Girl With A Fowling Piece
Before the pale light of the December sun bathed the moor, the Constable and Basehart were at the scene of the shooting. The Constable had been notified of the incident by an unknown caller, who, after pinning a note to his door, knocked loudly and left. All it said was. ‘Murder at the Bull and Cow’. It did not say who was murdered or by whom. None of the men were brave enough to send for help when it happened, but later, one of them decided to leave a note on Masonbury’s cottage door.
Both the Constable and Squire knew of this Worthington, he was a large landowner east of the moor. A harsh man to both tenants and family. His mean attitude came about by the death of his wife during the birth of his only child, Jenny. His bitterness and sorrow needed a victim and
