Last of the January, 2021 prompts provided by
Charlotte(MotherOwl's Musings). Alex J. Cavanaugh will provide the February words but they will be found on Elephant Child's blog.
Rivers
Heavy
Shell
Mischief
Searchlight
Yell
And
/ or
Arm
East
Fruit
Languages
Voice
Though
And/or
this photo
UNATTENDED BOYS
WILL BE WORSE THAN BOYS by Granny Annie
Myrtle Griffin was known to spend her time at her loom, making beautiful textile designs. While she was hard at her craft, he sons were left to run amok. One day her drunken sons thought it would be fun to release all the horses on
main street and start a stampede through town. Sadly, in the
process, the terrified horses trampled and killed a five year old boy
crossing the street in this normally quiet town. The Griffin boys
took off on a dead run toward Mexico.
Sheriff Dillon gathered a posse. The
group of men on horseback crossed the red river. Each
carried a heavy load but all the items were necessary.
They feared it would be a long journey. The sheriff knew that the
scoundrels they were tracking had only meant mischief
with their actions, but the results had been tragic.
Suddenly the sound of a shell
screeching overhead followed by a loud explosion halted the group of deputized cowboys. Each began to yell with distress and a lot of
pain. It was terrifying trying to figure what had happened. Darkness
was about to settle on the posse. Sheriff Dillon's lantern would not
provide a good beacon as a searchlight. They stopped to
rest for the night.
The men attempted
to treat any wounded. A deputy had been struck in the arm.
He was in shock, especially when it was realized the explosion
contained fruit. The unripe pears had blown out of
the tightly hard-packed weapon and powered toward them by the force
of gun powder. Another typical prank turned deadly played by these
young boys.
Morning came and
the posse continued their travel South. As they crossed into Mexico they
heard loud shouting of mixed languages east of
them and voices of laughter ringing out. . That
laughter had not been a good idea though and gave away
their hiding place. The boys had thought they would not be seen among
a group of Hispanic vaqueros herding cattle outside a small town.
The Griffin boys
were captured and returned home to stand trial for their deadly
actions.
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