The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-01-24

seemed to doubt his existence. Was
i; ,alnins for hi death. lie
rinched himself To- see it
death had claimed him. No
lie was still alive, besides so one
would have toilel hell for him.
Again the awful tell he heard. and in
measured accents IL seemed tn speak
the w"r,l. Bpn-,elle. He arose. hasti-
IL dressed. and hurried out int" the
darkness. The wind PLAYED with hi
I'D gray locks and urged Kim alnn.
the faster: il even blew open the
gate for him. Old Johns spul had
thrilled with sensation that wa
never before experienced. His
crooked old legs almost quiz their tot
tering and he had never been III anx-
inus about anyone in ali his life. He
had even forgotten that .Ic had left
his door open with all his boarded
wealth exposed. Bat the wind was
guarding old Humphrey and 81 single
gust shut the old door with u bang.
and the old spring lock never held
tighter. Humphrey reached the cot
la.e that he had visited the after
t.rn"nn before and again entered
Bv the lurid g.are of one fast diving
cmhcr he saw the FORM of Woman
tail length OH the hard, coll n ar.
hend.ng ovrr her PROSTATE holy was
another II rure mans. Old Hum
phrey coushed. bat 1t disturbed none.
All he heard were the moans and
sohS of Il broken heart.
lie coughed again, he could think
of nothing else to do. but the stranger
moved not. The wind WAS to Hum
phrey's assistance again and the cot
iage door. al it came to with such
force that Odd Hump" came very
nearly losing hb equilibrium The
man jumped To hi> feet with Il fright
but seeing ''old Hump grew calm
and demanded his right there at such
a time.
"Whv, man alive" cried odd
Hump. the "won.-n, the woman,
sh III free. Never mini nav
rights, but quick get physician.
Here, wr,p my cloak around her.
And in an instant odd Hump" was
in his shirt sleeves.
While waiting for the doctor.
Humphrey soon had bl,zing fire Oh
the hearth, w"ich quickly warmed
the room.
the doctor came, administered a
few drugs. and found that the woman
still lived. but said that misery. COLD
AMI starvation hal Carried her almost
int the 4 ark valley of H.. ith. Hum
phrey In tine pbor widow removed
Ia his house, al procured for her the
hest nurses and medical Attendance.
The man that WAS kneelin. DER WHAT
he supposed to be the dead boiy of
hi mother. WAS Eugene B,utel!e. the
absent boy" Ills path. while cut in
the world trying Ia gain lIvelih"od
by honesty and mnnllness. had ben
strewn with bramhles. an he hal
returned 10 his humble home ragged
AMI pennies But Humphrey ha.
started him afresh in the world. and
he Eugene. il now one of the fore
most men of the village.
Since that awful night. Mr. Hum
phrey no one ever speaks of him
now us odd Humps changed
man The po"r IF the little town !
look upon him - their benefacIor His |
good deeds have spread far and near.
Many owe their good f'rtune tn MIR. !
Humphrey. and all love and resp CT !
him The wind did toll the beli for |
odd Hump but it WAS mny years
after before the bell announced that
W. Humphrey had crossed the tur-
bulent waters of death. By the way
shortly after the night on which our
story opened. there WAS large re-
ception at old Humphreys, and Mrs
was ever afterw ,rls ad-
dressed as Mrs. John Humphrey.