The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-06

taken. It came over mo like a flasl
that L could take this money and oe
out or the gang; it would be a dishon
esty, but not such as this they had
plenhed. | reached out my hand and
stopped. There at my very feet. on q
White pillow, and all white and fluffy
like an angel, lay the loveIiest baby
ever saw in all my lifel She was asleep,
put as looked at her in startled won.
der, she opened her eyes as wide and
bright as daisies, held up both pretty
hands, laughed like bird singing, and
enid Joe, joe" which wasn't INV name
at al. -! didn't touch tho baby's hand,
ana didn't touch the baby. While ]
STOOD there little pale woman came
CUT OF her room and nearly tainted when
| sue saw mo, and sat down there and
sold the whole story, and asked her to
nave me sent to jail for protection for
myself and others she sent for her hus-
panu, ana all the time we wore talking
The baby laughed and cooed, and called
me ny tho name she gave mo, "Joe."
ana the rest OF the gang were waiting
at the turn OF the road for me to come
back to them.
u didn't give them up-it wasn't
worth while, when I had to put the
people they bad Designed to rob on their
guard, and left tho town that night: r
didn't go to jail the man whose house
was to be robbed gave me some WORK,
but 1 didn't reform all in minute and
no never could have reformed me nt ali
1T was the bahy did it. She trusted
me; when felt the old boy getting the
better OF me went to the baby and she
I
Oft made a man of mo, T novnr
could tell what that baby saw in nv
iace to make her help mo in that way.
pue IL wasn't OF this world. She knew
she could save me, and she did it. That
was ten years ago, gentlemen, and am
more OF man to-day than ever was,
and it's her doing"
She must bo quite largo girl now.
We said. lnqmringly.
. Maybe &c! L don't know how that |
is; some folks say they don't reckon
them by months aud years I'd like to
iecl she's the snme sweet, smiling baby.
holding out her hands in that ooniiling
way and calling mo that same name-but
l. never wanted anyone else to use the
name name slnoe she said it the last time.
she was going to sleep, never to wake
up the doctor said they told me shc
wouldn't know mo, that l would disturb
fler. went i'll Oh my knees, 1 era wled
up to the bod and looked ut her; doar
SAINT, she was rs white as tho sheets
and her pretty curls never stirred hair
and her sweet eyes oiosed, and j
groaned i'll my heart, for thought che
wus gone and tho" "i>s - .-..-' 81, 40
for breath; aud oh, my God, II have
died to help her, and she just looked Mt
mo and put oi.e hand up-I fancietl she
pointed up thore-and she smiled Oh
me, and snys she, Ill ut onoe, 'Joe!
Joe! ! aud then she made hcr mother
understand thai she wanted something.
1T was the little bunk, and she wanted
me to have it. l took it TO humor her
and thought I'd give it back to her
when she got we'll. And then she
smiled again, and listened to hcar her
say: Joe land all was still You SEQ
l could never go wrong now but how
did she know about TINT little bank and
my wicked thoughts2 And she forgave
and loved me, too, pretty dear. The
smoke makcs me ory. There's our
depot at the next station, and we're
running on schedule time, as you sec.
gentlemen.