The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. [1], Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 1875 Page: 1 of 4
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JAOKSBQRO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY,«
. 30, 1875.
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THE BEAUTY OF OLD AUE.
I often thiuk of *•>« tottering forut
That lluip* along in llfe'i decline,
Once bore a heart an young, as warut, '
" kllofiiultaa* uiiuot
tta tlreauu of joy.
IU own uneqoalod, pure romanoe;
Commencing with the bluahlng boy
i Flnt thrilled at lovely woman'* gluuee.
And each oould tell hU tale of youth,
Would think It* aoenea o|f love avlape,
Yeal thajreeuM tall of trader laya,
At midnight penned In claaalc ahadea, ■
Of dajra mora bright than modern day*,
And Inaldi more felr than modern' ■ "*
maid*.
iki #' '• I'SV-
Of whlapeh la the will] ng ear;
bluihlngokeek,
frr too .dear
<*«W.
Ittodor betrayed—
i early loat,
fct bloaaonwd but tq Had*.
andM*«ea(ayt%
d noble brow,,
]i «i«U paaaed aWiy, -
w* aee thpta now. :
human lore J- r. . .u
DrallathlngF j
'a brlghteat vblon mow
I'areatleaa wlngf >
thatatlljafrebright.. J$
that talk of bfl«, rf
aoMrto-aigbt.
you like iu there, you know,"jantl a scuffle, and saw the legs |ed with htm in n low tone for
the peddler added, with a wink.
\VTien the two men were ready
to depart, the peddler took a
large wallet from the valise on
his saddle-bow and paid the
smith. The peddler seemed'to
make a rather ostentatious ex-
hibition of this " wallet, which
was' crammed with bank notes
and gold.
The two men rode off toge ther,
and the smith cleared his place
and ctoedit for night.,uiv
In clue time the peddfer and
his new. friend reached the
Traveler's Best,. and told the
landlord they would sleep in the
outbuilding in the tea*, in whieh
^WAM1 .AVOMI ' "PhA
of the peddler protrude from
the curtains. There was a
souffle and a suppressed cry,
and the next moment the ped-
dler bounded from the bed and
ran, screaming " Murder!" tow-
ard Scott's bed, holding Mb
valise at arm's length. Two
men followed the fugitive, and
Scott, horrified and terror-strick-
en, slippedfromhis bed o^ the
|iar side, and hid himself in a
closet. He Iteard groans and
blows, and the sound of retreat-
ing footsteps; then all was still.
The next instant, however, the
door opened, hasty footsteps
were heard Along the floor,, and .young map.
several minutes. Tim prosecu-
cuting officer, theu spoke with
the Judge, and after -a few sec-
onds, beckoned an. officer and
whispered to him u few words.
Mr. Steele, the blacksmith, was
recalled to the witness stand by
Mr. O'Brien, who said:
"Mr., Steele,, you ar<3 an old
and experienced blacksmith,
are you not I"
"Yes, sir," Steele, answered
with a perceptible tremor of
voice.
"Did you ever work at your
trade in HoMeroess P'
".Yes, sir, . when I was a,
dler's. It was discovered in the; iahDowUiiftFuM
ash heap at the back of the
smithy. Steele and his son
were convicted and sentenced to
be hanged, and both uVtldw a
full concession to the following
Sttoela,. $?., resolved on tho
robbery and uiurder, if needs
were, of the peddler, immediate-
ly after he discovered that the
man was posseted of u large
sum of moaey^f After the ped-
dler and bis companion had
i.; ; "r ■
quitted the Ina^Uiy, Steele clos-
ed it, aud commuaioatgd to his
;oii his design respewtng the
peddbijf.. The Aon, who was a
there were several beds. —The{ the curtains of Soott's bed were
hastily draws. The visitant,
whoever ho was.uttered an oath
Said there were good
tare, and
promised to make them com-
fortable. - The peddler reared
fii^t, And the stranger remained
beWl to have wpper and ling-
er wr«/r his ale; ., ■ At
o'clock he went to the
* five minutes later tho
of disappointment, and hurried
for some timt>
ScottCame forth from the closet,
and found'the peddler lying on
itenfole dilemma, and saw at
""Anything peouliar in the
manufacture of herse-shoe nails
in thatdistrlot, Mr. Steele I"
^.1 think there is, sir."
*Pray tell us what that pe-
culiarity-is, Mr. Steele."
"The head is divided like, in
the middle."
" Anything like the head of
that nail used as a wedge in
the handle of that haauner, Mr.
Steele t" the counsel asked,
scheme? Both
start after the
ahead ortbem
but the #nni%
if "
have; to
about to
I
bridlepath,
•his. plan,
would
the
inn to
which
was; well
outbuilding la w:
w n* H
S, S. Cox writes the folio*
Many years ago I was one i
party in Washington city, when*
South and North vied' with eack'/f
other in convivial life. Another
of t ho party was Gen. Dawson,, |
member from W« W n Pennsyl-
vania, whose homestead
Albert Oaltatin'aokd home.
was ah i
recall somewhat
chat he is gonet he
of V
part of
voasing.--^
to a little
around the ta
twbl'
t he would be eus-
orm
observed the light put
mmmmM
murdered the
stricken, he
to sleep. * Ha
fore, that they
neither thaped
and
mwk.
m
dressed
tffe. j"' '■ 1 . ■ ■
tbe itftble.
spl
Inn, te-
In nia
his lips
" Vh" *®i*
end1 la a
Mr
«s
hadUl biwd tn
the
he had seen
blacksmith
bha,aiid*drtad
been an observer i
deedand
to Conin
of him Just'ont-
on the rOadto
-a
sa# U In
mmmm
mmm
?<
s, was
lawyer
i'.r !!
counsel,
th^M
reacapfe. Th«
- .hJL' ■ •,
to Thi« ; blac
hissonRich-
atd^the
1
uurtoheuialso,
seoe^ ftr«t<taH' Om laoilOrd of
pittbf who swore tbat SteU'
ed tKe* oeddier to take tiie
-room when he wanted to oo aay that a'
MS
out-room when he wanted to go Wf
|to another inn, vH the offlH wj*
who found Abtr wCth thefl
Idler's valise in hifl poasessio^
[murdertiadbeen comMtted w
■■^■on the trla
Jf*
tonh
blessed little
that the moon
for somea|
a^wses,
ith's havi
e nail from the old
the jury. Ode of l?hemi -
irtted to' Afe court thai it WM
of the
from
o-aotee. Wi
time, arid presently
steps in. the v?tfom.
momentthe,
court
''*§> shoeing bam-
been mfldc in
driven ltinto the
to
flmony waaNgiven which showed
tliat tlie blackfinith and Ws fpn);
home, the
Sir • -
or some
i&ili
babo^re
this waa
o o
$' Hn
d handed it
IP
s it back to
«^p(P S
Im "* '
phec-y, it
1L.
abotrf,v
whei^fe
;hed and. sitid:
tt T«n3r n lnd to sleep
Wg onthbuse, whore
slept before; it's
cauUvke
JiSMiiM
I
Wu gently dinawn, and he saw
a face lodMngdMbltn upon him.
He lay petfoclly xstiU, th(
greatly alarmed. The face
appeared,, and tl^i retreatilng
footstep# were heard. He arose
peered
dls
tiwctly saw two men at the fnr .h-
;er end "W tlte^ room, neiw the
peddler's bed. They,- passed
nd tbe foot of it, and dis^j
xed- at.?
1 moment, he i hrd ri act
it, draw-it frOiiii Mr.
grasp and scrutinised
the most intense interest;,
he leaned on -the dock and
spoke in a hurried tone to his
counsel TSe latter<*ith flnih-
face and hasty' movements^
|rofeWj>yr%; the
>4..
m
on1 of
it of ^ttue. But 'fhiplL
settled &eir ,fhte was fur-
tliejr, had taken ht tbe^ftie of
.erinstiBad of -
'*r
I
and disjn^y,\wh«i/ it opened its
eyes and said; *t haVe been pewTr^
Urn- "^ohii. J"li^%a^'im,.
t bytiMfm
I ofih* prvttuclnuiM^
b^TBI «*
r^'
iiife??
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