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Show A MOTHER'S CUI1SE. i " ..I. Mra. RamnrU Called liown Vt-nccttiicp m the llvittU or IIi Bfin'a l.iieiulm. Mrs. Kerclda Snuitu-Is, mother of thoto iioturloiiH ImndltR, train robbers and ex-guerrlllnH, tho Into lamented JfMe nml the still living but reformed Frank Jnini's, tn reported lying t-crl-ottsly 111, vvltli but Might hopo of her recovery, Mild tho lliillulo Inquirer, In a recent Isaac "I'll never forget," said a irentlcinan recently, "tho kccno when slin caught the first view of Jesse's (lend face In that littlo umlcrtnlier's shop In St. Joseph, w hrru tbo body wns removed aoon nfter Huh Ford hilled tho notorious) notori-ous) outlaw "Sho lind nged years In tho fJiort twentyfoiir hours hlncu her hoy fell a victim to tho treachery of ouo ho bnd bofilemleil. Sho seemed (dunned by Iti, trni.nilv. I ln. for (vvmitv ti!(rti llio trngcily. Here, lor tvventv years nml more, fdio bnd lived in tbo full hnowledifo Hint every hour of each day might hrliig her tidings that one or both of her boy bad met with n violent vio-lent dentil, hut when It camo tho shock well-nigh shnttered her reason. "The leo box In which Jesse's liody lav vvnn opened, nnd for full two mln-uteH mln-uteH the grny-lmlred mother looked on the fnce of her deml Mill', then nil her vigor hcemed to return, her bout flguro straightened up, nnd In tones which autld be heard half a block nvvay Mm began mtch a tlrndu nt nbuao ngnliu.t IiIh slnyern nn I never could hne Imagined Imag-ined mortal mind capable of framing. "Whether It was in answer to her prayers I iiiii not prepared to any, but certain It Is that Chnrllu Ford never knew nu instant of pence from the, day thntJuhso wni shot, tlullko Hob, he, did not ovuu protend to conceal Ida renl feelings under mi nlrof bnivndo Itoth boya vvero in mortal terror every minute until l'rnnli nurreudered Hint lie would cross their path unexpectedly aomo day nnd that their lives would pny tho forfeit. Hob bid this fenr by asfiumiiign blustering boldness, which nt times lie v as fur from feeling. Ills was tho stronger character of tho two Charlie, on tho contrary, passed his nights In restless sleeplessness and his days In terrified expectancy of ven-genucc. ven-genucc. Even the abort period ot he. curity which ho enjoyed vvhllo Fraulc wns In etihtody iiffurdid no lastlni; peace for hi in. Ant-yoii ns KrnnVwas released tho old terror returned with renewed force, uud so preyed upon his nerves that bo noon becamo n mental wreck 1 1 drove him to a suicide's gravo nt InsL" s |