“It ain’t against the law for you to kiss him,” the sheriff explained. “Just for him to kiss you.”
“We’re all equal under the eyes of God,” she declared. The sheriff laughed. “Then if Sam and I are equal, why won’t you kiss me?”
He laughed again. “I’ll make you a deal. One sweet kiss, and I won’t hang your boyfriend. I’ll just run him out of town.”
Miss Katherine jerked her hand free. As she hurried to the door, she heard the sheriff say, “The law will punish Sam. And God will punish you.”
She stepped back into the street and saw smoke rising from the schoolhouse.
She ran down to the lakefront, where Sam was hitching Mary Lou to the onion cart.
“Thank God, I found you,” she sighed, hugging him. “We’ve got to get out of here. Now!”
“What—” “Someone must have seen us kissing yesterday,” she said.
“They set fire to the schoolhouse. The sheriff said he’s going to hang you!”
Sam hesitated for a moment, as if he couldn’t quite believe it. He didn’t want to believe it.
“C’mon, Mary Lou.” “We have to leave Mary Lou behind,” said Katherine.
Sam stared at her a moment. There were tears in his eyes. “Okay.”
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