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How a Grave Saved a Grave Situation
By A. B. WILLIAMS
As ;t Hiitiiin' Ui nil othi TH that sin'b
wayt-s must In- paid.
An tt I umt time-worn buildings nut (
Wi'atht'r-beaten .muses, a "hou-l";
and a store; j -Srifod duly was arraigned lufure a
A pehuolhoup Avht-re the yun-t Jury and a marl
H.-'tened liuliviilly to tho
wteVs HtilMcquire their A It t"s; ,
AU nearly overshadowed Willi a
virgin Krowth of trees !
You'd Utile think, with casual
KlaiiL-o at Opliii fiend today,
A'iwlonlnt that relic in Us Hum-,
nulent decay.
That it wan onec a teeming vunii
uf h thousand souls or u.
And yielded up in iiillUuiis u
Htreaiutf yellow glow.
Now, If you were, observant, your ;
Klanee would mirely dwell i
Vpon another antique who'd es-
caped Time's muffled knell.
Sitting neath the hotel porch tu ;ui
old-time barroom chair.
KewtH a venerable relict with a vu-
ennt, Kteuilv Mure.
IUh face ts heavily enshrouded in
a win w white buhy heard.
Like the patriarchs of old whom
the Israelites revered.
A bulldog- pipe' re.stH In his mouth 1
from which no mnoko (uupnd.s--Thn
composure of a statue with the r
silence which attends. 1
You'd he told that he was "goofy"
If you .should inquiry make, 1
Hut peaceable and haiKiless and ,
endured for old times aake. j
Say, you might approach him
he's a pleasant sort of chap,
And has u fund of information
stored beneath his frowzy cap.
fume on, I'll introduce you it may!
he worth your while; , '
You'll find him really sociable, I
without a hint of guile. She'd heard n man was hunt; here
"IJow-de. Cap; here's a stranger i by the name of Daniel Kneed 1
would like a chat with you; That that was her father's name ,
Might regale him with some his-; was he victim of the deed? I
tory and old-timers that you She wanted information if about I
knew." the case I knew,
! And what would I suggest as the
"How-do. son. How are ye? Ah.j host for her to do. j
it does me good to Jee j j
A stranger take an interest in an'" 'Holy mackerel!,' thinks I. 'here
old worn-out like me. 1 "In uru A pretty mess.' I
Olve you some ancient history? I And my wit went gallcyvantin I
AVell, I got some cached away I ill readily confess. !
In this hald-hcaded dome of mine, j Then I said to her. 'Now. miss. I'd ,
, go!n' back to early clay. j advise you Just to wait, '
Say, son, but before I begin a-; And I'll do what's in my power to:
sprcadin of my patter. I 't this matter straight. !
.Might I ask fur some tobacky?' I'M round up the men in camp and !
You know' it helps the chatter. nnike investigation. i
And we
witnesses' report.
Sneed was allowed his chunco to
put forth his dvfense.
And then upon a verdict wo were
ready to commence.
Tlie defendant was found guilty, j
then we argued for awhile;
For hungiu' was the most of us,
but some favored an exile.
Uut after much discussion we
unanimous agreed
That the rope should be his end,
and so it was decreed.
"The proeccdiu's were quite regu
lar and entirely undisputed.
And from a tawny pine tree limb
Sneed was duly executed.
And when we allowed lie's dead us
ever he would be
We planted htm in proper form
neath the execution tree.
We then went 'bout our business
as tho nothln had occurred,
And 'twas soon a closed affair that
we gave no further word.
A report' got into print u few
weeks later on
In the San Krancisco papers, but
we heard no more anon.
"Time flitted by and no one the in
cident revived.
When one evenin' to the camp on i
the stage a maid arrived.
It Just happened that I was the
first one she approached
And with few preliminaries her
cause of errand broached.
And tln-n and there we all agreed
to Abner Veedei's pluti.
And solemn bound the compact
from thu lips of every num.
" 'And now,' nays Abner. 'let's get
busy upon the other grave:
And each man. while we're at it,
tnut silently behave."
And In your misfortune, in it. Iu0U A,ul 1 know it s very certain 1 can't
sympathy ve feel. ' much prolong my stay.
Your ilutUly was a good man from Ami I can see no harm, now
the heart out to the peel.' they're marshalled over yon.
She knelt .town bv her nappy's . A-tellm uf this Incident that
grave and. bursting into sobs, have just dwell upon.
Spent a few moments in a Kib'f Now. 1 suppose ihere has been
which gave us all some throbs. place J in the ureal recordm'
She gathered H flowers from book
among the "laparral " A murk against us all, but I fancy
w t you look
The company oTfers tho warniiitf
to never risk an Icy pavement
without J'yrenc tiro chains, unit
suvm voitr c;ir will n!vny be sure
footed mid under
ihelr chains.
f
Tiny lif -IK whteh h
control with , dorntunt for possibly i'UO.ooiJ.Ouu
years, have been revived by fr. C.
1 1 H. lapman oi tho University of
In I'HllforitiM.
J!IIIIIIIIIM
And niacin" them upon the
sobbin'ly bid it farewell.
grave
'As soon a& she returned those who
could th" courage inusti
And with picks and shovels, wo Pikc kindly words of comfort.
went out i"tu the night
And 'bout fift" yards from Sneed's,
by a lantern's guarded light.
We made a dummy grave and
made It to appear
As tho it was a littto old by put-
tlu' on a smear
Of old leaves and pine needles, and
I'm a-lellin' you
We did a rather artful job before
we all withdrew.
"Next morn in the young' lady
quite early was astir,
And by previous agreement Abner
was escort to her.
Kin like a broncho buster.
She departed the next day with a-
. geiitle. friendly greelln"
And straightway we. resolved our-
sWves into another media'.
Kcinomber, boys.' says Abner, 'we
must keep up the pretense; i
That girl must never know how her1
father journeyed hence.
We'll keep Ihe matter to ourselves
until death releases all.
And have a final reckonin' when
we get the Judgment call.'
'As I said at the beginniu'.
was seventy year ago,
that
You'll find it sort o' softened by a
not" of what we did
To keep her filial faith preserved1
and her pap's transgressin' hid.;
"Son. might 1 have another pipe
from your tin of aiuukc lubacky?
A pretty goodish grade you use
shorely is. by cracky.
And tpuff. puff I'm really glul
you culled on me today,
He pleased lo have you cal' ag ile,
tho It's probable you may : 2
Kind me among the missin', for Ihi-jES
end is draw in' near.
And a man ain't yut nun-h lo-a i ' ; 22
after passin' ninety year. ,22
Say, do you know my mind seems 22
to sort it" be at rest '
Now that this long-kept secret at j
last is off my chest." 2
pgl3pgl
She was taken to her puppy's ' And te pledge has not been brok-
grave and then a scene occurred
That put a shame upon me an' my
eyes got sort o' blurred.
en. at least so far's I know.
I have stayed here all these years
and kind of kept a guard
'There,' said Abner, 'Is the grave ; To see the spot was not molested
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wherein your daddy lies.
and by no vandals marred.
Ho met a most untimely death, , Three or four times since then the
there's no one? hero denies. j lady has returned '
Another new national advertis- 22
He was the victim of a bad man too And went over to the spot, but lira (ng account added to the .Mail Trl j 22
ready with his gun
Who we drew up to a limb
that end was justice done.
truth she never learned
to ( Tho last time she came hero she
! was gettiu' old and gray
J'Twas nigh on thirty year ago
" 'You can see right over there nn- an' I guess she's passed away.
otlior HMI.i m mi ml ' '
Where the man who "done" your To my knowledgo nn tne omy m me popular mutton oi im-M? m-v -daddy
was planted In tho one .of that group's that left , essary accessories for aulos (luring
cround: ' today,
liu nes columns, owing to its thor- 'jg
ough coverage of this trading area.
caused by its super-news service. 1 22
is the I'yreiie tiro chains, manufac- 1 22
lured bv the I'vt ene company, one 2
t the winter season.
WestemAuto's" FiVSt ml Ollllf
Thankee, sir.. And now (puff
puff) just where will I begin
And report to you tomorrow all my j
gathered Information.
IvO me see.
What tsori u tale j 'All right, and thank you, sir,' she
might you like to hear ine spin?
"fioniclhiu of the. past, huh? Well.
now, what shall it lie?
Kay. son, an event of Interest has
just occurred to mo.
L)o you sec that little clcarin' over,
thar on yonder hill?
That has a history Unit I guess
just about would fill the bill.
We'll backward have to go for
some seventy year or so.
When fills camp was just beginniu'
on Its steady feet to go.
This has been a compact secret
that I've long kept stored away
Uut all the rest are dead and gone
so here goes the tale today.
"Welt, as 1 said before, when this!
modestly replied
Then returned to the hotel and
qulekly stepped inside. ,
"You bet I warn't slow in spread
in the news around.
And In less time than nn hour each
man in camp was found.
Like when you molest an ant, as .
probably you've done.
It won't be two seconds till the
j wholo nest's on tin run.
: I explnlned the situation to the as- i
scmbled group. f j
And 1 never saw thpHnpfrit of that '
i camp take sTieh a droop. (
i .lust what we were to do was a puz- !
zle shore to us.
And Wf'd just about begun tn think !
1 got tangled in a muss, ;
W cf the year, folds Saturday; Zfec. 15 -
Just a few more days of time
iro- et a. art j r
de
"I'n til by mutual consent we
ferred to Anner Yeeder I
As ve always louked on him as a
general sort of leader.
'Well, boys.' says he, 'fust thing.
camp was very young
It warn't a far stretch from crime!
to a man a-beln hung.
Wo pi'neers had to formulate our i
own order and our law. (
And justice shore was speeuy anu t uUM.0'H ,,nt t,t be another grave
It made the halter draw. j hut's the only one solutioji the
Now, there was an unwrit law that t jay ls KO(nK to imVe.
in a game of poker $ Th(1 on(, ther(1 lf u.r fmiier we
You had to play tt on the square j won't disturb that pint.
and not try any joker. ; make a dummy of another a
Which law wus well observed and: pnort riHillll(.p fPOI11 the pot.
mnn played it on the level, Then we'll report her father was
They took their losses dignified,; murdered bv n seamp. .
seldom tried to raise tne ue n. , A)(, th.(t Jt wnK ll)is mnri,.P,.r
w ho'd been strung up nt this
"Hut there was one exception a
man named Daniel Kneed
Ua overworked nbmo tn booed stuff
that was very raw indeed.
We might have dealt more lenient
for this Bteppin oler the bounds
Hut suspicion rested on him upon
some other grounds.
So when he was detected a-cheatin
with the cards.
And for time-honored customs a-
showin' no regards, .
Uut one thing was there to do an
example must he made
camp.
."And we'll further say to her that'
the news that she had heard
Had got confuted in transit and Mini
facts were badly blurred.
Itut let me tell you If this plan is J
the one agreed upon.
We'll have to all stand by it until;
each of us is gone. !
We must make a solemn vow the
secret, to maintain. j
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