The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-06

An he den give de man a heap UT green I
backs, mo n / ever seed befo.' | spe, |
den sumpin was pow full wrong. ann
when | ak Marse Richard bout it, he
git mighty mad an he des shet me up. an
tole me dat de mex week | mus AK leave I
to so see some my folks. I said | didn I
want to go way but he say, If you dor
go way, dey Il make you sw ar at &c
co t-house ies W at you do, takin out
Marse &c aid 8 clio es, an you is in ia
sho; sides, YOU IL make me git i, de pen
sho. at you think my mudder do to
you, if yo go sw ar me into de penf Now
place; Sc s posed fur to be down De
Gulf oh Mcxieo-now l is a gwine Al
dey did go, and de mex week i went too
and when ] d been gone month or tvs
and core back, find Miss Ailecn same
a wilder and pc Marse &c aid done gone
to de pentenchery TO writin his gran
pa 8 name to paper fur to git money.
o Lawd. den | does have sufferment ds
wuss kin. fur I knowed he didr do il,
but DIES sleep lax lamb, an glt up TO-
day an jes marry Miss Aileen. ! beg
an beg Marse Richard to fix it so he can
git out; but he say every time dat to git
&c aid out was to put him in; but Marst
Richard too sharp fo' dat, he won't 60 il
dar, an I got to tell 70 l die, or els
eberlastin' to ment, an | knows Mars
Richar d-honey-Miss Eleanor--honey-
yes, Miss, is a comm sho-sho = TO- to
trailed off into hymn.
Clinker gave her another dose of his
restorative; in few moments she
frightened up. Then the man whom
Clinker brought in stood up before her.
"You will swear that this statement
is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truthf''
Vas, sir, / swar it de whole trufe, an
s mighty glad to git it often my soul
couldn' t done it if Miss Eleanor
hadn't 'peared dere on de wall, right in
her own pictu. Sue done comman' me-
an her comman' is befc' Ma-7s Rich.
ards; he 9 too peart fur to be ketched in
de Jail. 'Hallelujahl Hallelujah! rs
a-gwine homei
She began to rock to and fro, singing
and muttering; De hoodoo done gone
done gone!' She fell asleep in the chair,
and Clinker rose At this moment came
the young woman who took care of her at
night, and the two men left the house;
they took with them simple stereopticon
apparatus, which had thrown the pictures
| i'll the white glare through the window Of
Delilah 8 house, which to her simple ig.
norance seemed quite supernatural
81 should have had much greater man
ifestations, Clinker said, as they walked
toward their hotel, ''but the old darkey
has weak heart, and / was afraid ia
give her too much of a shock--it might
have killed her; then it would have been
quite useless. But we have her evidence
and Redfeld will be happy, and Soule
and his wife. I wonder if we can get
train up tonight7'
They did, and the next day Stanley had
Deiilah S confession typewritten, md duly
verified by the notary who went with
Clinker and took it in shorthand as she
spoke.
ool, y. A
it, her heart full Of gratitude and JOY;
Gerald s mother wept silently.
You are sure you can acquit my SOL
of the murder of Bates, Mr.. Redleld'''
80 lave no doubt of it; any jury with
under the circumstances, but of course we
must wait and see. 1t is only two weeks
now to wait; it will be long to you,
but
"Aileen will find it long, but i have
had so many lessons in patience; I hope
l am nearly through; l wait only to Sc,
Gerald free and Aileen happy NTH him
| am SO weary of this world.
Aileen went with Stanley to the door;
she was lovely in her gratitude. Stanley
felt that all was indeed over for him. but
he could not help his great love surging
up in his heart and trembling in his voice
and cleaning in his eyes, She felt it.
and had much ado to prevent her voice
from trembling also. She gave her hand
to him as he left her; it was steady she
was glad to feel
Good bye, he said, in tone that
would indicate he meant to cross oceans
and continents instead of street..
Z" Good bye Come again. How divine
ly happy Tom and Eliza beth seem to be I!
and Thankful too; everybody is happy
but
Butt"
Me-and / shall be when Gerald ii,
free. y
Yes, of course; if ] can FIRE, him, it
will be the greatest triumph of my life.
/ Voc Tom and Elizahe arc diyjnely ha n.