Jed and Myrtle were a frontier couple. They had recently homesteaded a new place. They built a cabin and a barn and settled in with their few livestock fairly comfortably. Then Jed hung a big bell in a tree. He explained, "That's for emergencies, Myrtle. There are hostile Indians hereabouts. You ring that bell if you are in danger."

Sometime later Jed was out in the fields doing some work. Suddenly he heard…