The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-09-24
COLE YOUNGER IS
IN THE RIGHT WAY
Now, and Is Starting His
Life Anew,
AFTER A TURBULENT CAREER
His Religion Is Deer.Seated
And Not of the Spec
4 tacularv Variety.
WILL NOT TALK OF THE PAST


following account of the CONVEX
sion of Cole Younger, the former
bandit:
II is a real religion, and not show
religion. that Cole Younger has. He
is not going to preach, nor be an
evangelist nor make any sensational
display whatever of his new-tound
- Christianity.
'I've Just simply made my peace
with God, and the balance of my
days just want to live quiet,
simple, Christlike life said the
former bandit yesterday in Lees
Summit.
He was sitting in the shade on
the porch of the little cottage that
he bought and gave to his niece,
Miss Nora Hail. He was smoking a
long-stemmed German pipe and
there was look of deep earnest
\hess and tenderness in his face as
,he took long Whit of the pipe and
then said
1--WE led an adventurous, tufbu-
lent life. The war brought on hate
and strife and killing around here.
They murdered my father when |
was a schooboy and | was launched
into life of reprisals and shooting
and rough riding. winding up with
g. In, nr;cnn NJ
nv folks were all Christians. was
brought up in a Christian home, and
now | am an old man, seventy next
, January, and I've come, by Gods
mercy. back to this very spot where
/ spent my childhood. to end my
days
He swung the long pipe stem
around in circle.
'Why | ran barefoot all around
where these streets are. There was
no Lees Summit then. This was
called Big Cedar post office. and DR.,
Lee kept it. My father owned TO-
900 acres of land in this county and
we lived Just north of where we are
sitting now, and | ranged here as
a boy. And now, to realize what's
in my heart. and how sincere ! am.
YOU must have understanding of
of how thankful | am to God that
He has in His bountiful mercy.
preserved me and brought me back
here, safe and sound. after all I've
been through, to spend my last
of my own family and cheered by
the laughter and love of children.
TIE feeling has been growing on me
strong these last years that my
mothers prayers were being an
swered and that God was leading
me by the hand. and so | have Just
given my heart to Him and | feel
that the sins of my past are blotted
out and that | am a child of God"
No cant about 1t; no air of hy-
pocrisy. The old outlaw, six feet
tall, $50 pounds in weight. massive
in form, with his strong. fOrceful
looking face, sat there talking in a
low voice. tenderly, but very earn
estly, and while he was talking
friend in motor car stopped in
front of the house and a woman's
CHEEKY voice called;
"It's time for Sunday School. I'm
Gle Cole"
I'm ready,"he sang out, and then
he said to his visitor: Well have
to end this visit now. but I'll see
you again after meeting"
In the tabernacle of the Christian
church. where three hundred child
rem met in Sunday School. Cole
Younger sat back where breeze
blew in an open door. and he took
on his coat to be more comfortable.
but when the preaching began he
put on his coat and moved down In
front and Joined in singing the
chorus Of
IT'S great change for me.
A great change for me!
o now ] am happy.
From sin I've been set free;
From out of the darkness I've step
ped into light.
And tits a great change for me.
He went to the meeting at night.
and when the evangelist asked him b
70 pray he stood up and repeated b
the Lords Prayer. c
Our Father which art in hsay- :
an |
He stumbled little ON the last
part OF it. not because he had for
gotten it-he can repeat whole
'napters from the Bible-but be-
'ause he was nervous. II
That was my first public pray
", he said afterward. mot my II