The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1905-02-11
.fIUG!ISG OF THE DEAD

There was the sounl OF trappiing
,eot ab1re my head and the sharp
click gf metal against tho sod, md l.
q shape, yapor. resting in my colin,
could distinctly hear tho digger at
work on another grave beside my own.
1t had never occurred TO me in life
that the dead had ears 10 hear and
eyes 10 SEQ, and even now there wos
nothing In the demeansr OF my cof1ned
neighbors 10 uphold Inc in my present
theory.
was criminal when they buried
mo and my soul seemed left within
my Lody TO groyel In the dust Of hor-
ror and humiliation fer a period at
least before It's further evolution
II was rs II my own contempt for
the gubllpty Of The soul was being
rBoofcd By heshiy dissolution. was
forced TO witpess the iilthy degenera.
ton Of what In Hfe had seemed to me
OF para mount importance.
Vanity and carual,ty had been my
ruling passions, and all the higher at,
tributes OF man, In which the soul
took precedence Of body, aroused With
In my cnrna mind only a feeling II
sarcastic pity.
1t was for this destroying Of 4 mental
self that | was nnsliy hunted down
and brought TO sudden justice.
For many years my Wild debsuoh>s
had been carried on with fallen NOR
tails and men who scornsd and bsthed
the, even they were satisfied to let a
GO as uins beyond their interference,
1t was only when | won peor NelliSs
love u4at they began shaking their Az
cry heads and pointing their warning
anxers at me
But | bad wisdom In my evil way, l
felgned reformation that did not
feel and for a tims behaved with rigid
circumspection
There were days even when the
child's sweet nature almost shamed mo
In MY wicked purpose. but TO heart
grown old in sin a woslan's yltuo
only adds persistence, and after each
brief mom~n, OF renorsc the old desire
crept swiftly back, with tsUfoh worse
Intentions added
And day aftor dac the noveret drsop-
cd with the sun OF passion beating %
IT, Day by day truth tOsk 4 weaker
hold upon the soul DAT wavered In ~
pows~
warnings had IN piesty fron TIE
frtouAs hat loved tho Grl, aud al
though taer, WA no v!slsnce frsn -
at any time tiAy called ny dssd .
decd OF cAne and lynched me bfs
COMMON fsisn.
Whether II was just some did DS1
know. but to 100. lying ctanped All
huddled In this noliy bsI. there comes
at times 4 realization " my stn that
makes tAs Judgment seem msst fer
and sven tempered with that plea fer
mercy weach doubtful jsrspa sttoa s6A
Day by day. hsur by Assr ard niauts
by rasaits the seAnss A. ssAs Of my
nfe sre creeping sIswAy thrsSSh my
soul, aud now. visv~d b tie hs1t Of q
d!seuboaisa spirit. md bow srsAtd
the sins OF the dash are At variance
with ~ spiritual b4iRG
Hops aud dssaDs, 50 all Important To
tho cssnal franA shrhk - 0e nsa1r
ost ioSn OF CUNT when v!Svs1 rAcs1gA
asSIer, puror Sasss.
!.Ns vornsut hask. basAassi ara
travS stained, my fssh ass pottiHs il
this grave. while |. 4 seh. exist. bess,
theSs and all about. sbls 10 pen strsto
tho very earth, able 20 ssc the hsavsas
above, but totally unable 10 escape
froD tho dread proximity OF my us.d,
eV,nS clay Of rnts constant visson Il d.
cay Ia what vas eoos ny fvRAs>t
prdc
And now ano her Hlest fern 10 being
lowered 70 my side, hear tbs sound
OF falling zods, the crsak Of rNp1. tho
traad of feet ard vish~oh coward that
sm'-tsAt Il might be another SOU 50
doomed that II woula bar me com.
pauy.
They src going DIV. tbs nou rners at
the grave above uy bad ana atts0s.
touching my CruTbijrs: feet | see the
outline " a polished cRsset
30 one Tn all those silent tstnbs
sroms waten,d or disturtNd bat ms
The advent 81 another form Int 80
eleon AMI horrpr et th!s place ertnsi
not trenor 10 the dust OF those VIVA
sleep 20 peacefully
Art now my soul seeeas pierced AGAIN
~ Gus u,sre yanoHeS, ranking dart
and through the power Of spirit sight
I ses the Limit CT my doom.
rb~s n no sou within Ills new
made tomb. NJ clay freed spirit 70 con
do1o with u,ue. but low beucstA IL,
ro'Saod eoasAs q svsct young fss,
lies san and calm rad seems TO nocs
sly nise~r.
oncv ur-rs truce my evil LIE 10 A.
is w,l;ul sinful Ways, ard, turn ny
tr, 70 avert my c,.ao from ,.at vhtta
sir s. uati'us nc,
tbs then !. justice for ,he damnH
To watch pe-tuCcc. wGNc a.. you lov,
"a ~. w',e "-sh cRcc fair, creep,
v''oy back q drs' and to IA, norts
sos dewei and sroranl rises tror