Smyrna times., 1881-03-30

Friends and neighhors gathered around,
and children pseped over the mound into
the deep cavity. shudderei and drew back.
For full five minutes Buck stood without
uttering a word.
IL loan know how ter preach a funeral,
Lord" he said. "but | knows what it is ter
feel de pullin' OBJ de heartstrings. Ez
smile can change ter n tremliH' Oh de lips,
so does sorrow set heaviest on de heart
what wuz once filed wild joy. My master
had n heart ez big ez de imagination OF q
chile. AN as de heart is de birthplace ob de
soul. my Enarster is on de right hand oh
God, close up ter de throan. May we all
meet death wild as little fear, an may de
angels be ez glad ter ~ee US all ez knows
de hpz been ter make de heabenly quaint.
aRcs ob Mars Louis GULL. Amen"
Dent fed to Texss, hut was brought
hack. and 10y some technically, acquitted.
lie left Tennessee Immediately after the
trial and went, no enc knew or cared
where.
Several weeks age, tall man stood on
Superior street in Cleveland His hair WAS
almost as white rs the snow at his feet
His face wore sad expression, and his
eyes wandered as though tired of every
object. An old colOrsd man came walking
along. Seeing the white haired man, he
stopped, gazed intently for a mement, ap
preached the stranger, saying:
"Is yer name Mr.. Dent7"
eyes, that's my name"
did da uster call yer Mr.. Bad Dent?"
Yes; do you know nae? ?"
II does. My name is Buck GULL.
uster long ter Mars Louis GULL. Don't yrr
recollect me?"
"Why yes, Buck, how is your health,
extending bis hand.
" No sir; yer doesn't fetch my han in dc
grsgp Ob friendship wu- at de pic nic
yer recollsct, when yer stabbed Mars Louis
he died IN my arms. Fore he died b.
made me promise dat Ia kill yer in fa
6ght csssen de law didn't hang yer. Nov
| 'spOaes to fight yer wild Barlow knives"
did Louis make you premise this 2"
ayes sah."
Then you must keep your promise
Whatever Louis GULL said must be done
shall be done. ! have never refused t.
fight any living man. Where shall the en-
1 counter take pl"ce7'
"ln de little orchard near de old farr
, house,
When?"
y ''Jrs " soon sz we ken 90 dar."
). The tive men boarded the next train an
n went to Nashville. Engaging private col
i, and stopped Vt roadside inn, near the ol
. GULL farm house. 1t was agreed chat thel
should be one witness to the encounte
'. aud after engaging man Dent wrote g
- explanatory letter and gave it to the in
q. keeper. 1t was Sunday afternoon. II
three men went through an old orchard
n. orchard only in memory, for nothing b
the decsying trunks of the trees RENAME
IN Buck led the way. Hsstopped at a sunk'
grave. "D.s is Mars L.uis grahe,"
II said. "Stan on de udder side, dosn ST
q, cher hit"
Dent, without uttering a word. took 4
=. position as directed. The witness stood
.. lew yards away, and was to count thr
when all was ready. The two men, c
-. mon, drew their knive. "0ns, two, thrs'
m. They grappled in q deadly embrace.
desperate struggle for old men. De
ne wrested his right arm frsm the grasp
/ /" Buck. and with a sweeping stroke alm
70. severed the black mans head from
body. Buck still held Dent around I
,sr waist, and as he fell backward, plune
his knife into the murders heart.
When the coroner caMs the two nj
INT lay dead across the grave, locked in
tight embrace. A strange sight; the p
face OF death, and the Ashensd hue
earthly dissolution,