The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1919-05-08
CHAPTER KIN.
The Bolt Falls.

' ne bOil ais.
Three times that winter l had seen
benjamin Grim>haw followed by the
Silent Woman clothed in rags and
pointing with her finger.
The trial Of Amos came on. He had
had blood on his feet" as they used
TO say. all the way from LiekitySpht
to Lewis county In his flight. having
attacked and slightly wounded two
! men with a bowie knife who had tried
/ to detain him at Rainy Lake. He had
/ also shot M an officer in the vicinity
I oF IoWVille, where his arrest was eff
4 foeted he had been Identified by all
these men. and 50 his character as a
4 desperate man had been established.
! This in connection with the scar on his
face aud the tracks, which the boots
! of Amos fitted. and the broken gun
stock convinced the jury of his guilt.
! l remember We'll the look OF the
/ venerable Judge Cady as he pro-
+ rounced the sentence of death upon
! Amos GrinShaw. \ ray of sunlight
| slautiug through n window in the late
afternoon fell upon his gracious Coun-
/ teLance. shining also, with the softer
light of his spirit. Slowly. solennly,
! kindly, he spoke the words of doom.
II WAS his way of saying them that
first made NE feel the dignity and
majesty of the law. The kind and fa-
therly tone of his voice put me in
mind of that supremcSt court which
is above all question and which was
swiftly to enter Judgment in this mat
ter and In others related to II.
Slowly the crowd moved out of the
courtroom Benjamin Grimshaw rose
and calmly whispered to his lawyer.
! He had not spoken To his son or
seemed to notice him since the trial
had begun. nor did he now. Many had
shed tears that day but not he. Mr..
/ Grimshaw never showed but one emo
! tion-that Of anger. lie WAS angry
now. His face was hard and stern. lie
muttered rs he walked out of the
courtroom. his cane briskly beating the
! floor.
| The Silent Woman-as ragged as
/ ever-was waiting on the steps out
went her bony finger as he came down.
III buA ki'Al NNA >tA tAh III lttt hAAtl us
cane and shouted in a shriH voice that
rauc cut like a trumpet in his frenzy:
Go way from me. Take her away.
somebody. ! can't stan it, Shes KILN
me. Take her away. Take her away.
Take her away
His face turned purple and then
white. He reeled and fell headlong.
a
lay stiu on the hard, stone pavement.
1t seemed as If snow were falling on
his FACET grew So white The Silent
Woman stood as still as he pointing
nj him with her finger her look I'M
changed. People came running toward
us | lifted the head of Mr. GrimShaw
and laid II on my knee. 1t felt Ike the
head of the stranger in Rattleroad.
Old Kate bent over and looked at the
eyelids OF the man which nuttered
family and were stlll.
Dead she muttered.
Then, as II her work were finished
she turned and made her WHY through
the crowd and walked slowly down
the street. Men stood aside 10 let her
pass, as if they felt the power of her
spirit and feared the touch of her gar
ments
Two or three men had run TO the
house OF the nearest doctor. The crowd
thlckened. As | sat looking down at
the dead face In my lap, lawyer who
had come out of the courtroom pressed
near me and bent over and looked at
tho cot avas of BENJAMIN GrimShav
and said:
"She fioored him at last. knew she