The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-04-18
SOMERSET, PA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL Is, 1885,

( lays finger on him must do il over my
dead body. If had a wife Ike thai lady
I in the picfur', an She was sick, I'D steal
every erit1er on the range 10 GIT to her !:
an the mans dog that voHlsin't II
any man here thinks different I'm Eessdy
. to fight it cut with him right here and
nou.r
Fer moment there wss no response,
then Oil man LaPe spoke up.
Well, Tom said he, '-ye needn't talk
20 mighty fierce. as no ones gOin to fight
ye, guess. Not that we're skeered OF
We. Tom. You uuSs's aatfer yourself by
thinkin' that at ali, bat we all feel abort
the same as you do in the matter Least
wise DO, and to show Bailey that BE-
lieye he's innocent, hereby make him
q present OF them three steers O. nsine
that's IN bis bunchr
Bully for YOU, cid man thens's my
sentiments; and I'll chip in the steers
that belong TO me, toe" shouted Bill
Smith.
same here" yellei Dutch Frank
rubbing too big tears of his cheeks with
his grimy fist-
Tn with you. boys shouted another
-Me too - said another. and minute
later every one Of the '-ssraysr that bad
caused all the trouble belonged as mach
to Bailey as II the flank Of each Of them
bore his brand and no other.
The revHlsion Of feeling was simply
tremendous. The very men who ten
minutes before had been rgthlessiy in
tent upon hanging Bailey noW crowded
around him, begging forgiveness. and vie
ing with one another as 70 which could
10 the most for him
Such Of Us as owned none Of the
@s,raysT actually felt mean, and jealous
Of those who did. until Tom Anderson
suggested 4 way in which We too, might
give vent 10 cur generous impulses-
~Beys,8 said he, there's none Of nay
critters in BaiIeyls bunch, bat next
spring l'm goin' to brand twenty calves
for that little girl in the pictur. and rs
my intention 70 take care Of them and
their increase for her until she's growed
Up
~Now you're shoutin', Tour. I'll DO
the same ehinlei in another.
@I'il 20 twenty for the little boy =
shouted another; and 50 il went until
each man Of Is mad made literal con
tribu;ion-
Poor Bailey was entirely Overcome,
and no wonder To escape hanging 50
narrowly. and i've minutes later to have
those who had been bent upon executing
him, eagerly competing with one another
a 70 shich conld show him the greatest
kin,ineSs WIS enough 10 upset any man.
He tired 10 express his feelings eoher-
entity, but eouIl not but We left him in
the midst of his tears and pgotestaiions
Of gratitude, and rode of 70 the nearest
ranch 70 procure food and rest for o1r-
selves and ponies before starting on cur
honlewan,l journey.
Bailey j 1t present orc OF the wealth.
81 and most Popular eattlemen IL the
Southwest
His wife did not die, hut recovered,
and now resides with him at his ranch
on the North Fork.
We cosboys kept oar word aad the
spring after the lynching affair saw sey-
eFal hundred calFes branded with the
initials OF Bailey's son aai daughter and
turned loose on the range.
With rs share Of them and their pro
geny the boy has stocked big ranch Of
his own while the share Of the little
girl, who <. by the way, one Of the love
Iiest prairie flowers THAT ever gracel the
plains. makes her one fthe richest heir
esses in the State