The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-01-17
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.Gtg3!ti .iiea rsftt ~ boz Hssfl bag
4 Rwoof the officers tnrbttl,i toward,
lime and hastily led me out of the ceurt
:: lDomg aThe change from the warm n
iItnf tRerho,ise; til the. cold atniosph ert
q outside unl'api'ily .a,rought me, back t,
4 my senses, torit was ri long way be-
! tweeusthe rourt-mmse'aad the ,jail,and
,iEIIwas forced otojbes,i. the t;iu.i tst Of tho
excited crowd, from whose wrath i,
. wasldiffiGult til snatch me.5 jAt dust the
Observation-Disclosures aNere thrown open,
ibut J. WAS, he'd Ito "a different cell, from,
, that WHICH IL had been ,nccupyins, in
asder that might be- iguarded, yet
J more seciuely, 1T had, g,ewnFd
1.-THE cell was, ;ipGFuw, and closer A
y Yatchmau was lplHced will, me, WHO
\ took pains ,tp deprive Ne; of everything
with iwllicl. might hiring a bout, my
i|'wns deathr-taking, away tbeu,vrry
pecke pehiefii / Wore. 1t WIS., nll done
| with. great Kindness AID ifriendliaess, a
Humanity that wasmpreterIifying than
any amount Of cruelty could possibly
d haye l,eea.ii 10 r9ailto IgnoifYfftsa,s,
.3aII ,pprpitteA everything 10, bei done,
4 mechanically. Twas like a frightened,
helpless child itllats,gives himself up to
4 eyerN. 'stHlnsefs,!lwill: that >totsats.
thought Of -nothins r4,siti'er of, the
Ldreariness of'the Cell npree my guard,
who enleayole,l to bring ymeIto forget
.Itulpess.by his j,c.4'stant cl,attsring.
! The sente,Ice had rendered. me atso-
(luseiy dull TO- all Impressions; II sank
down upon, tho side ofttlc little. iron
bedstead.il Then u sat like a sfatae and
gazed about yacantly and, nbjectIcss
ppon the whiteq,l walls.r There was
bnt one thought IJ,ad- land this knock
sd with the Meishs, Of % i.amu,ey ,ia my
braip-it wasofti,e ,heatlsihan.Hf; ~,
i,rI knew4h!s frishtfnli eseeutiouer of
j a,releptless law which ciSilized seeittl
j4aS n1tayet dared ITO abolish three
l!imes had i seen this, fearfnL ,r,san. do
his. bloodyrwprk.a Was il the repNlec-
ttipp Of this that brpaght,l'im SO vivid.
before my mind / saw,.ll,is i,ig body ,
his great knife the bloody head all
drawing me. toward the fearful thing
like p, magnet toward. him aud the
,seafold.: nd .sris;sr = Hs,,ng,i ~
| =: Night came, but it brought no sleep
for me. When sought sleep, and
closed my eyes, Il more horrible. sight
than that Of the Les.dsmaa and scaff".d
FL r ------------ a -v-ya--y-
tom, and yet s"llike he shprritler reali-
ty.a 1t was tho dead body of the an
happy man who had taken my'poison
that waltzed before me III his winding
! sheet. He, had long ..lRin, 10 the, cnld
jgraye,I had long isiWe been ifV0d for
IwoGms.apd his tieshlessIlOnes Lcdaubed
| with dirt Were all that was left Of his
once, manly uforml; aud yet there he
was before me, making the night hid
eOus. Il ul.9ay.ragnp 'iif sl6iad i,l1h
H. AtIIhe first CLEAN Of day that stole
| iuto my cell through the iron shutters,
the npl,antens disappeared, and my
l,iSaVe ,nl.yaica'- being worn Oat, L sink
biute, sleep BUTT wasinot the sleep OF
other Mlen-rnOts aiklerp that, swiftly
r|osestlle tired eyes and hrings; new
life to the weaIied organs. lit WAS hut
IL, s,l.ldeD, beayy,n death like letbarsy.
The day was nearly passed. when, my
guard awoksme. Y,MyIawyer had come
tNIask me il he lshonld mike, t he usual
lAppeal., Which mo. one .condtanue,l TO
death ever Begleetsa3 He gave .melhope
|. By this means, fHnot of gaining free
dem, Of Ut, least.sa wing N.Y. ile.! 1 do
not remembernupon what crumbs my
lawyer based. this hope, hut / ,dceljncL
}lis services, not lOrtay because Io,was
1ollyinted of its i.uselessness. ibDt; he
cahseI npieterre1 death to y hong and
cRaisGill prisrn-life. II iwasr done, .witl,
iife-why temper Whit ans hlpnger9
1t AUST rNet, belweeksl befoEe. tle sem
teacetaf deaa hlsboqll 10 approved and
the, ,tin,ei Of the exeep,ioDi :. fxed, and
I,eyen.this. timet wss too lengy sau nj I,
Iit';I'i,a1iei the lawyer g"odf bye, and hs
! vent assay aft q, Hefhad ieubsscetl, me
FHeskM knowH'Ineem many years; bad
aseni nc grow imp Etoa mani, ODD M my
pav.i, ts' houseaathauizsG God, eheyi had
nst aipeilt to see me come to. this IL J. Il,
ii T~mfiIl mnntksipasscd, ibns ths. ter
; rbrsof my situatibni Semainetl, mi dlangi
.ie.lseifhH onlyyabe6n III had wis that |
did not lose myoscDsessp feared in,
sanity "re,tbdn Ibid DEATH Every
morning, expected 1.-THE 'hiiDdunceWent
fof my last hour, and when evening
came without bringing itiIswnull place
my 'hope on irsIroming next dug IEyen
hope fotAlsatb has itsidisaploiiitments.
One day ! wrote TO my lawyerythat,
jfhe wishedi fS do me- sntriece, h.
bxnuld,lasten the day Of nsy,sSecntiop,
and them l,e neans to irroside for,nly
iRternrut--is dliatie tcorne:r III the sold
lcIiurcby ard-saIid slave j. me, afnsr the
itsurial place Of the crimihnlss "A isttanSe
aStl.atiiyG4.Is Ii the Jway'Iof. grace to
the kingdom of heaven wereseDarneeted