Sharp County record., 1881-06-23
o BE HUNG FOR A SPY.

|rd.thwr u BE HUM fUh oII'
|Ee' as five o'clock in the afternoon
y, ,ne 10, ,,eautiful early spring day. The
| asked at the rear of the long low
ayS s1@ ng Virginia farmhouse was well
70 I'd with vegetables, over which
lIaglna9 ision-fowerv vine trailed in tangled
"a 70 Gance, and beyond the green mead
ne M,ped in soft undulations to where
orotna G d river, glistening in the SUMS
lat UAa oiled smoothly beside the bound
4 mag ice Of the pasture.
Virginia Drake stood at her faith
|lI @e,or looking sadly across the river
Sne ys houses and spires which rose on
In' Waher side.
d Oh aAG mother, mother! l can't keep
oy U1e es off that dreadful place." she
|appen lurning to delicate looking wom-
exclaa sat within doors mixing cake
50 Msir evening meal.
yer OVow don't zee, Virginia, what
|1mar vii it do anyhow" said the mother,
l decaa and going over to the door also.
he in, honey" putting her hand
ne I1r daughters shoulder caressingly.
pc Tol mother! to think of my poor old
and nate, Archie Moulton bein' -
tent uPihe fairly broke down and sobbed
tht. 3
mol Mon't, don't. honey! cried her
OUT er, her own eyes full of tears.
knlg e comes your father; don't let
| SlUler L, 1;tt1o rrol n opui,1 ~
you @-ginia ran hastily into her bedroom
p al ipr father entered the kitchen.
Will here's no chance for poor Archie,
|mph r' asked his wife, as a frank k-taced,
@a y looking elderly man came into
Will Ssitchen.
nat l,hance! indeed" said he roughly,
ne bpAs his face couded. "No, no, he'll
he ing as sure as l stand here. Inever
yht to see poor John Moulton's son
-lnaT 9 on the gallows,' he added sor-
anus lully, "but suppose it's the only
rdS to deal with spies in these fghtin'
IS s%s. l shall 60 in on the colt to-
y, alll'ow to see the last of him, wife"
ne The Lord have mercy on his soul,"
rrH ned his wife.
yer the opposite hill the sun was
Nest ng-was shedding his last radiant
Us over the houses that rose in
have p succession on the hills-on the
does dark, strong building which
peep med Che height. The red light
ntl ned to concentrate itself on the
l-aSway OF this building, where men
lOW4s putting up strong timber struct-
g 1ss watched from below by talking
ithl gesticulating crowd, whose white
black faces mingled in their unusual
can tement. Inside the walls other
'o0l men were busy on a more COM
Zoo 0 place job. Something was out of
Ollr with the great sewer of the jail,
|he lOrhich they had been at work for
fer ne hours. Now they were taking up
|hIcl + tools, putting on their coats, and
ing till next day. They moved
d nel 1T in unusual silence, ever and anon
|,eOp' cling TO the farther side of the yard,
rt are a youth in a faded and torn SOL
/ |oIlnsVs coat, with manacled hands, was.
|lgh ng drearily up and down.
to WALL" said one of their number,
oe'essed ef l hain't sorry for him, if he
she - Yankee"
iof 'Tain't as eff we hadn't knowed the
family befo' the war;" answered
the companion. 81 recollect well
egg Ugh when he was playin' round
oa.s my own boys"
Fe', n official came across the ward to
Oh atltheir days work and to hurry
~ through an inner court, whence
po' great doors opened to let them into
b street.
We whe manacled youth gazed after their
e. 'eating forms with a groan, as he
|eS ught OF their return to their homes
|hef ,and happy while he-and glancing
c.D at the structure that reared its hor,
+ y g frame within its sight, his soul
brSened within him.
lie was not confined to his cell on
u, ) the last day of his life, but was
u'D mitted to walk about the QUADRANGLE
he prison. No one was with him,
the sentinel pacing up and down
ncangle OF the building was the only
mn; son in sight.
rs lis thoughts were bitter and despair
ID, indeed. He THOUGHT of his arax-
|iIe RED widowed mother far off on the
| ea AK New Hampshire farm; of his gen
|Nb and slckly younger brother, now her
Gsy stay; of kind-hearted farmer
|ics axe, who had been to see him for his
% ner sake; of his sweet little play
Io &c virginia OF long ago Mechanic
ne walked across the square to
'efe the sewer work had been going
and as he did so thought invSolun,
niy OF how large the opening was,
|r.e q where it emptied itself. Suddenly
i idea flashed through his brain, max