The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

stricken friend to the nearest miners house.
He carried him 10 the railroad train early
the next morning and took him down TO the
| him as a mother would her child for days
and days But the friend he loved never re-
GeorSe VanderErift died in the arms OF Ep-
pa Whl!emS his dearest and most devoted -se
friend and In the eyes OF the law his murzfnal
AZ dawn. after the long xigtl with thpeis
SSII nnl I un tS w sbs sp Snt5oE 5Pps ana mdd Nss .5H-.1siis
ny tiled. Ihs jury. despite the fact that
with the prisoner. was compelled to bring
IN a verdict OF voluntary manslaugsteT,
Then to the county jail Eppa Williams
was returned to await sentenceEto the
from the house where lived the girls WHEN
he and George Nandersrtt loved
While he was waiting sentence bad news
came OF the worn. tired old mother IN the
little cottage. Worn out and broken hearted
through the awful tragedy which had shat-
tered her little family. she was sick unto
death.
BROKE ALL
TO SEE MOTHER
Eppa Williams knew well the futilitv Of
any attempt TO ask for his removal TO his
but 10 break IAN FOR Sc he dyfn~ nosseS
ne must. and he was willing 70 risk being
ene' @ 1GpdMh N he sse tn1eeesd sS e iS isfinr An aws ~
ne naIs OF the gratins at his high wia1o~.
and swung himself rom the second story
window 81 the iail and IN the twinkling OF
1n eye was on INTO MS nome mountains. r.~
The starlight OF the September morning
was fast growing dim under the fush OF
Of the moan taigA westWard q Hinto one Hs
had been three hours gone. and the alarm ~.
A price Of $500 was put upon HIS head and ba
the country swarmed with men anxious terHsa
with the skin Of the born mount1ineer a.
Eppa Williams evadsd arrest. BY travsinEla
in day time in thlckets and caves he event-4 :
uaIly reached the little house IN the valleyrs
Two hours from the time he strobe nto1'srs
the low ceiled cottage the convict picked ID
good-by and was on again-not TO freedom.
but back to the jail at Hinton. 1t was star
eTs house behind him and strobe down them
Fa.lroad track to the telephone once 00
ty." he asked the Central" in a trembling
voice. and in a few moments that ohicisi
OF his escaped jailbird. and, better still, the
declaration that he vas laayIng for Hin
some time the next evening.
"You had better Withdraw your reward,
Saerin, concluded Eppa Williams. "1tl
only be that much money thrown away II
you don't"
"Good-by." said Eppa Williams.
"Good-by." said the Sheriff OF summers
BACK TO HIS PRISON.
And he Vas going back TO prison vo!un-
tartly! A few miles to the right. A few1s =
miles to the lsft, he might go and defy any sfa
sheriff in the state 70 catch him. But Eppas5lso
Williams honor was too great 70 we Sh 80
even such "a temptation On and on heog5,
Journeyed eastward. through all the goldsntSc
glory OF the perfect September day. Ovfr Ell
hill ard down dale. along mIrmurinR -
brooks and over green hedges. p3us.nz a. -
moment 10 rest on a inoSs-grcwn bank ~ 20 81
lie down under the green cancpy Of a gfalt6 sEa
oak tree. skirtine dark forests and brushing ~
past purpl- thickets. stopping now to listen IA
10 a Wild birds song or TO the honki1g OF
a Wild goose: bending 20 pick Up stray wild
flowers IN his path: surrounded on every
side by "A luxuriant nature. r0ting IN a per
feet carnival OF beauty AMI OF ~tgesdonrs on 2
and on and on trudged Eppa Williams, hack
to prison. on and on. back 70 ten years
captivity.
At nightfali. twenty-four hours after send
Ing his telephone message. Eppa Williams
pounded at tie door 81 the she ins horse. -
Il have come back. Sheriff" said Eppa
Williams when the door was opened.
Il knew you would. Eppa." said the SHERIFF.
~ Of Summers County. az he led him u his
cell. there 10 avail transfer to the State n
Penitentiary, where he has already begun. u
OedipgS like. to work out the cruel -destfnyztIf
whelmed him