The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-03

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In IL e1rsfs ma tod hlim 81 e. pet q
ballet Id 'lsn--lhatse nfzs allied Jed =
sAn ve hang the fc<iey tk2t did Il r.
asked 81 SHARE.
We nff1's VII. bet weIcxi Isle On Do
Is Il sEore fn0rnfnF 1Ed that's the
yxaTsT I cozxse up 10 xsvsI y8ss bid 70.
Tho.sghf xe'd FEEL slixfzied II ssone q
yo1 got pail - the rvp< that = swing
he chap that killed Jed--a whittier
man n Jed neTsr drazed the brezth
q lzte
Ter right thar. said 81 Sharpe,
heartily 81 ii 10 die god 70 git :
pull zf tssAs rope w!ssu iFoss ct the fell
Ter HAT shos Jed 20 the other end IT
f. WIS Is be. anys,ow ~
Don { kn0H. They don't none o
the b<gys know. ~ he Etpat tell Ehar
he cDEna from nor Who be -. bat Ne
iii know wfiar he gsinf 20. an fhzr
mighty burned quick, too. lie - q
younelsh sort OF chap not ssiore n -,
With three fingers on q one hand an
scar over hls left ere. We reckon his
names Hobbs Heary Hoeos-arzy
b0x hes got ring on 'rith that name
on Il. afl that's the nanse on some let
tiers we tuk from i'm. i'm also on
Big. pld-fashioned silver wateh he's
got How many Of yanl goln down .
the hanzif with rae It'll come Oh
al midnight.
Nearly every man III the eaDin rose
to hts feet. and while au were pulling
On hats and costs the sspcr Of old Mr.
Din : ro0rs suddenly OPENED and Mrs
Ill herxehs CHASTITY ana trembssngs
with tasr tiain gray hair iaiIing 70 her
lofiy shoulders walked swiftly across
the room. locked the eloor and ssooe
xiin her back 10 ~ her blt&rsi eyes
din vita tears and her shriyezed hps
trembling.
Boys size said, 10 her shrli.
cracked voice, ye am 4 goin dean %
Camp kaifviex 70 hang that fsller-i
tell sc, ye amt. lie shan she
drew al old pistol frcfn beneath her
apron Is size spoke ana held Il aiott
wlth a trembling scny arm and
wrsnklesl fngsrs. II u shoot the hrsf
teller that tres Y, 30 out tbs uoos:
II DO T. III hsr head dropped
suddenly 70 her breast Der arm tell 70
her side and the pistol 70 the noor.
Sise put t'0tn q ner DShs hAia.as 70 nef
lace aiad sonoed asoG'd. Win ner
heal stu pent loE she said
Boys, socke mere. come OF soa
hss knowed me Ter tw,snty year, an
ye knowed my man ufats deau an
gone Inefes men III TINS CABIN mat
I've led anu keeTess - nen tiaey was
hofnsiess m SICK. ~ an the twenty
nine year that MIS- i,iil has Hved IN
the inounflEgs the latehstring Q her
cabins hung out Tree 90 al. Nobody
van ever turned away. as some OF
ye mighty well kn0w. I've gln
favors wherever l eoaid, an ain
never asked none bi!ck. I've bad
my trials an trlbnylations = God
kIaows ! have and the wust OF m
all has come tonight Ter boys, that
man yer goin out ter hang isis my
ooy--fne only baby ever lad, an Its
~ LONG wears seiiee sem him
Diii wa n Z my iuss husband. his
name was Hobbs. an the boy was
named alter iiil- Henry Hobbs.
Some o yon may mint o. seeing ini
fifteen and twenty year ago nj our
cabin down IN cinnamon Julch-a
purity, biack-eyeds curiy-headed boy.
he got that scar down IN that gulch,
an them three ringers came of IN a
bear trap Dali had set and the boy tell
into H. lie AUS was a wenturesome
boy, ali never stopped at nothin'.
come Oh We mind the big excitement
tnsy was down In cinnamon Suich
Hiteeh year ago. wner! they was
SAIGON ~ y Tree an tney want ne
sucn thing as law an orher. III WASH
20 pe Wonuersa ~ tnat a-nany boy
went astray then, anu Ihy Hehry was
among EN-. ne badnt never
mao enahce 10 oe diH rent.
s ns nun KNOW now decent
foiks lived, and l--I--wa'n't fit
TO learn him, cause | didn't how my
sell. lie TOOK 10 gafnblin an 10
drink: Win plenty To coax the boy on,
an when the excitement died away he
ran on an ! amt ever heard OF i'm
but once senee, ali he's the man they
wan, You 70 SO an nelp hang fe
won't do Il, boys VIII yer
Her voice had changed TO one of
earnest entreaty, and her old apron
was held 10 her streaming eyes.
Boys" she added. couldn't We git
EN- to give the boy another chance
Tell EN- he's my boy. Bring i'm here
to me an let me go AWAY with i'm.
& Can't ye, hoysf Cam; ye do IL for the
sake of old tines2 Go an bring my
boy TO me. Hang ME II you must
have q life for the one nay boy took. I
won't say word ag'in that: only LEI
me see my boy first"
Every man In the cabin filed silently
out of the room and disappeared in the
darkness, going hurriediv down the
trail. IL was almost siayhreak when
they came back, silent and stern, a
Il n xs,.l 81
with them, his arms still bound and
the fear and horror of death still i'm his
face.
Old Mrs. Din met them at the door.
They led he son to herilttIe room and
ssYe'd better he reads Ia start he