Show JUS I KNEJL1S I 1 I I SOX I 01A mighty hard on him Mid Hit diacun t mighty hard on old Joo lltidger loloolu IMII hI4 plewlie anti Go to the poor firm Hut I d know but Its jedic silent OD him for a sonrr old critter you Yont r Ill it days tralel mid baIdes thT 1 ill aint I 11001111 bill an InIldI And o coffer und I know Ito olllt IIICD huld is church for years yi neighbor Its jdllI1onl for dint 11II1IIt vas Dileo lurlY iell Us 1 10 and now he the last of 0111 is I lit 11 lair WUf 10 IJCtulUe n loUOIcr II aboiyo us all that tho wny 01 Ibo Irnll gresFdr Is I hard The tuhjirt of the ilcuoons roinnrU I castle Bhntntng down tho duty road pact I the deacons well nllil burns and broad Odd to u forlorn TROD flown nlmoitt hid din amon thornnUly growing hunhofl find trcc Tile old man entered the IIOUBO And shut tho door hard TmniRnssor he lUlittcrcd Well If Im n tmimgrpffflornnd the I ordsn IIIHI Ibln 1110 for tilT slam Uly IDoon o pull Ihmonll Is cruillird down n1 Ill linin over Hut It aint liir fault for lucks been DR In Ole very wncu jorby throw me User and I1mrlOlI the one who rbllCl mo anti ArAs i alwnys my i ncrny man and boy I dont blame her HO irn llo overprrsiuidctl her and I gncsi her folk wouldnt let her Walt for mo lie wall > ouu tr and hud more money than 1110 1 alwa3m hoped to SLO him huuiblid 1 but them aln t no Joe tlco In this > orld for has pronpuIn In the city and le Rot to go to the poor farm Polka nay I cant support myself and that the young lawyers all right to forrduu tile ruortgngc that Ills father was too roy with me Its tt rr ble hard It mews all my heart would break The tuira were running down the old mans cluvks and hit wlthcml frarao shook with sobs It wasnt much of n place that he was leaving Die bright roy of the oellln sun showed u poor baro room with great bunclnsot hcrba hanging bem and there I and stmtching train ivall to wall Pier the tiny stove were strings of dried applon Itll gottln late he mid drearily and I guess Id bettor go out to tho shed and fnil the home Ilon a poor wornout title erblo critter llko mo and the selectmen say ho ought to ho kill d Ilut hos all I havo and Ill try to provide for him whllo I his lives I Ho had foil tho liorM and faltonod tile old blanket around the wretched bcoit and had turned to go Into Ho house when ho heard a slight noise behind him as If some ODD wo ermping StWIthilY orer the old boards Ilo remembered fearfully thai a man had boon Lilted at tho intern a few nights Ixforo and the murderer had I escaped II Is kneei shook with l terror as lie turned r iD arround and saw crouching In a dark our nor 8 man with n white face and burning oyci Tho man shrunk closer to tho wall as the old man approached Thorn was lust light enough for JiMiili > llmlgcr to Era that haggard fnoo and as his eyes rcfltcij upon It his heart Icaptxl vIthln him Ho know that fees Ilo had 1 Ken It 1 a hundred tliuoti It was tho taw of that mans ADd fcopliys eon Instinctively he knew why Sophys nan was crouching In the shed Ho had killed the man In tho tavern and was hiding from justice Well he had come to too wrong place this tlmo The stranger rallied his head and said In o hoawo whisper Im hungry and sick YOII1l hooD mercy OD me and give sue I something to eutl Why should I have mercy on you John Cray said the old man harshly I Youre murderer Youvo killed a man No 110 the dry white lips faltered l They re hunting me for It but I didnt do It so help mo dod didnt Dont let them lab met Youni lylnwa > the contemptuous anowvr Sou Im hurt Im woundod They shot at me Im Blurring with hunger and dying with thirst You am an old man You will die Homo day perhaps soon and It wont make your dying hour any colder I to remember you rufus to bo uitrclfnl Merciful I What had this old nun w panlcd h > his uelghl rs as one out of tho fold to do with ineriyf Ho who had bruuded over his wrongs and longed for vermeancaon hU ca 11JYbY iJlou < Lho spiiro this Vf I TTioSlnii of foT Whim I shall Ixi vliltcd on tho children Togire Ulnt i = ollira that mans son mer to juntlou would hq right Uo neglect portuntty l of hum bllng his enemy woultl bowrong perhaps then wns a reward offered for the capturo of tho murderer and ho would uhtalu It If ho had n certain amount of money ho could not be fomil to go to the poor farm The old Man stood there his head thrown bad his eyes gleam log with unholy joy The fogitivo Toy quUo Etlll on the floor The old horso rubbed his head against Joseph Jo-seph llmlgcrs shoulder and whinnied Then Sophys son raised hU ryes and looked straight at his InMoruWo Judge The old man sldverrd Thoe cjrswro Sophys eyes dead Sophys eyes and onco she Total looked at him In that way long ago Ho could not do It Ito could not bo tray Sophys son Come ho said I and ho drugged the wok creiituru Into the houu and git lilin food and put him Into his own bed That night and many other nights Jonph ulgir nursed rojliys son until ono night ho saw a rhanga In him and knew that the mail wan going to die Thou nil thu teachings of Ills youth uimo back to ten olil man Hill ronu who wad BDllig to dlo lnmxMtiht with iin nom ftstul sin on his mikil would go to eternal uuufflini < nt and hunt lorenz In unmiuich obI llret The gW loan full on his knotn and tried 0 Ooil Iw imrclful1 ror Illto me If IM Twit rebellious nbout Tooth my farm anti bcln v aupcr and hear my prnjcr Oho this poor ulnner onoinoro ohantu DUIIt let him die unrepentant for thy buns saW A hand touched Ibo gray hair and n ftuik Noloo mid Am I dlngl IlYce my Imr boy yesl Jut tlvn llm iloor opened lolintly anti tho dttirmi ani the sheriff stood on tho tlircsholJ The old man flung himself before hill patUnt LLthlmnlono Iroerled IDil anything you llko to me hut la him dlo In iKacu I ooulJnt Ixtruyhlui Ito Is I SOIhy soil rhndsn voice from the bed said 41L confers my Built I killed the min but Indml I not dillbiratoly I struck him in angir Id Two drinking Sheriff takedown take-down my > urd This poor old man Is goIng go-Ing to a Ills fairin Ilia MOmelOoney lOud t wont him 10 halo It oil too Itsna n stranger and hu look mu In A strangiT a stringer and ho took lobo lu riff and tho deacon took off their huts IK fora tho dnuUo lu > tiryot dentil for tile 01ol1lllln0 head had sunk dowlI until un-til It rstedon Ibo dead IIIAnd pillow To ocph Datlger had gone far Ir Unit tho need 111 onuv far from his llttlo farm With his arm around this nick of hU enemys on ho had inurul IIto ovirlastlng lla IOn lost |