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11 - Life and Adventures of Frank and Jesse James by Joseph. A. Dacus · Life and Adventures of Frank and Jesse James

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  Speaker 1: Section eleven, comprised of chapters thirty one, thirty two, and
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  Speaker 1: thirty three of Life and Adventures of Frank and Jesse
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  Speaker 1: James by J. A. Dakas. This LibriVox recording is in
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  Speaker 1: the public domain recording by P. J. Lando, Chapter thirty
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  Speaker 1: one gold Dust, the Munsey business lying in wait, the
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  Speaker 1: evening train bound from the mining regions Golden Galore, the
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  Speaker 1: train stopped by masked men, and the express car plundered. Quote.
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  Speaker 1: Scores may be found whose errant time know not one
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  Speaker 1: hour of rest, their lives, one course of faithless crime,
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  Speaker 1: their every deed unrest unquote. Munsey is a little wayside
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  Speaker 1: station on the Kansas Pacific Railroad, not many miles from
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  Speaker 1: Kansas City in Wyandotte County, Kansas. The situation surroundings in
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  Speaker 1: small importance of the place in other respects were not
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  Speaker 1: calculated to give it a widespread fame, and yet Munsey
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  Speaker 1: has become a place of historic renown as the scene
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  Speaker 1: of one of the most daring exploits of the most
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  Speaker 1: renowned outlaws of modern times. It happened one dreary December
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  Speaker 1: evening in the year eighteen seventy five. On that occasion,
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  Speaker 1: the program which had served at Gad's Hill, was carried
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  Speaker 1: out at Munsey. A band of armed men, well mounted
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  Speaker 1: and keen and alert, had waited until the eastbound passenger
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  Speaker 1: train on the Great Thoroughfare between the rich minds of
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  Speaker 1: the West and the centers of commerce in the east
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  Speaker 1: arrived near their chosen lair. The topography of the region
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  Speaker 1: and other favorable circumstances rendered the task one of easy accomplishment,
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  Speaker 1: though it involved an exhibition of daring which few men
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  Speaker 1: care to manifest. In some way. The bandits of which
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  Speaker 1: Frank and Jesse James were chiefs, had information that a
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  Speaker 1: large amount of silver and gold was in charge charge
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  Speaker 1: of the express manager on that train. It has been
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  Speaker 1: said that this information was transmitted to them by Jackson Bishop,
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  Speaker 1: who had been a noted guerrilla in Quantrell's command, and who,
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  Speaker 1: subsequent to the cessation of hostilities, had journeyed to the
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  Speaker 1: far West and entered into business as a mining operator
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  Speaker 1: in Colorado. Be that as it may, one thing is certain.
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  Speaker 1: The nights of the road had information that the express
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  Speaker 1: company had treasures in trust that trip, and these they
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  Speaker 1: were ready to appropriate in due time. The train approached Munsei,
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  Speaker 1: there was no sign of warning, and when the engine
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  Speaker 1: came to a standstill at the wayside station in obedience
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  Speaker 1: to a signal, it was immediately taken possession of by
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  Speaker 1: seven men. The engineer and firemen were carefully guarded. The
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  Speaker 1: passengers were admonished and intimidated by the presence of armed
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  Speaker 1: men on the platforms of the cars, whose formidable pistols
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  Speaker 1: seemed to be pointed at each individual passenger, and the
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  Speaker 1: harsh commands of those men were obeyed with alacrity by
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  Speaker 1: the surprised passengers. But the robbers were generous that evening
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  Speaker 1: the treasure in the express car was what they sought.
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  Speaker 1: Individual possessions were as the small dust compared to that.
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  Speaker 1: The express messenger was immediately confronted. Demands were made upon him,
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  Speaker 1: with which he was compelled to comply. The safe was opened,
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  Speaker 1: and then the robbers proceeded to examine the contents of
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  Speaker 1: that treasure box at their leisure. The gain was worth
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  Speaker 1: the daring. Their reward was thirty thousand dollars in gold dust.
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  Speaker 1: The contents of the car were further examined, and the
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  Speaker 1: large amount of silver and other valuables were secured. On
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  Speaker 1: this occasion, the bandits were content with the spoils of
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  Speaker 1: the express car, which it is said amounted to about
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  Speaker 1: fifty five thousand dollars. The passengers were therefore non subjected
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  Speaker 1: to the manipulations of the robbers as usual. The news
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  Speaker 1: of this fresh outrage by bandits was flashed far and wide.
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  Speaker 1: The country was aroused, and in an incredibly short space
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  Speaker 1: of time, many bands of men were abroad in all
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  Speaker 1: directions hunting the robbers. All their efforts proved vain. The
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  Speaker 1: shrewd raiders escaped with their booty. A few days after
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  Speaker 1: the great train robbery at Munsey, a police officer at
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  Speaker 1: Kansas City, in the discharge of his duty, arrested one
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  Speaker 1: Bill McDaniels, charged with being drunk in the street. When
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  Speaker 1: he was brought to the station and searched, articles on
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  Speaker 1: his person were identified as having been taken from the
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  Speaker 1: express car at Munsey. Every possible effort was made to
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  Speaker 1: induce Bill McDaniels to designate his confederates in the train robbery,
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  Speaker 1: but to every proposition he was deaf, and finally, in
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  Speaker 1: attempting to escape, he was shot dead, dying without revealing
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  Speaker 1: the name of his confederates. The bandits escaped. Chapter thirty
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  Speaker 1: two Huntington, West Virginia bank robbery. A band of robbers
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  Speaker 1: in the streets, the people, alarmed, demand upon mister one.
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  Speaker 1: The robbers make off with the bank's funds, capture of
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  Speaker 1: Jack Keene and death of mc daniels the handiwork of
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  Speaker 1: the Jameses shown quote. Where I am injured, there I'll
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  Speaker 1: sue redress. Look to it every one who bars my access.
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  Speaker 1: I have a heart to feel the injury, a hand
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  Speaker 1: to right myself, and by my honor, that hand shall
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  Speaker 1: grasp what Graybeard law denies me. End quote. The James
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  Speaker 1: Boys have always claimed that they were driven into outlawry
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  Speaker 1: by the very instrumentality which organized society has employed to
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  Speaker 1: subserve the ends of justice and afford protection to the
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  Speaker 1: rights and liberties of all, namely the government. This claim
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  Speaker 1: made by them has been partly conceded by a large
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  Speaker 1: class of persons, irrespective of all political affiliations and social relations.
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  Speaker 1: So their wild career was commenced, and so it has
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  Speaker 1: proceeded through many years that the Jameses have been accused
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  Speaker 1: of crimes which they did not commit. There is scarcely
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  Speaker 1: room for doubt. One of the deeds which has been
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  Speaker 1: laid to their charge was the robbery committed at Corinth
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  Speaker 1: Alcorn County, Mississippi. This event happened the same day that
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  Speaker 1: the train was robbed at Munsey, Kansas. The two places
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  Speaker 1: are many hundred miles apart, and of course the Jameses
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  Speaker 1: could not have been at both places at the same time.
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  Speaker 1: It is possible, indeed probable, that the robbery at Corinth,
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  Speaker 1: which stripped the bank at that place of a very
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  Speaker 1: large sum of money, was the handiwork of some of
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  Speaker 1: the members of the desperate band of men, of which
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  Speaker 1: the Jameses were the acknowledged leaders. The same tactics which
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  Speaker 1: had been so successfully employed at Saint Genevieve, Russellville, Corydon, Gallatin,
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  Speaker 1: and other points, characterized the raid on the funds of
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  Speaker 1: the Bank of Corinth. The spoils obtained were exceedingly valuable,
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  Speaker 1: and although energetic pursuit was made, the robbers succeeded in
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  Speaker 1: making their escape. Their trail, however, was followed into Missouri,
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  Speaker 1: and several circumstances indicate that the successful bandits were members
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  Speaker 1: of the same organization with the James Boys and younger brothers.
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  Speaker 1: After this, there was a season of quiet In the
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  Speaker 1: spring of eighteen seventy six, the robbers renewed the campaign
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  Speaker 1: for spoils. The incidents of the past year had begun
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  Speaker 1: to become memories, and the success which had attended the
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  Speaker 1: gang during the past years had given them confidence in
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  Speaker 1: their ability to plunder at will wherever they might select
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  Speaker 1: a field for the exhibition of their prowess and skill.
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  Speaker 1: The trees had assumed their green habiliments, and the early
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  Speaker 1: spring flowers exhaled their choicest perfumes, scenting the balmy breezes
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  Speaker 1: as they blew over hills and through valleys. The schemers
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  Speaker 1: had planned another raid. This time, they selected an objective point,
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  Speaker 1: remote from the scenes of their former deeds. It was
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  Speaker 1: a romantic expedition away into the mountain regions of eastern
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  Speaker 1: Kentucky and the state of West Virginia. The spring birds
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  Speaker 1: sang cheery lays as the brigands marched on to their
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  Speaker 1: destined halting place. Huntington, West Virginia, is a beautiful town
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  Speaker 1: of about three thousand inhabitants situated on the Ohio River
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  Speaker 1: in Cabell County and is on the line of the
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  Speaker 1: Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. In eighteen seventy six. The advent
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  Speaker 1: of the steam cars had given an impetus to trade,
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  Speaker 1: and the old town had taken a new growth. The
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  Speaker 1: bold bandits had selected Huntington as the scene of a
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  Speaker 1: most sensational event. The tactics, which had served so well
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  Speaker 1: on many other occasions, were once more adopted. On a
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  Speaker 1: bright April day, four men made their appearance at the bank.
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  Speaker 1: They had come through the streets without exciting any suspicion.
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  Speaker 1: When they had arrived at the front of the bank,
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  Speaker 1: two of them dismounted, drew their pistols, rushed into the bank,
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  Speaker 1: where they found mister One, the cashier, and another gentleman.
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  Speaker 1: These they at once covered with their pistols and proceeded
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  Speaker 1: to overpower the cashier. They then emptied the contents of
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  Speaker 1: the safe into a sack, and leaving one and his
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  Speaker 1: friends securely bound. They proceeded to remount their horses while
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  Speaker 1: the two robbers were engaged inside. The other two, who
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  Speaker 1: had remained in the street, very effectually overawed the citizens
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  Speaker 1: who came that way by displaying their pistols and occasionally
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  Speaker 1: firing a shot. The whole operation was completed within less
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  Speaker 1: than half an hour. From the time the robbers made
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  Speaker 1: their appearance in Huntington, there were not many persons who
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  Speaker 1: knew what had happened until after the marauders had left
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  Speaker 1: the place. When the people awakened to a realization of
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  Speaker 1: the true nature of the morning occurrence, there was at
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  Speaker 1: once a storm of excitement raised. Officers of the law
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  Speaker 1: and citizens of Huntington without official relations vied with each
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  Speaker 1: other in the alacrity with which they prepared to pursue
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  Speaker 1: the robbers. As soon as the two robbers who had
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  Speaker 1: taken the treasure were mounted, the whole party galloped away,
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  Speaker 1: intimidating the citizens as they went by, firing off their pistols.
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  Speaker 1: A vigorous pursuit was at once commenced. The robbers were
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  Speaker 1: a long way from their base, and the road before
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  Speaker 1: them was rugged and difficult. For days, the pursuit was unabated. Blith,
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  Speaker 1: the well known detective of Louisville, sent his best men
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  Speaker 1: on the road to track the fugitives. The chase became exciting.
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  Speaker 1: Diverted from their intent line of retreat, the marauders sought
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  Speaker 1: refuge among the mountains of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. The
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  Speaker 1: horses of the robbers failed and were abandoned. Finally, the
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  Speaker 1: pursuers came up with the fugitives. A fight ensued and
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  Speaker 1: one of the robbers was killed before they had left
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  Speaker 1: the borders of Kentucky. This person was identified afterwards as
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  Speaker 1: Thomas and mc daniels, a brother of Bill, who was
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  Speaker 1: killed while attempting to escape from the officers in Kansas City.
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  Speaker 1: After the affair at Munsey, the pursuit was continued in
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  Speaker 1: the hills of Fentras County, Tennessee. The officers came up
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  Speaker 1: with the robbers again. This time they succeeded in capturing
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  Speaker 1: Jack Keene, another desperado known in western Missouri and Kentucky.
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  Speaker 1: The others escaped and finally made their way into Missouri.
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  Speaker 1: Keene was taken back and lodged in jail at Cabell.
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  Speaker 1: The Grand Jury of Cabell County returned a true bill
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  Speaker 1: against him, and in in due time he was placed
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  Speaker 1: on trial, convicted, and received a long sentence in the
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  Speaker 1: penitentiary of West Virginia. The presence of McDaniels and Keen,
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  Speaker 1: both well known desperadoes of Missouri, at once suggested the
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  Speaker 1: James Boys as leaders in the Huntington robbery. Detective Bligh
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  Speaker 1: at first heralded to the world that Jesse James was
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  Speaker 1: captured when Keene was taken. Statements consequently made by the
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  Speaker 1: convicted robber left no doubt that certainly Jesse James and
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  Speaker 1: probably Frank were parties to the robbery of the bank
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  Speaker 1: at Huntington. It matters not who were the robbers in name.
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  Speaker 1: The deed was undoubtedly committed by members of the organization
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  Speaker 1: of which the James boys were the most noted leaders.
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  Speaker 1: The destiny which seems to have led them, continued to
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  Speaker 1: favor them. Leaders of the Huntington raid escaped and carried
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  Speaker 1: the bulk of the Huntington Bank's funds with them. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: thirty three Jesse's wooing and wedding courting under difficulties a
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  Speaker 1: fair cousin. She admires the outlaw. The courtship continues, and
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  Speaker 1: Jesse takes his cousin as his bride. Quote, Oh say
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  Speaker 1: not that my heart is cold to aught that once
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  Speaker 1: could warm it, that beauty's form so dear of old,
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  Speaker 1: no more has power to charm it, Or that the
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  Speaker 1: ungenerous world can chill one glow of fond emotion for
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  Speaker 1: those who made it dearer still and shared my wild
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  Speaker 1: devotion end quote Jesse James, the bold raider and dashing
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  Speaker 1: outlaw in love preposterous? And yet why not those who
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  Speaker 1: have studied the ways of human nature with most attention
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  Speaker 1: find nothing singular in the fact that Jesse might prove
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  Speaker 1: an ardent lover, or wonderful in the assumption that he
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  Speaker 1: might be beloved in turn. Love is the grand passion,
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  Speaker 1: after all, and few persons have lived who did not,
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  Speaker 1: at some time in the course of their lives feel
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  Speaker 1: the deep chords of their hearts touched and realize the
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  Speaker 1: tender spell that enchained them. Why should not Jesse James,
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  Speaker 1: the man of splendid physique, the very embodiment of strong passions,
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  Speaker 1: yield to the powerful influence which so universally sways the
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  Speaker 1: human heart. Rather, we might ask why should Jesse James
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  Speaker 1: not fall in love? As the expression goes, it was
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  Speaker 1: perfectly natural that he should, at some times somewhere find
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  Speaker 1: someone endowed with the capability of awakening in him the
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  Speaker 1: tender passion. Was he not human? Were his emotions and
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  Speaker 1: constitutions so different from the rest of the children of time?
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  Speaker 1: What if he was outlawed, had he not eyes to
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  Speaker 1: see and ears to hear, had all tender feelings found
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  Speaker 1: a grave in his heart. It is true that the
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  Speaker 1: nature of his employment and the circumstances which surrounded him
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  Speaker 1: rendered his life an isolated one to a certain extent.
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  Speaker 1: He was not thrown into the great whirlpool which the
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  Speaker 1: world calls society, And this very isolation of his position
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  Speaker 1: would very naturally prompt him to seek the companionship of
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  Speaker 1: one who could hold a nearer and dearer place in
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  Speaker 1: his heart than even his brother. He might yet retrieve
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  Speaker 1: some of the disasters of the past and wipe out
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  Speaker 1: some of the stains which blurred his character, if led
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  Speaker 1: by the sweet, gentle influence of a true woman. Who
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  Speaker 1: can ever know what hopes animated him, what bright dreams
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  Speaker 1: of a better life cheered him when he thought of her,
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  Speaker 1: Who would not, perhaps could not join in the general
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  Speaker 1: execration of his name. It may be that at such
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  Speaker 1: times a vision rose before him of a quiet home
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  Speaker 1: with peace after the strife, where love dwelt, and where
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  Speaker 1: the bitter curses of the past might never come. It
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  Speaker 1: may be that he looked forward to the rest which
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  Speaker 1: would come to his tempest riven breast, when the storm
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  Speaker 1: had passed and the serene sun lighted his pathway through
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  Speaker 1: a quiet land. And at such times it was but
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  Speaker 1: natural that he should seek the presence of the beloved
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  Speaker 1: one and plead with her quote, O linger yet a moment?
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  Speaker 1: Is it a sin that I have loved THEE so
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  Speaker 1: and worshiped thy bright image? If it be let grief
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  Speaker 1: and suffering atone for that long as this heart can
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  Speaker 1: know the power of pain. But let me look on
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  Speaker 1: THEE and hear thee still end quote. And what woman
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  Speaker 1: ever listened unmoved to such appeals? Quote? The brave deserve
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  Speaker 1: the fair unquote. And the history of the race shows
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  Speaker 1: that when the heart is enlisted, when the tender bloom
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  Speaker 1: of love sheds its perfume around her, woman is careless
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  Speaker 1: of the world's opinion and brave in daring its frowns.
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  Speaker 1: Jesse had a fair cousin, a handsome young lady possessed
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  Speaker 1: of an amiable disposition and a mind well stored with knowledge.
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  Speaker 1: This destined bride of the distinguished outlaw is the daughter
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  Speaker 1: of a sister of Reverend Robert James, who was married
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  Speaker 1: in the days of her youth to a mister Mimes.
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  Speaker 1: Miss z Mims was deprived of a mother's love and
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  Speaker 1: guidance at a time when she was just entering the
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  Speaker 1: estate of womanhood. She had a sister older than herself,
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  Speaker 1: who was united in marriage with mister Charles mc bride,
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  Speaker 1: a respectable carpenter and builder, in Kansas City about the
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  Speaker 1: year eighteen sixty nine. For several years, Miss Mimes resided
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  Speaker 1: with her relatives in Kansas City and gained the respect
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  Speaker 1: and esteem of a large circle of acquaintances. In the
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  Speaker 1: days of her childhood, she had known her cousin Jesse,
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  Speaker 1: and his bright blue eyes and soft peach like complexion,
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  Speaker 1: and the smile that used to ripple over his countenance,
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  Speaker 1: and his cheery words may even and then have drawn
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  Speaker 1: the little girl toward her cousin. As time went by,
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  Speaker 1: Ze had grown to the condition of womanhood, and Jesse
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  Speaker 1: had become celebrated as a daring soldier and afterwards a
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  Speaker 1: reckless outlaw. But somehow Miss Ze could never believe her
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  Speaker 1: cousin Jesse to be so bad as he was represented,
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  Speaker 1: And when they met, which they frequently did, she always
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  Speaker 1: had a word of gentle affection for cousin Jesse, who
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  Speaker 1: was ever kind in his behavior toward her. Many times
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  Speaker 1: Jesse James was seen in Kansas City when to be
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  Speaker 1: there was an exposure to imminent peril, when the wild
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  Speaker 1: wind swept across the frozen river and screamed over the hills,
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  Speaker 1: Jesse was accustomed to dare the fury of the tempest,
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  Speaker 1: brave the chill of the temperature, and seek the cozy
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  Speaker 1: fireside which became a shrine. When blessed by the presence
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  Speaker 1: of his fair cousin, And when it was summer time,
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  Speaker 1: and the forest pathways were gloomy in the shadows of night,
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  Speaker 1: and the stars in the deep azure vault of heaven
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  Speaker 1: alone lent their feeble rays to illuminate the dark world,
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  Speaker 1: then the outlaw would take his lonely way across the
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  Speaker 1: wide prairies, through the deep tangled forests, where the owls
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  Speaker 1: hide by day and hoot by night, and the wild
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  Speaker 1: tenants of the woodlands make their lair by lonely streams,
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  Speaker 1: murmuring as their waters, go on the way to mingle
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  Speaker 1: with the far wandering tide of the mighty Missouri, to
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  Speaker 1: seek the side of her, whose smile was always brighter
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  Speaker 1: at his coming. What mattered it to him. If the
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  Speaker 1: streets of the city were deserted by all save the
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  Speaker 1: guardians of the law, who in the deep shadowed recesses
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  Speaker 1: waited and watched for him. His courage owned no limitations
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  Speaker 1: under ordinary circumstances. What might it become if stimulated by
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  Speaker 1: the all intoxicating influence of love. If the watchers saw
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  Speaker 1: him under the gas light in the streets of the
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  Speaker 1: slumbering city, they let him go. And so Jesse's courting
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  Speaker 1: days passed away. The outlaws wooing proceeded and was completed.
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  Speaker 1: Who knows what thoughts were his in those days? Who
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  Speaker 1: can ever tell? By what processes of reasoning or influence
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  Speaker 1: of love? Miss z Mims reciprocated the Outlaw's passion. Who
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  Speaker 1: knows what earnest counsels she held with her own mind,
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  Speaker 1: and the processes which ended in the triumph of the
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  Speaker 1: affections and a perfect yielding to him, and the development
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  Speaker 1: of a devotion which smiled it contumely and consented to
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  Speaker 1: sacrifice all things which had before been pleasing to her
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  Speaker 1: at the shrine of love. His presence became necessary to
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  Speaker 1: her happiness, and her smile was sunlight poured into the
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  Speaker 1: otherwise dark recesses of the outlaw's heart. So it came
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  Speaker 1: about one pleasant evening in eighteen seventy four that Jesse
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  Speaker 1: James and miss z Mims repaired to the house of
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  Speaker 1: doctor Denham, a mutual friend, near Kearney, Clay County, Missouri,
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  Speaker 1: where they were met by the Reverend William James of
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  Speaker 1: the m E Church South and uncle of Jesse, who
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  Speaker 1: proceeded to unite the lovers in the holy bonds of matrimony.
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  Speaker 1: The ceremony was performed in the presence of the doctor's
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  Speaker 1: family and one or two intimate friends. Jesse James had
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  Speaker 1: won a wife, and Miss z Mimes had consented in
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  Speaker 1: her devotion to become an outlaw's bride. Ostracized by society,
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  Speaker 1: proscribed by the law, and hunted by enemies and the
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  Speaker 1: officers of justice, Jesse James took his bride and they
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  Speaker 1: journeyed away across plains, through valleys, over streams, towards the
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  Speaker 1: clime of the sun. The outlaw and his bride sought
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  Speaker 1: a place where they could rest and in each other's society,
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  Speaker 1: like some vision olden of far other time, when the
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  Speaker 1: age was golden in the young world's prime of the future, dreaming,
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  Speaker 1: weary of the past for the present, scheming happy they
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  Speaker 1: at last what cared they for the cold world's scorn.
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  Speaker 1: Jesse had provided a cozy home far away on the
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  Speaker 1: borders of civilization, where the names of mountains, vales, and
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  Speaker 1: springs and streams are softened in the musical language of
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  Speaker 1: the old castile. But we have heard that even in
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  Speaker 1: that distant land the life of the outlaw's wife is
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  Speaker 1: not isolated, but on the contrary, under a name which
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  Speaker 1: their conduct has made respectable, they have friends, and she
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  Speaker 1: her associates, who are ignorant of the history of the
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  Speaker 1: outlaw and hold her in esteem. A little child, born
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  Speaker 1: some time in eighteen seventy six has come to bless
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  Speaker 1: their union by its childish prattle, and the daring outlaw
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  Speaker 1: has been seen with the innocent little one mounted on
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  Speaker 1: his show, engaged in racing about his ranch. It may
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  Speaker 1: be that there are episodes in the life of Jesse
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  Speaker 1: James which are like the green oasis in the sun
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  Speaker 1: beaten desert, bright moments when the damon is temporarily vanquished
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  Speaker 1: and the spirit of goodness illuminates the world about him.
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  Speaker 1: The man who can love cannot be wholly the slave
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  Speaker 1: of vengeance and hate, and even Jesse James may possess
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  Speaker 1: traits of mind and qualities of the heart which point
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  Speaker 1: to something higher and better than what is known of him.
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  Speaker 1: End of Section eleven.