The record., 1912-09-12
that some day all would be well.

tors appeared at thle nome anu nc
mandci To know Of his whereabouts.
His wife told them that he had nd
den OF and that she did not know
where he had gone. The rcsrlS-
tugs remained fer hours waiting aud
watching for his return, but he
never came back.
He had Acd from his home, fam
iiy and country. He kept his on
ward course until he reached the
border land OF the Lone Star State
where he thought he would be safe.
He became an exile and refugee
among strangers. but the vengeance
of the law was upon his trail. y
reward was offered for his capture.
It has been SAID that an associate
of his, who had preceded him to
Texas betrayed him into the hands
of the Law to set the leward.
lie was captured and brought
back in chains, placed in prison
cell in IIopkinsvillc, tried, convict
ed and sentenced to be hung.
This sad news pierced the hearts of
his family as a poisonous arrow
from which they never recovered.
But under this great calamity his
devoted wife kept her first love and
vow, she renamed bold and brave,
she had stood by him and shielded
him in many other troubles. She
visited him in prison and did all she
could to save him from an igno
mlniuus death When taking her last
farewell leave OF HIM, she said to
him, "lDIz, lie brave "a die. ]
know YOU cam NJ doub,, while IN
the dAik cell his ;niud and thoughts
wandered back to lis youth and
home whore the gpidea beams OF
hie's risirg sun radiLtcd his tender
heart with a genial warmth and
glowing hopes Of glonCus future.
No doubt he rtCCunttd the many
advantages and opportunities that
were presented to him and that
would have led HIM up The fowcry
paths of peace and crowned HIM
with all that makes life happy.
Perhaps he then followed down his
wayward course and tragic trial and
saw the mistakes and errors that he
had made which had led him 10 a
starless night, from which the last
ray of hope had now flown, where
remorse, regret and despair hover
ed over his restless and troubled
soul, for the time had come when
SAytNSbHI JiBI SdJ5I 80
He WAS executed upon a gallows
of shame before the gaze of a vast
crowd Of his countrymen who had
gathered To- sec him die. While he
was struggling for his life between
the heavens and the earth, some one
with a great philanthropic heart, iull
of pity for suffering humanity,
might nave been standing by and
let fall for him sympathetic tear.
Ills wite still devoted and true to
HIM did not let his body be con
signed to the potter's field, but she
had it conveyed to the home that
he loved. She had him buried
near the house that he had built
and beneath the boushs of his fav
orlte apple tree, under which they
had spent together many happy
hours. He was here cons gned TO
an untimely and to an unmarked
grave.
This burial must have been an
extremely sad scene, for his unfor-
tunate family, consisting of mother,
wife and seven children, ranging
from two to fourteen years of age,
altered around 10 witness a son,
husband and father being buried
under so i'll famed obsequles. The
children, some of them, we knew.
Ttey grew up aud scattered fem
Ibis old !'om stead and PISSED thro
lite quiet and obscure. Icy have
all dci and disappeared. Ills y ;ic
ling rcd for number Of ,esrs i d
then died sId Was Ia i'd by The
81, Of her Eusl ard.
rs ", too ! by the grave If these
unfo'lun 'te people and looked down
uppa the quiet spot of their sleep
ing Grs III our Imagination We
seemed 10 hear, in low soft
whisper something say, 'Dea!h, to
us, h been sYcct>I III II life. !"
Is sc stood ih-rc we thought