The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-13
|VBGED Frontier SAINTS.
lem GOOD DEEDS ARE REMEM.
BEHED.
xte~sf Distinctions of Morality,
rst Their Hearfs We're Tender

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Z .grsy days Whether fFAt was his peal
r.ms nobody ane@. Wnsn ne made hss
/ .8szrs if3to oae " the sfTggs Ing mining
rzmps DIS na3F waS already silvered; ne
i muse hase been taen al least 80 years q
sgs No ore knew anything 81 bis ants
y -sssentk Ia the excitement and free as4Tt-
4 s4rsss c. those ;sssse, noI many questions
assat him xas an ar OF perfect content
) men Eszssles iilz rapidly bianchlEg hair.
I sssre sere oeep daes Up3. lis face an
l sIDaabet fEons which could be sDe!isi cat
\ rsortss OF past exelteB@kSA and trials. but
q sarraHs were included TIE firm l-p gave
1 "a sst. aad tae bright. black eyes were
i sQs~ sisdy lie had the moods The gss-
,rsyss and rka dialect Of the frontier. lie
l akei w..a game cooked before a camp fire,
l sad. IN Western .gaf4anee. he could pun
"a Z heap Of whisky
4 Ha was al gOme everywhere. In the
l .s,oo.As bls coming was always welcome:
i rhsn he net j lacy the street. 10 mat
- Ter whether young OF ola, far or ugly, be
always eoffed f1is nal. ana the Few children
! ~ these easly day locke. upoa aiTn As a
sa.ber or au a9gs.- Tie had a CHEEKY,
4 aeaE.s. Whining "ay, which DIRE" all
hearts 10 him.
and g5l food. &aeu ne needed clothes.
Il iasy were forthcoming ia any store he
i sppaed tog them.
sfsree or four years before Cd Zack's
asath a COULTER announced - the people
q the place shat a snort time previously.
i sgi near Dsep Hole. on the desert. eighty
1 aslles away, a man had been killed by the
Z faGaaS The neaR made very ssttie I'M
| orssslan up0a the Inhabitants Tor Sucn
.rage5.es We're OK common occurrence.
! II few short days after the report OF
4 h. murder vas known liz tbs place. the
i Inhabitants began 20 De sexed by tue eFi-
! ssnt presence % j mysterious thief II a
hanier brought In a brace Of grouse or
4 sa5bits and left them exposed for Il little
4 xalle. they diss ppeared. II string OF trout
i were caught and left anywhere. even for a
, moment they wtre lost. Gardens were
/ robbed Of their vegetables. blankets. fan
1 nse and groceries disappeared from the
stores. The losses became almost unbeAr-
I able az length. everybody was aroused and
| on the alert. hut no thief could he discoy
/ cred though the depredations xtiii went
on. This continued for days. until the pee
pie became desperate, and many a threat
= vas made that ehen the thief should
\ finally be caught, IN d,sposlEg Of him the
: grfn satisfaction of the frontier should be
/ fully enjoyed. Old lack was especially
l gsrcs In his denunclations.
One morning "a hoIseinan dashed into
n TIE toxin. bis mustang coming n Oh
dead run. Refining Up Ia front Of the pr!n-
l eapaI saloon. he sprang from his horse. and
70 the people who came rushing in To learn
n what was the matter he explained that
bali mile from town, around the bend
4 Of the hill. IN the Old deserted cabin, he
J rad found ihe widow Of the man killed
4 weeks before by the Indians; mad found
l her and n meet Of babies, and none of them
I sith sufficient amount Of clothing, ap-
gafently
i When his story was finished men aud
| women, half the population Of The place.
made a rush for The cabin Il was con-
Y seaei from view Of the road by q growth
81 thick bushes. but they found the poor
| woman there. and four lite children. The
xoman seemed like one eazed with sorrow
I and despair. When questioned she replied
| that she had been there five weeks. But
how have you ived?" asked dozen voices
4 that she and her children would have
| starved had II not been for kind old gem
tlernan VINO brought her everything that
: sg,a required Indeed" she added ''he
| brought me many things mat did not
| need and " h3ch felt ;has | ought not 70
| accept; hut he everrafsuaded me. telling
4 ne that did not knew how rich he was.
| that his supplies were simply inexhaust-
/ Die
! when asked 10 describe this man. she
1 began To say. He IS "a heayvset old gentle
/ man, wears blue clothes. bis hair - as
| white as snow. but his eyes are black. aud
) -" Hut she was not allowed 20 30 On.
1 FOR twenty voices between weeping and
laughing. cried old Tack
The widow vas taken TO the town. a
: house with ali ats comforts provided for
| them. and there was thencef0rIh 40 more
| trouble from the ubiquitous thief.
: Living on charity himself. with the
I wreck OF a life behind him ard nothing be-
/ ture him hut the grave. which he was
l swiftly nearing. this great hearted old
. heavenly hummer and Christian thief. had
| taken care OF that family, and had done Il
/ because respite the dry rot and the ghis~
Ky that had henumbed his energies, hts
4 sonl, deep down. was loyal 70 the core.
IL IS true that he had robbed the town
l 70 minister 20 me woman and her babies,
] bur IN the books q the angels though Il
| IS written that he WA thief, In the
same sentence Il @as also added. and
l t;od bless him. ana these words turned 70
!. gol3 even they were being written.
When ola Nack was asked Why he Gti
not make tho facts about che family
known, after waiting 81 moment, he re
4 pied
l you see I've been tossed about pew
l erfal sight In my time: have drunk heaps
: q had whisky. have done IA greag many
4 so-account things ard not a great many
L good ones. Since I vas a boy | nave never
! had chick or hin Of my own met :he
!. SeUan Ard her babies up by the cabin.
l lasy Was a most plt.ful sight SIS y6a ever
See; and besides IA. Waf0au MAS just
: about T. 40 stark mad vita grief ami
hunger and anxiety and weaytcess. / seen
90 "9St h1Y" 48Iet, AID thai tae anxiety
aboat her children must be sQothc5i some
/. WAY Ihen | die SOME OF TIE beSt lvia
/ yen ever heard ! 80; her &c cat come
s4aptf and waited untH the u aoie ou3it
: Nss asleep E6eu I watched 'om i.lle
4 %E.e ana 5htn I got e}ivus - know wAai
/ Kid x 4 ptavl3cg / would have made f2r
| fafaliy aai / started cot II ite differ
: tat ara shSi vas ri. tacro wss about II.
Is II a wonder. f8tn. taaf when {4n old
al%a aie1 shortly after. Ia body was
: eFssse& Ia sog, yaiment, placed in s. costly
4 sphi0. ana taai preceded ~ - martial
band. tlaI Tia 81 requiem. all the people
io.ioWsd $0tr9Win&ty 20 the gr9Ne. GSa
= thai, as 'hey G~atiy hoApe3 the soas above
rs tFeasg. taey sfut after him SHto yAr be-
Yend heavtfp'f "aH hats ans faraWeils
= Anaihsr ~ hese sanity ga sinners WAS
I BIZ So -. He WsS pot q lsllstor. TVce!t-
TX 81 - a Gay as We're the maJar:ty ~ the
mrh re -lniu. hut hc ana hts partner. u
s@fn FELLOW. aaI a r.8lm which theE were
Weighing huGlra fHAf IL would Amo1at
'a something .u .as fa-uso- 1hese tNo
lsea had Et,e ssps'iY ef aoaF. bacon
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