The Meeker herald., 1889-08-31

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"Tlors g'lar bald-hoaded. pal
sled old blgI game, icdgc. an l guess
It won't wash with thi, gnngi"
Bat just thon u tai. broad-shoul-
deroi man n stranger entered the
saloon. ilo had beard my appeal and
had also heard tho rough words OF the
miner who had last spo&on.
"Dy tho courts leave. said the now
arrival. Il am an old regulator. Judge.
and think tho young follow ought 10
havo his SAY. whatever Il is
GOOD" came from tho lips OF tho
Judge; "go on. iny lad,
81 was going to say, JUDGE. tina, ]
hnva u l.l,lo scrap AZ pipsr hcr,-not
much account. certainly, Ia amy body
bot myself; hut my dead mother
sage IL To mo aud Two treasured It
about ten yeara. II Isn't Scripture,
but IL, mighty near IL. and couldn't
shy my thing moro aO'emnly than
what would ray with my right hand
on that page torn from my mothers
hymn, book. Judge. nm Innocent ~
Gontlomen of the jury, what do
you saya l. tho prisoner guilty ornoi
guiiiy?"
"Guil,y'" came from II score OF
ihFos,s
Now. WAS no, greatly afraid OF
death. though would have preferred
10 live. and anyhow did not particular
Is fancy death by means OF II hempen
rope. lfolt that was hardly prepared
,aGya .ta0ftnaf,il ,.ia-to riis .s1ci,.'hihes
oi uiy earlier lie. 30 II was not nny
morbid and false notion Of religion
nor yet tho prompiings Of fear which
LED mo - make T. last request of my
. pro arruiors.
judge" said. II should like you
10 grant mo q la,. r,qucs, before you
pass sos;-aeS On this scrap OF paper
there 3, : hymn. which have fancy
u hear sung before you begin bniiHeu.
jorry Davis. there. can play and
knows all the church tunes. Ia llko
hl'l TO play rad sing this one AMI.
Judge, ask tho boys tina, don't want q,
h",- 4. to rtcp outside. because /
Hh"a'dn't Ike 10 ,ea tham polsIus fun
ntii."
"boys. you hosr7" said tho Judge.
and strangely enough there va, al.
so'uir silence. whi.o not man leii the
room.
Ihorc was an old plano In that West.
c-n falsua. uel for frcc-and-oasy,.
ss.rzas .s.a.a4..fs ...I 4..... .T.....F l..
though il Il doubtful II sacscd songs
!sad ever bcun played upon It during
IL, soIourn at tina; settlement
Jerry Davis took tho little torn
page. struck chord or two. md then
commenced 10 ,.ug In hl, rich tenor
yoicr;
"TuCFn - a fpaniaia nllsi with blood
prauu ffam tnsmsaurl's r-Ira
shi sfan-f, piaas~i t-nps,p taAl Root
!-nsr 81 sholr Es.iiy stain.
"Tlr iyIns ,h'srrv!ois.i ,sses
Tazslulasain IN he day.
Asi thrss tHay !. iasafh 10 10.
Nssa all M "a away"
Somehow. Jerry Davis vo!c. weak
-ued and ho could not finish tn. hymn.
which must hay, b.,-n familiar To-
many n hardened man In that strange
company. A. for me. 1 was .obb.ug
vlolouily-no, ., much moved b. til.
words Of tho hymn ~ by tho sadly
.wc1t memories Nhich IL brourh, "a
..'vrrdf minutes. wncn tho frfkneaf.
who had spoken word In my behalf
walked over 10 tho piano whcrl Dayi,
.ai with his finger. li-;lc-.iy resting
on tho keyboard Iis tool. tho torn
leaf. examined H. critically and then
walked oyc- 'ornc. Taking my hand
la ii. strong Strip. hs spo.s, In loud.
u raiGur husky yoicci
Judge" DO ssil. IL fool certain
ihc-c isEotn1 mistake here. and Ask
for posiponcncat of tho proceedings
H.. further iuvosii,ai on. This lad T.
my brother, my name l. Phil Kimbcr.
ly. own tho Kimberly claim over
tho hill. md nm pretty VOL known
along tho Turtle Valley"
u was indeed my oidcs, brother.
whom had not soon forsixtccn years.
That hymn OF my mothers had
somehow soi,cnci Ia. feelings Of the
boys. for they willingly ncccdcd TO
fhii'1 request. Two days later I wns
cleared o! nll suspicion and became for
a limo tho most popular man In the
camp.
IL Is n!mos. needless to add tina;
now treasure with moro care than ever
tho little scrap OF paper upon which IL
printed. In oid.siylc type. my mothers
lnNoTtto hymn. w. II. 5. Atkinson. in
Detroit FREQ Press