Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-16
he DIED sNILlNa.
shc Fact That The Deacon Mad Ills Root,
on Iastd nj. Mud At the Last.

/ Nu AaAHth IT'S hAhl NJ lNr Last
Camp Hard Luck was siv months
Oh and w. hadn't lost a man by
death. Now aud then one had met
with an accident 20 lay him up Tor u
fcw weeks, but IL was subject OF
congraiulaiion that noouclldactual
~ turned upbis toes. Almost while
we congratulated ounriyrs on this
good fortune, Deacon White took 10
his bcdJud became scrious'yill. The
deacon was "a quiet, dignihrd man.
who never thawcd, and he was the
Acknowledged pcaccmahtr OF the
cmup.
The chaps Just over tho hill ut
Cherry Diggius were IA qumrclsomc,
hrlwling lot, aud but for tho efforts
OF Deacon White there would hnvo
sometimes been rows IN which some.
body would have got hurt
Three days aftor the deacon WAC
taken down he sent for two or three
of Us TO pay him special visit
When We Ind come together in his
shgnty he said;
Boys, I'm q very sick man. Its
my last sickness. I'm an old man,
and | rcalL.o that I've got TO go.
We knew that 1t was u serious case.
hut yet we talked oncouragingly and
tried TO brace him up.
Its no use. " he protested after we
had had our say. I've got TO die,
aud the only question is how | shall
20. II / die IN my bed the boys
won't like It, II would look too
womanish, and the fellows over tho
hill would have another chance TO
brug. They've had three men die,
and all died with thor boots on f."
As u matter Of fact we were "A Lit
tie tender on that point, but we We're
willing To make nn exception in the
case OF the deacon He was not a
fighting man, aud he couldn't bc cx.
peStcd TO get up on u dying bed and
Get IN the way Of bullet. We talked
and argued with him, and apparent.
ly made him scu things as We did.
ana after an hour or so wo returned
to work, leaving linn in the care Of a
man whose foOt had bccn hurt aud
who was just able to limp around.
This was about . o'clock in the af.
tcrnoon. Atubout I o'clock Cherry
Diggings man appeared on the crest
of tho hill and began whOoping and,
yelling and giving our camp the
grand def. Following our usual line
NJ conduct, we paid no attention to
h I'm, but he kept on seeking a quar-
req and by and by something hap
pcLpd TO startlo rs. We heard a
rim ing war whoop and looked up to
SEQ Deacon White, fully dressed and
havi ~ u revolver in his hand, s;ril.
ing up the trail.
Tho man loft with him had fallen
asleop, and the deacon had dressed
and armed himself without anybody
being tho wiser He was a man six
feet tan, but he looked TO be foot
moro ~ wa saw him now. His long
blnck hair was blowing ont behind
from under his hat. aud the yclls ho
uttered rs lie swept up tho trail sent
chills over every man of us.
The chaD from Cherry Diggings
must havo been dumfumded. Hc
ceased his shouting and stood stock
still until the deacon came within
pistol shot and opened fire. Then he
turned to lloe, but bullet in the lcg
brought him down. Tile deacon CON.
tinucd 20 advance, firm & all the time,
whom we suddenly saw linn throw un
his arms and IAN at fun length. Only |
then did any Of Us moye. IL had all
como upon Us in such n way that we
stood spcllbound When we did move
a hundred of u, went TO gethcr, and
IN three minutes we We're at the crest |
Of the Hill.
There lay the deacon, sho through
The heart, and there 10y the Cherry
Diggings man, having four 'bmlotsin |
lim and dead enough before We got |
here, Az wo looked down on tho |
ace Of the deacon wa expected 10 geD |
& wild and distorted, hut il W as not |
%. Thcro was a smile there . smile |
aiding away into pallor as death |
'laimcd the victory, Ho had died |
yith his boots on and saved Camp |
lard Lack from being disgrace.l in |
he ewes of Cherry Diae.nps -