Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-11-25

sst aud talked about her boys. Twe
"f her daughters who are married
to well.to do farmers called with
husbands aud children to see her
and formed unique family group
on the broad porch. The convpr.
safion drift+d 10 religion aud Mrs
Ssmuels said s----ysSs 70
Certain Of Jssss's Salvation.
81 am thoroughly sa'isfird about
Jesse 8 salvation Ms | am about NV
own. When ] come tn die I will
be just as certain that | will meet
my boy Jesse in heaven as that /
am going there myself. Jesse was
a Baptist. H. j,ined the church
during the war IL came hnm. ter
rlbly wounded. shot twice through
the lungs. and for months we nurs.d
him while he lay near death When
he got we'll he went To meeting AT
the Baptist Church and was bap-
'iz'd. lie was a good Christian.
You know the B .ntists believe that
when person is once saved he 10
always saved There is nn going
back And I am n Baptist
Mrs. S'mu-ls paused and solemn
" rocked back aud forth few zines
aud hen said
"Thc One above will understand
all about his case and will know
even better than his mother tn.
good that was in Jesses heart and
life"
"He was b,ptiz d. then, before
he became al outlaw ?" was asked
of Mrs. Samuels.
Yes, and he was driven to be an
outlaw. He did not chonse it,"
"Hnw did it come abnnt ?"
Why The Sheriff Returned sronswan.
after the war Others who had
been out with On .ntr-ll came hom-
and were allowed TO stay peaceably.
But the home guards. u gang OF
Northern cuttkr"ats. organized q"
plumber aud kill Southern svmp pa
rhizrrs. hated my h"ys aud would
not let them stav here. Nv boys
were accused nf the murder If eve
~ man killed around here Sher
IT Th"masOn and his boys and
p"ss. were the FIRST to get after NY
b vs.. jesse was here one Cav when
Thomas"H aud bis posse came after
him. jesse saw them in time q"
get out the kitchen window and
run tn the barn for his horse. The
posse saw hini No he mounted and
hey chased him up through the
pasture. When jesse thnught the,
had gone far enough he turned and
shat Thomasons horse under him
AID warned the pnsse that the frat
man Who came step nearer would
b, shot i'm his trucks They knew
he would do as he said. and the,
came back here and Thnm sson look
.I,sse's favOrite horse. Stonewrl II
j lack son. out of the b ,rn and rode
away. Jesse came back in few
Minutes. aud when be- found they
had s'olrn his horse 10 made him
=" mad that hr sw"re he would kill
the whole gang lie started after
them, but they got awav Jesse
rode on Z" Krarney aud mailed n
letter To Thomson saying that h.
dId not want tn kill him because
he had been an "ffi.rr in the Con
f-irrat. Armv, but If StonewAll
was not back in his stall before the
end ef three days he would kill the
whole Thomson family. Two days
later the horse Was returned and
Thom ason never tried To catch J.s
Sc again. Once vas enough for
him.
They Always Oct Their Han.
"A few days ago." said Mrs.
Samuels. "a man came here To look
around aud said to me that he be-
li-v.d my boys were after him
once.
No. SIR told him; my boy 9
were never after you. Ii they had
been they'd have got you. II nv
boys ever started after q man they
always got him.
my bows were brave. ] sav
enough of IT." Mrs. Samuels
laug he'd heartily and went on: 81
remember one day during the war
Jesse and Frank aud tso more of
O.,.rr.ll,n snar r..da mn har.. -