The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-03
AN ODD FUNERAL.

investigate the business of ;n;c;. t;z,illins. while riding along d lonca read, came Epea par.y q men iolloaiag va. on. 95ser .ng ...al :he wagon contained a cott1 ]. the marshal asi,ed
 Funeral pro ocession, is II nv; sr
 fcs, replied man who cs-I.cd | hymn- oook.
 What is his name pointing ,o the eo1ia.
 ohn Ryec3'n1
 Where cid ne i've II inc tlruc of h;5 deA;h .
 Didn't live no whar, ier ac ~zs dead. .
 mean d.d ne lIye IT ,ai- comm arlity shea ae died =
 N, he was dead
 The driver was very czreia: IT stlecs- Es the smooth piaces and me t9. CTS @ere al so solemn, Ia, 1.s .aAlsh 4i would have gone or. hal ,ae,e not been :. diel ally in passing ,ae ~asoa. Af,cr awhile he said
 l suppose youf ff:en1 vas . soo4 man
 .ss: in the neighbethooa. fegaed he gentleman who eA,red ne hynn- book. Best man ever saw. Could :iin.. any5 down nc o-st t~o o1en ,hFee falls. I've Snosa stloag f-ilers 10 iassel with hitn an f3r tia.c l, sol,e. pe-Iei like they would ing aiin, b., the i.st ihns they knowd .e would down em. Nish,y easy .e.ler ter g.. a.aag with, though. Never Fes;e,ed nobody .essen they pes,ered aim.
 "aere are you soing to bqry him =
 .p.d low ter bury him in the erour runners :''
 @of course. Had he a wife a, inc time ef his death :''
 Noah
 = Never beer married. ! -appose::s =
 Oh. yes.'
 Wife died sometime aso, eh -
 Noah. The woman wha. he married $ still eriive"
 Divorced :"
 Noah"
 Then i.c had a-n Le diea =
 Aeah, ''' e she was e.aa
 raa 4ees'y aaa.s4 s..s.e lss j. sega ssss the @aaa. rsae a. and ra. ia..l he aad goneesou. . a.s.ss.c, ,..d ths i s3il of tte sti4tf n fe i-a fafse. t.is s.nce u..b .'saf life caused ha7 6ts. to sive .Ae ecoentrt fe.e. bs, iig.ie .s.7:isa;. ba; af,e. awis..e t.s ey.s seer. ,l to 9e opened. Timing ie go ,ae thieS woods, te deede4 ,a WI. a.a ~a'eh the ecu se .. ;aS wagon. AA.f a~aile ;he vehicle etnse ,les. aad. ,as, ..i;eI r..ss.7g h.m. tasne5 ;a 8 narrow ioAd almost ovessF5va VI weeds and bushes. D.s:n oua,,as ard 'ying his bride rein 70 | saplles he deputy marshal cautiously followed the w2,or. The i1nerai procession d,s ended nc creek bottom, crossed the stream, en,crca a sNlt' ofii'ab& and stepped \ rumbes oi men, working in a cleaiins, came fo,- ward with unusual briskness and gather sd around the coffin which was taken m ihe wagon szd placed on ( stump. In cups flashed in the sunlight. and as he deputy marshal, now crazl.ng on h. srornd, drew near, he saw the men j., .he'r cps into the ce:fu. T.e ,a, aaefai was 'sus c: easy -e'l'saa \ .sfiln filed with whisky had a1a. oroasht fsom an ill.e.s e.is;llieiy ,c ,..kc ,orTiNiaI the work ef clearing Ana. ard i scene tha; every man in tx corr | nuniy had beer lavtet. The officer ] l..cs .h2; his lie woalz De eadareere.. ]. .aoald he be discovered skulNias .rouad. sad recognizing tie ditilee-;y of crawl ns away unscen-ier T was only bv . he meres: accident ,h. l had / .elnaiaei 90 .ong uno5se.ved- hc de, -ided Q walk boldly up and take his i ,haaces, for he knew that in .ne crowd here were men who were no, i!liclt dis ille.s, and who, should violence be med :. t-Ied, would attempt io prevent such an :, outbreak. When within few yards of ! he ee.iin, some o1e capped on the lie. shile others began to sing dcleiu. ar :, \ grave had been das. aAd they were n l, he ae, ot lowering the box, wAea the I iepe,y marshal said: Hold on, boys. rat t1e corpse on V he stump again. am an Arkanszx 1aau myself, and iaw or U ..w. hanged ! i dent hep yoa eaJoy you-se'-es. Heres fur" and ,hey all l-aEk. The 'dd funeral vas not epor;ed q: cou',
 A GENTLE MAN
 The sheriff sf " t-f3rasy rau-tx, .,t.-