The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-11-25

vill b WAG 1900. No ne 10 hurry
in such thioGs. And, By the way, q
good pull At Tie whisky bottle will
'0ake - sSsvO sesodiee. Ian aoss|
Dervo9s than / used to Be. The tine
Ne whsa enuld sits windpips With,
- li0le feeling - I'd lgAs nv pipe
now. That - In The t;0s a. Dan
Baxter. He ~ . hasd N. He
vooA sbooe . oaa - coolly - -
would Q paresdge. But ppss old
Dan hes goes up-oe do~s-is pm
sles ~ ID ksoe which. IL il hadot
been for me he would have 6nishsd
little Rese. So,
"How did yos eous By The girl.
anyhow? I voaA like to hear that
story"
"Yes." aid Jsck, "while Ne are
vaitisg tell ~ ahons that. / an gniae
tn have her for q wife one Of thss0
days. and ! would like to hear about
her,"
"Ha! ha!" cad Nat. How d
you know You'll get her: I have Just
. good right to her - you have. I
tell you wont stand it,"
They spike louder. and Nat stop
ped their wrsngling By telling then
that the 6rst one that gave him 500
should have the girl. They did nol
demur at this. but urged Nat on 70
tell the story. .
"Well," said Nat. (and be took
another pull ct the whisky) 1T il
just thirteen years last month since
Dan Baxter brought q man aud wife
and little girl to his house. They
came from France to the States. and
hearing Of relatives in Montreal they
came on this wsy. Dan run . kind
IT private ssage juse - I do now !;
they were nice looking folks. and just
worshipped each other. They were
wealthy peop,r. too, and i w,s
always . mystery to. me Why ~ did
not find more money. Oss thoasand
dollars was oil Ne could Ind.
They had good closhes and sous
jswelsy. bat ws we're disappointed at
the smal amount Of Dooey, and -
taking 10 much risk. They were very
fond Of their little Rnsamood - thsy
called her; ] call her Rose.
I'VE put them in the garrett to
sleep. In them DAYS / had old Polly
to zee 10 shiosa They went to bed
- sasy IN the mind - two childrea,
little knowing how sooD they would
b buried out Of this world into the
other oue-if there is one, which ]
much doubt.
But to make . loug story short,
between twelve end one O'clock Dan
aud crept uPsssirs. and were soon
bending over our victima The man
moved. He threw biz arm up over
his head, leaving his heart exposed.
! I very quickly buried my knife in Biz
side. He never woke up, ooly
groaned once. and oil was over. Thia
awakened his wi'e. She started up N
lid cls,pinx her child to her heart.
and begged pi'ifully ior her ehild's
life and her own. ! hesitated, shs
hooked 1t me ~. But Dan, pevss
6inching. drew his knife scroo Der
white throat. She immediately fell
back upon her pillow. In . few
seconds oil w.s over. The little girl
reached out her arms to me % Il
afraid Of Dan. I took her up, bot
he wanted to finish her, TOO. / sid
no. She shall live. even IL she hang
me br it, II 10 stranee. bat ! love
the girl as IL | VA her father. / don't
know Why. bot know it;s Co."
At this time I heard the bar push
from the wooden shutter. Novi.e
cautiously tn the opening. / found
Rose there, Standing Oh . bddsr.
She hsde me dseeod - uoisslsssly - ]
cculd. Closing the window otter Ne.
1 remOved the ladder aad followed
my guide up the road Q short distance,
Where ] found thai 80 had brought
tw0 horses. She bads ne hasten.
II an going With you" she md.
We were soon b0sh in the saddles
putting . vide distance between %
and tie log cabin. There w. not
much danger ofthe rascab pursuing q.
- We bed taken the horses. We kept
up . good gait, and arrived safe Of
Fairly. Ths 6rst thing I did otter
getting thsre vas to sood o6eess a.
the villains track. But o. ssaehiee
tie plaes they found that tie villains
had nads good their escape.
Ipi6sd the poor girl; shs bed no
relatives b 30 u. and desired ~ 70
assist her 70 Mostrsal. whore che would
apply to he Sisesss Of Charity for %
asylum, until sAe could think about
What shs should Do. She explained 10
me how she came to know Of The
villains design upon ny life.
Three months before, she had been
brough t home to nurse Tie old wuoas
that bad been her foster fathers
housskeepes. She w. . half breed,
and he'd always besa kiu.i to kes. She
wss vssy sch whan Rose cane, and
soos shs knew her time ~ short.
Her bardssed conscience grew in
solesable, ssd she cou6ded b Rose
how her parents baa hssu nssdsred,
and Tie 1aa that she coosidssed her
father. and biz ooopasio.s. villains
Of IL deepest dye. Thsir business
~ 70 eoerap oil esavelsss that were
suPpossd to posseo nonsy-nurder
tAs0. and thea take Ill they eo~A
get ,., .a- ,--
"When saw hin cone hons in
company With yoe." he girl nid. II
knew your fate NJ sealsd. Oss aapis
chance among three was s0all. I
had hesa trying to escape and sdoptsd
this plan to ave you - VII -
myself. A box takse from ~ parents