Inspired by an oral history item from Renville County, Minnesota Old Stone Enters Into Heaven THE MASTER CALLS HIM TO HIS REWARD * Old Stone was a mean man, whole Town of Kinbrae knew that for Entertainment he used to take pot Shots at his dog, a good old girl Deserving better. One day Stone was Said to have got bad news from Montevideo, folks saw him stride Past the post master's kicking dust, Spitting on the side walk and Cussing out the Goose Town Savings & Loan. Mr. Miller said he purchased A package of Illinois whiskey and That was what they found later on, a Broken bottle by the pump house well That'd just gone dry. Must have Hauled his rifle down where it hung By the stove and stomped out to the Yard with a box of fresh shells, Loaded and reloaded, pumped lead Into the milk shed wall and cackled And gnashed his nasty teeth. His Yellow tears skittered down his dry Cheeks as the dark deed formed in His mind, the notion occurring to Complete the thing for once and for All, and he whistled Betty to heel At his feet. And she sidled, Shivering, up and imploringly searched For the better nature behind his red Eyes as he pulled two sticks of Dynamite from a tool bin and tied Them to the poor bitch's tail, lit The long fuse, smacked her hind end And sat down on the hole and watched Through the open out house door as The dog took off yelping straight Through the kitchen doorway and dove Under the master's brass post bed With the eider down comforter pulled Down in after her ...
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