​​Armchair Genealogist

 

My sheep pasture was joining to Herpses sheep pasture and one of my sheep had got over or threw the fence or threw the fence among his sheep. I was looking at my sheep and I see thare was one missing. I looked over the fence and I see my sheep with his. I knew the sheep, it was marked my mark and also knew by the countanense that it was my sheep and wais a tryin to git back. I told Herbs one of my sheep got with his and when he got his sheep into the pen, I would come and git mine. He said I shold not have it. It was a sheep that he got of Wels Rany. I told him he never got that sheep of Wells Rammy. He said he did and he would be damed if I should have it. I told him I would be damed if I dident have it. We both got very rathing and cursed one another wickedly. He swore to his grave I shuld not have it. I swore that I would have it. We tongued lashed one another severly. I got up the next morning early, I took some salt in a pan and went into Herbsis pasture and got my sheep and took it down near the house and butchered it and fest it and take it into the house. I would look once in a while at Herbsis house to see if they ware up. No one up. I thought that must be something like stealing but Herbs never said any more about the sheep.