The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-09-10
DIED THE SHADE.
A Blood Hound that Licked his Paws
 And Whined.

A detachment ot CunNists worked III a field near fierce. bordering road The guards stood of. semc iazliy smoking. others. ,he newer recruits. icanias ou their needle guns. watching the prisoners a> they worked. An old man. whose face .s,,s sa sa;.- burned ,hA; the aI1nkies t., age scarcely showed n ,he rehet ,h.., ua- relentins i.me demands. .;ood neates: the fence The mefTy chatter Il ;he bI5ds ID the woods us; beyond. and ,he >4Hs +; ,he halt clothed piow boy T .,n aGl.et eu; iieid. caused hiIn ia oe,.,sasl.i.y ic..E n h.s hoe ana look away. nowhere paft.ea- iariy. wi;h deepcncd espfcssion of sad- ness on h., weather beaten i,,e. He wore inc pcnIteu:jary >,ilfc,. but he d.d no, look hke a aeon,ie, ief the naes oa his face were he Ancs :hat come itan honest old age ard gui.ikc those ot hls curlpanlo ns - hafd . yW isyes! ike cords. -t,rr--rSIcr,s,iiy .eould stand as f m deep thou h, nad rcmaz ing his .adc hat ~a4. smooth back li> gray Aeir. The hair ot h, com rtdcsen;nraaes 6ctau~e he &a, compelled ;a assosis,e 3Ifh them. waS eiaselY sharn. bu, his old head somehow continued to escape thu, vandalism ef .ime. the ~e.s of the prison barber. A squire, -ped from 4 tree and ran dong the ,op ra1is ni ,hc fence e-eld :s...a= stopped ard tc garded the hilarious l:tle animal. lust as he was aboat ,o turn to hi, work asan boy came riding along. The old man became nxed n hls gaze. The boy pas sed. The oie. nan dropped his hoe.
 Pick ap ;l...i hoe = yelled one oi the guards.
 The old man. with ~ildncss of eN- presson that no one had ever before seen him assume le.ped over the fence and ran after the boy. The guard .c.cacd h., gun and nred, and the blood hounds. lyias asleep n the ho; sand under ihe cotton stalks, sPrans uq and detecting ittllsi terrific understanding the 4usc ot the gun shot. Sprana oNcr tae fence and dar,ed after inc old conyiet. -Ihc hoy. seeing the appre !, hns ptisoaeF. he..uns the gun and .eeing ;h& dog. sparrcd h., hofse and dashed away. fHe dogs aas'l, lie eld man. ard before ,he guards "tiid reach the place b.,-..nd lore h..a ;caIi.-l.s .s,.-He hal 2cen Aosinz!e1 L.. the slonldcrs bat had 5aai.nlcd io rf.u. One aos h1 ,eecd h.n by the thr aa' and had inflicted 4 wogHd &hieh auy aae laald see .eas ilt... When he nae been rescued from his rlb.d parsacrs and placed under ;he sh4de f , rec. he I,y ! Tor moment n a bloody s.fag.i ie between life and death.
 My term la, expired. hc .a length sad. was sen, for ten ye~r>. bu, me vii finish the fine. nay haze hea.ei the cotton hcid. b., an p.. ng in ed- vance a note n he bank oi eiera Y.
 Wha: made yoa rln. o.d man .,cd the guard ~ho had ;.red ;.c sho, Nc all regarded you a- the s'1s,, a~a.ea, f....n .a the 5ans a-.ed ,a ,haa. old fel!9A. tar lad iea,aeG :o sespea. yau. and he ,hrce ts de hss -sa nd kuei; beside the ,lc:.m. l5- are su- penor 10 Us al u education Nay dic you no, hope for :, p.rtiaa ant ].
 :. pardons are only granted .o :hosc ~ho have influence h the pen;en;iAp- the power of physical strength rather than mental fore gains the appreciation ot the keeper. Five years ago was convicted of killing a man and sentenced :a ;en wears had b kill him. He came to my home and insuited my wife. We had had dispute and though, ;ha, i, was al settled. but one evening shen was d, my school. where ta1gh, the children oi the nelghboFhood. TO, lar away. he came 10 my house. spit n my ~ife's face and tearing my little boy from her arms. threw him on the ground. When came home and learned what ;he viliaIn had done.si followed hir, did not intend 10 xiii h,m. bu; when came upon him, he drew pistol and fired a, me. seized him, ~res,ed the pistol from him and shot him dead He died n my arms. and when saw ;ha, he was dead threw him from me. l did ID, ,ry 10 escape, but vent 10 magistrate and surrendered myself. was ,rled and sen fenced to ten years hard labor. My wife died before entered upon my term. And