The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-07-24

had brought that shame on me. And
then Jesse Bream came to see me the
next mornin'. He had been worryin'
me to marry him. and lie still wanted
to marry me, but he said he was goin
to kill Tom Strickland for wrongin'
Siam Tucker"
What about STAN Tucker, Miss Dog
gett?"
"Why-II got skeered for Tom
| Strickland, uh--and-and-well. TO
knowed what | was a-sayin' | told
Jesse the truth-thnt 1t was STAN Tuck
er and not Tom Strickland who had
brought my shame pom me. And II
was then that Jesse said he meant TO
waylay and kill STAN Tucker the first
chance"
why did you not tell Colonel Tod
hunter this?'
cause was afeared to. sub. Jesse
had done told me that he was a-goin'
to do it for my sake and that If ever
SO much as breathed word Of 1t he
would kill me. too. but that he'd take
me away and marry me If didn't. He
would ha' killed me too. l knowed
that mighty WE'LL
Had you promised Jesse Bream to
go away with him?'
Yes. sub, | had l wanted to get
away from Nineveh. where Id been
shamed and disgraced. and he was the
only man what would ha' married me
after that. ! might ha' told Colonel
Todhunter the truth II ! hadn't been
afeared O. Jesse and If | hadn't seen
that it would be evenin' things up with
Tom Strickland as we'll as Jesse had
evened 'em up with STAN Tucker II
went away with him."
What do you mean by evening up
things with Tom Strickland? You have
just testified under oath that Tom
Strickland had done you no wrong"
The girl was silent for moment
Her face flushed a dark red and then
went white again.
tom Strickland made me eat my
heart out for him. she cried sudden
ly, shame and desperate defiance in
the passionate eyes that confronted
her audience. He wouldn't see that
| loved him better'n anything else in
all this world and that ! wanted him
to love me the same way. Ana the
reason he wouldn't see what was al
ways a-showin' him was that he was
so dead in love with Miss Mary Tod
hunter That's what made me tell
that lie against him when | .knowed
that Mrs. Todhunter was a-go1n' TO
ask me to leave the party.
There was pitiful break in the
girls voice.
Il didn't care the tip Of my finger
for Jesse Bream.r' she cried. Il hated
and despised him. But he was willin
to marry me and take me away from
Nineveh and so | KEEP my mouth shet
and waited for him to come and do 1t
II am going to ask you. Miss Dog
gett. said Major Gentry Dryden.
when was the first time you saw
Jesse Dream after Colonel Todhun-
ter's visit to you that day.
II didn't see him till the day before
this here trial begun. sub. He had
gone away TO fix things up for mar
ryin' me and takin' me down some
where in Oklahoma. and he didn't
come back till then"
What time of the day did you see
him?"
II reckon twas long about three or
fo' O'Clock in the day. sub. He didn't
come clear to the house cause he saw
grandfather settin on the front gal
lery. But he give whistle | knew.
and | went out and met him.
Where did you meet him?"
I'm a little clump o woods cross the
road. not far from the old cabin where /
Aunt Mirandy Ransom and old Jed
Ransom. her husband. two colored peo-
pie. are livin', sub"
What had he come to see you
about?''
He come to tell me that everything !
was ready for us TO run away tnat
very night. He was plannin' to drive /
over into Rails county, and we'd get
there and then start for Okla
bona. And he'd been drinkin' and was
Draggin' about how he'd killed STAN
Fucker. 1t was then | knowed for the
first time, from his own lips, that 1t
was him that killed STAN. but I'd been
certain of 1t in my mind all the time.
did you consent to go away with
lim?"
"Yes. sub. and we went away togetn-
n. The first day and night be got to
lrinkin'. and when we stopped at the
,otel in Sidon he quarreled with me.
,eepin' on sayin' that was in love
With Tom Strickland and would blaD
Ihout who did really murder STAN
Fucker if | got half a chance. And
! said then about my wish
n | had told the truth at first skeered
lin. Stead o. stayin' in Sidon I'LL he
vas ready TO go straight to Oklahoma,
Ie took me away from there the next
lay. We went fur. too. and he was al
Ways a-watchin me- AT daybreak one
nornin' we come to tumDledown
abin deep in the woods. and he said
hats where we'd stay till dark. and
hen | begun to he skeered myself"
.Of what were you afraidY'