Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-01

haiht even whispered L to nIySc'
An in all my e=iyee- = .es.-ard IL it
never have spoke - @a'le III lie .la.
o the crime. ;5wa.s-> sud. You kletw
what mean. Lord sI.ow nae loN L.
mi aad g., We'll tLil'yer ws'iawea
"he feI! dead IL Is tracks z42y
sober II a Sc aa tpard N'fltt.seit
a-comina. aa' a.en he seed lae an :.
s?aols.A' llt~to! IA, my decd he GIVE u
! little cry an started 70 break an fssn.
| hat | taoNed He revolver down al
| ea.iel % 'Hn IA, !sf-4ed i'm not +.
leave. Then stood IN Il hos, =; II
whla H. went az examined le=b8ay
cct.h,a't tcjeb 1t T..eu ae come u.9'
to NE an tod me Yam Iam3r'a.
was y eo,n$e t'iar VS. = pile O dirty
laly II tbe sail. an / Iemel0ltli jest
fell 81 Il, face doWAw#rI an begun 10
/ CRY II beg tf" lord ia SaEe NE
"WiIiams had heart Ike child :
He stood thar an watched IN listened
to my ravins of fear an re4ret till Al!
at once be begun tlygs to pacity me.
He told me Id come clear; tll;t it W;j&
i'll SET aefenSe; chat lie had seed it al
aD Wo..d go on tile stand an testjf-
in my elalf. l know now in fact.
X. " Il When heard him on the rand
chat lie WAS lyin to save my neci.,
bat wanted to escape the penalty an
coui2n't "a stopped i'm. The fear O.
mcct.n my God was awful. wasn't
even jailed. 1t was in unsettled times
jest after the war. My folks was prom
inc.t, an public sympathy fer me,
youn" as | was. Was high. The hard
es;t ing of all to bear WAS the grief Of
IAinbright'S mother. 1t looked like it
! youngest an pet Her other boys nev
er amounted to anything an had gone
west an left er Finally come cie.u
! in I'll" eyes o the world but. as God
! knows. not in my own. That crime is
before me- Wstkin or Slcenin. often
! dream that | never done it. an day
light gives that the lie, Seemed like
everything l Went into turned out moH
ey. an | prospered. though did all |
! could to alleviate sufferii" an help
| the different churches. Mrs. Ham
bright iest had Il little farm over in the
! mountains that turne,i out Il bare liv
in. an | sent Il friend TO er to Offer
her help. but she Indignantly refused
/ it. She'd come in town one" in awhile
but shed never come nigh whar WIS
at Then heard she WAS tryin' to git
a pension through congress. Her hus.
band had claimed, IL BE ! Union man.
an that he was forced into the Con
felerate ranks. whar he fit am was
killed. an somebody told er she WIS
entitled to Il pension. Old Trahu" tuck
up the claim an writ on about il to
Washington. an one day he hs3per eti
to tell me that he had had finHl de-
ciSiOn an that she couldn't cit it an
that he hated TO have to tell 'er the
outcome Then got him to pretend
to her that the pension was allowed
an | paid the $15 month. Eve been
dom it fer twenty year now, an it
has kept 'er from sutferin'. but I'm in
mortal dread o her findin, out whar
the money comes from an sellin' he
place to repay it Shes still in gooti
health over thar in the mountains.
Aboat once a year. generally in the
fall. she comes il, town. Las she shirks
meetin me. Somehow always breathe
fi'eei When si4e's ''e,te out o town
The siAht of aer te thes II all ba; l.
wuss han ;..tythin@ els" I've tried t.
find ott what S!,r thinks about il now.
but she never mentions the sub ject TO
a soul I've suffered th,. solanen,s OF
the damned ! made Il ruHlic 'onfes
sion in nee,i Hs wei as could. I"
show my c8ntrit.oa without imnlicatin'
Hank Williams. hut it didn't do Il specl;
o good, All the members swarmed
round me and pattcd me on tie back
an said | was nigh the throne. but
Their pats jest seemed to beat my gulft
deeper in. | was afeard o the sliGl,
est sound at night or my shadow il
daytime an was always cointin OF
bein' tuck off by disease One mornin' ,
in Shawn. noticed q little red spot
on my cheek an tuck it fer cancer
l was shore then that the Lord intend
ed to make me die a slow. IOathsomt
death, an ali at once | felt weak at the
knees an couldn't hardly stand. My
wife come an found me. | didn't tell
her about my cancer, an she thought
l was jest sick from some'n' I'd eat.
an when the doctor come l was afeard
to tell i'm about the sore place. He
left some medicine an l made out like
tuck it. but | th'owed it away. After
that I'd make point to stop an talk
to i'm every day to see Of he'd notice
my face an speak of it, but he didn't
I've started up to his office fifty tiInes
an backed out. jest beca'se l couldn';
bear to be told that it was cancer,
Howsomever. one day. when it was
more infiamed than ever, | went to his
0ifice-as weak as a sick kitten. feeiip
lest like a man goin' to the scaf1o!G
| ! went in an set down an waited fe'
n TO Git through with somebody else
an when he turned to me l said. DOC
I want YOU to take look at my face,
lie PIT on his specks an examined It
hen lie laughed an said: I'll bet dol
ar yOu thought it was cancer. FOLKS