Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-26


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hoIr OF immortality ana their impnei'
es'mt ih the d'V'he cnaf"c'e' VI 'h'
nss.sl.
While the clergyman was praying.
!sck-poor fellow his heart was IN .
condition 10 ps 'onched-'h,er,ee'ed tne
ORGANIZATIONS he hah 'earhei ih the camp
meetings M the mountains. Hear
prayer. LOTT Send down grace
"Ieteh the hearts OF We uns' U ocdr
MAKE nah In our breastsr Amen.
amen. ana ament uiory 70 uoa'
naiieiu)ah' haiieiu)shi Ana Mi ,ne
whiie no swAyn ms TAIL, n,he 'o'in win
arhythmic motion 10 which the cadence
OF tho pastors voice kept time i.
Shaking hands with the mother ana
son. and promising TO call again before
daylight on the morrow, the clergyman
left about ten o'clock. and the turnkey
would have taken MIS-. Hurd out had
not the man In charge of the prison put
In an appearance, and after hearing her
pleading consented 10 Jet her remain TIL
one O'Clock Az her request ne also
opened the door leading into the corn
dor, Tot though the night was cold the
air WITHIN the cell was stining.
When Mrs. Hurd was alone with her
sou. the poor fellow groaned;
"liit wouldn't be nigh ~ hard TO lar
Fl 80 be Pike. he'd showed up; but Amt
seed him senoe ] got the sentence !
wouldn't n shuh him 20 ef he wus In my
place.
"Pike Amt shuk yo'." aid the mother.
"'Tain't In the blood 20 40 hack on our
own kin. We uns Amt that kind
And then she went on 10 tell him Of
the preparations Pike and other friends
were making for his release; and she
ended by adding. Jest an shores God
Almighty secs we uns har. jest 70 shore
rkeli show up. and he'll win or die
s-tryin.'
JACK hs'su ms Hoher, ana shoW'
ing now very weary sne wa mshe hef
lie down on 'he COZ, aha uieh ne ioo.eh.
ell the shoes on her poor swollen lee.
anu sat uown ny hef heah anu shiopthen
back the loo~ened gray hair till the
noi>es diesi out and she driftei hack
from the prison 10 her cabin In the noun.
tains.
And Jack lIurd eat there paying no
heed 10 the coughing and the groanins
% the men In the surrounding cells; he
was infcnfly listening for sound from
outside that would Indicate the coming
% the promissl help. lie heard the
half hourly calls % the guards announc-
ing that al was well. and his brave
heart lsat faster whenever the fall of q
distant footstep came to his ears
Half past twelve was called out, he
hal heard u passing from poet to p'~t
u seem"i hours and hours, and he must
have been doing when ho was startled
by hearing the call OF the hrst guard;
"One o'clock Post number one' ALT
well!-
Why did not the cry 40 on Hereto
guard, IL was rrI.a,ed from guard "a
guard tin IL ended In the distance with
"Pu-t sixteen
Amurmur. like that % the wind rising
In th. mountains. Nearer and nearer Il
came. till he could distinguish the In
tense whispers of many men. accom-.
panicd 10y the TALL of hurrying feet
Jack Hurdl Jack hurdr
II was Pikes voice ringing through
the prison. The mother sprang from
the cot TO see half . score 81 men IN ths
corndor. all "tihed' ahh disguised Win
striI~ oi t-i Hammer acr"Ns tha uPiri
Iarts OF meir faces
Ihe niouh'aih'ers" "er- hiaA'ers W 'h'
prison Tor the briei present.
There was NO tiinefor handshaking oi
talk. Sam Mcneil AMI numbcr oi
others carried sledgo hammers, and hs
shouted from the corridori
"Whar u the Union men harr
"iarl har' har' was the resI"hss
froin All ,ides ,. =.
instantly ,hs sieuse h'i,i'n.fs W''e .,
~o'A anu W. 80 - " , 'n' a
'h.h W uu,,',."'' VIZ" "s"' ' '''
ou' " 'n' "-.
S"cA,' u'ah u 'ah " u',.Iu
auhe anu .ou'.h'en, p",as' cu' ,na'
NOV as'.,hP :" s'. .a ,, ,'u'' s''P""
".,.i'p''D" " VIA 'o"o".
I". I.' " .np p'I.'',,a,1 ~ n.,
,a hsn ~ ,. .s' ~ So 49, o. s,.s,,,n,na,s IL
IT, 1, "a. - -. - :. ., :. ,hs -.
hu'u "'."" .''. ",'V -, .. y
lns 'hen' pu' sue '' ", N"o"
'hA' ever, eo"' W." p''''o' '" "''
conuenih'si "y'
The Instant he was m . P-inon 70 "
sis' JACK hnfu snow-i the s'un ne W..
male OF lie TOOK in ,h. 'i,na''oh ana
It's nec.--,',e,. 0n,ckiy pu'nl'hs oh VI.
Wen hii,u oe', aa Ans n.., 'hs 'ha.,,,
wa, .,s,pi,". "aa 49," ,'V 49, 49, =, ,hs ~
"n' p,o".,' =, " ~" "'n ~ W. -. 49,
ya'u ne'e 'ne'' wiz 'N.",y " "u
men All a'ihen, sonic VI 'h.n, WIN
~eapohs Jus, aAeh ,ron' 'ho '"unue,
Struck guarus' ana 'hefe was p'asA
man VINO hah ,oiuh'ee'u I'd suiae the
Fugitive. from the towh'
nam Mcneil wanted to o'nd 'he gnaiu
and leave 'he'n' Ou' khowihg ina, TINS
would no, is~'l'ne Tue als.o'sry VI 'ne
prison aeh'ery' '"eA ,'uiu .no..a 20
carry theih Mong' anu W sno'' '"e'n
down III th's ferrteh