The Red Cloud chief., 1880-04-22

YOU ROOW. VIZ W. BA14fb BOu bOu
when he had . good dose o. the auid up
his nose, and I never knowed him 10
pull . gun or act . darned bit ugly with
suy body. He war settin' with his back
towards the door when the Kid, thar,
come In an leaned kind o. careless-like
agin the pool table. Wat began to Lee
loose . game about some gal thet got
sweet on him afore he Left the States,
when / noticed the kid turn sort o. pale
an grit his teeth Iwas fist about 70
tackle the lad an ask him wat racket
he Wa on when Billy Harvey called fur
q toddy. Jist As ! turned roun' toward
the sugar-drawer / hecrd the gun 90 Oh,
an looking roun', / reed that il war
this kid that had turned 'er loose. /
set the toddy up to Billy, an when !
seed that Wat had got his medicine
dead sure, ! hoped over the bar an
tuk the pop away from the kid an
asked him what'n thunder he wanted to
raise q row in the house furp He didn't
say any thin 'cept somethin' about The
villain, meanin' the deceased, Q de-
servin' all he'd got, an couldn't get
no more out o. him. That's ali l know,
gents, 'cept that the shot were q daisy!
I've seed my share o. SIGH rackets, but
/ never seed q man git it heater than
| Wat did,"
did the kid deny the shootin'?"
"No. ledge; he jist the same as ac-
kn~owledged it."
"You are sure that Han'some Harry
fired the shot that croaked George Wat
SOM"
"Perfec1y sure, Jedge."
"That's all, then"
A number Of witnesses were called,
and all corrOborated the barkeeper's
story. When the evidence was all heard
the Judge turned to the accused and
said:
"Harry, hev ye any witnesses fur yer
defense?"
81 have none, sir, but the Almighty"
well l don't suppose He'd pay any
'tention to a supeny from this court.
Ye've heard the evidence, an ye mus
see that it hits We purity straight. The
punishment fur permiscuous shOotin' in
these mountains LAYS in the end o. that
air rope. You air q stranger to every
one hyar; but its purity ginerally put
up by the boys that We air a brother o.
the gal Wat war q chinpin' about wen
We slung him his medicine. In some
parts tibet mout be edged in by fly law
sharps as a extcnOatin' circumstance,
but / can't advise We to hook a hope
onto it hyar. You hev so far refused to
open yer mouth regardin' the matter,
but I'd advise ye TO put in q word afOre
the case goes to the jury. II you want
ter testify in yer own behalf nOw's yer
time to sing yer song! Hev ye any
thing to perduce?"
Harry stepped forward and faced the
stern looking crowd. With a clear and
fearless eye he glanced over the assem-
bly, a moment, and then began to speak
in q voice in which not q tremOr could
be detected:
Gentlemen, l stand before you as a
convicted murderer, for I q read my
fate in your cold, determined faces.
have read enough, about how such cases
!, arc disposed of in this wild country tC
7 know that in a few moments / will hang
suspended from a limb of n of those
: trees! l was fully conscious of this
when I fired the shot that blotted
monster from the face of the earth
Before you carry your sentence into ex
ecution l will tell my story, and ther
when l am dead some of you may per
haps feel a little sympathy for Harry,
as you call me. Do not for a moment
> think that l talk to consume time anC
| delay the execution, for I truthfully as
: sure you that l do not fear the deatf
: which awaits ne.
|, I'm one of the most beautiful cite:
in the State of Ohio lived a wealthy
inoffensive old man named Forester
!! That man, now in his grave, was my
! beloved fatheri He had q daughter
/ Edna, upon whom he dotted, and sht
was, indeed, the light and comfort o.
his old age. People called her amiablt
/, and beautiful, and, as might be expect
. ed, there were numerous suitOrs for hel
hand and the fortune which awaited hel
upon her fathers death. Among these
| suitors was q young man named Fred
Marston, the son OF q wealthy merchant
of the same city, and upon him Edn,
l bestowed the purest love of her limo
D cent heart. The young man was some
: what wild and a little inclined to dissi
: patton, and on that account father VIC
lently opposed the union. MarstOr
. promised to reform, and Edna, poor
: girl, trusted implicitly in him, and they
were secretly married without hel
fathers consent. When the news wa.
broken to the old man the shock so un
nerved him that he was taken to hi
| bed by an attack of nervous prostration
The newly welded couple took up theil
abode in the parental mansion, Edns
positively refusing to leave her father il
his illness. Faithfully she watched by
his bedside, ministering to his every
want with tender, loving hands, ant
praying earnestly that he might recover
and bestow upon herself and husband
the blessing which she so coveted.
) "Marston proved q kind and loving
husband for a brief period, and theI
again fell into his dissolute habits, fire
quently maltreating his wife in a crue
manner. The life of the young bride
which she had so fondly dreamed wouli
be one continued CLEAN Of sunshine, be
came overcast with the dark clouds o.
sorrow.
Zone morning Marston was missing
from his bed when Edna awoke, and 8
letter left upon his pillow informed hel
that he had decided to forever leave heI
and seek a home in the far West. Al.
most crazed with grief she flew to hel
fathers chamber for consolation from
This dear lips, but when she entered the
door what a horrible sight met her
affrighted gael"
Here, for the first time, the speaker
broke completely down, and covering
his face with his hands began to sob
violently. The crowd was listening
with breathless attention, bending for
ward toward the youth as it fearing to
lose a word of the story.
"Brace up, lad; brace up!" said the
Judge, wiping his eyes in q suspicious
manner. "Take all the time ye want,
an reel US of the hull business"
The youth rallied, and in 3 choking
voice, his eyes suffused with tears, re
sumed:
"Oh, gentlemen! there upon his bed,
weltering in blood, lay her father; her
idolized old father, dead, with q knife