The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-27
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whoop aud was let alone.
One day when the village constable
startedAo arrest Henry as desperate
the youth hid himself in a cider mill
and threatened 10 burn every widow
and orphan in the town at the stake II
lie was not let alone. They conxed,
and they threatened, but nothing
would move the boy. At last, when
his mother had become so perturbed
that SHE could no longer keep MP tile
monthly payments on her sewing ma
chine and when his father was look
ing out for "A good place to jump into
the mill pond and drown himself. there
came fatal day In this bad boys his
tory. No bad boy ever escapes that
fatal day. 1t Is as sure to come as
that city alderman gets rich ON hold
ing two terms OF office.
Henry Met Sad Fate.
A tin pcddler drove into the village
TO sell his wares. and Henry Harper
determined to add his scalp to his
large and interesting collection. The
peddler objected 10 being made bald
headed man. Some folks were inclined
afterward TO blame him. saying that
the less hair he had The less money
lie would have 10 pay out for hair dye.
but in defending his scalp he pushed
Henry down an old well. and the boy
was drowned before they could lower
rope 70 him. It is hoped that he re-
pented Of his badness before he died,
but you never can tell. IT was 0n
awful fate to overtakc young boy.
but what can you expect? A hoy can
XIII of about so many Indians and ter
rorIze about so many white folk. and
then nn old well or something else
comes along and lie IL gOner. This
does not apply TO red headed boys in
particular, but to all sorts of boys.
As Il baby Hiram Winters was loved
by all He would just lie around on
the floor or under the bed or In any
other old place and coo and smile and
laugh ana try 10 tickle his own fau
feet. He was never known 10 keep
his parents awake q nights, and If his
mother gave him the butcher knife or
Il box OF matches to play with while
She went visiting he never attempted
to cut his young throat or set the house
on fire. Thousands of people said that
lie would live 10 be president of the
United states aud an honor TO lbs
parents, aud It did look that way for
time; but alas hc had hardly learned
the alphabet when he got hold OF an
Old Sleuih book and started Oh Ibis
downward career. He determined TO
he great detective aud Il desperate
man, and his yonng and brief career
was fun of adventure and excitement.
He was only seven years old when he
arrested his mother for an assassin.
Then he colared his father on suspi-
clon OF being highway robber. For
two years lie was on the trail Of every
body He was talked to and argued
with and licked in vain. They put him
In JAIL and he dug out. Other sleuths
hunted him, and he escaped He called
himself the Midnight Shadow Of shad-
owvllle, and he boasted that no crimi-
nal could escape him.
That Bad Boy Hiram.
Hiram had rendered himself q terror
when fate determined to bring him
low. His father started out with the
kerosene can one night TO visit the
grocery and Hiram took his trail He
had suspicion that his parent was
going TO rob bank, and lie wanted to
catch him IN the act. He was skulking
along the street with dark lantern in
one hand and revolver in the other.
while lie had pair of handouts In his
hind pocket, when u wire fence man
came driving into the town OH gallon
and ran the boy down. He wasn't
Killed outright, but fingered along for
two weeks. During this time he sent
for other boys aud talked 10 them,
with tears in his eyes. lie told them
that goodness was a good thing to live
by, and that they couldn't make Il cent
out of badness, ana that II he had his
HE to live over again he would go to
Africa and make the heather stand on
their heads with goodness or know the
reason why. Then he died, and they
planted catnip and hollyhocks on his
grave, but TO this day they speak Of
him as that bad boy Hiram" and
they point to his case 10 warn other
boys against following In his footsteps,
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