(A pause. Then enter Abner, carrying a gun)
MARY
(in alarm)
Father! What are you doing? Where are you going?
ABNER
I’ve heerd all! I’m a-goin’ t’ find the varmint who wronged ye, and when I find him, I’m a-goin’ t’ kill him, kill him—that’s all!
MARY
Stop, dad! You know not what you do!
ABNER
(with a sneer)