The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-04-18
FUR MAS SAKE.
By LAURA ELLEN BEALE.
Copyright, 1902 STORY PUBLISHING Co xpANY)

oRY PUBLISHING Co oxPANYJ
~ with these new thoughts came a
disturbing sense of his own responsi.
bility, and for a moment he almost re.
GREETED having chosen the profession
of law. '$ - w.
Now came the father of Bill Tripp
to ask for mercy. There was still the
majesty and dignity Of the law, but
somehow that seemed no longer. of
such splendid Importance. The voice
Of the old man, aroused him. and he
listened.
bill hain't got much more time,
you know, onless suthin's done fur
i'm, an we want tn try tn help some
fore it's tu late. 'Twouldn't seem
right tn let 'em hang i'm, an him our
boy" he added apologetically, "'thout
doin' thing, an him shet up thar and
KANT help hisself.
II reckon we dun all ez could be
dun, SO fur, gittin' good lawyer fur
i'm an'-but you know how twas. Now
re want tn try an see ef the Guvner
won't du suthin' fur i'm. ,.'
( T. we lowed mebby eff we'd go tuim
an tell i'm the hull thing, he mout
be willin' to fix 1t so Bill nd be sent
stoS prison. stead soss hangins. 81 Ma. an,
me, we talked It all over, and flowed
that ef we Wuz tn come tn YOU, at
you mout help us with the Guvner. :.
+ "Of course, l know you was agin
Bill in the trial, but / reckon 'twant
cuz of eny hard feelin's you had agln
ma an me, SO now the trials over we
kinder lowed you'd just as lief he'd
go tn jail-'steau of-that other
'Tain't ez If we wuz askin' fur i'm tn
be set free, that 'ud be askin' tu
much," he explained in desperate
earnestness. But eff they'd shet i'm
up. even fur the balance of his natural
days; ct ND be hetter'n It's now. Bills
bin a bit wild, I know. an thar air
them ez thinks hangin' plenty good
nun fur i'm, but 'tain't on Bills &C.
count I'm askin', nur mine, cts mas"
:. The old mans voice softened almost
to a whisper, and he rubbed his brown
hands together nervously.
"Bill's her boy" he went on, :"the
only one she's got left, an she sot
great store by I'm. reckon 1t comes
powerful hard to give i'm up, fur
y'know cts a way with wimmin folks
tu jest keep on luvin'. Somehow they
don't see faults like men folks can.
Mas he'd a heap O. sorror in her life,
she hes; 'nuff sight morn Joy. T'other
children are out thar on the hillside,
four NV 'em, an when they was TUX,
one arter nuther, she wuz allus strong
ez could be, turnin' tu luv the rest
morn ever. When they wuz all gone.
'ceptin' Bill, why-he kinder seemed
tu fill the place in 'er heart of all the
rest. $. ~ z --@.....% Is & ~
but Bill wuz allus good to his ma,
I'll say that fur i'm, an now he's got
tu be: TUX from her in such a way, I'm
feared st pears tn her like ez ,ef thar
hain't nuthfn' left. Not thet she's fur
got the other children--ma'd never du
that thar graves air KEEP neat as
a pin,7 but seems eff since this trouble
Of Bills, she's thought more bout
them d ever. %:.lss r.. .@s*9 3 II J}s i s.
n! y !: :"Some way in her worryin', she's
got the notion at ef he dies, ez the
Jedge says he's got tn, 'twouldn't be
right tn put i'm out thar with the
others that ef they could speak.
they say ~they'd rutherl he'd be put
some place else. Not at he'd be eny
different tn ma, however he died, but
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