The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-24


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tlf artist whose ring she had east from
hrf N seprn only a iew minutes beiofo
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shelter behind somH bushes, and, wheel.
ing raised bic ride The movement
was q quick u but the girl in hiding
Via quicker, With o warning cry sho
lelprd oul into the path and. ~ tho
hunted moou-hincr's rino cracked. the
bullet intended for his p]ursner's heart
pierced the tender bosom IT Little Kate.
She fol- 10 the rocky ground with n
moaning cry and the ifc.blOud dyed her
white dress crimson. The man 10 save
whose life she had sacrificed her "
dropped beside her and raised her head.
There was n smileupon her lips and her
brown eyes opened and looked into his.
"Im dyin Harry, she gaspcd, for
you, love -kiss met and AZ their lips
met she died,
Crippled Bill had been captured and
whom the marshal's posse, following
their leader, brought the old man up
and his eyes fell upon the dead girl,
who, living was all in all 10 him, he
uttered a stricken cry and rushing for
ward fell beside her on the stony
ground Ills bearded cheek was pressed
close TO hers and his long gray hair
dabbled in her likelihood. When he did
not move nor speak they raised him up.
lie was dead His great rough heart
had burst Wuuder. They buried them
side by side In the little glen whore
Little Kate had waited so long for tho
lover who had won her heart only TO
wiring from its conliding reccsscs the
secret of Crippled Bill Elliott's moon
shine still.
Tall sycomores wave their spccklcd
branches high above the heads
of tho dead and sloughing wind
Is their only requiem. The grass grows
green Dll around the mounds and the
water OF the little branch purls at their
feet, A thousand yiolets nod their heads
on Rates grave and shed their sweet
perfume on every breeze. They were
his favorite flowers. Between the two
graves some kind %neighborly hand has
set up n rude stone on whose face u
ruder hand has scratched these words
ace, t.,''....t ....,...,,,s........
HERE LIEs