(_He takes her by the throat and slowly chokes her to death. She struggles desperately to free herself. At length she grows quiet and her body limp. He throws her on the floor, stands gazing at her for a moment or two, grabs up his hat, slinks to the door, Back, unlocks it, opens it cautiously and goes out, closing it after him._) CURTAIN * * * * * Transcriber’s Note Inconsistencies in hyphenation, spelling, and the use of apostrophes have been retained, except in the following apparent typographical errors. Page 50, “Bell” changed to “Belle.” (_Lucy Belle jumps up_) Page 118, “cubpoard” changed to “cupboard.” (_She goes to the cupboard, Left_) Page 133, “Lucky” changed to “Lucy.” (LUCY BELLE I don’ know! I don’ know!) End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Goat Alley, by Earnest Howard Culbertson