The Meeker herald., 1892-06-04
II had my gun on me. and / shot

Il dldn aim Tor MS arm 10 Keep
I him from hittin' her with tho chair, |
aimed to kill him and / did. killed
him and married her
Ills chin sank after this outburst
into the grea, swell of his voluminous
beard aud his big voice. that seemed
TO DO made OF hsiling ships at sea or
roaring signal, in "A storm sank 10
husky mGrinur,
Poor soul poor soul. shs hal no.
where else TO 90 and no ono else u
look Ia and she married me when
| begged her To but she never knew
another happy day She pinned for
him. lplan,sd him ia slightly spot
under n biz livs-oak and sho used To
60 there and put flower IhIngs on him
and cry. She usal to so when sho
thought MA, away, but knew OF
il and ,nany's tho time I've wished IL
was mo down there to DO sorroNed
over.
Il eypes, abolt ihl, timo wasn't
II nice man 10 ba about used 10
feel like killing som.ihln: mostly
and II ever did anything To earn tho
name OF had .Iohn Adam IA I'm
known l, wa, thpn | dldnt caro-
what idld We never saw any pleas
uro together knew she PLACID for
MIN. and kept hi, picture by hor bat
No lived together twelve years then
.he took tho fever in Tho spring aud
died.
'':he day she dlel she talked 10 me
good deal ahou, how kind Ia bean
and how sho wished she could a-mnda
mo happier. bu, in the evening she
weni To slcop aud woke up little
iiigh,y and thought We was all boys
and girls n, school again.
All at once sha "a, up In bed and
aushcd and her face looked like n
little girls Im go.n; To him. she
sale"
lilo looked n, mo with eurlou,
gha.ily blanGne,. i IA n.golns to
him he repeated and asaln Ia
husky whisper. I'm n,solns io him.
lie threw out his hand In a gesture
of in,ol.rab'o anguish. Ito robbed
inc llylns nnJ hs rpbuoi me dead
sh. never spoke again
Presently hu looked up You've
heard nbou. the grip You might
hay. thought she'd be n comfort Ia
mo | did everything for her nam
could do She had "A saddle horse
that could outrun nnyihln. In Texas
"a saddle | had made for her In san
An,onc-co,i tl5U-n hurI and
brand OF her own. didn', want amy
on, to walt On her nor look nj her bat
mo. and. socin. the time h"r moihnrd
had | didn't want her to mHrry.
Everything wen, lovely for awhile
and Jaw the most peace and pleasure
l ever saw In my liis-which aIn'i
,syin. mueh-wh-n sho came To mo
and said she wa, going to marry
iow.down. sHcaS!n. rhump that
never though, enough OF to keep out
81 her way.
.Sh, WASH, llk, her mother.
couldn't do n Thing with her: whoa
-ho said thin. she meant IL. so
tried DRAWN. him on; AMI whom
found him .nehkin. back 20 steal her
| .ho, him.
They tried mo for that. | never
will forge, tho mon tina, had l, done
I'll .vou uy Ia, score With every ono
of th,m before ! ai-
She's gone back to Missouri to hrr
mothers siniolks sho thinks I'm
too wicked Ia live and no, 1T to die
and she writes u tho trying To got mo
20 rupcn,-bGt know whether I've
go, nnyihsn; TO repeat OF ! scnd her
money"
Mindful OF ia, moral nspcc, of the
ease. tried litilo preach on my own
account No, nn orthodox ono per.
hnps bu, said n. his nclghbors
were pleasant, kindly people and
that II hc lived on better terms with
them he nigh, had IL so and b. hap.
pier
: iic took Il II, matter OF course and
somewhat humorously. 'tf c1ursn
you'd say all that, women folks always
do. liu, you've got pretty good
sense you're considerable OF man
yourself I'm willing 10 own that
I'm pretty hard man. tut 70 had
hard luck. know these people and
you don't, there's nothing they won't
try to work mau for II he'll cotton
to IT, I've lived lighting for my rights.
aud reckon that's the way III die
''l,u, you'll send mo the picture
sure won't you' I'll take amy
amour, of prcacbin' II you'll promise
that. You SEQ always think Of
Matte rs u li,,lo girl ! leave out all
the time out here and think OF her ~
she was at your age and younger
Tho fine hsrcc Bcdouin like face
soi,cned. the keen eyes turned upon
mo tho kiudu,t gentlcst gaze.
Good by" he said. God b,css you
opened the gate closed it after me
and with sweeping wave of tho
hand. and with no further word was
oil down the road at his usual thun.
dcring gallop.
sen, the picture obcdien, to my
promise.
Recently railroad was put through
| his ranch. no swearing. threatening
and protesting to tho last that he
wouldn't have his pastures cut up aud
| his cattle all killed or scare TO death.
lie was very loud and iolont and
I when n train was wrecked by obstruc-
Z tions being placed on tho track not II
mic from his house none of his neigh
| bors doubted his guilt. a great pose
went with tho sheriff TO arrest him.
/ They stood outside the closed door
and called upon him to surrender.
A he himself would have described
/ H. he kicked open the door and turned
I loose both siN.shootcrs.
lie killed and wounded several men.
was himself mortally wounded. and
/ died within IN hour. ha ing savagcly
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