Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-06-10
Il had my gun on me, and l shot

oou my > uu oh mo anu ohOs
him."
He turned to me fercely. as II /
had made a suggestion or an accus-
alton.
Il didn't aim for his arm to keep
him from hittin' her with the chair; l
aiH,ed to kill him and ! did. killed
him. and / married her"
His chin sank after this outburst
into the great swell OF his vol luminous
beard, and his big voice, that seemed
10 DO made OF hailing ships at sea or
roaring signals in "a storm sank TO
husky murmur.
Poor soul, poor soul! She had no.
where else to go and no one else to
look to. and she married me when
/ begged her to. but she never knew
another happy day She pinned for
him. planted him in slightly spot
under big live-oak. and she used TO
go there and put flower things on him
and cry She used to 60 when she
thought l was away; but knew OF
it and many's the time I've wished it
was me down there to be sorrowed
over.
II expect about this tlmo | wasn't
nice man TO be about | used to
feel like killing something, mostly
and If l ever did anything to earn the
name Of Bad John Adam as I'm
known. it was then. 1 didn't care
what did We never saw any pleas
ure together. l knew she pined for
him. and kept his picture by her but
we lived together twelve years; then
she took the fever in the spring and
died.
The day she died she talked to me
a good deal about how kind I'd been.
and how she wished she could a-made
me happier. But in the evening she
went TO sleep and woke up little
highty. and thought we was all boys
and girls at school again.
''All at once she sat up in bed and
laughed. and her face looked like a
little girls I'm going TO him. she
said"
He looked at me with a curious.
ghastly darkness. I'm a-going to
him. he repeated. and again in a
husky whisper, II IN a-going to him. =
He threw out his hand in a gesture
of intolerable anguish. He robbed
me living and he robbed me dead
She never spoke again"
Presently he looked up You We
heard about the girl? You might
have thought she'd be comfort to
me. did everything for her man
could do. She had saddle horse
that could outrun anything in Texas.
a saddle | had made for her in San
Antone-cost $150-a herd and a
brand of her own. didn't want any
one TO wait on her nor look at her but
me; and. seeing the time her mother d
had ! didn't want her to marry.
Everything went lovely for awhile
and | saw the most peace and pleasure
| ever saw in my life-which ain't
saying much-when she came TO me
and said she was going to marry 6
low-down. sneaking chump that
never thought enough of to keep Out
of her way.
She wasn't like her mother.
couldn't do thing with her; when
she said a thing she meant it; so
tried drawing him of; and when
found him sneaking back 10 steal hel
shot him.
They tried me for that; | move
will forget he men that had it done
I'll even up the score with every on,
of them before die.
She's gone back to Missouri to he
mothers kinfolks. She thinks Tn
: too wicked to live and not fit TO die
and she writes to me trying to get mi
10 repent-but [ know whether Nv,
got anything to repent Of l send he
money"
! Mindful of the moral aspect OF tn,
} case. tried little preach on my owr
account. Not an orthodox one per
haps, but | said that his neighbour
} were pleasant kindly people ant
that if he lived on better terms will
them he might find it so and be hap
pier
: 8 lie took it as matter of course an,
somewhat humorously. 'Of cours
you say alhthat; women folks Away
do. But you've got pretty GOO
sense you're considerable OF maj
: yourself / m willing to own tina
} I'm pretty hard man. but ! We ha,
I hard luck. | know these people an,
| you don't; there's nothing they won
try 10 work man for if he'll cottO
: to it. I've lived fighting for my rights
and | reckon that's the way I'll die.
but you'll send me the picture
) sure, won't you2 I'll take an
! amount of preachin' If you'll promis
, that You see | always think G
r Matte as little girl leave out al
the time out here and think OF her d
she was at your age and younger
The fine. fierce Bedouin like fac
softened, the keen eyes turned upo
r me the kindest gentlest gaze
'Good-by" he said, God bless you.
+ opened the gate closed it after me
. and with sweeping wave OF tn
S hand. and with no further word wa
off down the road at his usual thun
| dering gallop.
Q sent the picture obedient to m
: promise.
! Recently railroad was put throug
his ranch. he swearing, threatenin
| and protesting to the last that h
: wouldn't have his pastures cut up an
r his cattle all killed or scared to deatt
Q He was very loud and ,iolent an
r when train was wrecked by obstruC
tions being placed on the track not
b mile from his house none of his neigf
d bors doubted his guilt. A great poss
+ went with the sheriff to arrest him
r They stood outside the closed do.
d and called upon him to surrender