4* Condemned 4
( Written Fop The ^Journal By “nemo,” Dota, flrk.
In a dark, gloomy cell a young j
man, with despair written on ev
ery feature, was slowly walking
to and fro. Outside he could hear
the blows of the hammers as the
carpenters erected a gallows. Each
blow fell, as it were, upon his al
ready bursting heart. Great
drops of sweat stood upon hisj
brow which was white and drawn i
with agony. He steps, as he pac-1
■ed his narrow cell, were those of
a man whose nervous tension is
drawn to its highest pitch. He;
heard not the laughter of the
school children as they passed on
their way to school. lie did not
hear the birds singing in the trees
in the jail yard, llis whole txdng
was centered upon the one agoniz
ing thought that in a few hours lie
was to die a shameful death upon
that very scatfold that was being
erected. His agony seemed great
er than he could bear. Soon he
must stand face to face with God,
unprepared.
His past rose up mockingly be
fore him. Each incident of his
childhood jMissed before him. The
■death of his father—why was his!
father taken away from him when ;
he had reached that critical jx'riod /
in all boys’ lives when a father’s
restraining influence and power|
are most needed (
And his mother—oh, my (iod'.j
His heart, if possible, was pierced
more deeply. What must that
mother In; suffering now! lie
knew she could not desert, him,
but that she must sutler with him
suffer every pang he now felt.
Why had he not chosen compan
ions whose influence, instead of I
leading him into the downward
path, would have helped him re- j
sist the temtation to do wrong!
His companions were those who
meant no harm, but were careless
and meant to have a good time in
their estimation. He drank some
— not tie cause he wanted to, but
to “lie with the boys.” He gam
bled some -not for gain, but forj
the excitement the game offered, i
The stakes were only five and ten i
cents. He carried a pistol, he did
not know why, but the other boys !
diil. He never intended to use it
—no, he would not use it tor any
thing. But gradually sank deeper
ami deeper into this lothsome life, j
and <»ie night while under the in-1
fluence of drink and tlie excite
ment of cards lie, in the heat of
passion, shot a comrade whom he
had previously quarreled with.
Now he was waiting the punish
ment of Ins crime. All hope of
escape was gone. In a few brief
hours he would pay the penalty
of his crime with his life Then
eternity. “Oh, eternity, eter
nity," he moaned, “how can I
grapple with the misery that awaits
me there." One consolation, he
thought, is "1 will never see my j
mother on earth. I could not bear
to see her.”
lie was startled by the sound of
the Ixilts as they shot hack and the
door opened to admit his moth
er. She tottered to him with out
stretched arms, and the silence for
a few imputes was broken only by
the convulsive sobs which shook
him all over.
“My son,” she said, in a voice
which was agony itself, "1 had to
see you—had to know that; all was
well between you and God.”
“Mother, heaven is not for
such as 1.” She knelt with him
and, Oh, the agonizing entreaty
she poured forth would have melt
ed a heart of flint. He began
praying for himself. His position
and surroundings were forgotten
in his earnest entreaty to God.
Soon the "light which surpatheth
ail knowledge” beamed into his
darkened and I benighted soul. He
arose to find the kee|>ers with
them, lie and his mother must
part forever.
She clasped him in her arms
and tried to speak words of cheer,
but her lips refused to frame the
words. A dead weight in his arms
told him his mother had fainted.
She was tenderly carried out. He
staggered to his couch and threw
himself prone across it, his heart
bursting with mingled emotions.
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The hour arrived. The jailer
stepped in to lead the condemned
man to execution, lie stepped to
the couch and touched him upon
the shoulder, but started back.
The criminal was dead. He and
his mother were buried in the
same grave.
A GOOD MEETING.
Editor The Journal:
As you made mention of m.v
visit to Cord to hold a meeting I
will give you a sketch of it. 1
went there some two weeks ago
and continued the meeting for two
weeks, with a growing interest
from the start, and as good behav
ior as I ever saw, except Brothers
Stone, J. li. Lewallen, Sifter J.
I. Martin, Sister Reeves, and a
few others, but 1 guess they
couldn’t help it; at any rate they
were not disturbed by the officers
Of course 1 always behave on such
occasions as this. The interest
grew and the lire kindled till it
was said there wasn’t a home or
person for miles around that was
not affected. The meeting was
held in an arbor about 4Sx(> > feet
and it could not accomodate the
immense throngs of people who
would gather to hear the Gospel
preached. At many services there
were above thirty penitents at the
altar. One night there were thir
ty-seven. I think this was the
most far-reaching meeting in effect
that I ever saw. It seemed that
the spirit of the Lord prevaded
every heart. It would be useless
to say that the people of God went
down in sackcloth and ashes and
wrestled, Jacob like, for God to
save their sons and daughters,
husbands, wives and neighbors.
One dear little boy got up in the
1 meeting and says: “Pray for my
dear mamma “ May God send
conviction to that mother's heart
today! The work continu'd till
4-5 precious souls were saved from
sin anil many dark and benighted
homes made happy.
To God be all the glory. I had
Bros. .1. 1. Martin and d. L.
Brown with me part of the time
and Bro. .1. K I>‘\vallen all the
time, but l did nearly all the
preaching. I found one of the
most hospitable pe >ple in and
around Cord that l ever met in
my life. They know just how to
make a tired, care-worn preacher
feel at home. Spice will not ad
I mit my mentioning all the good
homes I had the pleasure to visit,
! but allow me to say that Bro. d. 1.
. Martin has a model family and a
happy home. So has Nathan
Winston, 1. C. Nuckolls, the
brothers Coleman and many oth
ers.
And the people didn’t fail to
make the preacher think that they
appreciated his services, in re
membering him in a tinancial way.
There will ever l>e a worm plaee
in my heart for these people, and
if we meet no more here we hope
.to meet where congregations nev
er break up and pleasures never
end. G. L. Fink.
THREE IN FIGHT; ONE DEAD.
Atkins, Ark., Sept. 30.—A
! tragedy occurred a quitter of aj
mile east of Atkin at 0 o'clock
this evening. A farmer named
! Ratclitfe is dead and two fanners
I named Warner and Sully are me ;
j der arrest in connection with the
1 killing. It appears that the three j
■ men were drinking and became in- |
volved in a row on the public
road. The resu t was that Hat
ch ii’e was family stabbed, dying
about 20 minutes later.
| When taken into custody War
I tier and Sully accused each other of
; killing; Hatchtie. but it is said that
j Warner tinall.x admitted it.
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