The Van Buren press., 1895-03-16


/ loolteh on ia aauazsd silence.
"Whae right has anyone got to hound
ms down lilse wolf with these M
fssmal aoweisse' he g;sspea,s almost
choking witli emotion "1cane all blie
way to this God-forsalsen countfy tS
ast rid OF them and the rest, hut hers
they ara following ms up. What harm
did ever do to any Of ynu,. and whit
sight have any of gou tss ttsa5 ms this
way%s
Tins tiiree hystanders had torgotten
all about their tais,eats Of violencs by
tl,is tiine..
I'VE didn't have anything TO do with
them fswers,i mister saiti She spoltess
MAN., apologetfcally, WE didn't put
them There. The dead baby's little
sister did. Tlfere she IL now"
/ A little girl about ten years cid was
running up to the little group She had
Just noticed what was taking plaee
With q slirielr OF anguish she threw herr
self upon the deseerated grave.
"0lit' oht ohi Mg poor dear forgct-fnes
notsi What is there tn make my little
angel sister think about me- new"
She was dirTing in tte ground with
her childisl, fingers, vainlY endeavor-
ing to reseue her beloved flowers from
the defilemen1 into which they had
been crushed Henderson stooped over
and tried TO caress her, but she hew at
him., scratching and biting like a Wild
cat.
You killed my babY SISTERS torget~
me.notsi Fll kill youi''
The powerful man picked up the
raging child and by nain forcs lifted
her to his BOSOM. Little by liotle the
child's strug4ies subsidized, and they
were sobbiur cnnvulsiveiy together.
Little GIRL he spoke IN hrolten ac-
cents, II had farvet-meynors - ou a
grave n,yseit-and I came all the
way To Texas to forget about che grave
and the howers-hut if yau love the
fiowers-fll get you SOME rnore,i and
I'll newer tear en- up saaiisi for you as
leng az r live"
The bYstanders were stronT mem. but
they were weak enough To have respect
for the agony Of genuine grief.
Without awordl taey turned away FROM
Henderson and the gIri,- and left the
two sobbing tegether.
~ rsmsmber one who pertsiied."
Doubsiess,, reader, you recall the
naarised passars ia ''Locitslcy FALL T
know nothing niore about the matter
than you doy but somehow 7 cannot
but believe that the MARKED passage
and the scene M the little graveyard
on the open prairie have their cnnnec.
tion,
The town people were rather divided
in their opinions In regard TO the scene
just described. but there were more UNI
favorable opinions formed than favor
able ones. Most people agreed that a
man who would kick a dead babq's
grave ia 4 very mean kind Of man, and
she idea Of bitter memories IN regard
to the blue forget-ine- was received
with very large grain OF caution.
Perhaps the disfapor with which Hem
derson now began TO be regarded was
not made any less by the fact that
financial affairs seemed TO be 9oin9 very
badly with him. He had never seemed
to have a great deal of money, but for
awhile he seemed able to keep up with
his hoard bill without any trouble.
About this time, shough, he began to
get behind with it, and as the months
went by he got further and still further
Behind fIe never had cent for most
purposes but somehow he always
....,,,.1 a ILL.,. 60 ,<.f I. q ,,,.ob e..bsfsl<o a.
he needed. ~ was limited around that
he sold off small pieces of jeweIry and
such wearing apparel as he eould
Spare IN ORDER TO get II. This was only
a surmise on the part of most people,
but as ffendcrson's wearing apparel
grew steadily less and less in quantity
IL was probably a correct one. His
landlord was lenient, good~hearted
old gentleman, and would probably
have waited indefinitely for his board
money had it not been for an event
which occurred when several months
board was due. ft was In connection
with little Annie, the girl whose for
getme-noss he had 20 ruthlessly de-
ssr0yed, FIFE had formed a great
friendship for the child and she for
him. They were much together, but
one week, during the hottest part of
August, she failed to come around to
the hotel to see him fie missed her
for several days, bat probably thought
little OF IL until one Friday evening her
widowed mother sent for him to come
10 her house. When he reached the
wretched howell he found that the child
was dead.
''Oh, Mr., Henderson, exclaimed the
snguished mother, wringing her hands,
annie thought that much Of you she
said mast send for you when she was
gone, She said to tell you you needn't
plant no forgit~rne-nots on her grave,
but roses, or any thing else You wanted I"
''11l put out forget-me-nots, mad
am" said Henderson, compressing his
lips as he spoke. when Is the little
one 10 be buried9"
''sure an I don't know. That's the
hard part OF it, to see the little angel
there so still and white, and not TO be
able TO put her under the ground.
There Is rot a dollar In the house TO
pay for the funeral"
Have the funeral tomorrow even
ing, madam. I'll settle the expenses.
How much will it take?"
Tin dollars at Iaste, and there isn't
but thirty cents in the house"
Henderson walked sadly away from
the house OF death. That night about
ten o'clock he entered the gambling
room back OF the principal saloon in
the little town
Sorry. Mg @Henderson, said the
the barkeepers x'but your credits run
out. Cash or no Ticker"