The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-09-21


: sey, the eldest, who cwns the fei..v on I'll
Tennessee River, ferries the children aero
:, on Sundays al.d after they arc safely deli,
n ered of their lessons and rewarded WIT
le DOCKS, pictures aissl medals. ferries hel
'o back again, while lie It;1p1sy youth slou
rather than s:i:z, Alexis fayorite sons
con, that will be Joyful, Joyful, Joyful.
There is little heed Of tune IN the move
ment, bl5 Jenny Lind ii her Ia!oyon day
could not raise Iinr voice Iii cher Ill lE4s. scal
/, than they do, uor cot;Gt all the coucetti {
that ever sereeched delight cid Aleck'
heart so we'll. This Is Alexis SuuuIa,
work.
His brother George takes his two-hors
baroucI1a and drives up the dividing ridgt
some five Or six miles, where the two Wid
oWs Harris apt Tulliaferro live. Poo
creatures they are, whose husbands lleser
ted them long since, leaying nothing L
each bus group Of children, poverty aul
disconsolate hearts. Loading his barouclle
with these, sG;il it Is a yeritable catry-all
he drives them TO ti.e Sunday School, gives
them their dinner, and takes them home
again. This is Georges Sunday work
Robert has the rheumatism. He has had
it a long time and has it bad He can't do
much. But he sweeps out tile Sunday
School room, makes tile fires, cuts the
wood, supplies the water, makes the pray
eIs, plays the lnelotteon, is librarian and
secretary, conducts tic infant class, pays
cut the money from his own pocket foi.
the books, etc. Being otl cruches and
much tortured with disease he is extusube
for Ills short e3.niuss, And that il Rob
ert's work.
1t is proper TO say tj1Ht preaching is kept
up every Sabbath IN the Sunday School
room OF Tic Triangle The week day
school, i under Charge Of Prof. LoDgberi.y,
an Old man who has been half his life en-
gagged in transl4iDg Mohammed's Koran
into metre. lie eats bu5little, sleeps rare
ly, and gives every spare hour to his Arabic
II IS plain 10 the reader that tile brothers
SWarsey are the guardian angels Of the
"TriangIe," f" and there must be something
in their history worth hearing. There is.
As far back rs 1910 these men,
residents CT Missouri, were young
Che limbs, now atiffUneG, were tlex-
lille, their tlIcHs and snoWs rigid a.
iron. These three men row Christian
hearted and meek as aioses, were the con
stant terror Of tlieir enemies. the shame ana
sorrow Of their friends. Men were many /
who spoke OF them significantly in con
nection with the peniientiary and halter, +
and invested their regulations as prophets
in the prediction Stat they would come 10
Il bad end. Mothers tre,nbIed for their
daughters when one Of the SWarseYs visit
eli Them Brothers. afraid to assume the
offensive alone, combined and Joined
hands, and sVo5e 70 be revenged on these
men. Fathers picked flint locks and
long knives when the oy@lseys
made threats against them. The country
rang with tlIe exploits Of the 5esperadoes,
tie same three mer, please notice, whom
have been describing seated IN Sunday
school SO long afterwards with little ones
upon their knees.
On the 10th Or July, 1871, each Of The
5Warseys was engaged III 4 scheme is me-
5arious and uiabolical rs anything written
ID romance. The eldest, Aleck, had been
'or several weeks preparing to ensnare a
lejghbor's daughter, i country beauty, BE-
rothed TO oanotner man. Aleck had sworn
he most vinlictiFe measures against her
over, and purposed to himself, after secur-
ng the prize he sought, to put the man 10 ,
1eatl. tIany i stronger man had fallen /,
lnder that threat. Thc girl lived with i :.
widowed mother and had no protector. !,
she could not refuse his visits, though her J
leart sank within her whenever his cruel J
appeared at tile door; but Z
When he proposed that which should blis- 7
or d mans tongue III the speaking, she
cornell him and drove him from her with !,
contempt that sealed his heart against !,
,itY. Then he changed the manner Of his j.
pproac and proffered marriage, but she !,
expressed her loatIiing IL terms that Cut ],
i'm to the heart From tIlat moment he J.
esolved to tse force, and as revenge viii i
eep, lie waited his time and endured with !
ONE patience the jaers Of lily companions, =,
. whom the story Of his failure had BE-
0me known. !;
On the losl1 Of July (this IS the date 4
efoTe mentioned), The Girl had left her i