Petersham High School - Hilltop Yearbook (Petersham, MA)

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. .. .. ... ..... -. ...-. . .. ,.-. ..,... --. -... -,.. ..- ,........ .-.-.. -....,....... ...- ,l-.,,, , V . .... -1. ui v...... -,- ......--.- -.-- 1... .-..- ...- ... ........ -... - - . ..- , ...... if-...- 3 ' JDid she ufzd to be e pretty good shot?H I ushed to be QOlltJ. HYer, still is,' replied my companion. Hole must be quite old,H I said. NNot so very,H he unswered, Hthough sho is Qetiine along into ycnys n little. dkelll be e hundred and five in Q couple of yearn and her not and pen both say sneld better be netting another husbfnd berore she gets old. Her eyesight uin't so good as it used to be, out us I was goinq to scy,tYothor day she was sotting on the veranda with me and some of the other folks when ell of Q sudden she grwos her gun, leaning nwoinet the rail, pulls it ut to hor shoulder, takes L quick aim, and firms. Wal, me lives on the side of e mountain tnd the vervndi oi our cabin fuses unother NOUUHTID with P three mile vellvy Between, Wal, I seen thxt she aimed in the genernl direction of the mountain, but I oouldnlt see nctning so I asked her vhut she shot xt. She said, HI snot at that no-ooeornt, good-ior-nothing, lov-down snake of a Rufe Tollivor. Hitch up the denouret and ie'll .'.' go over and sow nhnt kind of a job I done on him. HYou sew, our clan has been feudin with Ut4Tollivers since they mover into thote hills buck in l72O. I donVt knov what the fuss vis all tbout,oUt We shoots at them Tolliver skunks every chance we get. Hnnyhow, I hitched up the wngin and we drove across the vnlloy vhich I said wer about three mile or three mile and a halt. no drove up the side of the other mountain a ways and grunumnw siid to stopg so I stopped. She olunb down from the wagon and told me to follow hor. Le walked about twenty .if' feet through the orush, :nd ther in e clump oi hurd ook, laying flnt on his hevk,we seen Rufe Tollivor deedern e smolt.I was lookin him over n little cause I hndnlt seen m dere Tollivfr for tmo yeurs und then it vue just n baby Tollivor whioh me brother hed shot when he vas rntbit huntin. Pretty soon I hours 3 noise behind me and then I turned around I seen thot grendmnv was urge in. tel, th,t snort eurpri ed me cause I never seen her ery before so I asked her whft wus the trouhle. HSne says, Yltm, I was erying onuve Ilm nfeerd thot lim losing ny eyenight. Sew who? I plugged Rufe, plumb straight in the left eye,nnd I aimed fer his right one.YH Xllajf QV Cu il --F.J'LQfH -'N