Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-15
Copyright, 1916, by Louis Tracy.

to good advantage" he said, looking
With benignant expression which ut
rely baffled and nUnpiussed the
oman and the men who little while
,efore had been tairsting for his
money or his life. VI
My own personal record now
eases to interest either you or me
cry greatly" he continued. 81 shall
lot buy my life at your hands. Soon
myself shall be with yesterdays
seven thousand years, while you will
20 back into the world, not enriched
1t my expense, but vastly poorer. be-
ause you will carry to the grave the
memory Of one more crime added to
he many which have sullied and dis.
credited the great trust which God
gave when His Spirit breathed an Inn
mortal essence into your mortal
bodies, l want to give you one final
message want you to accept the one
yreat truth common to all mankind.
The chief l might almost say the only,
real driving force In the world Is love.
And love begins and ends. with the
maternal instinct, which Is as strong
n the jungle as in the most civilized
of communities. Every man among
you must have known 1t in greater or
less degree. Even you," and he turned
luminous glance on the withered
md shaking bag, must recall those
early years when you were child at
your mothers breast, II you have had
children of your own, you must have
felt the divine Instincts Of a mother.
You were ready TO risk life itself to
bring a child into the world. You
must have been prepared to sacrifice
that same life over and over again
for the sake of your offspring, while
II was still wee mite looking to
you, and you only, for help and sus-
tenance. l beesech you. then, woman
and men, when you go away from
this house, to search into your own
hearts and inquire whether the self
ishness which now inspires you 10
really worth while II my example can
assist you in finding the better way
| shall regard death as a real blessing.
You will deprive me Of few troubled
years. but l shall count that loss as
a gain II my spirit. wandering in the
unseen, encounters even one soul
which I may have lifted out Of the
pit. l am not mounting vain things.
A man who has little more than
minute to live can, at least. afford to
be candid with himself and others. Il
repeat that ! shall not purchase my
freedom. Do with me as you will, but.
with my last breath, l implore YOU
to pay heed to what have said"
Two-Gun Jake strobe forward. and
stood In front Of the prisoners.
Though one arm was out of action,
the other was as efficient as ever, and
mis- right hand twisted In a bus.ness-
like way towards hip pocket
Boys" he snapped, II needn't tell
my Of you that I'm mighty quick ON
the draw. an, to that extent, what I
have to say must go. l can't talk like
Mr. Burton. but can make my
meanin' clear. We're quits with this
guy. here an now. Is any of you-all
parti'lar anxious to argy the point?"
No one will ever know Just what
might have happened but for the In.
terruption which came from totally
unexpected quarter. Mrs. Evans could
be restrained no longer. She rushed in,
scattering the startled He'll Cats right
and left, and threw her arms around
her son.
That's spoken like my own boy"
she sobbed. II don't care what you've
done. Jake. It's nothin' to me how
wicked you have been. I'm your
mother. and I'd believe in you even
II they was to take you to the chair
this minute, though I've sought for
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