Show shot by his own orders jonathan hartgroves of hillsboro ill owns a large watermelon water melon patch and has a chronic fear of the perennial melon thief lately he loaded a big duck gun with a heavy charge of shot and gave the weapon to his 12 year old son with instructions to watch the patch till daybreak and shoot any one he saw I 1 in it the old man wondered if the boy game ya and whether he be would really shoot so jonathan dressed himself and sneaked into the melon patch he was just on the point of devouring a lucious melon when the boy emptied both barrels into the old mans body jonathan is badly hurt liburt and may die |