St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-14

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the staggering form into a cell and ar
ranged comfortable bed on the
hard floor upon which the tired body might
rest The night wore YEARLY on and when
the morning light drove the gloomy cloud
banks from the sky and brought the day
officers to their duty they found the
form of Gazewell stretched out in the dusky
cell where he had been laid the night be-
fore.
HE sleeps soundly and We'll let him
rest" they whispered, as they looked in
upon the quiet form and withdrew. The
day was nearly done
AND YET HE SLEPT.
The door of the cell was opened and the
officers called to him, but no reply came
back. They gently shook him, but he gave
no signs of awakening. They threw back
the door that better light might be had,
and then, as they looked down upon the
quiet eyelids and motionless breast. they
knew that GaZewell Ferret would know no
Weakening on earth. He had laid down to
his eternal sleep. Tenderly the lifeless
body was lifted and as tenderly stretched
upon a bench. The next morning the cor
Oner's jury said that Gazewell Ferret had
come to his death by an overdose
of snowshoe. Two days later
his remains were followed to the
cemetery by the members of the lyceum in
a body and many tear rolled down their
rough cheeks as all that was earthly OF
their beloved president was lowered to its
last resting place in quiet corner of the
city of the dead, where the barren trees
stood somber and sad as if mourning over
the death of one whose generous heart and
magnanimOus disposition had brought him
the heritage
A PAUPER'S GRAVE.
The effect of the death of GaZewell on
the lyceum was plainly visible on the faces
of the members as they assembled on the
following Wednesday evening to listen to an
eulogy on the departed officer from the lips
of Windgall Blatz, his successor to the
presidency of the society. Every face wore
a saddened look, and even Fireum Moses
vigilant eyes were quiet and rested mourn
fully on the presidential nail key that had
for weeks been occupied by him, who now
lay beneath the snow in the silent cemetery
beyond the rattle and jar of the city streets.
A cloud of gloom seemed to hang over the
little body of men, who conversed in SUBJ
dued whispers and gazed mournfully
on the black draperies of the
barrel on which Gazewell had so often
leaned and moved them with the depths of
his natural and wonderful eloquence. The
door of the ante-room opened and BlatZ ad-
vanced to the barrel. He. too, wore a sor-
rowful look. and he seemed to be deeply af-
fected by the air of mounfulneSs that per-
vaded the loom. The hour of s arrived.
and, stepping behind the barrel, Windgall
tapped lightly with the axe handle, around
which a little
WISP OF BLACK RIBRON
had been knotted. ''Boyees," said he, sin
honor of our former preserdent, whom God
hez seen fit ter remove from this ere serci-
ETY., all reglar biZniS will be laid erside fur
one week, an | will give Their Sercety er few
pointers on Their life ov Their man who wus
so suddenly and without malice erfOre-
thought removed frum our midst. l hev
been erquain.ed with Gazewell Ferret of
an on fur nigh onto twenty years, an hey
travelled with him through a good portion
ov this country. We both ov us fought ter
gether in Their battle ov ther Wilderness,
an twas there l got wounded an Gazewell
saved my life by givin' me a drink OF
whiskey tibet he had sneaked out of
the pocket ov er rebel. Ever sence that
time we hev been friends an hev slept to-
gether on ther plains of the West an in
Their perlice stations ov Their South an East
an never once did he erIow me ter pay fur
Their lodgin'. He wuS one ov Their whitest
men ever run up aginst; he wouldn't do
nobody emmy harm; he he'd er heart in him
as big as er goldfish an his appetite was er
thing tibet every serciety fur ther relief ov
Their poor he'd ther greatest respect fur.
Whenever he went out ON er fOragin' ex-
perdition durin' war times he would never
bring emmy food back ter ther camp, but eff
er man went erlong with MIN he wud give
him half every time. He wus er man with
er good edyercation an more than ordinary
common sense. His forehead wus as much
as five inches high, but he alwus stuck to it
tibet bald-headedness didn't run in his fam
ily, which wus
IMPORTANT EFT TRUE.
"There was only one class OF people that
he seemed to be down on, an that was
laundrymen. He didn't hev no time fun
them. he said they wore out clothes faster
than Their people whut owned um an alwus
charged er big price fur doin' it. I've seen
him put ON er clean shirt jest fresh from
Their clothes line many er time an not put
on ernother until he happened ter catch
ernother line out on duty after dark. linen
he'd make er shift an do it DANCED quick,
to. Gazewell Ferrett wus er man who wud
never refuse ter take er drink proVldln' IL
wus whiskey. 1t he'd ter be whiskey or he
wus liable ter refuse, an ii ne Wus oHereo
water ter drink with it he got insulted
ermediately. He wanted straighl goods,
en- eft he didn't get um he'd kick higher u
Their roof ov er meetin' house. He wouldn't
deceive nobody, not even himself, an he
wouldn't stand it from enybody else. j ex-
pect tibet whiskey wus Their means ov bring
in poor Gazewell to his grave, an
think in er moment of unconscious
ness he must have drunk water
with it, fur / don't believe thel
pure unerdulterated stuff cud her ever
done him up in that way. He had become