Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-10

WIKI ger hack u II, hsr hisared eyes GsEn
with tears and her shriveie-i liis trembling
*Boys.T she said, in her sbriu, crael d
VOICE, we amt goin' down 70 Camp Ea.c-
view TO hang that felier-I tel We, ye al 81
Ye shan'r,- She drew an old pisiol r., n
tenea.h her apron IS she spoke and held It
aloft with a trembling houy arm
zrinkle.i fingers. IN shoo. tbs first fc5 r
that tries 10 60 out this door. i do i,
I'LL Her head dropped sndtasly 70 r
breast, her arm fell 70 her SIDE and the p Il
10 the floor. shs put both Q; h=r tony Ia Is
TO her face and sobbed aloud With r
head still tent low, she said
BOYS, lookee here. Some Ct you "
knowel a. Ter twenty year. an So kao' d
my man that's dead N gone. There's
In this cabin that I've fd an keeral r
when they vas homeless al sick In all e
twenty-nins year that Old Ms Dill has Il
IL the ulountiags the latch string o her c1a. 5
hung out free to all Nobody want r
turned away, as some Of ye mighty Il
know I've gin favors wherever | cot j,
an amt never asked none tack- I've d
my trials an tr.bbylatlOns-Ciod KNOW
have,-an the ssust Of N all has come p
night, fer, boys, that man yer gosr out r
hang lS-is-my boy-the only baby e. n
had. an rs Ten long year s.nce sen him
"Dlu want my lust husband His ie
was Hobbs an the boy was named after n
Henry H0bbs Some o you may mip3 o
seeing in fifteen and twenty year ago at U
cabin down IN Cinnamon Gulch-a pui ',
black eyed, curly headed boy He 80; 1t
scar down in that gulch, an them thee
fngers came off in a bear trap Di.l had It
and the boy fell into it, He allus vas - /
turesome boy an never stopIed at uoth-l.
SONS Of We mind the big excitement they IS
down III Cinnamon Gulch fifteen year ,,
when they was a saloon under evry tree a
they want no such thing Law an ore r.
1t want t. be wondered at that a-.nan
boy went astray then, an my Heary v Us
among en- He hadn't never hal cha. e
to be llf rent lie d.dnt know how decent
folks lived, an I-I-want fit to learn HIN,
cause didn't know how myself He tool 70
gamblin' an TO drink, with plenty TO G, y
the boy Oh, an when the excitement did
away he ran or an | amt ever herd OF N
but once s.fnce, an he's the man they w,nt
ye to 60 an help hang Ye wont doit, DO. ),
will yer
Her voice had changed 10 one Of earnest
entreaty and her old apron GELD TO her
streaming eyes
Boys She added, couldn't ye git 'en to
give the boy another chancet Toll 'em hes y
boy. Bring i'm here To me an let ms soav ~
with I'M Can't ye, boys Can't ye do it or
the sake OF old times Go an bring my ~
to me Hang me If you l4ust have life Tor
the one my boy took. won't saj word
agin that only let me my hoy first
Every man in the cabin filed silently out II
the room and disappeared in the darkn, :,
going hurrie,ily down tie trail. Il was al
most daybreak when they cane hacS, si at
and stern, white faced, slender, trembling
man with them, HI, arms stu bound and the
fear and horror Of death stiI III Iii, fac..
Old Mrs. Din met them at tie dor riy
led her son to her htile room ami lett her
alone with HIM
"Ied better be ready to start ~ d.y-
light" was al 81 Sharpe said rs he closed le
door Of the little room and went ba'a - &c
Fireplace where the other men >at lpu..! -
silently at the glowing COILS.
The next day had hardly GaHnel anen the
gray haired Old woman and tic toll. la. I
some young man came from the ltti, rJo ID,
and, witha brief good-hy to the men If Ca up
Paradise went slo@ly down the trad to meet
the outgoing stage.
"Iheyi. beal right, said 81 Sharpe But