The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-10

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4 Aossa spssae - opea Ne dc":
vkea oss a sh~is sssgh6oss, Who had 4
vssldss dovA that morning With Seth =
l7aakess. Stumbled IN. asoes deed than
alive lrum the severity u Ne ssoem::
Thy bcuRAs boa dnaks loe him end
,ub6sd hls ssasiy ltossa llm6s; sad
soca - v,s sbls 70 say, eeokealy'. III
"SssAs comia', bot Pst's seags y M
beoks %, down below he bead 10 Ne
sssrsighi cus.' lose The rod aa' !ua o..
Somsbody 20 lstcA too hey bed %
lsavs, end he Aorsss." II
Several men started up IN g., and,
hastily gathering together such thing.
q they needed, they pushed Oh 70 6nd
he wreck, leaving : team 70 follow.
They had hardly goes when The door
svunG vtolsasly open sad Ssh runksss
entered, bearing In be arms, . u y had
hssn . baby, tbs aPRsssa ss'|. h's s'.,s
form u relt Greasy. The village io!k
hsd learned The usws In a incredibly
shoss sims, and cane 6ocking In. u
sp,ts a The storm which ragged outside,
IN the storc was full. Seth could not
speak q once, but be managed % call
Tor The sAiass that he wanted, while
soms one took his exhausted horses 70
their stable. Three male paasaneses
hsA alieh,ed from Ne coach. Between
,hcm tksy bore ~ body d woman.
She W. ono ol their nsighboss, ssd was
taken 70 her home near BY.
, Pslt Grossly was stretched upon . see-
oss BY the lire, with coat for . pillow.
They brought snow and rubbed bis
frozen feet and hands. There Ma On
ugly cash on his forehead and the Doc
t0r announced that one Of his ribs VA
broken. =.
Undsr the genial influence Of beat and
stimulaats, however, the poor fellow b.
esa 70 revive, and Tie white lace, which
10 one would ever have recognized -
the handsome young iAce Of Pslt Greasy,
allowed little color once more. The
watching crowd hssvsd . Sigh Of relief.
Hes III right" said the allow old
, Doctor, counting his pulsc. "Better got
him home q once" Then he stopped
. and looked around him In perplexity.
, Pslt Crsssy's homo was back on tho
hills, Ave miles away. He had boarded
, sometimes at The tavern. Should they
. take him thsrel
D Seth Plunksts, who had been sitting
|, In . semi. tupor BY The 6rs, got Up .!
| this point with . sogt q wrench, and
shook bic shaGy coas IKE . colossal
STake him 70 my house," - said ID
. q arm voice. "Het'll take care Of him.
Q The men hooked q each other u
, amusement; but silently fixed Tie yoan(
!. man according 70 ths Doctors direc
3 lions, and bore him through The Storm
}. 70 The warm cottage Of De Plunketts
L There 10 was laid In Ssth's own whit
d bed, and for many days thereafter II
], he WAS strong and well once more
D. "Ilet" joyfully "took care Of him."
y The week after tho storm the mee(
ines, which had suffered . Temporal,
+ relapse under the overpowsring sensatio
y Of the hour, took on new yigoe. %
!. Of Pelt's horses had been killed, and b
!" had declared that 10 nsvse would caEE
q. the mail again. So y Was anally 9
- ranged that Seth Plunkett should TIL
ut bic old place and pay, and harmon
% prevailed once more among tho disttac
cd inhabitants Of Clearpond. Thu
q could even Joke about tie furious pa
b. sious which had divided them only
Dc iew weeks before. They could 10
nd however, clearly understand the ment
ne processes In Seth and Pelt, throul
- which these extraordinary changes h'
been brought about. Nobody but thel
. selves, OF course, knew anything abo
it, Il, and they had been myetsriously stls
re q 70 the particulars Of their reconcill
Oh ton. Even the most adroit OF the villa
eossips interviewed them, only tobs b
" ned; but II last Il Ill came out.
M ~ Seth Plunkett grew more and mo
nc interested In the revival - the Spri
mo wore on; bat be was . man Of deep 70
y ing and Tho work Of conversion IL b
soo WAS not rapid. He rose for pray.
- night altsr night at the meetings. !
Gro brethren III labored with him; but
.no said 10 "couldnt seem 70 80
Az. light"
~ particularly moving appeal, u
'mu PAT Of which Seth Piunkett had %
sSs n IN time 70 hear, The latter roee, Y
yehemence which nearly upset
!en. seat In front q him. and began 10 sp'
~ =, earnestly. The Judge was there,
~" even The Deacon had stopped IN
, 'os go the fun" - hs expressed Il, and
Ok hung saxiously upon SethS words.
~: "Frisnds and neighbour" saa
-. POOR fellow, while the sweat oo.ed d
~ lie temples md tzickled down bic I
i. eod face, sslsvo ben a-tsyin' and a-try
IN. 6ut yoa know I can't sesm % 80
.S,i. Nit; ~ ~ eoae 70 ~, friends
~ psiehbors, tAat mebby I've ct sut
~ - I OTTER confess. Before men,
~ know. I've confessed \ 70 ny Max
and ~ rough man hooked up rsves
,u.llv; "but haint confessed b yoa,
mcbhy u I % In And that peaee ~
r. bea artelRn' about.
~ ~ "Yoa 60, my friends and nslghb
- -and bic voice grew deeper and u
~ leaoo became paialul-"you 90,
~ s.nek NommifHn6 4 HnHs2ep lat ~
= n only tho Lord savsd mo. IN tell
sbout Il. You remember The nigi
A. ~ twelfth o. Nazchp Likely non
~. y woat never forget 4. We. d
pov. love Phi Greasy then; ] hated him
q. A I ~ him that day, tull o paI