Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-05-18

Gers tell their story and listened 20 the
bereaved husbands toEeS full Of scr
row and suppressed fury he griHned
broadly When asked Il he bad any
thing 70 az for himself he grinne-L
That was his only snsve Justice
BIoxau committed him - answerin the
county court No bail Of c0urse was
allowed As the officers were about -
lead their prisoner away n deep grUan
was heard from the rear OF the room
All those present looked around. and
the muriere-s eyes drsPasstgratelv
turned toward the soanA What he
saw was n whitehead old man sup
ported in the arms u a sa~ndy-haired
youth IN one side and \ fat young law
yer on the other Their burden had
tainted. and the rigid face. % thin and
sat. looked A. II the angel Of death hat
swept il with his wing One nonen
the assassin Tazed and in that moment
The Thin blue eyeibfs we're raised Pa
ther and sou booked in each Others
eyes The slender. wasted arms Of the
oil man were held out br~seechingly
and the trembling lips formed two
words My boy An instant the
prisoners thick lips seemed 10 tEiteh
and his eyes To- giiSten; then. turning u
his quarts with a >cpwl. he said.
~What'r yOuse feiIers STAMINA there
fJr2 Come on I'll leave YER
All of those who had thrDnged tAe
courtroom were gone with the excep-
tiou Of the old man He sat in the
b~pstomless chair with his hands cIaSpsyi
and his eyes turned toward the fi0or-
Painted there on the boards before him
was a Pieturp-a ehild7s laughing face
with a mass of brown hai- floating
about it. and blue eyes that seemed To
hook the love that the rpsy lips fam
wOuld speak Long the old man -aze,i
with the picture shimmering aad DANG
inZ before his eyes Now and again i
looked a. II the antOn hair was blown
by a gust Of wind acruss the smiling
face Merry eyes CLEANED thrugyh the
riffs At him who sat and dreamed Al
last 4 Elan came 20 sweep out tie
plaee- lie touched the old man gently
and said IN no unkind tone
You'll ave to ~ at low mister
hV@ A&N@ W ~ AHAA NV@As -
closed
The old nan meckIy rrss. and as he
walked toward the door the vision
fioatsd on before Down the narrow
stairway he erePt and out upon the
pavement People passing instIed him
but he heeied them not. for ADORE their
heads the laughing eyes. the sauey lips
and brown head anated ike n phantom
Of the past Caught up BY the sweep
Of the crowd be was CARRIED aIoux
z5Tth y iLh 1t but before him went the
vision a. though Il we're a guiding star
Pushed and hEfetet here and there. he
took no hseI of his direction only book
ing to the vision To Lead him where It
would When the Clark street bridge
was reached be failed 10 reaIize IL. and
walked slowly on with his h7nsis
elaSp~d and the merry face still going
on before 4 bell rang He heard It
not. for tke childs lips were parted
with Il smile BY and by-rot long.
but how long be knew n0t-he carne 20
the end Of the bridge As he booked
down down into the muddy. Opaqus.
stream the vision danced on the waving
ripples and the blue eyes seemed - sav:
"t0me-~ The old Ezan stretched out
his arms. and Il seemed A. IL the vision
his boy his darling baby the treasure
of his heart-foated neare=. and Il
seensti as IL the rosy lips were pu->ing
themselves for a kiss. Nearer and
nearer came the b"nny face and the