Show Nor A SI ILR CASE I A Horse Thief Need pecto Mc I I Texns The oldfashioned Texan had by some strange apportioning ot fate bean put In a room at a crowded hotel with a divinity student from an eater eel lege and the soon established a curt trg ee f versational footing between themslves though the Texan couldnt quite und r stand why the young man ouldnt take a nip for I nightcap Before they slept the talk turned upon t e customs and morals of Texas a exem plfed in lynching the young man arguing I ar-guing alnst it I Gee whiz ou dont reckon we oughtnt to hang a hoss thief do ysi I the Texan exclaimed In tones 01 her rr but without profanity out of def side erenCD to the character of the ether sideIot assuredly not But what ouht we do wIth hm Not let him eit loosC Let the law tae its course febb ItU miss fire ald tle cussU glt awn That Is not our fault If the law I says he Is guiltless you must accept the decision and forgive tha sinner They aint no authorl far that is thar tharThe The Bible hThars nohn thor that cover t1e ground gund Oh yes my friend said the sta dent warmln In his zeal even the I thief on the cross was forgiven For Bore reason the Texan seemed to choke a moment till ha caught his voIce again Aw here young feler he exclaimed exclaim-ed In a tone of expostuton that want no boss thief and the Texan was so serious about It that the young man had to laugh In spite of himself |