The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14

time be threw him 90 the ground and
held him there with his grasp firm upon
his throat
Don 1 Kil. old fellow, for Gods sake. .
caspedJ oe as his brother somew hat relaxed
The grip on his rhront II didn't mean no
harm by it--hoDest. i didn q won't 40 II
no ryure. What are you going 10 do with
that rope. Billy You're not going 10 Kill
your poor, no-account brother are you'
old boyy'
Without word Bill and his attspdsnts
continued wrapping the rope around Joe.
Than they stood him mp beside q tree and
tied him 90 IL 40 that his club foot
tss oheo the ground, while tie other. the
strong one. was doubled back in the COIL
of ropa
Now. you ungratefui wheln" said
BIZ. as he started 10 leave. ''l'll ne back
in thirty minutes TO see If yon re ready to
tell me-"
Didn't he Kiss your hand while you
Was tying him"' asked some one as they
walked away.
"Dogsed ifI know" said Bill did
Hardly had they left when Jim Smith
came up and at once began TO unite tie
ropes.
Don t l"said Jos Bill viii he hack in
few minutes. Just unslip this hoop
hera Thank you- The strain was on
nv right arm, and az hurt because ~
was sore. Jim, this is hard-but leguess
can stand it, for Bill's sake. / Amt
hErtin' SO much now, though as Was.
It's mostly all a joke. Bill was alters a
powerful fellow TO josa j wisht yon q
go tell him when he comes back say
please not to bring anybody else with
him.
At the appointed time. Bin ssddlea his
pony and rode of TO where Joe was
I'M take the boss 80 that IL Joe q
ready hy now. ne can start out after May
and bring hsr back. rather 9aess be s
ready nv now. too Maybe we'll get TO
cat a wedding dinner today. yet-only
little lafe. of courso"
After some time had elarsed and neither
brother had showed up' as the phrase
goes in Texas Jim Smith walked TO the
place where he hsd left doe. There the
poor fellow was still tied 10 the tree-bnt
dead The thirty minutes strain hsd
been TOO much for HIS crippled leg 10 bosr
and il had gradually given WAY, and this
| had allowed the poor fellow Co choke to
death. OF course, jim. lost no time in
rousinc the quasi wedding guests. and in
telling the real facts about May. IL ls
/ not the first Instance in the history Of the
world when a man has had the truth
| told about him too late to 40 him any
good. A pursuing party was out after
| Bill at once, hut all to no avail some
say he committed suicide shortly after
ward in san Antonio; Others. that be Is
still alive in New Mexico; still others
that be is ta.1ay in tho insane asylum at
Terrell / do not know what the truth
about il is Mr.. and Mrs Tom jackson
still live in Co;tle county, Tex. Jim
Smith is the man who first told me this
story. Joe Savage is buried on the banks
OF Plum Creek, and on his wooden head
board Won can still decipher the inscrip-
ton: He Loved mitch"
The Scriptures had TO he misQuoted 20
suit the gender Of the pronoun. ami the
spelling is slightly peculiar. but / can
not help thinking the inscription a good
one. Many people consider love a very
good thing and Prof Drummond has
written book 10 rrove that il is The
Greatest Thing il the World" IL these
estimates are correct Joe Savage was
surely = great and good man; for greater
love hath no man THAN this that be lay
down his life for his friend. e
p W HORN