The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-04-04

elOthe. educate ana bring up the ehitd IS
one Of the srst faniHes IN the State after
this vas doae the FlsiatiG ried ts get up
a moh 20 take the child away, and n isI 1
fSl safety | sent her to the aVent 10
Rntenhosss square, PIilsdsiphiA. 1 have
kept the daughter out of her mot hers ~Ay
ever since and she is aow ~srrisd and re
sp<eGsd aud did net inteai that the plata
tid shOuld sver knss RhSTe sac sds hrias
have caused the plRinuE to believe / WAS
dead 20 rid myself and child of her cease
+ tess prosecutions aud blackmxil. | AN
aow. and have been for many years. en-
gagged A. q trneLer ia a female education
: al institution 1t Miliinsbnrg, KY"
1 On the redirect sAaraiRatioa sy General
I Butler the witness stated that he believed
/ that IN coming here he e0ald show thHt
che p'aintif Was black muller that his
! testimony would mitigate damages If nJt
destroy them altogrthsr sh- A-d ~s-
noS cI ana tortared has family for years.
aud il he could prevent auJ innsee NJ per-
son from beeomiHs her victim be i1tonded
90 do it.
Il it PO-siblei LII pO.siblri' aid
Marion 10 a tremnlous voice. aud her
fair brow wa knit iu an undisgsi.ed d
fruwn of excitement
Ha. ha IN. and Col Aston laugh
ed 4 hearty. good largh How now,
my Pre'fy h'tle reform.r ~if- Are
eli your bright hopes vaui,hrd9"
How can sach things be.
And overcome a. like a summer cloud.
Without our special wonder
Ii j. pussibiei / i, p"s-lbieI con
fiuued Marion wrinsiog her haud- in
sDxi"u- earDe-tRs-s
"Po>-ihei Why Of course its possi-
be; and what more it's always the
cave Women are BY nature extremists
They arc either he best creatures on
earth or the neAuest. Aud for my
portion I'm the hsppie>: Of men.
knusiug that Heaven has blest me
with nne oI The best
-SnmetAiug told nc hat nu.t keep
that paper" said MarisH. and /
have kept it "
P.prri What paper7 Has nv
darling ii'tle wife seruaily gone crrEy
shout her reform SCHOOL, ?" good natur-
edlS put in her hu-blnd
Why the Hickman CoErirr see
hrrr il l.; aui -ince i wnmtus eI
'i-ne iutui'iuu h4s preserved the pryer
van, you TO Puf mtn'~ Conservative
logic to work aud compare The tesfi-
u"ny which y1u have jus; read with
rhe following article fion the Courier
uf May 81. 1873 Il Is al extract
taken from The D ,lla- (rrHs-) Herald.
aud rspHbli>hed ia the Courier wilh
editorial eommrn's. aud Aos remember
I AT tins pubiiesfioa in the Dallas
paper occurred near year before the
-~ors testimony which you read "
Col A-tuu took the parer and read:
"A HICKMAN FOUNDING.
(Frs@ He Dalias Ts-as) H,rGid
Near the line Of the San JAciato street
railway on the Contra rsilroSd. in this
city. there lives white girl with G color
ed family whose history is remarkably
romantic According 20 the story told by
he produces 70 prove the same. the girl is
the illegitimafe offspring Of parties Of the
Aighest social standing. each Of whom
we're ~eAithy. and At some time the child
has resided AZ or near HickmAu. ky. He
had received i,'iters asking hila to care
for her. aRi ia turn he would be cared
for Peruaiarily. Thrsagh commiserAtios
he tsok her aud hsi cared for her. The
girl had attended = fensle college At
EILLERssgKo KENTUCKY
Here she met with an inIividual named
FolsOns. who was attending college ct
that place. aud what At hrst promised TO
p eve but mere scqusintsnce grew and
rIpened into love. and hey became en-
Eagel whils they we're yet engaged,
yeuug Felsome wa shot snd killed ia =
d difScElty, with n fellow student. This sad
episode N her ife was a soures Of iucon-
soiaeie grief TO her. and she abandoned
her studies with . longing desire to see
the eountrJ Texas Of which her desd
lover bad 50 often spokeH."
Alas, alasi Gao it be true that
this aud that is the realization oil The
life Worship Of my poor. ImPuisive,
noble friend. Allan Suble'ii" and Col |
Al-tun'- miud run over this and that
seeming 20 identity the
W" waits in q Ie-;iou
Oh, that poor, lazy. Wild man,
5able't." ch'D.d iu the vile. L re
nember People ssid he had been
suiiy OF -One oaea.e against the law;
aud alih1ssh the UEense vas fOrgottsn
BY the public-and he had escaped
he law tree to come and go as he
pleased he was never seen outside hi
'wn hume 10 'he day lime Some
lines uuder cover Of the night, he
saiked abroad to take M airing. aud
lote the Changes which years was max
ng. bat an ever active eonscieuee made
iim -hun the light Of day and the
ace of men. aud he walked apart q
tranger amid 'ho>e amoux whom he
lad away lived"
"Ah. yes. = stranger amoss those he
0ved-had hon irei-tnd who 10 turu
you'd have honored aud respected him.
this phantom iataii,;n this ~orship
d vail Of LI- youth. which dethroued
Iis manhood aud substituted a wild
le.lisn could have been torn aside
nd The m1us real self been kuogu
/ -. nov, Is letter received from
ian >ome tine since, sni I hardly
new then whether il vas written in
he happiness OF reality or The ecstasy
{ madness. sill read il to you:
IsDIAs rERRIroRY, Jan. 10. 1878.
~ Dear Colensl
The bright idealisn OF nv life has s,sa
eAliIed, and | once again hraathe tha Air