Show my mm M y favorite stories ida S 3 COBB what aunt avint myra desired they brought a larky darky out of the jail in a north worth carolina town with intent to hanf bau bim him fr murder title this was la in the day when capital punishment was publicly inflicted As an a special mark of attention the of the murder ere ers victim waa permitted to witness te me event arini a position of vantage directly facing the fallows gallows she had bad a ort sort of small grandstand rigged up nd ud all he had decorated it with bunt las ins and when the march to the md astete st ete there she eat mat in a white mother hubbard wrapper gently agitating a pIm leaf fan tan flanked nd sur rounded by relatives 1 friends and dwar als er members of tr lc lodge the preliminaries went forward according to toe ritual when the cat 4 damned had been properly trussed rp with tu the noose dangling gibout hie his deck the sheriff he riff holding the slack cap in bis his hand edde up to him and cald said well jim we were ke about 11 ready if youve got anything to say any I 1 reckon this would be its a mighty food good tima to my aalt it yak xa tub sub said the doomed 1 I baa has go to say may I 1 jet jest wants to eay tay dat I 1 ie in fully pentad n fur I 1 done I 1 taken it to de bawd in prayer an I 1 knows it a all right wid ilam I 1 oat ast de fedgo kh tried and do perse persecution cutin attorney an de foreman of de jury et ef they bore boro 4 any grudge ulab ne trie and alt all they said they did not an now ov I 1 kin go right straight to hebben an art nestle in de bosom of fati fail er abraham ef only I 1 kin git de feral anesa of dat alger lady yonder dowise d wife of de man I 1 kil t t 11 lie ile lifted mice dressing addressing the vl ite clad figure in front of him lady he entreated does you fer give me fur eho sho otin yore husband six times wid a foty fol caliber revolver excepting that her inder i lip jutted out a trifle farther there was as vo no slin ehe she had beard heard him she calmly on the darky on the scaffold pled again ain lady be he pleaded for de secona time tinie I 1 abea you aint you please ma am gwine forgive me anel I 1 fitial from froin her there was no response it at was as thourl she had not heard him blin the sympathetic sheriff felt moved to add his intercession aunt myra he be called jim here will be kola away from us in a minute and we dont expert expect him back surely you dont entert entertain aln any bard hard fet llna against him win now wont you peak speak to him and let him go to in ceacer peace this une line the vo durate widow shook her hearl head in u n emphatic negative yet still sho uttered no sound the sheriff turned to the condemned he be said you see how bow it Is that old woman Is set in her ways the use of bastin any more time on an her Bes besides idea its lea hot as the devil out here and I 1 to be b gettin on home to dinner just I 1 fold old still a second and we can have this hll evor mr lucas sobbed fobbed jim lemme see ef I 1 still can cant t soren dat womans stony heart lady he cried ont out wid mouty nig nigh my dyla aref I 1 begs you fur jest word I 1 aint hopin hopla no mo me dat forgive roe me but won t you please maam jest peak to me an tell me what a in yore fohir soul and now she did speak she motioned ed with her tan fan as though it had been a baton of authority and in impatient tone tonett she lie said sald go on git hune hung ot it by tho tb central pross association |