The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-08-11

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--. she said. in trcuuou> voice; DO
you know me. Judge -s'
No, mother. | don { remember Xou.
said the judge pleasantly Nv here have
we met
My name i, Smith. said She. II WAS
with my poor boy three DAYS. of and on.
in the COURTROOM i'm Oshkosh. wien liz.
wa, tried for-fur=fo robhinu some
body. and you arr. tho same man that sent
him 10 priSou for len y,ar> and he died
there last .Iuuc."
All faccS were un,y sobrrrd and inc
stand M all over the ear To listen and SEE
what was going on. He wa, a good hoy
if Won did send him To mil He hclpad
us to clear the farm. and when father WAS
sick and died he dole all the work. aud
we was getting along right smart till he
took 10 going To town. and keard~ and
drinking. and then, somehow. he didn't
Hike To WORK after that pnl used To say
out Oh TN mos, morning anu lilGI me-
steep la'c. ANA th'n th" larm kliluef run
down, ana ,h9h we i"Hl tiie l'alh one ol
EN- got kliled Whrh nee been 10 town
la'c III hl@li ana 80 alter NilIle ne
eoaAe9 me To lei MN sen Inc iarli anu
ouy II houNe ana iot III the NliaS', ail'!
ne WORK III carpenter WORK A"d 80
ald' rs we conldil 90 h2thlh2 on the
larlI. hni ne gre" worse li'a'l ever. anu
ai'ri i,ii' ne 'ouitin 2t' any NolN
and wouldn do anything but gamble and
drink all the time. used to do every
thing could to get him 10 quit ami he a
good. industrious boy again. but he used
to yet mad after II while, and once he
struck me, and then in the morning !
found he had got what little money there
was left of the farm, and had rum of
After that got along ar we'll IL ! could.
cleaning house for folks and washing,
but didn't hear nothing of him for four
or five years. When he got arrested and
took up to Oshkosh for trial he writ to
me.
BY this time there Was not Il dry eye in
the car. and the card, had Disappeared
The old lady herself wa, weeping i entity
and speaking in snatchcS But. recover
inr herself she went on:
.Rnt ,yh,t cou1d do | .nld the
hou.r and LOT ia rrt ,nour, in hire , law
y,r ana | believe he i herr. Somewhere. "
innkinu around ..oh. yes there, Ar is
Mr. - "pointinr 10 Invyrr who
had not take part in the ulay. And
hi. i. the man. am sure. who argued
arin him" pointing to MIR. the dis
trict attorney. And YOU. ,Iudgr-.
sent him To prison for ten wears ~paSc