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OUR NOBLE DEAD"
Memorial Erected in Ohio to Coafederate
Soldiers Who Died
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DURING WAR IN PRISON
Dedicatory Exercises Held on John*
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? son's Island Wednesday.?-Monu- a
ment Unveiled by Daughter of a
Noted Southern Patriot.?Culmi- '
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nation of Movement.
In the presence of several hundred 11
Southerners, representing nearly all '
of the States in the Confederacy, a 1
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monument to the memory of 206 j,
Confederate officers and privates, s
buried on Johnson s Island, Sandusky j
Bay, Lake Erie, was dedicated Wednesday.
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The monument, erected by the ^
Robert Patton Chapter of the United i:
Daughters of the Confederacy, of j
Oinciimatti, was unveiled by Mrs. g
hiary Patton Hudson, of Cincinnatti, e
daughter of Robert Patton, a noted e
Southern Ranger. o
The dedicatory address was delivered
by Gen. Geo. W. Gordan, of t
Memphis, Tennessee, commander-in- s
chief of the United States Veterans, f
Other addresses were delivered by s
Gen. Bennett H. Young, of Loui6- n
ville; Joseph A. Mangus, of Cincin- n
/natti, and Sir Moses Ezekiel, of n
Rome, Italy, designer of the monu- ti
ment. Sir Mobcb Ezekiel was a sol- i>
dier under Gen. Robt. E. Lee.
The movement to erect the staue w
originated with the Robert Patton i>
Chapter of the United Daughters of o
the Confederacy, of Cincinnati, Ohio, a
The chapter purchased the come- a
tery in 1908, when it was found that
the spot around which so many his- tl
torical memories clustered was be- p
ing negiecieu ana pracucauy anan- ti
doned. Its only visitors were the S|
veterans of a Grand Army Post, who ni
every Decoration Day held memorial
services for their former foes.
Prior to this, however, one effort
had been made to save the cemetery
from the neglect into which it had
fallen. In 1889 a party of editors
and officials of the state of Georgia
visited the island. They saw only
broken fences and weed-grown tc
mounds. Stirred by the sight, th^y tj
returned home and raised a fund,
which provided headstones of Georgia
marble for each of the 206 ?
graves. It was then found that 54
of them must remain nameless, for
the memory of the buried had van- m
ished w
Lieut. Col. William HofTman, Fed- hl
eral commissary general of prisoners,
leased forty acres of land on John- l(
son's Island in the fall of 1861 from ai
L. B. Johnson. The intention was to *
use this land solely for the accom- 111
dation of Confederate officers and, although
during the subsequent years
of the war small bodies of privates 01
were from time to time sent to the w
island, it was usually through error
and they were invariably promptly
drafted to other prisons. The island
lies in Sandusky Bay. about three K
miles from the town of Sandusky, a
and the post who known officially as \\
"Depot Prisoners of War, Johnson's A
Island, near Sandusky, Ohio." ni
The greatest number of prisoners b
confined on the island at any one ei
time was about 3,000. This was G
just prior to the close of the war.
All In all, about 10,000 officers and
'soldiers were imprisoned there and ir
220 deaths were recorded. Fourteen f(
of the dead were budied on the main- land.
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When the first prisoners died Mr. tt
Johnson gave his consent to their b
burial on the island, and the ceme- ri
tery was laid out under his personal tl
direction. No lease on the land was ei
ever executed, and no compensation st
given for its use. Subsequently, at
the close of the war, Mr. Johnson, tl
at his own expense, built a wire ti
fence around the plot and kept it N
in repair for several years. Later rr
on an officer from the Columbus Fed- E
eral barracks visited the island and h
had the original fence removed and hi
a more substantial one erected in pi
its stead. . b;
For many years afterwards the ai
cemetery was allowed to fall into tc
decay, until ip 1881, the Veterans
of McMeens' Post, Grand Army of tl
the Republic, of Sandusky, Ohio, paid ei
a generous tribute to the men who fa
had fought against them. They had C
the cemetery weeded and cared for, ri
and on the Memorial Dny following st
held services there similar to those T
held over the Union dead in Oak- fa<
land Cemetery, Sandusky. se
Every succeeding Memorial Day up ta
to thrno voara a wa t \\ x* v /.a
V V.. . w I. I CT upvr val I ICU V/Ul
similar services. As the veterans cc
were all men in advanced years they bl
were forced to discontinue their trips le
to the Island. "They decided also In tc
view of the fact that up to that time O
practically no interest had been m
shown in the Confederate graves by dl
either the relatives or friends of is
those buried t.here, there was no Si
demand on them to continue the ei
services..
This action by Grand Army post
became widely known and drew the ai
attention of the various Confederate M
organizations throughout the conn- M
try to the neglected conditions of one
of the most memorable landmarks tJ
of the great struggle. The Daugh- T
WARNS THE DAGOES
COMMANDER HINES INI>UIXJE8 IN
STRAIGHT TALK.
ie Threaten* to Annihilate the Xtcaratcuan
Forces If American Vessel
is Molested.
There seems to be some danger
if a collision between the American
ind Nicaraguan forces at Bluefields.
'At the first shot fired against the
American flag or an American vessel,
will level the bluff."
This is the reply made by Comnander
Harold K. Mines, commandng
t.he American gunboat Dubuque,
o a threat made by General Rlvas
if the Madriz force holding Bluelelds
bluff to stop by force any vesel8
of whatever nationality enterng
the harbor.
General Rivas had practically deled
the United States, declaring that
le will disregard the proclamation
ssued from Washington on May 31
o the effect that the United States
government will deny the right of
ither faction to seize American ownd
vessels or propery without consent
f recompense to the owners.
He has warned Commander Hin-?s
hat he will prevent by force reardlcss
of flag, any further vessels
rom entering the harbor. In reponse
to this, the American comlander
at once sent him the above
lessage, which would mean the anihilation
of the handful of Madrix
roops now remaining in this neignorhood.
A serious situation has thus arisen
hich may involve the United Stater,
ut the Americans here are of the
pinion that General Rivas will not
ttempt to make good his threat in
n effort to collect custom duties.
There are constant rumors of
ireats against the liie of Thomas
. Moffatt, the American consul, and
le whole situation fet Bluefields, Intend
of quieting, has assumed a
lore serious aspect
COLD IS DUE TO COMET,
sheville Weather Prophet Predicts
Frost Every Month.
John P. Arthur, an Asheville hls>rian
and student, after an invesgation
of the weather conditions of
835, and oomparing them with those
f this year, says:
"Frost will occur every month of
te year in which Halley's comet
akes its appearance. In 1835 there
as frost every month, and there
as been frost every month cf this
?ar. In 1835 the crops, due to i
)!d weather, were a total failure,
ad starvation of the inhabitants i
as prevented only by heroic efforts
l hauling from Charleston, S. C., i
aough foodstuff to tide them over
alley's comet is undoubtedly the
luse of the extremely unreasonable
eatlier this year."
Murderer Arrested.
Dispatches from Bowling Green,
y., tell of the arrest of a man who
new era the description of Joseph
"endling. wanted for the murder of
Ima Kellner. The police say the
lan talked incoherently of having
lood on his bands. He had been
mployed as a laborer in a Bowling
reen mill only a week.
It is predicted that trolb-y fares
lust rise, but as almost everyone
?elc that they can afford automo>rs
of the Confederacy became inTested.
The campaign was headed
y the Robert Patton Post, which
Used the funds for the purchase of
le cemetery and then issued anotiir
appeal for a fund to provide a
.1 itable monument to the dead.
Money was liberally contributed
iroughout the South, and a substaual
amount was also raised in the
orth. The commission for the
lonument was given to Sir Moses
zekiel, who executed the statue in
is studio in Rome and shipped it
ere a few weeks ago. The first
holographs of it will be copyrighted
y the Daughters of the Confederacy
ad sold, the proceeds to be added
i the monument fund.
The statue occupi* s a position on
le shore of Sandusky Hay, near t.he
it ranee of the island cemetery, and
ices to the south. It represents a
onfed' rate soldier in uniform The
ght. hand clutches a musket, the
ock of which rests on the ground,
he left hand is raised to the forefad,
shading the eyes and the figure
terns to be peering into the far disince,
toward the southland.
The statue rests on a pedestal,
mstructeil of South Carolina marie.
upon which is engraved in large
Iters "Krected by the Robert Pat- ,
>n Chapter, United Daughters of the
onfederacy, of Cincinnati, Ohio, in
envory of the Southern soldiers who
led in the Federal prison on this
land during the War Between the
tates. Dead, but sceptred sovergns
who rule us from the dust."
On the base is this inscription,
The stone upon this was incrlbed
ad placed by the Grand Lodge of
llsslssippi, In remembrance of the
lasons who sleep here."
On the ends of the base stone are
le words. "Confederate Soldiers,
hey were Masons."
LIKE OLD TIMES
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Details From Indian Massacre State That
They Committed
HORRIBLE ATROCITIES
The People Were Forced to Flee
From Their Hom??s, and That the
Savages Tortured Their Victims
Before Massacreing Them in the
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1*1 U UU .'lniilllT.
With telegraph wires cut and operators
murdered or forced to flee for
their lives, definite information Is
lacking as to the present situation
at Valladolid, Yucatan, the scene of
& bloody massacre by Indian insurgents
several days ago. Meagre advices
received by the government authorities
estimate the number killed
at forty. j
More than two thousand Indiana
are said to have been engaged in the
attack upon the towns. The insurgents
held Valladolid at last accounts
having fortified themselves in the
jail and other buildings. A force
of federal and 6tate troops and volunteers
numbering more than 2,000
men. was concentrated at Dritas, a
short distance from Valladolid, and
was about to march upon the rebels.
Those engaged in the uprising are
chiefly Indians who never have been
submissive to authority. Reports
as to the cause of the outbreak are
conflicting. Some declare that it
began with a protest against certain
orders issued by the civil officer In
charge of the municipality, known as
the "Jefe Politico," while others say
that it was the result of a drunken
spree.
Whatever the origin, it appears to
have had some semblance of organization
and is said to have been led
by political malcontents. Col. Honilla
Montenegro, formerly at the head
of the civil government of Valladolid
is said to have been in command of
the raiders.
The first attack was made upon
the building where all public offices
are located. The mob was armed
with machetes, pistols and guns. After
sacking this building the rioters
turned their attention to the Jefo
Politico named Regil. The battle
had begun in the night, and it was
2 a. m. when the attack was made
on the building where Regil and
many citizens had taken refuge.
A bloody butchery followed. The
wife of Regil left her four children
and went to the assistance of her
husband, seeking through her tears
and prayers to reach the hearts of
the infuriated raiders. Regil was
cut down before her eyes, and his
l>ody hacked to pieces. The wife,
also is said to have been murdered,
as were all the men in the building,
numbering some twenty in all. Later
the five or six gendarmes in the
town met a similar fate.
The people of the town were terrified.
Many fled in the direction of
Merida. The mob surged through
the town, crying for blood and pillage.
Victor Ojeda, judge of the
first instance, fell into their hands,
and was assassinated.
Other victims were Florentino
Scharretta, commander of the police;
Jose Maria Hernandez, second in
command; Pedro Hernandez, mayor
of the town. Jose E. Triav, chief of
the telegraph office at Vallodolid;
Alonzo Vannuvia and Demetrlo Rivero,
merchants, whose stores were
also sacked. It is said that Triay,
chief telegrapher, was put to death
after suffering horrible tortures.
FATAL TRAIN CRASH.
Three Men Killed and Twelve Are
Hadly Injured.
Three men were killed outright
and twelve injured at three o'clock
Thursday morning when Iron Mountain
fast mail train for Texas, which
sarried no passengers left the tracks
near St. Louis, and crashed through
the brick wall of a manufacturing
plant. The bodies of Engineer W.
It. Douglas, of DeSoto, Mo., and Fireman
R. D. Shepard, St. Loius, were
not found until long after firemen
who had responded to an alarm arrived
to aid the survivers of the
crew. The body of Mail Clerk Jasper
L. Lasater, of St. Louis, was
found In his car, which .had been
crushed by another car.
ax aggressive campaign
Wholesale Liquor l?ealers Lay Plans
for Defeating Prohibition.
An aggressive campaign against
sumptuary laws was planned by the
National Wholesale Liquor Dealers'
association in Cinclnnatti on Tuesday
at a conference of state presidents
of the organization.
Previously delegates to the annual
convention of the body had
listened to addresses in which it .v <s
argued that the association members
had remained too long on the defense
and that a firm stand wo i.d
be taken for the enactment and enforcement
of regulatory statutes by
whlc-h. disreputable saloons might be
eliminated.
REPUBLICANS ARK SCARED.
Democrats Stand Good Chance of
Capturing Maine.
A dispatch from Portland. Maine,
says as the two big State conventions
draw near?the Democratic on June
25, and the Republican on June 29
?coservative Republican leaders,
admit that this rock-ribbed Republican
State 1b in doubt. The Democrats
are especially hopeful of carrying
the first and second congressional
districts and are working
hard to elect their candidates to the
next Legislature which must choose
a successor to Senator Eugene Hale,
who has announced his retirement.
At the Republican State convention
Govenor Fernald in all probability
will be renominated by acclamation.
Before the Democratic convention at
Augusta, there will be two candidates
seeking the gubernatorial nomination,
O. Gardner of Rockland and
Frederick W. Plaised, the preBenc
mayor of Augusta. No Democratic
candidate for Senator has been named.
BOUGHT WAY IX.
Former Senator Says Fifty Per Cent,
of Seats Purchased.
"I believe that 50 per cent of
the seats in the United State senate
can be said to have b<ren practically
purchased."
This statement was made recently
at Chicago by former United States
Senator William E. Mason, in the
course of an interview.
Mr. Mason denied a report that he
had said he heard at Springfield, before
the elction, that the senatorial
toga would go to the highest bidder.
"I have two democratic state representatives
who will give important
evidence before the special grand
jury in regard to the alleged bribery
in the election of William Lorimer
as United States s- nator," said States
Attorney John H. Wayntan.
ESCAPED AN AWFUL DEATH.
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Indians Getting Heady to Torture a
Sup|M?sed Witch.
Driven by fear of death at the
hands of her tribe whose members
believe her to be a witch, Mamie G.
Holmes, a Indian girl, sixteen years
old. Jiar walked for more than a hundred
miles from the Coachila reser
vation to Santa Manuel reservation
near Highland, Cal.
The girl was taken in charge by
Indian Agent Hoyce, who says he
learned several days ago of preparations
to torture and kill her. She
will he sent to the government school
at Phoenix.
Sufficient proof to the Indians that
the girl is a witch were the facts
that several on the reservation became
ill. a pumpkin withered after
the girl's shadow had fallen on it.
and a dog chained up in front of her
parents' shack howled all night.
She was shunned, and one evening
when she saw the aged braves
gather on a hill at sundown and indulge
in strange rites she slipped
away and was four days reaching
the Santa Manuel reservation. In
fear of being pursued she would hide
in the daytime.
She was found by officers of the
reservation as she was about to redeem
herself from "witchhood" in
accordance with one of the superstitutions
by Indians by bathing in
the waters of the Arrowhead.
Killed for Nothing.
Apparently without cause, Ben
Harper fatally shot Isaiah Jackson,
near Langley, in Aiken county, Saturday
night. It is stated, by other
negroes present, that Jackson asked
Harper to let him see his pistol,
whereupon Harper pointed the pistol
at him, saying, "do you see it?"
and fired. Jackson died almost immediately.
Fifty-nine handsome granite monuments,
with bronze tablets, are being
placed on Confederate avenues
to take the place of the iron battlefield
markers which have marked
the positions of suut.hern brigades at
Gettysburg. The new brigade markers
cost approximately five hundr> d
dollars each.
Goes to Liberia.
President Taft nominated William
D. Crum, of South Carolina, to be
minister resident and consul general
at Monrovia, Liberia. Crum is hhe j
<ve>u nuuK,' tt|i|iui uiiin'iir i?y .Mr.
Roosevelt as collector of the port at
Charleston raised such a storm of
protest in South Carolina.
Held Live Wire.
? In sight of a younger brother with
whom he had gone hunting young
birds, Harry Eulerg, 17 years old,
was electrocuted by coming in contact
with an electric wire when he '
climbed a pole to get a nest. The
accident .happened in Chicago.
OonfesM's the Crime.
At Seattle. Wash., a negro soldier. '
confessed that he was the one who ^
had assaulted Airs. Redding. He (
said he was drunk when he attacked
her. He plead guilty and was (
sentenced.
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THIS CURIOUS INK PISH. *"*
Fbe Veracious Seaman Relates Soma
of Its Wonderful Doing*.
"You talk about fights with sharks
and sighting sea serpents," said
Third Officer Carl Ducks, of the German
steamship Alleghany, as he
leaned orer the chart table. "Do
you see that spot on tbo map in the
Bay of Bengal? Well, we were becalmed
there for a week when 1 was
working before the mast on the full
rigged ship Arethuaa ten years ago.
There bad not been as mmh as a
breath of air stirring for a week and
all of us lay around despondent and
nopeless, tor the Bay of Bengal ta
not the happiest plaoe in the world to
be becalmed In.
"The skipper had no orders to
give, so didn't give any. and no one
of us In the fo'cs'le knew what to do
with himself. On the seventh day
when this Idleness got on our nerves
and we were lazily drifting with th?
currents, the man at the wheel suddenly
discovered that the Arethusa
as being pushed over to port, notwithstanding
that he had his wheel
hard over endeavoring to kenp the
vessel In a straight course.
"None of us could understand It,
for there did not seem to be as much
as a small current In the sea and
there surely was not a puff of wind
In the flapping canvas.
"Suddenly Metzger. the bos'un,
leaned over the starboard rail forward
and polnteu excitedly to the
water below. All of us ran to him
and there dimly visible and almost
entirely submerged, was a huge Infer
fish close to our starboard side.
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CARVTNO THE IN'vKISH.
"Because the Ink flu* had spread
her peculiar coloring on the waier
bout her we coald hardly make her
out. It is a peculiarity of the Inkflsh,
this spreading; of a haze around
her. I think here you call the Inkfish
an octopus. Whichever It is,
ours was actually pushing our 3.000
ton ship over out of the course to
which the helmsman was trying to
keep the Arethusa.
"The captain ordered a harpoon
brought out and the hook was dropped
right on top of the lnkflsh, catching
the monster amidships, and she
a as. with the aid of a block and
tackle, rigged to the foreyard, soon
high and dry on the fo'c'sle deck.
"One of th? boys was Investigating
the monster which weighed every
ounce of seven hundred pounds wnen
suddenly out shot one of the dozen
tentacles from the lnkflsh. When
that was withdrawn another would
shoot out, and in this way the lnkflsh
bent our foward stanchious, twisted
the rat! Into * shapeless mass and
llirAfift PlHn AVwl Hnmnor-. nil ' v
? - m>u huu uaumgc ail UYCI IU?
forward section.
"Darmsadt, the carpenter, had a
bright tuggestlon. None of us couU
get near to the Inkflsh whose arms
were about twenty or twenty-flv*
feet in length, and which were now
swaying ail around, keeping the
crew at a safe distance. The carpenter
brought an axe and when the
first arm reached his vicinity off
came five feet of tentacle. He kept
this up with each tentacle in succession
until the dozen arms of the inkfish
had been shortened by five feet.
Then he got nearer and again mads
the 'rounds' as the arms were shot
forward toward him.
"Finally, when the inkflsh had only
a dozen stumps left and Darmstadt
could get close enough to the
monster, he gave It one blow between
the little doorknob like eyes and that
was the end of the Inkflsh on the Arethusa.
As the final blow was struck
home that inkflsh gave forth a squeal
just like a rabbit. 1 never knew a
fith to be able to utter a sound. But
the death squal of that octopus inkfish
will never leave my ears.'*
Surprise for an Oyster Shucke*.
As George Schuck was opening
oysters in the Susquehanna House,
Catawlssa, he opened one that gave
him a surprise. It was apparently
as BOlld and as sound as any he had
opened, but when he removed the
bell he found therein a entail tUh
about two Inches In length and a
small hard-shell crab, the top of
whloh was three-fourths of an Inch
In width, ^he fish was plump and
life-like, though dead, but the crab
was as lively as a cricket. There
wag no sign of an oyster In the shell,
which was 2*^x4 laches.?Philadelphia
Record.
The Pet Dogs of Paris.
In Paris dogs are treated as well
as human beings are. They wear
automobile togs when they go motoring,
they hrve s hospital, and
they even bavo a good-sized cemetery,
with monuments and heact tonea,
and lnacrlptlona and mortaary
wreatha.
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| AN EXTREMELY S
| PARTICULAR &
The woman wit fa the strlpea wool*
s shawl tied round her chin took
Prom her mouth the last sample of
cal'.co she bad been chewing and
oarefully Inspected U to sec If tbe
color had run, says the Chicago
News. It had not. but she was not
ent rely satisfied.
"I'm In no rush," she observed te
the storekeeper. "I reckon I'll look
around for a spell afore ] settle oa
tt. 1 may glt better suited."
The woman went, nevertheless.
*'8he's like Clav Hulbut." remark*
ed Washlngt >n Hancock." Clay was
one of them feilora alius wanted to
look around fer a spell afore he gav#
up any of his good money. I reckon
Clay never bought a thing or
made a trade tbe first time of as**
In In his hull born days. He ha?t
an Idea he'd glt better suited somewhere
else whatever It was he UiCk
Of CQ IUI ,
"Seems to me like hoss sense not
to Jump at the first thin' at's offered,"
said Sol Baker.
"That's what Clay said when Silo
Fetors offered him $2 for $1.75,"
nld Hancock. "Slle had a bet uj>
on It. Clay come into the bank to
see If he couldn't git a chattel mortage
blank for less'n five rents, which
was what the recorder wanted to
charge him. an' Slle told him that
he couldn't let any go at less'n 18
cents or two for a quarter. 'I'r?
got some |2 bills here that I'll let
you have cheap, though. Clay.' ho
ays. 'They're a leetle might woro
an' I've more o' them In stock than
1 need. If you'd like to take about
50 of 'em off my hands, you caa
have 'era for 1X7.50.' An' he handed
out a bunch with a paper band
pasted around them.
" Seems like that's reasonablo
enough,' suys Clay, after sludyin'
awhile. 'Tell ye, though, thero
ain't no hurryln' rush about this. I'll
go over to the Drovers' bank an' Be?
what Keating lg offerln' 'em for. If
he can't make a better tlgger I'll
come back and take these. You
keep em to one side fur me.'
"Then he went over to Keat n|
an ast him what he was selling $2
bills for In lots o 50: That's tb?
honest truth."
"If Keating was alive now, he'd
bear me out." said Hancock. "You
can write to Sile Peters If you like,
an ast blm If It wasn't bo. He's la
St. Joe now, If be hasn't moved
away since I last heard of him.
"1 remember standln' behind Clay
at the t'eket seller's stand me tlmo
when the clrcja came to town. 'Hoar
are you a-sellln' tickets today?' say*
Clay.
" "Two b'ta gen'ral admission an*
reserved seats 60 cents,' says th#
feller. 'How many do you want.'
" 'That the best you can do?' sayU
Clay.
" "Heln It's you, I'll make It half
a dollar fur reserved Beats 'an 2S
cents general admission," says th?
feller, wlnk.n at me.
" 'Well,' says Clay, puttln' up ht?
weasel, I reckon I'll look around A
fell fust.' "
"That's all right." maintained
Hater, "(if course there's such %
thing as pushln' It to fur. but sup*
pasln' Kufe, here, bought his goods
from the fust drummer 'at corns
along 'thout Inqulrln' round to ses
what the others was a-sellln" an*
what they charged. If you want to
buy a cow. you'd look around a spell,
too. wouldn't you?"
"Not If you come to me an" told
me the cow you'd got was kind an*
gentle an' young an' a good milker
an' worth tha money you ast for
her." replied Hancock blandly. "Clay
would come to town after groc'rles
an' put In the hull day lookln*
around an' then go home ihout ?o
much us tlllln' his m'lasses Jug. Hs
put ofT buyln' his seed p'taters till
It was too late to plant 'em, even If
there'd been any left to plant. Most
gen'rally he'd pay two prices for
what he could have bought at half
price If he had the gumption to snap
at a bargain.
"He was over 30 years old afor#
he got married, he wns so hlame pernickety
an' partlckier about th*
kind o' gal he wanted. He'd go
around and set up with fust one an*
then another an' flgger on what
kind o' ..omen they was likely to
pe an' how much money they had.
an how good lookln' they was, an*
tnen nea nrive over to Tarkla an" *
see what they had there, but h?
couldn't never make up hia mind an'
the further he got In the woods the
crookeder the sticks was until fin 'If
there wasn't nobody leff but Levfl
Hostlck's gal Helle.
"1 reckon Helle Bost'ck was about
the homeliest critter that was ever
raised on corn pone. She'd bees
give up to be a old maid fur tea
years afore Clay seen her. Her
folks was poor as cistern water, too.
An' Clay might have had a'most anybody
when he fust started out If he'4
made up his mind an' stuck to It,
They got on tol'rable well together
though? 'bout aH well as a heap er
oiner married rolks."
"Why didn't he look around i
while longer?" asked the store*
keeper. "He didn't have to take
her. did he?"
"He didn't take her." said Hancock.
"She took him. It was the last
ohanoe she had an' she knowed \W.