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Show SKLKCTKI). A STOllY OP WKSTF.K.V IIA.C- i;. Somo years ago, when the West w;is a comparatively new country, an individual in-dividual presented himself at the door of a log grocery in tho settlement ol which we write and asked if there was a Judge in tho place. Upon being informed in-formed that tho store-keeper himsell wax a Judge, tho stranger proceeded : "Well, Judge, vou see the fact ol the caso is this : I war travltn' a!oug with a pardncr down hero a pirce, an' he showed rue a silver dollar which he had. Well, I wanted the money, and when ho wasn't lookiu' I popped him under tho ear with my pistol. Then 1 took his silver and tobacker and cum along; but I got to thinkin' the matter over, and I don't think I did just the right thing by my pardncr. iMy con-shuns con-shuns has been troublin' me, and I think I ought to be hung. Jvow, Judge, if it wouldn't bo too much trouble, I'd like to have you try me and have mo hung. If you doubt the fact, in tho case, there's the dollar I took from my pardner, and you'll find hii remains down the road a piece under a log. I'll feci obliged to you, Judge, if you will have me hung." The Judge told the stranger to make himself comfortable over at the hotel until he could send some men down the road to investigate the matter, and if they found the body he would call a jury and try the stranger, as was desired. de-sired. The dead man being found, the Judge summoned a jury, and sent word to the stranger at the hotel, that if ho would step over to the store they would give him a trial. The stranger appeared immediately, ho shook hands with the Judge and jury, invited the Court to take a drink, and appeared grateful and satisfied with the proceedings. The trial proceeded socially, and the very tcuder-hearted jury brought in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree.. A look of anxiety, which the stranger had worn up to the time, laded from his lace as he stood up to receive his sentence, "You have been found guilty," said the Judge, "of the crime of manslaughter, for which you are undoubtedly penitent." Here the stranger again began to get anxious and uueasy. '"And if," proceeded the Judge, "it meets with your approbation, we will try to hang you next Sunday morning, at 11 o'clock. In the meantime try to make yourself as comfortable as possible." pos-sible." i he stranger looked a little sad, and the Judge asked him if he wasn't satisfied, sat-isfied, it' there was anything he could do fur him. "Judge, I hate to be particular and fussy," said the stranger, "but bavin' the ague and lever, the chills come on at 10 o'clock in the mornin', an' if you could have me swing off before that I should feel obliged." "Of course," says the Judge, "we always respect a party's feelings. No trouble at all. Come round at 9 o'clock aud maybe we'd get through before church time." Sunday morning at 9 o'clock, the stranger came out ofthe hotel and proceeded pro-ceeded to the grocery. There he met a deputation of citizens, one of whom threw a laiiat over the limb of a tree, and, as soon as the stranger had taken a chew of tobacco and shaken hands ail round, they hauled him up. Ex. |