Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-07

1on,t k.pw what mads ~ cast my eyes
Up q - dreet-it h seldom I do IT.
bat ! did DO Il, and-may the Lord help
ri Nv eeing BY, at that moment,
II. Pc nurdoGe4.
He had . young woman On his arm,
and lhe he1d 81 The hand . little tot Of 1
child not nors than three years old, who
fEdpped along with her.
aIhe wretch cast : strange glance intn
ny place-hs could mot 80 mo-9nd
then tnrnea away. +
~ threw down my work and ran into
tn othsr room for my wife.
III have seen him, I have seen him,
have seen the nurdererl' ! screamed in
her earn Put On your hat and shawl,
and follow him-follow him to the ends
Of the earth, and ne where he goes
young woman and child with him
young woman and child. Do you hearf'
"Quick q thought, almost my wife
was on The sidewalE.
"'Be careful says I; don't let him
suspect,
"Before the words were fairly out Of
my mouth, she was out Of sight.
than Z good long hour. Nobody can tell
what ! went through. Nobody call tell.
First, ! Wa 20 crazy glad to discover
that wretch ! did not know what to do,
Then ] began to settle down moro quiet.
and whsm half an hour passed, and my
wife did not get back, / fell into . great
thinking, and 20 many things came
crowding, crowding into my mind.
"'That u his wife with him. l said to
myself, sand that little tot, trudginx is
his child. God forgive me, what Inn I
trying to dof To make that young
woman Z widow, and the little tot an or.
phanf
"Ihs p-srupiratioa stood IN biz drops
q my face-1 could scarcely breathe.
@6uddenly, the viaon Of the young
girl waiting for her father TO come home
appeared 70 me. There abe was, stand
ing In the doorway.
"sHe shall kangp I exclaimed, aloud.
He ahall hangi What il his young wife
to me, OF the little child, eitherr
cater that ! settled down, weak q q
kitten, and remained in q tremble till
my wife came back.
When she did come, she did not look
to mi TO b the same woman she was.
She had taken of her hat and wa swing
ing it, craxy-like, in her hand. Her
eyes were - biz again - they were be.
fore, and abe looked neither to the right
nor left, but pumped herself square into
her seat, and said nothing.
"Well whore did he 60 tor I asked,
after waiting / little.
"sPstef,' said my wife, solemnly, are
You sure he II the onef"
"s6ure - I Inn that We are now talk
"Theu may the Lord have mercy on
our soulsl' Ghe exclaimed.
II thought abe had gone of In 4 ft,
but she came too, presently, and under
took to tell me.
al followed them to Mr.. P-'s
house, ihe articulated. As sure a.
live, / followed them to MI. P-'l
home, where Mi. P's widow lives,
and there they went In. Iasked the ser.
want, who stood on the stoop . minute,
II the gentleman and his wife were stay:
ing there"
"What's that to you, 1mpudence,
| she aaid.
"sNothing,' l answered; sonly
thought ! knew the gentleman
"Then you ought to know he stays
here, without aaking' And with that
the door was slammed In my face. Oh,
Peter, Peter, 1t can't b the one.'
cit II the one,' I repeated, sand that
I'll prove In lem than an hour,
"Istarted for Lawyer E. He went
with me once moro to the head police.
Tho head police took me all to pieces
again; then he charged me to nay moth
ing myself, and not to let my wife
breathe . word to any one.
Iheard not . thing for three days, and
began TO think it Ii all given up, when
slap came the arrest, and / was called
on to be present ct the examination.
~ never told the particulars of the
awful tale but once since. / doubt If ]
ever can do it again."
+ The cohbler stopped, took a long
breath, and proceeded:
What do you supposed It Was Mr..
P-'s own nephew, who lived in Phil.
adelphia, who murdered him. He con-
4OUD00 WA0 WuO10 O0kO4O u0 C8xH0 W tIl8Is
He had been on here for two days, and
taken leave of his uncle the night be.
fore, expecting to start for home in the
morning, but being detained, next day
he walked to the counting-room and saw
the uncle stepping down to his vault,
He entered, unperceived, and waited till
the vault VA opened, and then com
mitted the murder and robbery. He
escaped without notice, and in thirty
minutes after he left my shop he wa on
the train, and, strange to say, was never
suspected. Three years afterward hi
courted and married his cousin, Mis-
P, whom on that fatal day I en-,
countered ut the door. She was his wife
and little Tot their daughter. Oh, my
Godi
He wa tried, found guilty and SEN
tsnced to b hanged. The governor
oommutsd the sentence to state prison
for life. There no Is now.
81 Sometimes feel sorry" continued
the cObbler, after . pause, " that I eve
saw the man. But" he added, thought
fully, 81 suppose it was best"
"What became Of his wife and
childf"
II cannot tell-they left the country
Dead, for aught I know"
The PufE-Addsr.
Among the numerous pests of thu
South African bush, one Of the most
formidable il the puf.adder, 20 called
from IT. habit Of initiating it, head and
neck lust before striking its prey, II