Putnam patriot., 1911-09-15

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 "it would not have then been best for you to know this. nor l. il now. but the assistance your prisoner re eeireI at that tune Is of great iinpor tan 10 you now Had lt not been for that Hssisfance another victim would hare been added To the one fol shooting whom you have just been adJud-ed guilty
 All this was a puzzle 10 those pres ent except Jbe prisoner and bis daugh- ter The judge spoke with evident emotion. The prisoner seemed deeply moved. His daughter as tbe address l proceeded wound her arms tighter about her father There WAS an i'm | pressiveness 10 the sf enc that held the l audience spellbound When the judge l began To speak every one thought that he was about to give another instance l than the one before the court why the prisoner should sUffer death When be entered upon the last matter he mentioned all were thrown into state of doubt as to what was coming
 We are entering in Mexico" he continued, upon a new age-an age ushered in for the civilized world by fCrmer president of the United States 4t the close Of the greatest rebellion fhe world has ever seen. For that in surrectjon not drop of blood was spilled after the surrender l have been given discretion by my govern ment as to fbe punishment to be met ed out for acts that occurred during period when every mans hand was against every other man IL is not meet in this age. when universal peace is dawning fos the world. that Mexico should remain in barbarism. The acts of the troubloUS times through which i we have recently moved belong to a dead past and should be buried with that past The uat of which y0u have been found guilty WIS repeated again and again on bnth sides That the revolution has trilnnpbed is no cause for committing iB rBe name of justice acts of revenge
 ..'Eha Gndlae of the inry ls get aside lou are at Ebcrtt 10 go free
 H4 his address the judge attempted to prepare tBe feeHngs of thozp pres aut fgr wh.t had Heitaar been expect ed nor desired Slut the temper of the people Gas revengetu and had fof ages bepl used to different principle A few aptIauded. but the majority
 
 who had suffered at the hands of the man To whom this magnauimons treat ment had been accorded. They had brought the aecusa ton that they might | be revenged-mgbt revenge the dead they loved They re6elled against tke i decision Cries of Hang him.. shoot | him. Use the machete" were heard. ! and q movement was made by tlne most active toward the prisoner Ths, judge arose and. raising his hand, ena joined silence Tn striking this man." he said, you | strike the girl who loves him., He struck those we lovedi'' some one cried. Let me tell you one thing more. that l which 1 spoke of. but did not speak You remember that l mentioned the escape of one whom the prisoner would have sacrificed l am that person, A silence followed this an1ounce. ment That the judge had set aside sentence of death upon the man who had intended 10 take his life filled those present with wonder He hata secured their attention. He went step further. T will tell you how I escaped owe my life to that girl" pointing She lt was who gave me a disguis" and drove me through her fathers guards. risking her life for mine Had if been discovered that the person sit ting beside her was the rebel they werp watching for she would have doubtless been sacrificed If yea StFike him you strike her and through her you strike me who have done my part 10 establish the governement under which We now hope for peace aad y'ros peritY'
 Ths, crisis had come and turned in favor of the judge Those who htd opposed his decision stood looking sul lenly on. while the others were won over by his magnanmity and by sympathy for the girl who had saved his life The advocates of taking the law into thelr own hands began to move away muttering. leaving only those who had been converted to the ,nuse- of mercy Those most sympa thetie gathered about the girl. whether Tor her protection or in sympathy Then gradually the crowd melted lway end left the three principal par ,icipants in the drama
 Courin went tu the judge, took his hand in hers and kissed t Her father stood with folded arms looking at vacancy short time before he had been expecting death lie WIS now conscious only that his life had been spared and he feared nothing.
 Therr is sequel to this story, but this k not the place for it. Indeed, the events narrated happeued too re cently for 1t 10 be finished romance. One thing is certain This renouncing of vengeance was 5roughe about by love.
 State of Ohio, City Of Toledo, ss