Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-17

reared TO be more anxious than the prisoner
who. otherwise unconcerned, evidently took a
grim pleasure in the responsibility he had
created - don't take any hand in this
yer game had been his invariable. but
good humored reply to all questions The
Judge-who was also his captor-for a mo-
ment vaguely regretted that he had not shot
him - on sight that morning, but presently
dismissed this human weakness as unworthy
of the Judicial mind Nevertheless, when
there was tap at the door, and it was said
that Teunessee's Partner was there on be-
half Of the prisoner, he was admitted at once
without question. Perhaps the younger
members of the jury, to whom the proceed
lngs were becoming irksomely thoughtful,
hailed him as a relief
For he was not, certainly, an imposing fg
uro. Short and stout, with a square face
sunburned into preternatuTal redness, clad
in a loose duck "iumpor. and trousers
streaked and splashed with red soil, his as
peet under any circumstances would have
been quaint, and was now even ridiculous.
As be stopped to deposit at bis feet a heavy
carpet-bag he was carrying, it became obyi-
Gus, from partially developed legends and in
scrptions. that the material with which his
trousers had been patched had been original
ly intended for a less ambitious covering.
/ Yet be advanced with great gravity, and
after having shaken the hand of each person
in the room with labored c1rdiality. he
la15o,r, I,r,iloIl,.I,;ior III -
tbor his cor,,leTio1 io;i l;s ,'p-,r,,I -
nrar tLo t,i. ta.oaI.. i;,.alr aI -I.,,-
/ ,5lrcsso5 Tho .T,I..o'.
"1s l-S9'H "y' ne 9es4h' hy way %,
/ apo,'9F' ana ! thousht Just step ln ana
see DO" thinss was glttn on with Ienncs-
see i"A4 my laIdner- IL r NOT night
I 1 uisien.lnoer any sen weather before On
'hG bar
lie lau7el moment, but nobody Vuiun-
se'l''- any o'her meteorological rccoIlecilon'
Hc 4S'Ih nal re-onrse % his p1cAel-handker-
cN'e', ana i'r some moments moppcd hls
'a-e uli-ehly'
nave you anything ID say ln henaI 3i
tue prisoner sall the Judge, hnally
llet IT, 7lii tennessee Iartner' DO d
Tone oi Iellei. 81 come var as tennessee
iaf ineF knowing Alm nigh on l'ur year,
+ OH "he on' Wet aau dry. DO luch ana out
iuck- Ills ways am alicrs my Wayr' hut
I thar am any ? inte DO that young man,
thar ann any h'elne-7 as be S been up 10,
a7 / d]n Know ANA you -el o. me- se@
F you i''i''-'iAe, ana between man
ana man you, 'i9 y'o know anything
~ nus ','Lo'' "',- ! ~" '' N""' S11 ''i
ulentlal-ilke, us between man and man
+ e" mar should man know ol h- r1ri-
"-
gus III. - "-'5 10 7'' @'A11 '''
Judge mTiiienty' iee-ns' perhaps That
1"ll ~ I'D any oi A''I' Was ''--i'ii'l--
'' "a.i-d'.i@, '..c '".'-
-'r' 7'' l'I''''"1i tennessee 'i-
I.'' Ii A-N '.I me 10 sls any -.ln7 '-ln
nun AN@ "'" ""'- '''' case ii'''
l'lN'77yg wants money wants ll '-1' "n'
Ie9o nae 0, "7A i 'l hi7 'I4 lFI,er'
"eN' ""'' Goes tennessee 90 ne I'SS
l.f a stranger, ana Ae Ie'cIe7 liat s'IAH- ger
4 ANU '- Ial7 lvI "'"'' anu .u ie'c"es '""'i
anu ,he l3A'Is l- easy. Ann l-' IL l' ,"'
'''' '''' li,l.'1N man a"1 '' '"' .i'
men al' us ialI 'iI'i'el men, '- 'i'9 '7'
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ha,e 'u any questions 0, %. as" 'u'7 l-tn
" no manuel -i
leI' H'9uit' pIty tiI' YeI manu- oI,le
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"'-I 'A 'll'l''--lAe ON s'IHi'-el' '.''' %"
thl7 t'ihl7 yer camp ANA now "Aa' lNe ia'I
l'lug 9lin' "ou'' 5Ay more s'-le
"o1lu s1 ICES "'i1 N'''I
HuulIyl a'i'lI7 10 clAIsy I1ii 1'u
""''I @5'D- i- my f,-e-i'1 ,, ''-' ''
74u"Te ana 'e'lre Il manu- eoD.l ,l as
Gu ''. prevent NM Ae i'i- en- .l'- 'ie '''l-
'e'iy' VI ..' gar 'I'.l7 li'n 'le .a.l .,.
roI lloilcH' ''s me was III ''i''-!
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