The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-06-05
JASPER INDIANA. FRIDAY. JUNE 5, 1908

young maa a Frnl isc- and tins ar
raignmen !, is. c,li'.gly unfortu-
nate. Have yoa anY,hin- TO say?"
had a great deal TO say. / told
him that Lad neNlr heard Of such
law. tha; ] had bcen brought up
almost ur,yr he shadow of the
stateh oase: tlr. ! Lad lrittcn up
many police court, and fiat ! did
not believe had more of an attrac-
ton for lightning than any one
else.
He graveiy shook his head. "You
perhaps did not know" said he,
that what is law in this part of
the state may not be law in other
parts. This division of the state
has a peculiar local right, ceded TO
il at the time of the Louisiana pur-
chase" He had ne there. and
could say nothing. we get many
OF our ide~s from the French, and
while they may appear ridiculous to
the more Anglo Saxon arts of the
great commonwealth wc-but there
is no use arguing with you. | may
explain. however, that persons con-
yicted under the scientific code are
not sent 10 the regular state peni-
tertiary, but to prison down on
BAYOU Long. 1t is rough place,
and ! regret 10 see you 60 there,
but there Is no need TO express sym
pathy."
Before direct sentence is pass.
ed" spoke up an old man who had
hitherto said nothing, ''let us see
if there is not some way of saving
this man. There is among the ole
statutes which we we're permitted
to take from the French a clause
which SAYS that when man hai
been convicted under the scientifi,
code he may be saved by some rep
utable young woman, who shall
come forward and offer to MARI,
him. Now. who knows of WON
an who would be likely to marr,
this man -
Eve are obliged to you," declares
the prosecuting attorney, springinl
to his feet. I'VE can save him.
, know of a woman" He wrote
! note and gave it to boy. "Presen
this to Miss Lily Mayfield," he said
Lily. That wasn't bad. Bette
to take a lily in all her glory thal
to toll in a prison, and so waited
: We had not long to wait. "Her
; she is" said the prosecuting attor
; ney. And then there stepped int
| the room the most hideous creatur
| have ever seen. A nightmare pu
. upon its feyerish mettle to portra
the horrible could not produce
, more repulsive being. i grabbed m
) hat and darted through the door.
did not look back when they yelle'
at me to stop, l did not look bac
: until l had run more than a mile
but at every jump could see tha
horrible woman's face.
. a year later / was in Nashville
The legislature was in session. On
: evening in street car hear
: two country representatives talk
ing. "Oh, yes," said one of then
, "old Bob is full Of revenge. 70
) remember that newspaper roaste
! him for something during the las
) session. Well, sir, III tell you whs
| he did. The paper failed, yo
: know. and one of the fellows tina
' had been connected with it wen
) out on stroll, and he strolled dow
into old Bob's neighborhood. Tn
fellow didn't know Bob, but Bo
a knew him and saw him passing b
and put up job on him. And luc
: came his way, for the fellow wen
into a barn, and just then the bar
? was struck by lightning. ] forge
how they worked it. but they al
: rested the fellow, who was consid
: erable Of greenhorn, by the wa,
and carried him through some sol
: Of a trial and pretended that the
we're going TO make him marry
: woman, but she wasn't woman
but man that had been fixed Il
for the occasion. Well, they sa
y that fellow skipped through tn
/ door when he saw the thing ths
e was to be his wife and ran a mi
r without looking back. Yes, old Bo
y, :. r.,ll oc ~.xo.xav