Marse Jordants face beEun to swell . It turned so red dat de bio‘od near ‘baut bust out. He turned to Pappy an~ tole hirn to go ant bring him dis shot gun. When Pappy come back Mist Sally come wid him. Dc tears wuz arni‘ down her face . She run up to Me.rse Jordan an‘ caught his arm. Oie Marse flung her off an‘ took de gun from Papny. He leveled it on L~onar~d an~ tale hirn to pull his shirt open . Leonard opened his shirt an‘ stood dare big as er black giant sneerin‘ at 01e Marse.

	Den Mis‘ Sally run up a~aLn an‘ stood t~eeri dat gun an~ Leonard

	Oie Marse yell to pa~py an~ tole him to ta~~e dat woman out of de way, but nobody ain‘t moved to touch Mis‘ Safly, an~ she didn‘ move neither, she jus1 stood dare facdn~ 01e Marse. Den 01e ~arse let down de gan. He reached over an? slapped Mis‘ Sally down, den p icked up de gun an ~ shot er ho le in Le onard ‚ s ches ~ big as yo‘

fi&~ Den he took up Mis‘ Sally an‘ toted her in de house. But I wuz so skeered dat I run an‘~ hid in de stable loft, an‘ even wid my eyes shut I could see Leonard layint on de grouri‘ wid dat bloody hole iii his Chest ~t dat sneer on his black niouf.

	After dat Leonard ~ s brother Burrus hated 01e Marse wus ~. er snak e ‚ den one night he run ~ away . Manimy say he run away to Ice ep from killin‘Ole Marse. Anyhow, when 01e Î~Tarse foun‘ he wuz gone, he took er bunch of nig~ahs an‘ set out to fir~d him . AU day long deY~ t1~OI11P~dd~ woods ‚ c~en when night come dey lit fat pine to ~ ches an‘t k~pt 1~ob.n~ ‚ but dey cou1dn~ sind Burn‘us . IDe nez‘ day Oie
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L &~arse went dGW~t~ d~ county Jail an1 got ~e blood houn ~ s ~