Chapter 1 Of The Sheriffs Narrative Essay

As they slammed the door it made her jump. Her father looked over at her and told her to get out and go inside. She ran from her hiding place into the house as fast as possible. Once she was inside she watched out the window hopping to see what was going on in the barn. She stood at the window waiting for a good bit and then the sheriff and her father emerged with Noyes in between them and two of the sheriffs deputies. With a look of accomplishment on his face her father looked over at her through the window. As they where loading Noyes onto the wagon he had a look of defeat on his face. Nelly ran out to see what they was arresting him for and the sheriff told her that he was wanted for stealing cattle and robbery all across the state. …show more content…
The next day the rain had stopped. Nelly was in the kitchen cooking and her father was at the kitchen table when they heard a knock at the door. Her father got up and went to the door and at his suprise it was the sheriff. He looked at him and said " Well hi sheriff come on in." He comes inside and they both sit down at the table the sheriff looks at him and asks if he has seen Noyes. Her father looks at the sheriff and says " well no i aint seen him since you left with him in the wagon, why?". The sheriff replies saying that he escaped last night that they had stopped for a second because the wagon had got stuck and he ran away while they where trying to get unstuck. Nelly turns around and listens to the two men talking about where Noyes could have ran off to. Nelly finished cooking and served the two men, after breakfast the men decided that they would go looking for Noyes. After the two men had left and Nelly was cleaning up she saw something out of the corner of her eye. It was Noyes he was back at the ranch she went to the front door and grabbed the old