Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-04

plain enough. but purity soon it got as
dark as pitch, an | WAS as bad as a
blind h,an on Il blind boss enc thing
the man said. though, was that as soon
as | got Il nlile or two ip the road ia
| see TN" light from l:c~ kitchen fire. He
| sad it cau!a be seed ftr miles that
s. g never was knowed to siieI er door
this t.inc o wear.
well. sir. cot thea TO prayin fer a
sight O the ligi5i begged the AL
mighty to let it shine cat us II sign |
WIS forgiven fer my crime, but ii was
SLOW a.col!iin, an when Il did come !
I said to myself that Il man WAS fool
10 ask The l.Gsd 10 make !; sign out @
| s0n!en, tilat wasn't any more'n natu-
raj. SO ! wasn't much conforted over
that. HoWSumever. | did feel little
mite better. 1t seemed SO steady an
bright an peaceful away up thar amon.
the stars. above them rough rocks an
deep gullies. l started right fer it.
The road got so bad had to git down
an lead my hoss. Sometimes we'd have
to step over trees that lay across the
way al lucIl llldI uu Dc DIdIlcu VI
creek to ford an fences to let down
! an briers an rocks an steep places
But kept up my heart. Sometimes the
light I'd be out o sight completely, an
then az in il nd blaze up steady an
strong like a promise writ in fire
II got to prayin more hopeful. Ever
time tEe light nd flare Hp out O the
'aeln NY SEeris ud rise. I'LL after
awhile felt - l;..ht as feather. l
sung II sEe';ted an prayed an Rugged
NY hess. 1t seemed Ike ] was climbin
~; to Cod The light or the mountain
"':s bis ac%"i..e. once | fell down :;
steep ie:.;3,l ia the dark but | wasn't
';Irt. an 5hcn 4g'in ! slipped on son:t
rocks Willie ! Hsas eiosSn' Il hranc! an
"pt wet 90 ile W;;st bat When | scrar.
:,.ei out the light Was .-s!s.nin hright
or them e}er Finally crossed a @
field an seed the orcn decor of hc
.,oilSe \ dog ran oat barlliG, but
wasn't no more afeard of i'm than the
.u,oStlcs 4,s;iS O snakes w;slkea.
straight at i'm called to i'm in a fran
friendly vejve. an patted ';m Hn tie
head. IN he licked my hand an prancea
about in front o me like | WAS y Old
:icu1ln intance he was glad to see. Mrs
Hanlriaht WIS at the fireplace cookin,
some'n t. eat when got thar. an she
invited me in ! went in an shook
bands an set down in the chair she
give me- an she put more wood on the
fire fer she seed | was wet
You cent know me, Mrs. Ham
bright says I.
"'No. says she. i don't know You
sir; but that don't make no difference
l take in IL lots O folks that git be
nighted up here Nobody would be
mean enough to rob ur harm a woman
as old as l am
".That's So says L. Her head was
as white as cotton, an she was all bent
over, but she had the sweetest, most
patient face l ever seed. 1t made me
feel easier about tellin' 'er who was
an what I'd come fer, but acknowl-
edge | was afeard Then she proposed
to set the table, fer she said she know
ed | was famished, but l wouldn't let
'er
"'No; wait says l, wait till I've
told you who I am. Mrs. Hambrieht.
says |, an couldn't look at 'er then.
I'm Hiram Hillyer, the man who tuck
yore pore boys life
II seed 'er sOrter jump little. an
then she got as still as a grave rock
| was afeared to look at 'er. All III.
new found hope seemed to he leakih
eat O me bowed my head an wait
Ell fer ,er verdict God knows WAS
miserable. but | WAS rrayin-pray
fer pHl,ion-prayin' both to her an Coo
She WAS sal IL lo..2 time | reck"
she was studyin' up what to say to
:p. Then she spoke. DID Nou CONF
away oat l:cre .;cSt to see re. Mr.. Hi!
ycry size axed in trcmb'y voice. an
| nodded. still afeard to meet her eye
\ come 10 make IL confession an M
r'orc YOU to Iardon me. said.
Pardon yOu:' she said, slowlike an
saft
.Sourc Tfnbue's dead | told 'er.
lie die! two days ago
81 heard he Was low she said, an
was SHY to hear it, fer he was u
good man, but is that all you wanted
to tell me-?
"'No. says |. 'twasn't. Mrs. Ham,
bright, the pension he's been payn'
you all these years never come from
the government 1t was from me-
"'H Tram Hillyer,' says she in her
sweet old voice. I've knOwed that fer
twenty five years. Squire Trabue told
me an aXed me never to let on to you,
fer he'd promised you never to let me
know; but Hiram. eff I've prayed God
to bless you fer it once l have ten
thousand times. l couldn't "a lived
without that allowance. 1t has kept
me in comfort an enabled me to hel,4
my neighbors in time O. sufferin'. I've
wanted to tell you how grateful l felt
but the squire wouldn't let me an said
you never wanted that old trouble
mentioned, an SO couldn't do it.
"Then. George, broke down com
pletely. / couldn't hold in. l set thar
an cried like a child. told 'er how