Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-03
The Callows
In the Gloom
loriginal.l

Didn't ever tell You about Cy Pax
son and the sheriff? No? Well, I'll tell
you now.
There was heap of excitement
when Norton was found murdered, and
as soon as it was known that Paxson
had been with him at his cabin over
night ami had dug out some time be
fore molnln' a posse got after him,
found him on the road to Hunkcrs,
brought Inn back. tried him and con-
victed him before the excitement had
had time to cool. They was goin to
string him up at once when his wife
come ana plead so hard for leetie
time with him before he left her that
she, bein' a woman, got 'em to give
three days. Meantime the prisoner
was KEEP in barn. with two citizens
10 watch
.Alf Baker and me was friends of
Norton's. and | was a friend of the
Parsons. Molly, she come to me. wiring
in her hlnds, and begged me to do
somethin'. I'D "a taken Cy's place at
the end o the rope if l could, but, of
course, | couldn't, so | made up my
mind to die tryin' to help him break
Jail. went to ALI Baker. who was a
level headed sort of Teller, to git
points how to go to work. He laid out
a plan and agreed for the woman's
sake and not believin' Cy guilty TO help
me out with it,
The fust thing he did was to so blus-
term around, sayin' he didn't believe
they was goin' to punish Cy for KILN
Norton n3how and let on as If he
'spected they'd contrive TO let him .es-
cape In this way he got himself put
ON to watch the prisoner with another
man Durin' the evenin' ALI sent the
fel,er off for some tobaccer, unlocked
the Goor and tole Cy TO come out. |
was waitin' In the road with three
hoses.
There's no doubt we'd got Cy away
IL we hadn't struck streak o. bad
luck. Fust. my boss got stone into
his shoe and We lost all of ten minutes
gittin' it out. Then. the night bein'
dark as pitch. we got often the road.
n ,bo ti1,a wa,d cot bact on 70 II wa,d
los+ ba,f :, bour marc Rut what ala
tho business for ms was the ,amin, a.
the boss a. was ridin, This was ahou,
. o,clc,cy IN tba p,or,ir, rrhen we was
comm to the railroad. We pulled up
and was feelin' of the critters leg
,vbo,, wa baa-d faint souna q, gai.
,,,,,,,, ho,ss
n seemed as If tba game was mn 7
heard a o,osn from, ~ and Cow him
ctsr,n, or so,natb,n, loonin, aq;n tho
CIV 7 Ioorad and cav 4 par,ows with
. man syvsng;n, n II copldn,t he
Heve !, n Tonst a, hean nhantom
co1,ov-v cot mn nv the rrurseras man
70 ,,ocl HE r,ur,,arer
aToorr, soid n a xrh;snar N a,f
Ar hooked NJ n for few moments
p-,.bout Gavin, a word Then ON iaae
seaynad "a STRIKE him and ,e,I,n. ~ IN
n;5e in tlA bushes and me m come along
ha rides back IN meet Them chat was
rouin, When we was a hundred wards
anart he called on ,em 70 half They
nulle5 IN and we chinned They was
the sheriff and the man that Aft had
sent for tohaccer When he'd gone hack
and found the harm emntv he hurried
To tbe sheriff and renorted the escane.
Then the two Of ,en without waitin'
for anv one else had hurried over the
only road we eould well have taken
and followed us All tole ,em who we
was.
I'VE didn't believe You meant bust
passn be said $50 we allowed VOID
do the lob ourselves
what jobg"
why hangin, that gaIoot Cy Paxson
for the murder of the best friend
ever had
You hanged himf.
You bet"
What have YOU done with himY"
~ue,s svine;n, iist hack there.
.Wellu said the sheriff after some
thought. wen go and see. If YOU
amt Iyin' wen take the body home.
You can see If YOU like. but as to
takin, tba body hack Wall taka care n,