The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-01-17
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Ter had. GAME again. i,i,.l he, reached
ont, HE l,am,l to, ise. Wes,erpel aside,
,apd, hc parrri fpp,a, nrag,ri in which,
With words that .Yent .,,iratsht to my
heart. ie.PrePared the WAY; t,r. ,sh. last
Drou,euts. ending with. his .ihleS >iug.
"a The hand, on the clps'is ,Rointed ten
minutes before fnne,Y as, the prison
'iireeir, stepped MI, to- us. Il SAM in
his it.ife that the time was ,,petr,s ben
! mast ga.t,e way ofihat bourne. fsom
iwl,ich. ma. triYelar ever ,eturns,lq
I'VE must. ltrra's of. rhe said in a
low .vsies, speaking half to,iei minis
ter. half ~ me. THEN he SrPped,to
ward the dapr alans ~ ith :.i,e, men who
aeeompanied him; II E,Il,.rel, hry
spiritual ;..!vis r, ..anl thT "liieerean't
his Isoi,lieSs completr'l ,rt!,e ,sorrowfui
,proeessien- .t...,. yt.,a-.r,e:. i,i,..H
Is The eSeep'ioper of the lazy of illood
had. ;,lreaay gone. beiee.,.',a man
As stepped oyer the lshreshoid
which led into the urt-yard- of the
.ilil. the n.ison bell ,hegli.. tp, ling
WHICH anpol.pged, the. criminals hour
of death, The weather. raw and hlIck,
l,a,mouizea with the flish,f,l tragedy
which was 10, he enactclr \ thick
mist. spread over everything, like II
hlaek clppal, and ] could n4t SEE ten
steps before me.,.,,,ff, ~ tu..,
4 As / lett my, cell. / felt il greater
courage tlqn bad exp cted, hps, as
tie. din, sl,rill fame ofthc sinners bell
,trembled through the air, aud rieieed
my ear Like "a, cry, OF distress, there
came over. me il iterrp,7tl,nt seem,rt TO
break by, heart, After the ..iirrt, few
steps. l.. fit Myself alnpst, faipiing.
Every thug. Whplel brf.,e my. eyes,
an'l great drops Of cold sweat, gathered
npqan, my brow. l. Sloak. my Get
would havaryinse'li ta 4" tl,rir sgrYice,
if the priest at my side hasi not noticed
MY 'c",s.iiiinn and helped tel Support
me. i''Itis pi"is' wofds7 hns'nahr new
strength tony li";rt a,,d helped me to
conquer the weakness that had nearly
overcome me. i-i ~ '-.t isa
81 Itwas but a short ,li$tanceat" the
sco,luld --about thirty steps. The
horrible structure WIS wrapped in
thick fog and | could only distinguish
its surroundings. While was draw
ing near to il, the horrible shadows
l"."ani ia tfiEn. slann, 4.W,iih, sirnnafl,
wii'rh ms s''o's friend IItt adviser had
.brnn.iH mo, Il advanced 'taw asali it
slowly bit with frmcr stop. AT last
the. short d!s'ancr-the terribly was
spahn.d. Cnnvhlsitelt | east one
look upward. and then commenced
to ascend the stairs without further
hesitation.
Once upon tie Platform ,Ilere was
The last sad Formally to go through.
! Was XII to II table wheie three otfi-
ciiIs sat. One 81 them was the Judge
before whom bad hetn tiled. Under
81 erce, h. read to M. again
the sentence That had been passed, and
The governmental approval that had
followed. Then lie gave me "a few
.;,.ness sl,n, a. a,,,, i w,,a. ,,,,,c,,, aver
To the hands of,,l,e, laws ey,cutio,.,
-atl.. [b.,,,su,uet r... s.o-.4.
!, rv Tho ,i,le Of his fearful maa' L,,ao,,
ioora.ar ,,''. snir;'.,I al,
ce;.sa aY,,,,er l,Is..iny ,,,ess.slmv
,;,s =, III. .s,s.;,iy c,r ,h'. ,.st ,;.,a
and A., s,,I. d., ,,,,,.,,,,a .,,..,.;.I'
- 'o
But two ste,~- ard the head.man
wti55HTl..a ,AfsH se'i f''@'' "''''e y
"Haik4 iGid'piisdii- mil ring oft loud
lyiitt.iiiiiI nat With iiie SLOW toll bf the
Death khHl. biz Nth Il siiilHieh, d'iitk,
ana lofti fcs'aifnct as IT fb'Wake' the
Ieao ne ln1 :.,, stcrPef 'f"S'
MS 'a'c i"c'n rn at "hee '''s"n'sli-
~ '4le ~ A." sfFs s.t;'iI. Pp;.,.,) az
~ Y"p ;'s . 1 ."'fa,, ne san TO
ne ar tae .e nf his i, oi ai, an"
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