Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-11-25
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/ F WIS
"Becauss il was my chickens he
aas stealing" replied lMrs. Sam
uels.
Mrs Samuels boasts that she can
tell Frderas symp2thial n On sight
even at this late day. tIne Sunday
afternoon a bevy OF youtng women
from Kansas City VISITED her and
as soon as they entered sone asked
Tor drink of water.
Thaught Them Tailiss cfsths Dead.
" There's d we'll fsiil of water
back of the house. Yoi freed my
niggers and I've had to krit nm nv
self since then You chm wai, on
sonrsrlt if you wants drink.
What's the matter with your hus.
bands and sons: They're better
aoie to get il than I ami
well, they just vent and got
drink" chucklpd Mrs Samnels.
and they brought me orb. too
In the parlor Of the ho,ne Of Mrs.
Ssmurls is large picture of Jesse
James at the age Of 22. tle present
'ge of his snn. IL staads on an
easel in a corner. just trnea,h it
- cane from which hani nearly a
hundred loving ribbons gent Mrs.
Samuels by people who had visited
her. An inqnisi,ive and presump.
'u"us Young woman. who sas look
'"g around the house, asked Mrs.
S'mu-ls:
ID" those ribbons rerrfsent the
"nmber If men he killed %
That y"ung woman left the house
IN ~ hurry.
Mrs S,muels has made ksr will.
When she dies she is to bet buried
~ tfe family lot at Kearhey. by
he side al Archie, who was killed
Nv the PInkerton bomb. Tie body
T Jesse will be- disintsrrei and
buried there, also. The farEi is to
be- divided between Frank 1ames
ind q he two children of J4sse.
There ar" III acres of it now and it
- worth s5 600
Jess.,, Jr . n. Tiers ~.
Since tEe death Of Jesse james
ms family has lived QUIETLY ia Kan
sas City. For eight wears the hume
has been at 3492 Tracy avenge, a
neat little cnttner of FIVE roJms,
standing on 25 feet of grosnd,
'wned by the widow. Jesse paid
he last cent Of a mortgage a few
months ago. II was a proud day
f"r tie lad. Fake stories of the
million dollars or more which Jesse
James and his band are alleged to
nave stolen and stored away have
Dren printea and has been asserted
hat the widow has plenty OF means
but this 10 far from the truth. 'Yhe
s"le suppnrt Of the family has been
Jesse, who 10 employed at Armours
packing tnuse. lie is we'll lited
nv his employers. who speak in she
hIghest terms Of his steadiness and
unr' mIttIng application to dusy.
Three years ago he was prsmos-d
To the POSITION Of keeper of stick
IN the cur'-d meat department. Lnd
u is saItl that he has vet to be
csught in a mistake. Ills salary
Is not large. but it suffers for The
family Of three.
Jess.s SEEMS contented With his
lot. lie 10 domestic in his tastes.
NotOrI-tp Of any kIBd seens to be
entirely h.,ond his thnughts sud
desires HE has q good face,
clear eve aud an un=ssuming man.
n.r. Ab'nt yesr ago New Ys,rk
theatrical firm offered him "A hand.
some salary to play the part u a
r"bber or Is deputy sheriff ~ q IN.
sational n,riodrama. but the boy
declined. He b-lieved his duts TO
be at Eonae ard the care of his
mother ard sister. When Ars.
James was asked about her son ga-
ing on the stage. she r5markrd
No, ] couldn't get along wItEIput
NV boy. He's a good bpy. j. see is.
lie doesn't know nothing aboui the
world aud he might be led a9ay.
There's s'nne sharp people abput.
No. jesse q going TO stay at hpme
with h's mother"
The wid and Daughter.
Jesse ~ u Democrat IN politics.
Ills first vote was cast last fall.
HIS hobby 10 athletics and psrsicu-
larly baseball, at which he 10 al ex-
pert.
Airs. James is short in stature
and inclined to stoutness. 'ler
hair is only partly gray aud her
EYES as bright as a girl 10 her teens.
She speaks with a strong Krnsacky
accent. Mary, the daughter. will
graduate this year from thesHigh
School. She 10 Is years oh and
more than ordinarily good locking.
She 10 retiring aud modest ia dis.
position and abhors public Atfen-
tion or gossip. She 10 a st 8dent
and q lover Of books. She reads
G-orge Eliot, LongfrIlow, Victor
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