12/15 When I entered, she exclaimed, "Oh, I'm so glad you've come home! Somebody's been murdering a man in our yard. He uttered the most awful shrieks and cries I ever heard. I was dreadfully afraid the murderers would come into the house. It's perfectly fearful, isn't it ?" [Illustration: A SCARED FAMILY] Then I took the revolver away from her--it was not loaded, and she had no idea that it would have to be cocked--and went to bed without mentioning the horn. I thought perhaps it would be better not to. |