The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-05-09

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At eleven o'clock On . certain Jun,
day great crowd Of gaping Mississippi
country folk :hronsed the sioping side,
ofa hollow that. With the exception of I,
natural cadet on. one eide. .ac6nvssgSa Il
. small circular plat in the center
Upon this plat had besn crested Q frame
work ct beauis. posts, brsces. 8 plat
form. and trap-door. Il was the gal
lows that grim monument to the msi
esty OF the law. The hollow vss 1
vast earth bowl; the s.llows. lump ol
sugar st ths bottom: tbs ,wowd. I
swarm Of prpwlins ants that crswied
around like . psstiieDeos
For b il knorp that this, VA tha Arsl
execution that had ever occurred il
Kempton county. s'sf = 'S'sd .s.''s'
ffttsrs il one thing more sntsrtain.
ing than . hanging per -, il is the ~.
rissy OF edsot produced BY the gh.st,y
spectacle upon the facss aud asnuev u
the assembled witsssses. The msjerity
were preseue- becsOgfhUA had vsvsl
sees banging; osdA1P veut to gkstify
. natursl vsngsancs Of outragsd hlma6;
ity; moity weut-in che intorsss q sCis
sncs. hoping to hear the snapping
unused BY the sandsr Of the spinsl ligs-
msnt.
They assisted the trembling, fsltsr-
ing footstsps Of the victim up the lad
der constructed with the finest ingenu.
ity Of awkwapdness;r seood IN On the
trap like woo1tn solder tha& was to
be shot dewn@ With sin esnnon, and
with exquisitsly polite oondsscsnsion,
invited him TO fesa the assembled mul-
titude on the philo,ophic Ioaves and
fishes of the hangman's prsssidigitation.
And yet no tickets had been sold to that
rare bArQaet.
A pretty ainpIsd resy las risou the
country y-bsrafoOt, sad ,srsAysd in .
yellow calico dress aud " bite sun.ben :
net. aud psrvsded by an odor Of fresh
butter and milk. and wild violsts and
nnocence-st.rsd hsrror. stricken at
the awful preparations. The bright
roses soou fed. and refused longer
to play hids.snd-sesk With the dim
Piles; aud the ,larse blue ssssovsrds~sd
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Tee cap wa dawn: ibss lsJn W
adjusted. Ths girl buridd jar rs r
her aksunt I'D Iesthet's deons adl
gaapeh. p Il - ~
There was another interesting group
composed of boys bstween the age OF
four and half and seven years. One
was negro named Tsuy, six years old.
black as tar, homely IS an ape. The
Others we're al white. One Of these.
Buck. was Q chubby bay sof,fye.I witli
frecklsd facs.- red chasks and white
hair. These two. and five OF. six others
were standing or sitting in every imas-
Unable posture indicative of awe, inter.
est and fear. Tony was dressed simply
in q pair of his fathers psntaloons
cut OF q the knsss.. Consequently
the wsistband came quite up under
his arms. ,dispeusing with the ne.
osssity of shirt; end the buttons in
front were connected with those behind
by .shsst. stxin0ass that served - saps,
pcnders HaNssqstt{l eall and = III
sned, Y1pek u In lhaE pntrary, exhs
large and strong; bis general manner
was like that belonging TO the advanced
.years IF y patriarch.
/ After the body baAr been pleesd isis
coffin. Tony wrigeled TO bis feet. and
staggered pompously up to Buck. aud
burying his skinny lr@s. deep u -hip
vest pockets. exclaimed: -
What yss suskip.. lse thanb faeT
) Buck sastohe1 sthe thQAn6 ftu@ Ail
nouth. and looked Ssh1s .ssrI ssa1 Ioayy
::s::..s,,: ss.:s:s y 'A','s,s' 9WeAfsha
] .You1D skyvss1rtesr '-a7aF sge
!! II; ~; Is s,:se,e s:s. *g.s !! sse,;a d.
Striue.' .sEFT8as .rzsaTe rE0sEy
I wasn't; but yos IVES. though
H. how
.S:ss ~ ~ ynI ingcIl So
TIE E1sNe W sodasds ! He s&isl
wasted words.
Seed me, did yerr
:. Buck did not deigs s-secend nod.
What yer 80 r psfsistsd Toey.
The white boy took The thumb ffqp
his mouth -nsksd sesia Soand hswSy
th.re-a4A As.wersd;ss to Si,os
.Yoa goe psie.' Sd s
/ Ia. fss sSssnb pass.ss.u.sa ass ~
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