The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-19

her as she sal there. and / saw how she
had lost all her rapers ana didn't nave
a cent 70 show for EN-: ] saw how white
she got. and how she stared at Bill ike
he'd run a knife through her body; saw
now she got up and looked around az the
laughing men, Ike lamb cornered by
a pack OF WOlve- ] saw her Try hard 10
keep down the tears, and then she says:
Men. / VIII pray 20 God 10 lead you all
into better lives And her voice was so
cnOked up she Couldn't say any more.
Then she walked our slowly. and cried all
the way up the streets
me big man paused for his own voice
had become unaccountabiy thick and had
lost much Of ifs rich. deep swing and
resonance. But De- soon regained his self
possession, and then proceeded:
Montana Bill was a hard case, for
sure, but he had a small streak OF man
mood somewhere under his thick skin.
Inc boys in the joint all thought IL was
a great joke on the little girl and they
laughed and shouted until they almost
cracked the roof. But Bill didn't laugh.
he stood silent and glum, with his hands
IN MS pockets. looking out through the
door Then he went out, saving he had
game awaiting him at Ike's saloon and
ne Went slouchlng up the street. The
further he got away from the Joint the
raster ne walked. and then ne done a
sneaking thing-he looked back to see
Ilhey wasn't though. and then he let out
tnem long legs OF his for the liveliest walk
ne ever took in his life.
bd ne s, soon caught sight, Of her. and then
ne slowed up and followed. She was
sun crying. and people would stop and
Nvluef what was the matter. and some
OF en- laughed. Bin got on to that, and
~ Iiied MIN through and through He
SLAPPED one fellow clean into the middle
OF the street and went right on Uyifhout
word, 1 heard afterward that several
people that he knowed spoke to him
Dut ne didn't see none of 'em, and kept
The girl went straight to the head
quarters OF the Salvation Army. and hin
Followed her in. She went into a little
once, where there didn't happen 10 be
anypody else, sat down and put her head
on the tahle and cried like her heart was
broke. For the first time I'm his life Mon
tana Bits nerve broke down. She looked
50 small and ferlorn and miserable tbat
II ne hadn' [ been the man that done her
UP. he'd a gone out and whippeS t t5p
feller. that did And when he knoV,aj
that ne was that identical scoundrel and
whip him, he felt just like a thor6neb1
bred dog that had been caught sucking
eggs - . Is
was, ne never meant to rob the girl
ne was only having fun with her in the
saIooh, ana ne meant 70 give her back
me papers, but il was the way she acted
IN the saloon that made him forget II
was the pity that she showed for him ana
the little prayer she said that made him
lose ms mead. And that was the first time
his head iost
And so. when he saw her CRYING ont
i her neart IN the little Office she not
didn't have the nerve to own IN i;lya ~ q
man. He just sneaked a 500 gold niece
on 70 the table and tried to steal out like
d d , IIlleI' But she heard him, and saw the
money, and looked at him like he was
a ghost, and sprung ahead of him and
stopped MIN, and stood there LOOKING al
MN MN WIN IN q look he'd never seen in no
It was God who put 1t into vour
n t % IolioW me and bring that money
she said to him. and as He has done that
much he has done more. and will go on
doing more, until that big manly heart in
and its Redeemer.' nv
The giant paused. His narrative had
been so simple and earnest that there
were tears IN my eyes. Perhaps II was
these that sent his self-mastery astray
for when he essayed speech again IL
failed. Then he looked SO foolish az
helpless that a suppressed litter ran
through the audience, and this made n
all the worse for him.
AT this juneture the briRadier stanned
forth. A half merry. half whimsical
expression lighted up his face as he gently
pushed pne giant into platform seat
facing the audience and then said.
And so 1t was too hard for the Moor
iittle girl TO be made to tell before ali
these people what happened to her in the
Butte saloon that day. and so a great
strong man, seeing how small and crueIlv
tortured she was. would come forwa ri
as her knight and protector He would
snow ss me strength that lies in the heart
But the audience. having already caught
the point. and seeing how foolish and
childish the giant looked as he sat facing
them with tears streaming down his
checks, burst into great laughter and an
plause, with "Hallemjahr' and a Good
bless the big man! now and then.
This being the case, resumed the brig
adler, I'VE may now proceed to the more
interesting business of the evening ca
Diet Annie smith, he called.
Two sparkling blue eyes. shinig like
stars under the canopy of a quaint blue
poke bonnet emerged from behind the To-
liage. Two fresh young cheeks as deeply
banked with pink and red roses as The
organ itself accompanied the ewes and a
trim little girlsh figure. which owned the
stars and roses, advanced timidIv 10 the
front. A smile and a nod from the briga-
der evoked activity in the collapsed mus
cles of the foolish giant. who sat on the
platform like an awkward school boy and
he came and stood clumsily beside the girl
and neither looked at the other
my friends" said the brigadier in a
very gentle and reverential voice DIT has
pleased God to place il in my power to
unite in the holy bond of matrmonv this
night two of the noblest hearts that ever
beat in the service of the Savior. One of
these is Cadet Annie Smith, whom MANY
of you know and love. The other is Will
lam Chastworth Harvey, formerly known
as Montana Bill. the sleekest three-card
monte sharp in the whole northwest"