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Stole His Red-Fire knaves, I think ye be all the King's enemies." Using a favorite oath he
hundred and thirty killed and eight hundred prisoners transported." Three
would cry, “Jesus God, how can the truth come from a Presbyterian!" Returning in 1685 from the trials of the poor peasants in the Western coun ties on charges of adhering to Mon
generations
mouth’s Rebellion, he boasted of "three
later
his
granddaughter,
the Countess of Pomfret, going into those same counties, found the memory of the "Bloody Jeffreys" so fresh in
mind that she deemed it the part of prudence to forego her visit.
Boston, Mass.
Stole His Red-Fire BY EDGAR WHITE
BOUT once every five years the Missouri papers pass around Sena
tor Vest's tribute to the dog as hisv prize oratorical effort. Most people have forgotten the many brilliant things the "Little Giant” was constantly sending
happy combination of his client and dog, he thought of Vest's speech. "Ah ha!" said Dan;
“that hits this
case on all fours; the jury can’t get away from it; just watch me.” Of course Dan was talking to himself
out on the clear Missouri air, but the
there.
tribute to the dog has not been allowed to die. When the thing was started on its first round in Northern Missouri it
he took up the evidence of the state in his usual adroit style and hammered it
was the cause of a disastrous verdict against a poor farmer of the New Wales neighborhood, and what made the matter
the more pathetic was the farmer had never heard of Vest and his dog speech till the day of the trial. The farmer, a large, stolid man, was on trial for disturbing his wife's peace.
He was accompanied at the hearing by a yellow dog, the only friend he had,
When his time came to argufy
to pieces. And then: “Gentlemen of the Jury:
The best
friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those
whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith.
The money that a man
has he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment
apparently. The dog lay beside his master’s chair, an eager observer of the
of ill-considered action.
proceedings. Dan R. Hughes, a young lawyer, appeared for the accused farmer. Dan was somewhat given to poetic
who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud
flights himself, and when he noticed the
upon our heads.
The people
