnob of old mister Tilton and
he had been prety badly bit by him and that docter
Perry and docter Swet and docter Perrum had all
been called and it was moar than a hour befoar
they stoped the flow of blood. i told them i guess
that wasent so for i see him down town the next
day all rite. i sed the fellers was talking it over at
school and Luke mannix sed that the fellers that
tide the snaper to the doorgnob had tide up his
mouth. he sed he see the snapers head after Ed
Tilton Peeliky Tiltons uncle had cut it off and its
mouth was tide up with a cord.

Steve sed a feller mite jest as well be bit as
scart to deth and Charles Smith sed that may be
so cussin Stefen but if i had to be boath i wood
ruther be one and i wood ruther be scared to deth
becaus you cood get over being scart to deth but
you mite not get over being bit if you had a hine
leg or arm bit off. ennyway he sed it was time
that the orthoritys of the town got together and
offered a reward for ennybody whitch wood ketch
those fellers.

father sed onct he and Gim Melcher and Bill
Young usted to get a pocket full of gravil and when
the old fellers was setting round the stove in the
stores smoaking and spitting and talking the fellers
wood open the stoar door and plug a handful of
gravil in and slam the door and run. they done that
for quite a while and bimeby old Boss Langly
whitch kep a store down by great brige offered a
reward of 10 dollers to ennyone whitch wood ketch
them. so he hid 2 nites oposite his store and neerly
froze to deth for it was in november and a cold nite.
bimeby father and Bill and Gim come along and
they all got ready. father sed he peeked into the
store and see all the old pods setting there and he
opened the door and they all pluged the gravil and
started t