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The play of ex Istence vibrates between two extreme which yet cooperate in their results We are not to fly heedlessly and fo ever, no matter how much of the race horse may be in our temperament; sc equally must it be fatal to proper lit to fling ourselves down beside th highway and only contemplate th performances in which we do not seel to share. For us, it is enough that we hav< lingered for a moment, to muse ove sacred memories, and restore half obliterated inscriptions. Contentlni - ourselves with having cast our tribut flower upon the grave of the beautlfu and peaceful, we must hurry away t< the encounter with the fearful an< the wild! We must exchange, for i season, peace for war, love for strife and the beautiful for the terrible an< dread;?striving, in obedience to wil< necessities, if not to forget at least no improvidently to remember. And no\ to our narrative. ! The hot chase over, which Procto nrnH after Slneleton. the lattei accompanied by his uncle, now falrl; out, returned quickly to the shelter o the cypress swamp. The party reach ed its wild recesses at a late hour o the night, and were very soon wrap in those slumbers, which were as nec essary as grateful after late excite ment and fatigue. With the dawn, however, Colone Walton was on the alert. Arousini his little troops, he prepared at one* to depart. Unencumbered with bag gage wagons or prisoners, movemen was easy; and he resolved to push for ward with extra speed, making hli way to the borders of North Carolina where it was his hope to meet wltl the continentals of Maryland and Vlr ginla. then known to be advancing un der the conduct of Baron De Kalb His own force was quite too small to a distinct command, and he propose! to unite himself with some one of thi corps, most deficient in numbers, ii the incomplete squadrons of the south ern army. His personal services hi resolved to volunteer to Gates, whon he had known in Virginia prior to th? " ?" ??"! koticson n'hnm onH himspl there had once existed a certain intl macy. He did not suffer himself t< doubt, under these circumstances, tha he should receive an honorable ap polntment near the general's person. The squadron of Singleton was no able to move with such rapidity ai that of Walton. *Trhad, In a few days practice along the Ashley, been accu mutating the impedimenta of war baggage and prisoners. There weri munitions too, of no small important to the partisans of Marion?powde and ball and buckshot?a few stack of extra muskets and some spare ri fles?all of which required preciou: painstaking, nice handling, a stroni guard, and comparatively slow move ments. Singleton, accordingly, resolv ed to defer his movement to a late: moment. But the preparations foi Walton's departure naturally arousec the whole camp, and the troopers gen erally turned out to take leave o their friends and comrades. Among those who rose early tha morning, we must not forget to dis tlngulsh Lieuteant Porgy. But i would be a mistake to suppose that hi was stirred into activity at the dawi by any mere sentiment, such a prompts youth, in lis verdancy, ti forego its pleasant s) .mbers, in orde to take a farewell grip of the hand o parting friends, and meditate, with m appetite for breakfast, on rupture< ties and sundered associations. Por gy's sentiment took a somewhat differ ent direction. He had survived tha green season of the heart, when it de lights in the things which make it sad His sentiment dealt In solids. Hi might be pathetic in soups and sauces but never when a thinning camp In creases the resources of the larder. H rose that morning to other considera tions than such as were Involved ii Walton's departure; though, no doubl the bustle of that evening had con tributed to his early rising. Hi dreams, all night, had been a mixei vision of terrapin. It floated in ai shapes and aspects before his delight ed Imagination. At first, his livel; imagination re-enacted to his sight th scene in which he had become the sue cessful captor of the prey. There wa the picture of the sluggish water, be neath the silent starlight. There, Jut ting out from the bank, was the fallei tree; and snug, and safe, and sweet ii the imperfect light, there were group ed victims, utterly unconscious, am drowsing to their doom-, even as hi eyes had seen them, some six or eigh hours before. Nothing could seer distinct and natural. Then followe his experience in the capture. Ho\ he "cooned" the log, slowly but surel wearing upon his prey, he again prac ticed in his dreaming mood. How one by one, he felt himself again se curing them, turning them upon thei backs, and showing their yellow bel lies to the starlight; while their fee paddled Ineffectually on either sid( and their long necks were thrus forth in a manifest dislike of the for tune which put them in such unnatu ral position. Porgy experienced a illusion, very common to old fisher men, In being suffered to re-enact i his dreams the peculiar success? which had crowned his labors b day. As the angler then goes throug the whole adventure with the cunnln trout?beguiles him with the favorlt fly, dexterously made to settle ove his reedy or rocky retreat.?as h plays him from side to side, now gent Iv persuades him with moderate ten sinn of his line, now relaxes when th strain threatens to be too rude, and a length feels his tolls crowned with vir tory, In the adroit effort which spread his captive on the bank:?even so df the pleasant servitors of Queen Ma bring to the fancies of our epicure full repetition of all the peculiarity of his adventure. Put the visions of our fat frien were not confined to the mere takin of his victims. His Imagination car ried him further: and he was soo busied in the work of dressing ther for the table. The very dismember Ing of the captives?the breaking Int their houses, the dragging forth of th precious contents?the spectacle c crowding eggs and generous col lops c luxurious swamp-fed meat; all c these gave exercise in turn to his epl curean fancies; nor must we forgt the various caprices of his geniu: while preparing the several dishes 01 of the prolific mess before him. H awoke from his dream, crying 01 "Eureka." and resolved soberly to pi some of his sleep devices to the test r actual experiment. Of course. h? dof not forget the compound of terrapl with pig. which he has already declai ed his purpose to achieve: but he ha other inventions even superior to this and. full of the one subject, the pre posed departure of Colonel Walton, c which he hears only on awakeninj provoked all his indignation. He gre* eloquent to Humphries, from whoi he heard particulars. American Revolution MORE 8IMMH "To go on ai an nour so unseasui able, and from such a feast as w 0 shall have by noon?It's barbarous! . don't believe it?I won't believe e word of It, Bill." e "But I tell you, lieutenant, it is s< g The colonel has set the boys to pt n the nags in fix for a start, and him an n the major only talk now over som 3 message to Marion and General Gate; . which the colonel's to carry." k "He's heard nothing then of the ter _ rapin, you think? He'd scarcely go I o he knew. I'll see and tell him at onc< 0 I- know him well enough." "Terrapin, indeed, Porgy! how yo 3 talk! Why, man, he don't care for a! _ the terrapin in the swamp." 8 "Then no good cain come of him he's an infidel. I would not marc r with him for the world. Don't believ . in terrapin! A man ought to believ in all that's good; and there's nothln g so good as terrapin. Soup, stew, o e hash, all the same; it's a dish anion e a thousand. Nature herself show It the value which she sets upon it, whe she shelters it in such walls as these e and builds around it such fortifies r tlons as are here. See now, Bill Hum . phries, to that magnificent fellow tha g lies at your feet, Tou should hav 2 seen how he held on to his possessions j how reluctantly he surrendered at th 3 last; and, in the meantime, hoi 1 adroitly, as w;ell as tenaciously, h a continued the struggle. I was a good >f ly hour working him to surrender. T j hew off his head cost more effort tha j In taking off that of Charles the Flrsi t No doubt, he too was a tyrant in hi v way, and among his own kidney? tyrant among the terrapins. His sell r esteem was large enough for a doze sovereigns, even of the Quelph fam y ily. But If the head worried me, whs t should I say about the shell?the out . er fortress? I marched up to it, Ilk f a knight of the middle ages attackin t a Saracen fortress, battle-axe in hanc . There lies my hatchet; see how I hav . ruined the edge. Look at my hand see what a gash I gave myself. Judg j of the value of the fortress, always j from the difficulty of getting posses e sion. It is a safe rule. The meat her . was worthy of the tolls of the butchei t It usually is in degree with the troubl . we have to get at it. It Is so with a s oyster, which I take to be the come ? liest vegetable that ever grew In tb i garden of Eden!" "What lieutenant, the oyster a veg . etable?" "It originally was. I have mo doubt, r "And growing in the garden o i Eden?" e "And if it did not, then was the gar i den not to my taste, I can assure yot . But it must have grown there; and a e that period was probably to be got a i without effort, though I am not sur? e my gooa reuow, inai mr hbyui ui ? thing Is at all heightened by the eas . with which we get at It. It's not sc > as we see, with terrapin and oystei t and crab and shrimp, and most othe . things In which we take most dellgh ?which are dainties to human appe t tlte;?if indeed we may consider ap s petite as mere human, which I great! f question." "Well," quoth Humphries, after i ; short fit of musing, "that does seer 8 to me very true, though I neve b thought of It before. All the tougi r things to come at are mighty sweel s lieutenant: and them things that w - work for hardest, always do have th * sweetish relish." I "Yes; even love, Humphries, whlcl . considered as a delicacy?a fine meal . or delicate vegetable? r "Mercy upon us, lieutenant, wha r can you be thinking of? Love a mea j and a vegetable!" "Precisely: the stomach?" f "Oh! that won't do at all, that sor of talking, lieutenant. It does seer t- to me as if you brought the stomacl ; Into everything, even sacred things, t "Nay, nay, reverse the phrase. Hum 8 phries, and bring all sacred things In i to the stomach." b "Well, any how. Lieutenant Porgj a It does seem to me that It's your great r est fault to make too much of you f belly. You spoil It and after a whllt 0 It will grow so Impudent that ther 1 will be no living with it." "There will be no living without 11 - my good fellow, and that's sufflclen t reason for taking every care of II - What you call my greatest fault Is 1 [. fact my greatest merit. You neve ~ v,oot-h nf Manpniim Acrlnna. I reck ; on?" "Never: didn't know there was sue e a person." "Well. I shall not trouble you wit n his smart sayings, and you must b content with mine to the same elfeci - The belly Is a great member, m a friend, a very great member, and It 1 ij not to be spoken of Irreverently. It 1 II difficult to say In what respects It 1 . not great. Its claims are quite as va y rlous as they are peculiar. It reall e does all one's thinking, as well as? "The belly do the thinking?" a "That's my notion. I am convinc - ed. however people may talk about th - brain as the seat of Intellect, that th n brain does but a small business afte n all. In the way of thinking, compare - with the belly. Of one thing be cer a tain; before you attempt to argu s with an obstinate customer, give hlr t first a good feed. Bowls of compasslo n are necessary to brains of understand d Ing, and a good appetite and an eas v digestion are essentials to a logics y comprehension of every subject, th - least difficult. A good cook. I say. be fore a good school house, and a prop - er knowledge of condiments befor r orthography. It is a bad digestlo - that makes our militiamen run with it out emptying a musket: and when yo find an officer a dolt, as is too muc it my experience, you may charge 1 - rather upon his ignorance of too - than of fighting. A good cook is mor n essential to the success of an arm - than a good general. But that re n minds me of Colonel Walton. Go t s him. Bill Humphries, with my re y spects. I know him of old; he will re h member me. I have enjoyed his hos g Dltality. If he be the gentleman ths e I think him, he will find a sufficler r reason for delaying his Journey till al e ternoon, when he hears of our terra pin. Be off and see him, lieutenan i- and let him understand what he 1 e losing by going. Give him particular* t you may mention the dexterity c - Tom. my cook, in doing a stew or ra? s out. And, by the way, lieutenan d pray take with you the buckler of th? b largest beast. If the sight of tha a doesn't make him open his eye. I giv s him up. See to it, quickly, my goo fellow, or you may lose him, or he th d stew." g Humphries laughed outright at th - earnestness or the epicure, ur cuurs n he understood that Porgy had a cei n tain artificial nature in which h - found the resources for his jests; an o that he covered a certain amount c e sarcasm, and a philosophy of his owi if under certain affectations at which h if was quite content that the worl if should laugh, believing what it plea: I- ed. Humphries found no little pleas >t ure in listening to the shrewd absurc s. ities and thoughtful extravagances c it his brother officer: and he coul e sometimes understand that the gra\ it ity of Porgy's manner was by n it means indicative of a desire that yo >f should take for gospel what he sail >s But he was this time thoroughly d< n ceived, and was at much pains t - prove to him how utterly impossible is was for Colonel Walton to remaii i; even with such temptations to app< ?- tite as might be set before him. >f "The fact is. lieutenant. I did tell th sr. colonel what you had for him. an iv how you were going to dress the tei n rapin in a way that never had bee before." r"Ay, ay! Hash, stew, ragout,?the pig. Well?" "Yes, I told him all, as well as I knew, but?" S> "Ah, you boggled about It, Bill; you couldn't have given him any Just I 1/1 AO ' ' iuca "I did my best, lieutenant, and the colonel said that he liked terrapin soup amazingly, and always had it when he could get it; and how he should like to try yours, which he said he was sure would prove a new luxury" "Ay, that was it. I would have had his opinion of the dish, for he knows what good living is. There's a pleasure, Humphries, in having a man of taste and nice sensibilities about us. Our affections?our humanities, if I may so call them?are then properly e exercised; but it is throwing pearl to I swine to put a good dish before such a a creature as that skeleton, Oakenburg ?Doctor Oakenburg, as the d d >. fellow presumes to call himself. He if is a monster?a fellow of most per d verted taste, and of no more soui tnan e a skiou, or the wriggling: lizard that st he so much resembles. Only yesterday, we had a nice tit-bit?an exquisite morsel?only a taste?a marsh hen, If that I shot myself, and fricasseed after a fashion of my own. I tried my best to persuade the wretch to try It? u only to try it?and would you believe II it. he not only refused, but absolutely at the moment, drew a bottle of some vile root decoction from his pocket, h and just as I was about to enjoy my e own little delicacy, he thrust the hore rible stuff into his lantern jaws, and g swallowed a draught of It that might r have strangled a cormorant. It nearg ly made me sick to see him, and with 8 difficulty could I keep myself from ben coming angry. I told him how un?( gentlemanly had been his conduct? [1 tPKing his physic where decent people . were enjoying an intellectual repast? Lt for so I consider dinner?and I think e he felt the force of the rebuke for he i; turned away instantly, humbled rathe er, though still the beast was in him. v In a minute after, he vfcis dandling his e d d coach whip, that he loves like _ a bedfellow. It is strange, very strange o and makes me sometimes doubtful n how to believe in human nature at all. t. It is such a monstrous budget of conB tradictions, such a diabolical scene of a conflict between tastes and capacities." The departure of Humphries left n I'orgy to the domestic duties which lay before him. and cut short his phllorophles. While the whole camp was > roused and running to the spot where e Walton's little command was preparg ing for a start, our epicure and his I. man Tom?the cook par excellence of e the encampment?were the only per not ?hrtw themselves (* flu 11 n miv vtiva w ?? .? ? e among the crowd. As for Tom, he did j, not show himself at ail. until fairly iJ dragged out of his bush by the rough e grasp of his master upon his shoulder. r< Rubbing his eyes, looking monstrous e stupid and still half asleep, Tom n could not forbear a surly outbreak, to which, in his Indulgent bondage, his e tongue was somewhat accustomed. "Kl. Maussa; you no lub sleep you' _ se'f, da's no reason why he no good for udder people. Nigger lub sleep. Mass Porgy an* 'taint 'spec'ful for um ,f to git up in de morning before de sun." "Ha! you ungrateful rascal; but you get up monstrous often when its back i. Is turned. Were you not awake, and away on your own affairs, last night, ,t you might have found it quite respectable to be awake at sunrise, a Where were you last night when I e called for you?" )> "I Jist been a hunting a'ter some possum, maussa. Enty you lub posr sum." t "Well, did you get any?" "Nebber start, maussa." "Pretty hunting. Indeed, not to y start a possum in a cypress swamp. What sort of dog- oould you have a had?" n "Hab Jube and Slink, maussa." r "You will be wise to invite me when h you go to hunt again. Now, open your t, eyes, you black rascal, and see what e hunting I can give you. Look at your e brethren, sirrah, and get your senses about you, that there may be no blunh der in the dressing of these dear chilt, dren of the swamp. Get down to the creek and give your face a brief int troduction to the water; then come t back and be made happy, in dressing up these babes for society." "Dah mos' beautiful, fine cooter, t maussa, de bes' I see for many a day. n Whay you nab 'em, maussa?" h "Where you were too lazy to look " for them, you rascal; on the old cy. press log running along by the pool . on Crane Hollow. There I caught them napping last night, while you r, were poking after possum with a . drowsy puppy. Fortunately, I waked r while they were sleeping; I cooned the >( log and caught every mother's son of e them; and that's a warning to you, Tom, never to go to sleep on the end t, of a log of a dark night." it "Hah! wha' den, maussa! S'pose t. anybody gwine eat nigger eben if dey n catch 'em? Tom berry hard bittle r (victual) for buckrah tomach." "Mnlro imnrt contflr SOUD. Tom. nev ertheless! Who could tell the differh ence? Those long black slips of the skin In terrapin soup, look monh strous like shreds from an Ethiopian e epidermis; and the bones will pass t. current everywhere for nigger toes y and fingers. The Irish soldiers In gars rlson at Charleston and Camden s wouldn't know one from t'other. Tom, s Tom. If they ever catch you sleeping. . you are gone for ever?gone for tery rapin stew!" "Oh! Maussa. I w^sh you leff off talking 'bout slch things. You mek' my skin crawl like yellow belly e snake." e "Ay, as you will make the skin of r other people crawl when they find d they have been eating a nigger for a - terrapin. But away, old boy, and get e everything In readiness. See that your n pots are well scoured. Get me some n large gourds In which we may mix the I- Ingredients comfortably. We shall y want all the appliances you can lay il hands on. I am about to invent some e new dishes, Tom; a stew that shall surpass anything that the world has i- ever known of the sort. Stir yourself, e Tom, if you would have a decent share n of It. When you once taste of it, you i- rascal, you will keep your eyes open u all night, for ever after, if only that h you may catch terrapin." It "Hah! I don't want 'em mek' too d good, maussa, eider! When de t'ing is e mek' too nice, dey nebber leabs so y much as a tas'e for de cook. Da's it!" !- "I'll see to it this time, old fellow, o You are too good a judge of good - dressing not to be allowed a taste. !- You shall have your share. But away, !- and get everything in readiness. And it see that you keep off the dogs and all it intruders, bipeds and quadrupeds. And, Tom!" i- "Sa! wha' 'gen, maussa?" t, "Mind the calabashes; and be sure Is to get some herbs?dry sage, thyme, s: mint, and. if you can, a few onions, if What would I give for a score or two f- of lemons! And, Tom: t. "Sa?" it "Say nothing to that d d fellowit Oakenburg?do you hear, sir?" e "Enty I yerry, maussa; but It's no d use; de doctor lub snake better more le nor cooter.' "Away!" ie The negro was gone upon his mlsse slon, and throwing himself at length - upon the grass, the eyes of Porgy alie ternated between the rising sun and d the empty shells of his terrapins. >f "How they glitter!" he said to himi. self: "what a beautiful polish they ie would admit of! It's surprising they d never have been used for the purpose of manly ornament. In battle, buri nished well, and fitted to the dress in I- front, just over humanity's most con)f spicuous dwelling place, they would d turn off many a bullet from that sacred. but too susceptible region." ,o Musing thus, he grappled one of the u shells, the largest of the three, and 3. turning himself upon his back, with his head resting against a pine, he :o proceeded to adjust the back of the it terrapin, as a sort of shield, to his n, own extensive abdominal domain. Large as was the shell, it furnished a very Inadequate cover to the ample ie territory, at once so much exposed and d so valuable. It was while engaged in r- this somewhat ludicrous experiment, n that Lieutenant Porgy was surprised by Major Singleton. Singleton laughed aloud as he be- 1 held the picture. Porgy's face was o warmly suffused when thus apprised e of the presence of his superior. d "Not an unreasonable application, a lieutenant," was the remark of Single- s ton, when his laughter had subsided, 1: "were there any sort of proportion be- d tween the shield and the region which s you wish to protect. In that precinct v your figure makes large exactions. A v turtle, rather than a terrapin, would 1; be more In place. The city has out- d grown Its wails." r "A melancholy truth, Major Single- p ton," answered the other, as he arose h slowly from his recumbent posture, ii and saluted his superior with the elab- o orate courtesy of the gentleman of the g old school. "The territory is too large a [certainly for the walls; but I am a v modest man, Major Singleton, and a1 v 1 ~?* -* nr.CiL'Pf a staie proveru neipa mc iu an Half a loaf, sir, Is said to do better h than no bread; and half a shelter, lit n the same spirit, is surely better than s none. Though inadequate to the pro- e tection of the whole region, this shell s might yet protect a very vital part t! Take care of what we can, sir, is a tl wholesome rule, letting what can, take "l care of all the rest." j "You are a philosopher, Mr. Porgy, v and I rejoice In the belief that you h are fortified ever better in intellectual t! and moral than physical respects. But for this, sir, it might not be agreeable tl to you to have to hurry to the conclu-| -f< sion of a repast, for which, I perceive t! you are making extraordinary prep- a aratlons." c MoW Qlnclotnn hlirrV?" tl XX UI I J ( iuujv/t ?y?..0.v.v.. _ demanded the epicure, looking a little n blank. "Hurry, sir! I never hurried fi In my life. Hurry Is vulgar, major, ? decidedly vulgar?a merit with trades- ti men only." a "It Is our necessity, nevertheless )< lieutenant, and I'm sorry for youn s sake that It Is so.. We shall start foifc fi the Santee before sunset this after-, noon. This necessity, I am sorry to q think, will somewhat Impair the val-. ue of those pleasant meditations which, y usually follow the feast" Porgy's face grew Into profound n gravity, as he replied? "Certainly, the reveries of such tC period are the most grateful and precious of all. The soul asserts its full influence about an hour after the re* H past Is over, and when the mind " seems to hover on the verge of a, dream. I could wish that these hourV u should be left unbroken. Am I to un4 "S derstand you seriously, major, that fi the necessity is Imperative?that we. n are to break up camp here, for good P and all?" e "That 1b the necessity. For the present we must leave the Ashley. We move, bag and baggage, by noon, and push as fast as we can for Nel- . son's ferry. Our place of retreat here ? will not be much longer a place olj refuge. It Is too well known for safej JJ ty, and we shall soon be wanted foj active service on the frontier." I "I confess myself unwilling to de4 part. This Is a goodly place, my deal , major; better for secrecy could scarcgj be found; and then, the other aavanai tages. Fresh provisions, for examples ^ are more abundant here than In DorS Chester. Pork from the possum, mutw p ton from the coon; these ponds, I aisfl convinced, will yield us cat quItSl as lively if not quite so delicate as th?H far-famed ones of the Edlsto; and Ifl need not point you more particularly^] to the Interesting commodity whlcht ^ lies before us." _ "These are attractions Mr. Porgy;' but as our present course lies for the; Santee, the difference will not be so' very great?certainly not so great asl to be insisted upon. The Santee Is rich In numberless varieties of fish e and fowl, my own eyes have feasted y upon terrapin of much greater dlmen- g] sions, and much larger numbers, thafl the Cypress yielda" v "And of all varieties, major? the ^ brown and yellow?not to speak of | the alligator terrapin, whose fla- ^ vor, though unpopular with the vul- d gar, is decidedly superior to that of p any other? You speak knowingly, t, major?" _ "I do. I know all the region, and have lived in the swamp for weeks at a time. The Islands of the swamp 11 there are much larger than here; and 8' there are vast lakes In Its depths. 8' where fish are taken at all hours of the day with the utmost ease. You 13 will see Colonel Marion, himself, fre- * quently catching his own breakfast." ? "I like that?a commander should J* always be heedful of his example. 11 That's a brave man?a fine fellow?a ? very sensible fellow?catches his own " breakfast! Does he dress It, too, major?" 8 "Ay, after a fashion." "Good, such a man always improves, j' I feel that I shall like him, major, 11 this commander of ours; and now that g you have enlightened me. sir, on the y virtues of the Santee, and our able n colonel, I must own that my reluct- ? ance to depart la considerably lessen- ~ ed. At late noon, you said?" "At late noon." I "I thank you, Major Singleton, for L this timely notice. With your leave, " sir, I will proceed to these prepara- 1 tions for dinner, which are rather pre- y cipitated by this movement. That jj rascally head, there, major," kicking " away the gasping head of one of the P terrapins as he spoke, "seems to un- ^ derstand the subject of our conversa- y tion?of mine at least?and opens its jaws every instant, as if it hoped some " one of us would fill them." "He contributes so largely to the f. filling of other jaws, that the expec- * tation seems only a reasonable one. 81 You will understand me, lieutenant, as v an expectant with the rest." "You shall taste of my ragout, my " dear major, a preparation of " . But Singleton was gone, and Porgy reserved his speech for Tom, the cook, 11 who now appeared with his gourds, c and other vessels, essential to the due ? composition of such dishes as our fat * friend had prescribed for the proper 11 exercise of his inventive genius. Major Singleton was one of that for- c tunately constituted and peculiar race * of men who are of all others the best " flttted for the conduct of a militia sol- ? dlery. The restive, impulsive, eager, f untrained, and always Independent P character of our people of the south D and west, requires a peculiar capacity ' to direct their energies, reconcile them to unwonted situations, hard usage, incessant toil, and the drudgery of a ? service, so much of which is held to " be degrading to a citizen. Singleton P possessed the art in perfection of get- a tine ennrl sprviee out of his followers, P and keeping them at the same time In ? good humor with their superior. He ? could be familiar without encouraging h obtruslveness; could descend without P losing command; could wink at the ' humors which It might be unwise to rebuke, yet limit the mercurial spirit J within such bounds, as kept him usually from trespassing beyond the small J; province of his simple humors. In J obeying him, the followers of Single- J ton somehow felt that they were serv- jj ing a friend, yet never seemed to for- J1 get their respect In their sympathy. When Singleton left Porgy, it was P simply to walk the rounds of his en- J* campment. In this progress he had '' his friendly word for all?some words v In every ear. of kind remark and * pleasant encouragement. Xo person, 11 however, humble, went utterly un- v noticed. The trooper, trimming away the thick hairs from the fetlocks of a his horse, or paring down his hoofs; h the horse boy who took the steed to v water: the camp scullion who washed A the kettles: the group of nameless v persons?food for powder?huddled a together in Idle chat, or at some game. 1 or mending bridles, moulding bullets, g or, more homely yet In their Industry f repairing rents In coats or breeches? t all In turn were sure, as the major of II Partisans went by, to hear his gentle 1 salutation, in those frank tones which p peneiraieu insianiiy u> nit- ucm i, ? ?sufficient guaranty for the sincerity of q the speaker. And there was no effort n In this familiar frankness, and no air o of condescension. He was a man f speaking to men; and did not appear r to dream of any necessity of making ii every word, look, and tone remind c them of his authority. His bearing, a when not engaged in the absolute duties of the service, was that of an o equal, simply. And yet there was v really no familiarity between the parties. There was a certain calmness of a ook and gesture?a certain simplicity if manner about our partisan, too asy for reserve, too graceful for inlifference, which always and effectuilly restrained the obtrusive. He could mile with his followers, but he rarely aughed with them. Wheri he adIressed them, he did so with great repect, which always tutored them k'hen they spoke with him. He always rose for this purpose, if previousy he had been sitting. His was that lue consideration of the man, as a nan, that never permitted the same lerson, as an animal, to suppose that lis embraces would be proper to his ntercourse. Yet nobody ever thought f accusing Singleton of pride. His [entleness of manner, ease and grace nd frankness of speech, were proerbial among his men. Truly, he ras the man to be a leader of southrn woodsmen. Even now, while his leart was sorely bleeding with fraterial sorrows?fearing all, yet ignorant till of the extent of his loss?he smila niaooanHu with hia fnllnwflrs and poke In that language of considera- c Ion which seemed to show that he g hought of them rather than himself. ^ "hey did not know that the reason c fhy he lingered so long among them, t ?-as chiefly that he might escape from s [imself and his own melancholy t houghts. s Having gone the rounds, seen to all 1 hings, and properly prepared his men s or the march by sunset, Singleton i hrew himself down In the shadow of t dwarf oak, beneath which he had a t ouch of moss, on which he had slept f he night before. While he lay here. 1 tuslng equally over his duties and af- j pctions. Lance Frarapton placed him- 1 elf quietly on the other side of the t ree. It was some time before the lad 1 ttracted his attention. When at t ingth he noticed his appearance. It a eemed to him that the boy's face was ull of a grave interest. r "What's the matter, Lance?" he in- c uired kindly. ' <! "I thought, sir?I was afraid that a ou were sick," answered the boy. "Sick ! I? sick! Why, what should lake you suppose tnai x am sick; x "Why, sir, you talked and groaned r (>, In your sleep, this morning." I "No, surely! Is It possible?" "Oh, yes. sir; I woke before day- g ght and heard you, and It frightened xe, sir." f "Frightened you, boy! That Is an a gly confession for a soldier to make. rou must not suffer yourself to be g Tightened by anything. A soldier Is i ot to be frightened, even when sur- I rlsed. But what did I say to fright- c n you?" I "Why, sir, you were quarreling with r omebody In your sleep, and you swore p )o " "Swore! Did I? A trooper habit, a Ance, and a very bad one," said the \ ther grravely. "Surely, Lance, I did a ot swear. You must be mistaken. I t ever swear. I have an oath In heav- I n against the habit." r This .was said with a grave smile. c . "Yes, sir; but you did it in your j leep." t "Well, I suppose I am not quite re- r ponslble for what 1b done In my sleep; i ut the fact argues for the possibility a f my doing the thing when awake, t 'ut you are sure, Lance, you were not s sleep your?eir, ana areami me wnoie 1 latter?" j "Oh! quite sure, sir, for I got up <3 nd looked at you. It was Just before a lorntng, and the moon was shinfng f Ight upon your face. I went round |j nd broke the end of the branch?you l; se where it hangs, sir?so as to make j ; fall betwixt your eyes and the a loonlight, and after that your face t ras quite shaded. But you swore I gain and gnashed your teeth togeth- t r, and threw out your hands, as If j ou were fighting somebody In your v ieep." I "A decided case of nightmare: awL-s ou would have done me a good ser- r ice, Lance, had you taken me by the c houlders and Jerked me out of my c ream. But I thank you for what you j Id. You are a good youth, and prop- t rly considerate:?and so you broke c fiat twig to protect my eyes from the t lare?" r "Yes, sir: but I reckon it was not s fie moonshine that troubled you, but I omething in your thoughts, for you r wore afterwards worse than ever." c "It is strange," said Singleton grave- c r. "It shows the thoughts to be more ricked when sleeping than waking." <; .nd the speaker mused silently after r earing this account. He looked to lie broken bush, and the gentle deotion of his youthful protege touched } is heart. Resuming, he said gently? t "I am very sorry, Lance, that I wore in your hearing. I certainly do j ot swear wittingly. I try not to fall t ito the foolish habit, which I beg 9 rial you Will IlUl team uuiu me, et what you heard, and in duty to ourself, never imitate the lesson. To lake you remember this counsel, I ive you a little token. Take this dirk nd recall my advice whenever It leets your eye. Fasten it there, with fie sheath, close by the left side, <et the point come out a little in front; hile the handle rests under the arm. "ake care of it. It may be useful to ou in various ways. It has saved my fe once; it may save yours; but use ; only when It is necessary to such a urpose. You may leave me now, and or the morning, amuse yourself as ou please within the camp." The boy, made happy by the kindess of his superior, would gladly have ngered beside him, but he quickly aw that Singleton desired to be alone. Ie disappeared accordingly from Ight, finding no difficulty, among the arlous humors of a camp, in whillng way the hours assigned to him for dsure. These humors of the camp! But it ? time that we see what preparations or his feast have been made by our orpulent lieutenant of dragoons. Of ourse he was busy all the morning, 'orgy had a taste. In the affairs of he cuisine. Porgy claimed to have a enius. Now, it will not do to misconeive Lieutenant Porgy. If we have aid or shown anything calculated to ?ssen his dignity In the eyes of any f our readers, remorse must follow. s 'orgy might play the buffoon, if he le .sed; but in the meantime, let it s e understood, that he was born to s realth, and had received the educa- s Ion of a gentleman. He had wasted r is substance, perhaps, b>*t this matter e ops not concern us now. It is only nportant that he should not be sup- t osed to waste himself. He had been ^ planter?was, In some measure, a j lanter still, with broken fortunes, up- t n the Ashepoo. "He had had losses." a ut he bore them like a philosopher, t le was a sort of laughing phlloso- t her, who, as If In anticipation of the g ree speech of others, dealt with him- t elf as little mercifully as his nearest g riends might have done. He had es- v abllshed for himself a sort of reputa- j Ion as a humorist, and was one of a hat class which we may call convenlonal. His humor belonged to sophls- | Icatlon. It was the fruit of an artl- c clal nature. He Jested with his own astes, his own bulk of body, his own overty, and thus baffled the more se- a lous of the Ill-tempered by antlclpat- v ig them. We may mention here, that j rhile making the greatest fuss, always about his feeding, he was one of ^ he most temperate eaters In the c rorld. v He had effected his great culinary <3 chlevement, and Is satisfied. See v 1m now, surrounded by his own mess, r .hich Includes a doctor and a poet. l snug corner of the encampment. ( . ell shaded with pines and cypresses, s ffords the party a pleasant shelter, s 'heir viands are spread upon the reen turf; their water is furnished <3 rorn a neighboring brooklet, and Tom, a he cook, with one or two camp scul- t ons waiting on him. Is In attendance, s 'in vessels bear water, or hold the > ortlons of soup assigned to the sev- a ral guests. The gourds contain ade- r uate sources of supply, and you may v ow behold the cleansed shells of each 1 f the fated terrapins made to per- c orm the office of huge dishes or tueens, which hold the special dishes v n the preparation of which our epi- s ure has exhausted all his culinary a rts. a He presides with the complacent air f one who has done his country ser- e Ice. P "Tom." he cries, "take that tureen gain to the major's mess. They need s i fresh supply by this time, and If Lhey do not, they ought to." The calabash : from which Porgy lerved himself was empty when he rave this order. In being reminded )f his own wants, our host was taught :o recollect those' of his neighbors. Porgy was eminently a gentleman. Ells very selfishness was courtly. Tom lid as he was commanded, and his naster, without show of Impatience, Lwalted his returh. In those days no >ne was conscious of any violation of propriety in taking soup a second ;ime; and though the prospect of oth?r dishes might have taught forbearince to certain of the parties, in reipect to the soup, yet it was too evllent that a due regard to the feelings >f the host required that it should re:eive full Justice at all harvds. Porgy was In the best of humors. 3e was conciliated by his comrades; tnd he had succeeded In his expertnents?to his own satisfaction at least, ie even looked with complacency up>n the lantern-Jawed and crane-bodied loctor, Oakenburg, whom, as we have teen, he was not much disposed to faror. He could even expend a Jest up?n the doctor instead of a sarcasm, hough the Jests of Porgy were of a tort, as George Dennison once remarked, "to turn all the sweet milk sour in in old maid's dairy." Dr. Oakenburg tad a prudent fear of the lieutenant's tarcasms, and was disposed to concilate by taking whatever he offered in he way of food or counsel. He sufered sometimes in consequence of this aclllty. But the concession was hardy satisfactory to Porgy, and his tem>er was greatly tried, when he beheld lis favorite dishes almost left unouched before the naturalist, who evdently gave decided preference to ceralns bits of fried eel, which formed i part of the dinner that day. "Bel is a good thing enough," he nuttered sotto voice, "but to hang up? ??* ? oironln an/1 ml cci wi1cxi juu can qv v ?v? m Iressed In this manner, Is a vice and in abomination." Then louder? "How do you get on, George?" to )ennison; "will you scoop up a little nore of the soup, or shall we go to the >ie?" "Pie!" said Dennlson. "Have you ;ot a terrapin pie?" "Ay, you have got something to live or. Tom, make a clearance here, ind let's have the pie." Tom had returned from serving Slnrleton and his immediate companions. These were Humphries, John Davis, >ance Frampton, and perhaps some >ther favorite trooper. They had dip>ed largely into the soup. They were low to be permitted to try the terrain pie upon which Porgy had tried tis arts. They sat in a ^ulet group ipart from the rest of the command, vho were squatting in sundry messes ill about the swamp hammocks. Let is mention, par parenthese, that John 5a vis had mustered the courage to nake a full confession to his superior if last night's adventure, of his proected duel with Hastings, and how he latter was mu-'Ted by the maliac Frampton. ' Oi course Singleton leard the story with great gravity, ind administered a wholesome rebuke o the offender. Under the circumtances he could do no more. To punsh was not his policy, where the crlmnal was so clever a trooper. He had l<""> true- hilt there was SO me ipology for him In the wrongs, perormed and contemplated, of the Brltsh sergeant. Besides, he had honesty acknowledge d his error, and de>lored It, and it was not difficult to rrant his pardon, particularly while hey were all busy over the soup of Jorgy. If forgiveness had been relucant before, It became ready when the >le was set In sight. Porgy's triumph vas complete. Singleton did not flnsh his grave rebuke of the offender, vhlle helping himself from the natual tureen which contained the favirlte dish. Nothing could be more aceptable to all the party. When the >le, shorn largely of Its fair proporions, was brought back to our epl:ure, his proceeding was exquisitely rue to propriety. Loving the comnodlty as he did, and particularly inxious to begin the attack upon It, ?e yet omitted none of his customary >oltteness?a forbearance scarcely :onsidered necessary In a dragoon amp. "There. Tom. that will do. Set It lown. It will stand alone. Did the najor help himself?" "He tek' some maussa." "Some! Did he not help himself lonestly, and like a man with Chrlslan appetite and bowels?" "He no tek' 'nough, like Mass Hum>hry, and Mass Jack Dabls, but he ek' some, and Mass Lance, he tek' lome, Jls' like the major." "Humph! took a little, you mean, t little! Did he look sick, Tom?the najor?" "No sah! He look and talk berry veil." "Ah! I see; he helped himself modsstly, like a gentleman, at first; we thall try him again. And now *for lurselves. Gentlemen, you shall now lee what art can do with nature: how t can glorify the beast: how It can rive wings to creeping things. George Dennlson, you need not be taught his. Help yourself, my good fellow, md let this terrapin pie Inspire your rtl?,V,fa VTf Wlllrlnq nilf IIUSC IU lien Iiieuw. Mil f. or me to lay a few spoonsful of this )le in your calabash. Nay, don't hang >ack. man; the supply is abundant." The modest Mr. Wilkins, who was coquetting only with his happiness, vas easily persuaded, and Porgy turned to Oakenburg, who was still eellng t. "Dr. Oakenburg!" with a voice of hunder. "Sir lieutenant?ah!" very much tartled. "Doctor Oakenburg, let me entreat 'ou to defile your lips no longer with hat villainous fry. Don't think of eel iir, when you can get terrapin; and luch as this." "I thank you lieutenant, but?yes, really thank you very much; but, as 'ou see. I have not yet consumed enlrely the soup which you were so ;ood " "And why the d?1 haven't you conlumed It? It was cooked to be conlumed. Why have you wasted time 0 imprudently? That soup is now lot fit to be eaten. You have suffered It to get cold. There are certain lelights, sir, which are always to be aken warm. To delay a pleasure, vhen the pleasure Is ready to your lands Is to destroy a pleasure. And hen. sir, the appetite grows violated, ind the taste dreadfully Impaired afer eating fry. The finest delicacy In he world suffers from such contact, lend that soup away. Here, Tom. ake the doctor's calabash. Throw that hrivelled fry to the dog. and wash the vessel clean. Be quick, you son of Beelzebub, if you would hope for soup ind salvation." The indignation of Porgy was makng him irreverent. His anger Increased as the tasteless doctor resistd his desires and clung to the ee!. "No! Tom, no. Excuse me, lieutenint, but I am' pleased with this eel. 1 hich Is conisderably done to my 11kng. It is a dish I particularly affect." Porgy gave him a savage glance, vhile spooning the pie into his own alabash. Tom, the negro, mean vhlle, naa possessed nimseu m me loctor's dishes, and the expectant dog t*as already In possession of the remlant of his eel. "Maussa say I must tek' um, Mass )akenbu'g." was the apologetic reponse of the negro to the remontrances of the doctor. "Clean the gourds, Tom, for the loctor as quickly as possible! That i free white man in a Christian counry should prefer eel fry to terrapin itew! Doctor Oakenburg, where do 'ou expect to go when you die? I isked the question from a belief? ather staggered. I must confess, by fhat I have seen?that you really lave something of a soul left. You nice had, doubtless." The poor naturalist seemed quite coebegone and bewildered. His anwer was quite as much to the point ls it was possible for him to make It it any time. "Really lieutenant I don't know; I an't conjecture, but I trust to some dace of perfect security." "Well, for your own sake, I hope o too; and the better to make you secure, could I have a hand In disposing of you, I should doom your soul ' to be thrust in an eel skin, and hung l up to dry in the tropic from May to September every year. Of one thing I you may rest assured?if there be any- I thing like Justice done to you hereafter. vou will have scant fare, bad cooking, and fry for ever, wherever 1 you go. Prefer eel to terrapin! Tom!" "Sah!" "Bring me a clean calabash of wa- i ter, and hand the Jug. A little Jamai- 1 ca, my good fellow, to wash down our 1 Grecians. Prefer eel to terrapin! i George Dennlson, you have done at I last? How the poets eat! Mr. Wllki.is < you have not finished? Come sir, I don't spare, the pie. It Is not every day that happiness walks Into one's I lodgings and begs one to help him- ! self. It isn't every day that one captures such terrapins aS these, and sits i down to such cooking and compound- ! ing. Tom and myself are good against i a world In arts. What! no more? i Well, I can't complain. I too have 1 done, a little morsel more excepted, i Tom, hand me that tureen. I must < have another of those eggs." < The epicure scooped them up and < swallowed. 1 "What a flavor?how rich! Ah! < George, this is a day to be marked 1 with a white stone. Tom, take away the vessel. I have done enough." 1 "Ki, maussa, you no left any eggs." "No eggs!" cried the gourmand; ' "Why, what the deuce do you call that, i and that, and that?" stirring them over with the spoon as he spoke. "Bless me. I did not think there were half so many. Stop, Tom, I will take but a couple more, and then?there? that will do?you may take the rest." The negro hurried away with his prize, dreading that Porgy would make new discoveries; while that worthy, seasoning his calabash of water with a moderate dash of Jamaica from the jug beside him, concluded the repast to which he had annexed so much Importance. "So much is secure of life!" he exclaimed, when he had done. "I am satisfied?I have lived today, and nothing can deprive me of the 22d June, in the yuar of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty, enjoyed in the Cypress Swamp. The day is completed; it should always close with the dinner hour. It is then secure?we cannot be deprived of it; it is recorded in the history of hopes realized, and of feelings properly felt. And, hark! the major seems to think with me, since the bugle rumbles up for a start Wilklns?old fellow?if you'll give me ? hanil In hnlitlnr on this coat"?taking It from the bough of & tree (he had dined, we may add, in his shirt sleeves)?"you will save me , from exertions which are always unwisely made after dinner. So! that will do. Thank you! It Is a service to be remembered." I The camp was all astir by this time. . Porgy looked around him coolly, and J chafed at the hurry which he beheld In others. I "Ho! there. Corporal Mlllhouse, see i to your squad, my good fellow. Den- ] nison, my boy, you will ride along with me. I shall want to hear some of that new ballad as we go. Ah! boy, we ' shall have to put some of your ditties ' Into print. They are quite as good as thousands of verses that are so honored. They are good, George, and I know It, If nobody else. ... So ho. There! Tom, you rascal, will you be ' at that stew all day? Hurry, you sable son of Ethlop, and don't forget to unsling and pack up the hambone. Needn't mind the calabashes. We can get them every where along the road. What, you're not about to caryy that snake along with you, Doctor Oakenburg! Great heavens! what a reptile taste that fellow has! . . . Ha! Lance, my boy. Is that you? Well, J you relished the pie, didn't you?" " 'Twas good, lieutenant." "Good! It was great! But you are In a hurry. Mounted already! Well, I suppose I must follow suit. I see the major's ready to mount also. Do me a turn, Lance; help me on with my belt, which you see hanging from yonder tree. It takes In a world of territory. There! That will do." Humphries now rode up. "To horse, lieutenant, as soon as you can. The major's looking -a little wolfish." "Ay, ay! needs must when the devil drives. And yet this moving Just after a hearty meal upon terrapin! Terrapin stew or pie seems to Impart something of the sluggishness of the beast to him who feeds upon it. I must think of this; whether It Is not the case with all animals to influence with their own nature, that of the person who feeds on them. It was certainly the notion of the ancients. A steak of the lion might reasonably be supposed to impart courage; wolf and tiger should make one thirst for blood; and"?seeing Oakenburg ride along at this moment?"who should wonder suddenly to behold that crane-bodied cormorant, after eating fried eel, suddenly twisting away from his nag, and. with squirm and wriggle, sliding off into the mud? If ever he disappears suddenly, I shall know how to account for his absence." i Thus it was that Lieutenant Porgy soliloquized himself out of the swamp. He was soon at the head of his squad, and Singleton's orders became urgent. Once with the duty before him, our epicure was as prompt as any of his neighbors. In an hour, and all was ready to start?the partisans and their prisoners; and. conspicuous in the 1 rear of his master's command, Tom, 1 the cook, followed closely by his dog; i a mean looking cur significantly called ( "Slink." Never was dog more appro- | prlately named. All negro dogs are ' more or less mean of spirit, but surly, and cunning in the last degree; but Slink was the superb of meanness even among negro dogs. He was the most shame-faced, creeping, sneaking beast you ever saw; as poor of body as of spirit; eating voraciously always, yet always a mere skeleton, besmeared with the ashes and cinders in which he lay nightly?a habit borrowed, we suspect, from his owner; and such was the meanness of his spirit that, having, from immemorial time, neglected the due elevation of his tail, he now seemed to have lost all sense, and indeed, all capability, for the achievement. There it hung for ever deplorably down, as far as it could go between his legs, and seemed every day to grow more and more despicably fond of earth. Such was "Slink" always in the white man's eye; but see "Slink" when it is his cue to throttle a fat shoat in the swamp, and his character undergoes a change. You then see that phase of it, which, more than anything besides, endears the dirty wretch to his negro master. It was an evil hour for Slink, when, under the excitement of departure, he suffered himself to trot ahead of his owner, and pass for a moment from rear to front of his command. It was not often that he suffered himself to put his beauties of person too prominently forward. What evil mood of presumption possessed him on the present occasion, it is difficult to conceive; but Slink in proper keeping with Tom, his owner, in the swamp, might keep himself in perfect security. as well as Oakenburg. His danger was in passing out from his obscurity Into the front ranks. Lieutenant Porgy beheld the beast as he trotted in advance, with a rare sentiment of disgust,?a feeling which underwent great increase when he saw that the dog's spirit underwent no elevation with his advance, and that his caudal extremity was Just as basely drooping as before. Porgy summoned Tom to the front, and pointed to the dog. slink Instantly saw that something was wrong, and tried to slink out of sight under the legs of the horses. But it was too late. Eyes had seen his momentary Impertinence which seldom saw in vain. "Tom," said Porgy, "that dog's tail must be cut off close to the haunches." "Cut off Slink's tail, maussa! You want for kill de dog for ebber?" "It won't kill him, Tom. Cut it off close, and sear the stump with a hot Iron. It will be done tonight." "But, maussa, he will spile de dog for ebber." j "Vnt an Tom* it will make him. if I anything can. Don't you see that he ( can't raise it up: that It's In the way I of his legs; that it makes him run'l badly. It Is like a dragoon's sword when he's walking; always getting between his legs and tripping him." "Slink can't do without his tall, maussa!" answered Tom with becoming doggedness. "He must, Tom." "He lub he tall 'twix he leg; he no hu't (hurt) he running." "All a mistake, Tom. It's in his way, and he feels it. That's the true reason why he looks so mean, and always carries his head so sheepishly, [t must be a terrible mortification to iny dog of sensibility when he has a tall that he can never elevate. Cut off the tall, and you will see how he will improve." "You t'lnk so, maussa! I nebber kin fink so. 'Twon't do for cut off 31ink tall." "Either his tall or his head. He must lose one or t'other tonight, Tom. 3ee that it Is done. If I see him tomorrow with more than one Inch of stump between his legs, I shoot him! By Jupiter Ammon, Tom, I shoot him! ma you Know wnen i swear oy a Sreek god that I am sure to keep my nath. In this way, Tom, I mortify 3reek faith! Tou understand, Tom, with more than one Inch of tall he Jles! Let It be seen to this very night when we come to a halt." "He's 'mos (almost) as bad for cut lie tail as he head, maussa." "Be It the. head then. Tom; and rom, whistling back the unhappy cur, muttered as he fell behind: "Maussa berry sensible pusson, but sometime he's a' mos* too d n foolish for talk wld. Whay de harm In 31Ink tall? Slink carry he tail so low to de groun', people mebber sh'um (see 'em)?nobody gwlne sh'um but maussa, and he hab he eye jes whay nobody ebber want 'em for look." But the last bugles sound shrilly md mournfully as the cavalcade jpeeds away In a long train through the swamp avenues, and Tom is compelled to forego his soliloquies and hurry forward with the dog Slink, who it nnngrlniia nf hla ?rmr hnj* Hmn ped juat as far back in the rear, aa before he indiscreetly went ahead. The miserable beaat little anticipates the loss that awaits him. Fortunately rom feels for him all that is proper. He rides forward enveloped in his >wn master's luggage, and he too and Slink finally disappear in the far ihadows of the wood. The cypress swamp of the Ashley rests in the pro'oundest silence, as if it never had >een Inhabited. (To be Continued.) CONFE38ION OF TOM HARRIS. Save Details Voluntarily While In' Spartanburg Jail. The following ia a confession made by Tom Harris alias Tom Chlldersto Rev. W. P. Smith, W J. White and J. W. Becknell, of his own accord after being warned that it would be used igainst him of the murder of Mrs. Morgan. After which he says he and his wife ind two children got on train No. 89 it OroVer, N. C., his wife and children retting off at Blacksburg. S. C., he rolng on to Gaffney, 8. C.. and there retting off and going to Mr. Davenport's store leaving a grip and other belongings, after which he started for Mrs. Morgan's, asking two men on the way where she lived; be found her sitting on her front porch; approached her and pretended to want to rent a farm; she told him all her land was rented; she got up to go in the house, isking him to stay for dinner; be replied he didn't care for any dinner, following her into the room. She stepped to the bed to get a paper and he walked up behind her, choking her by the throat, choked her down fn the bed. took his knife from bis coat pocket and cut her throat, after which he waited in the room ten or twenty minutes until she died, after which he , searched a cupboard or safe for her money; not finding It he searched her person, finding her money tied around ber waist in a pouch of sack; he cut the string from her person, took the money from the sack ai d threw the sack down at the door. I'er money consisted of something over a hundred dollars in gold of five, ten and twenty dollar pieces, the rest being In greenbacks of ten and twenty dollar bills; he then walked back to the road and walked back to Gaffney, going to l store and buying a new suit of elothes, overcoat, grip and a pair of shoes, and expecting to get on train No. 11 of the Southern road and go to Atlanta, Ga., and from there to Memphis, Tenn., to never return. He says no one else than hlrase|f bad anything to do with this murder, sither directly or indirectly. He further states at the time he lommitted the murder he had forty lollars of his own money and thinking that it wouldn't be sufficient for his needs decided to rob Mrs. Morgan. Also says Mrs. Morgan knew him and but for that fact would have robbed her without killing her. Tom (his mark) Harris. Witness: ' J. W. Becknell, W. P. Smith. W. J. White. Whang Doodled. On being asked whether he had any assurance of getting the contract before he rushed off and incorporated the construction company and made jther expenditures, Mr. Oliver looked jontemptuously at the interviewer as be asked: "Do I look like a fellow who would Invest $40,000 In rrinbows?" Dliver so made out the way his contra rt was turned down that he declines to have anything to say until he geta his breath. Then things are going to be told of how It all happened. Oliver's friends declare that not only Oliver himself, but also four or five of lis friends and associates were assured that if Oliver "filled" he would get the contract. "What more could I do?" jueries Mr. Oliver. "I dug up the men md the dollars. My bid was the lowist and according to the terms. reluired." "It reminds me," he continued, "of ;he spiked game of poker out west rhe sucker held four aces and reached 'or the pot. 'Nothing doing,' said one >f the other players, 'I hold a whangloodle,' that takes everything you lose. Ifou should have noticed the sign beilnd the table.'" "The next night," said the contracor, "the sucker returned with a big >unch of dough, determined to get ?ven. The game progressed, and when he table was stacked with the lone: rreen, he called, 'I have a whangloodle,' he said. 'Nothing doing,' redied one of the gamblers, I hold four ices, you lose.' 'I thought a whangloodle took anything,' said the sucker. Oh no, you didn't read the sign care'ully. You can only play a whangioodle once a week.' "Well, I'm the sucker, I entered in:o this canal game and made the lowest responsible bid. I called the administration's . hand, but was wh&ngloodled out of the Job."?Washington ;orrespondence Charlotte Observer. ? Recently a district visitor In the Sast End of London asked the wife of i notorious drinker why she did not keep her husband from the public louse. ' Well," she answered, "I 'ave done ny best, ma'am, but he will go there." "Why don't you make your house ook more attractive?" "I'm sure I've tried 'ard to make It >'mellke, ma'am," was the reply. "I've ook up the parlor carpet and sprinkled lawdust on the floor, and put a beer jarrel in the corner, but, lor\ ma'am, t ain't made a bit of difference."