The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 03, 1912, Image 7
RUPERT HUGHES
" TWffiUZED IRON .TOE
COMEDY Of .THE SAME,
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V: ? igopYJMw mi itki^nar ca
IHhapter I.
Lk of the taxlcab.
? woman In the taxieab
?cttcaJiy down the dark
? to the arm of the ypung
aa If the were terrt
Kwbreaklng, neck-risking
I evidently some greater
I Lor. for she gasped:
^%| go a Uttle taster?"
H go a little faster?" The
alongside howled as be
V and "boulders through
l ? II pin the door.
L/ H^reated taxi-gale swept
I^K, and the taut chauffeur
^Bur in vain to catch the
"^5a| HrJlables.
?that?" he roared.
Hu go a little faster?"
Kgnant charioteer simply
Kot ooo barbed glare of re
K>that passenger. He turned
l^^^End growled:
? youse went to lose me me
H one instant be turned bis
H? instant was just enough.
l Hided tax leu b seised the op
I 9 H bolted from the track, and
?ijt were. Its arms drunkenly
I perfectly respectable lamp
/Jfl Hiding strictly to its business
Hurb. There ensued a oon
Hjurth of July. Bparka flew,
j^^Hloded, metals ripped, two
?pun in air fluid .one wheel,
Hvered at the axle, went reel
H the sidewalk .half a block
Ht leaned against a tree and
, v '? I^H
Hen or more miracles coincided
| tbe passengers from Injury.
Hog man found himself s^nd
? tbe pavement with tbe jxn
Hoor Btlll around his neck. The
jfl ?*omau'B arms were round his
Her head was on his shoulder.
? reposed there often enough,
i IB Her before In' the etl*eet under a
?it. The chauffeur found hlm
? the road, walking about on aU
Hike a bewildered quadruped.
Hently some overpowering need
Hed possessed the young worn
H even now 'she did not scream,
?d not faint, she, did not mur
Hwbere am I?** She simply said:
Hat time la It, honey?"
H tbe young man, not realising
Hefuddled he really was, or how
Hand tretabled, fetched out his
H and held it under th* glow of
Hamppoet, which was now befit
?in a convenient but disreputable
Hde.
[quarter to ten, sweetheart.
By of time for the train."
Hut the minister, honey! What
Ht the minister?1'
He consideration of this riddle was
Hfupted by a muffled- hubbub or
Hi -whimpers and canjnex hysterics,
?edlately the young woman forgot
Bisters, collisions, train-schedules?
Hythlng. she showed her first sign
HaDlc
?Bnoozleume! Get BnoosieumsT"-^
?bey groped abouT^h the topsy
H>' taxlcab, rummaged among-, a
Hblo of BultcaseB, handbags, uin
?Has and minor impedimenta, and
Hed out a small dog4>asket with an
Verted dog inside. Snodslc?ima waa
HJculous in any position, but as he
H tall foremost from the wicker
^pket, he resembled nothing so much
I a heaP of tangled yarn tumbling
?t of a work-basket. He waa an ta
?gnant skein, and had much to say
?fore he oezufented to snuggle under
?s mistress' chin..
? About this time the chauffeur came
Howling into view. He was too deep
? locked to emit any language of
ml i,g?rage' He too ^deeply
?hocked to achieve any comment more
?nuiant than:
? "T^at mess don't look much l<>r* It*
?ver was a taxlcab, does It?"
? The young man shrugged his shoul
ders, and stared up and down the
?on* ?treet for another. \ T he young
poman looked sorrowfully at the
preck, and queried:
I t?? y?vU aUllk TOU CV1 m<Mte it go?"
The chauffeur glanced her way
P0r* '? ?"'* 'or her whole *ex than to
?core for thl. one t ype, u he mum
wi3hal? " !!0? lni thk? *
lamJlSoIt." *? mWTt* * rn>m
? me young man apologized
I "r oughtn't to hate yelled at you."
He waa evidently a~Very nice young
I man. Not to be outdone In courteay,
I the ch%feffeur retorted:
I "I tiadnt ought to turned me
I The young woman thought, "What
hit nice chauffeur !" but ehe gasped:
"Great heavens, you're hurt!" .
I i "It's nuttln' but a acratch on m
[^?2*4 me a clean handkerchief,
\ Harty." V'"
W?? ??? wtdp^&oot hi* r?
wan. But be oould not littl* on a way
to mt Itr So be wM nothing. and
gjinned sheepishly aa be Mid It.
? The young man named Harry wm
wondering how tb#y were U> proceed.
He had already studied the region
with dlamay. when the girl resolved:
< "We'll have to take another taxi,
Harry."
"Tea, Marjorle, but we can't take ft
Hil we get It"
"You might wait here sll night with
out ketchln' a gllmp' of one," the
chauffeur ventured. "I oome this way
because you wanted me to take g
short cut,"
"it's the longest short cut I ever
mw;" the young man sighed, aa he
gated this way and that.
The place of their shipwreck was so
deserted that not even a crowd had
gathered. The racket of the collision
had not brought a single poiloewan.
They were in a dead world o t granite
warehouses, wboleMie stores and fac
tories* all locked and forbidding, and
full of silent gloom.
In the daytime this was a big trad*
artery of Chicago, and all day long It
was thunderous with trucks and oonv
merce. At night it was Pompeii, so
utterly abandoned that the night
watchmen rarely slept outside, and
no footpad found It worth whUe to
set up shop.
The three castaways stared every
which way, and every which way was
peace. The ghost of a pedestrian or
two hurried by In the far dletanoe.
4 cat or two went furtively in SMrch
of warfare or romance. The lamp
posts stretched on and on In both di
rections In two forevers.
In the faraway there was a muf
fled rumble and the faint clang of a
bell. Somewhere a street car was
bumping along its rails.
*Onr duly hope," said Harry, "Come
along, Marjorle."
He banded the chauffeur five dollars
as % poultice to his wounds, tucked
the girl under one arm and the dog
basket under^be other, and set. out,
calling back to the chauffeutf: ~ ;
"Good night!"
"Good night!" the girl called back.
"Good night!" the chauffeur echoed.
He stood watching them with the t*9*
der gaze that even a chauffeur may
feel for young < love hastening to a
honeymoon.
He stood.bMmlng so, till their foot
steps died In the silence. Then he
turned back to the Chaotic remnants
of his machine. He worked at it hope*
lessly for some time, before he had
reason to look within. There he
found the handbags and suitcases, um
brellas and other equipment. He ran
to the corner to call after the owners.
They were as absent Of body as they
had been absent of mind.
He remembered the' street-number
H?mV Mallory and MarjocW Nawton.
they hfcd gtrenhim as their d^tUnip
tion. He waited till at last a yawning
policeman sauntered that way like a
lonely beach patrol, and left him In
charge while he went to telephone hla
garage for a wagon and a wrecking
.cwr, --v *S
It was dose on midnight before He
ing against a. churoh, He rang the
bell and finally produced from an up
frowsy head. He explained the e?E
atlon. and hia nnsstsrion of oertatn
CHAPTKR II. <
TIn? tarty BNi and the Worm.
r Jn the enormous barn oC the ral*
ro?d etaOon stood many etrlngs <*
cam, as If s gigantic young OuUlnur
stabWd Ms toys there sad Invisibly
smused himself; now whisking this
Oik* sway, now hs^ktng that other in.
Borne of tha trains were nobis equip
sges. fitted to gHde across the whole
map with cargoes of Lilliputian nlV
llonelres and their Lilliputian ladlss
^ -
ffHtklnr r* M ?*?*?aes and dinar
?n?sr"? ?*cka4 "w
Ctaes roll (a or e?it ?*P*ass en
deur and ease tk*-* Wltil *rwv
perors tk^ They are like em* !
?moUnTUd *****252
Sw from to ootui.
UWU' <"*? "on
oo!w?ITL V"- wooa>???M- The
??b woSSSlt, V. yy^gyy
Sln ^Lhta W
Ui? ttmfUds look like Snt tHH > I
overalls. They are ,n i
S&JZ^"?Ag??
TSASunzsz?"!
?w?ot^SSS2
" W but they OMhTSr -?U?*ro,1V
dala to, ?ilTLgfJy,"- .Tlwlr <li?
h*jf-baked chalroars, la expressed u
W ** RPOr white trash.
ou2L? LW^hftU?bt7 that ?L
tSUiJM "* hau*htlest by flu
!<** Limited. His wiST
trata. to thM jfflLEES ^ln ?
the car r* nlJZ^,. "st*ln- His cat
the
mlkn_ ? hmrn,./y two, thouaand
atatS . tSTm **rm 'mpwui
Ir%. #"?T that should end ?e|v
srSS1^?
aPffl
rjSUD? t??*th hta" bSU
lOUSe, With Its hrsss hllttnna
*?mm ?*
WOrth j4Jffw?on. but he was
SS^tf3^5S? from "Posrrturr- to
Pawtah," and he uefelly did ' J!
??e wheo he wa. Z2S <"d, **
what pSww&Jsr risatisr sssif
woodertng what hia Chicago
WM1X dotorf In^uw
Jight days before his return *w
Jjff**6 wss wotHlerin* What his fWn
?mm ?*wtn 55t^&pafflS
to the flve dam a?noe CwTlTJ^f
SSt "SJT1? .Pa" the ti^TC
^ W a^T?6 Pi ^
??'1??ue of the PorUandt?ew
,n.th#
ln'l"?rdr' man? k>ok'r wh?fB a<oo>
fruad to ^
J KLfU Snwr" ofomta." ^Z.
"J hop# you git him."
* hope I dont."
Hall work you har^l^Sn^ n??
out, and he w?T CTtt# ^
Much Obl^ad." Wu even a
**That'a right. He ain't ^ ?. ^ .
to o?ry ST thC
enough to fill a van* "?? got
The two - porters ?* .
^W?l?i^wJrS24.Mr-Mr
*2. ^ ???
52S.' ?? asked for the Qan Fran
SStowir? y Pmuuul port"
gllng rel"e? ^ *? "totlwr hi. gur
'?fewtm'a heart aant
,e*t"? 'Sort at aelt-pro
^r^iraTlTi P?"nu? eo^notor not
P~?? * th. ^ M In*.
"**a*o you got yd* ticket r*
"or ca^ _
?*Ootold I see itr
"Of cawse not. Too much trouble
to fish It Opt"
The porter was fading. "Do you
iber yo' jaumba?"
pause. Take these." Ha begsa
to pior things OB the pwrtar-Mke *
momnain unloading an aralancha.
^rsrsir'^ifsss
down tb? ow, till he m halted wttJh,;
a "This wUl do."
The Englishman eelected section
three (or his own. The porter ven
tured: "Are you sbo* thU U 70' num.
bar '
"O t c?wm I'm ?haw. How dare you
question my--"
"I wasn't queetlonla* you, boss, I
was Just satin' you." ? --?**- ~~J
He resigned himself to the despot,
and began to transfer his burdens to
the seat But he did nothing to the
eatlufectloo of the Englishman. Every
thing must be placed otherwise; the
catch-all beee, the portmanteau there,
the Gladstone ttynre, the goCfsttck*
there, the gvsatooet there, the rain*
coat there. The porter wee pufflnc
like A donkeyeogtne. end mutiny was
growing In his heart. His last 00m*
mission was the hinging up of th?
bowler hat.
He stood on the arm of the eeat to
reach the high book. Worn here he
paused to glare down with an attempt
at Irony.
"Is they anythluK eleeT"
"No. You may get down."
The magnificent patronage ot this
wilted the porter completely. He re
turned to the lower level, and shuf
fled along the aisle In a trance. He
was quickly recalled by a sharp:
"Pawtahr;
j "Yassahi" ; .
"What time does this bally train
eUrt?" -
?Tentbutty, ?*h"
"But It's only ten now."
"Yassah. Itn be tenthutty a lib
tie later,"
"Do you me*u to tell me that I've
got to sit hyah for half an hour? luat
wattln'T" * v
'? The porter eeeayed another bit oi
Irony: ^ ?
"Well," he drawled, "I might tsil
the oonducta you're ready. And meb*
be he*d start the tram. But the tlm*
table saya teiHhutty."
He watched the effect M his entire*
but It fell back unheeded from the
granite dome of the Englishman,
whose only, comment was:
. "Oh, nerer mind. HI wait"
The porter oast his eyes uj^in de
spair, and turned away, once mors to
be recalled.
"Oh, pawtah!"
"Yassahl"
"I think well put on my allppahs."
"Will wet"
"You might band me that large bag.
No, Stupid, the othah one. You might
open It No. it's In tbe othah ooe. Ah,
that's tt. You may aet It down."
Mr. Wedgewood brought forth a
soft cap and a pair of red Bllppens.
Tbe porter made another effort to
eecape, hU thoughts as black aa bla
face. Again tbe reientleea recall:
"Oh, pawtah, I think we'll unbutton
my boota."
He waa too weak to murmur "Yae
sah." He aimply tell on one knee
and* got to work.
_ There waa a witness to hie belpleae
ragout/" newoother,. tbe American
counterpart oC the Englishman In all
that makee travel difficult for tbe fel j
low travelers. Ira Lathfop waa zeal
ous to^sjeeent anything abort of pes?
faction, <js*ck and loud of complaint,
apparently impossible tp pleacs. v
In everything else he waa thcop
poslte of the Englishman. He Was
burly, middle aged, rough, oareleee In
. attire, carets of speOch?ae uncouth
and savatfe aa one can well be who la
plainly a man of means. ;
It waa not enough that a free born
Afro-American should be caught kneel
ing to an Bngilahpoan. But when he
had eecaped thla penanoe, and ad>
vanoed hospitably to the newcomer,
he must he greeted with a snarl.
"Say, are you the porter of thla oar,
or that man's nurse?"
'?I cant tell yet, What's yo' num
ba, pleaee r*
The anewer wae the ticket. The
porter screwed up hla eyes to read
the pencilled scrawl.
"Numba ee'm. Heah sh^-ts, boas."
r "Right next to a lot of women, I'll
bet. Ootildnt you put me in the men's
end of th*. carr - - ?lu .
"Not ve'y well, auh. I reckon thai
cab Is done sold out."
With a growl of rage, Ira Lathrop
clammed Into the seat hla entire hand
baggage, one ancient and rusty valise.
The porter gaaed upon htm with in
creased depression. The pastfengerj
list had opened tnausplcloualy with
two of the worst types of travelers
the Anglo-Saxon race baa developed.
But their anger was not their worst
trait In the porter's eyes. He was, in
a limited way, an expert In human
character. , ?
When you meal a stranger you re*
veal your own character In what you
ask about his. With some, the first
queetion Is, "WMo are his people?"
With others, "What has be achieved?*
With others, "How much la he worth f*
Bach gauges bla coadlallty according
to his estimate. .
Tbe porter #aa tip t curious on any
of these point*. showed tdM|.
cratlc lndlfferenoe to them? His one
Vital inquiry was:
"How much will be tip?"
HJa -lnapectlon 0f hla first two
charges ^promised email returns. He
buttoned up his cordiality, and de
termined to waste upon theip the ir
reducible minimum of attention.
It would take at least a bridal
couple to rstsore the balanoe. But
bridal couples in their first bloojaj
rarely feU to the lot of that porter,.#*]
what bridal couple wants to lock it-,
self in with a crowd of passengers for
the firat seventy-two houra of wedded
bliss? ; > |
Tbe porter banished the hope as a
inlty. Little be knew how eagerly
and to catch this train.
th. mnini>*i?? ?*?
*" site,-'Vj| a *?>' 'n v ?? 'h
I I say* pawtafcT
x#*
"WJMt Um? ?*? we due In 8mi ftlA>
Ctaoor*
"Ban Francisco? Ban Franclsoo?
We arc doo U tab Ui even In* of the
loth day. This bain' Monday, that
ought to bring us in abote Thuaaday
areata'."
TU Yankee fait called upon to
check the foreign usurper.
"Porrterrl"
MTllMh!N
"Don't let that fellow monopolise
you. Ha probably won't Up yon at
*11."
The porter grew ooottdaoUal:
MOb, 1 know hla kind. sah. the or
(km't tip you for what you doOo, but
they're ready latter writers to the
fpooperlntendent (or what yon dou*
do."
"Pier tab! 1 aay, pasrtah!"
"Here, pontarr."
The porter tried to Imitate the
I Hah bird, and be tn two ptaoes at
onoe. The American had a ooln in
his hand. The porter caught the gleam
of tt, and flitted thtther. The Yankee
growled:
"Don* forget that I'm on the train,
and when we get to 'Frisco there may
be something more/'
The porter b*4 the ooln tn his band.
{ ft~ % ?r? W-~- ? '
Th? Porttr.
Its heft wm light. He sighed: *1
hope ?p."
The Englishman wm craning his
head around owllshly to ask: t
VI say, pawtah, does this train over
got wrecked?"
?'Well. It hasnt yet," and he mur
mured to the Yankee* "but I baa
hopes."
The Englishman's rotoe was Queru*
ous sgain.
**X say, pawtah, open a window, will
you 7 The air Is ghastly, abso*lpplng.
lutely ghastly."
The Yankee growled:
"No wonder we bad the Revolution
ary war!"
Then he took "from his "pocket an
envelopes idr Based to Ira Lathrop *
Co., anfJM^ the envelope he took a
-contract, ana studied it grimly. The
envelope bore a Chinese stamp.
The porter, as he struggled with an
. obstinate window. Wondered what
eort of passenger fate would se'ddhlm
tiext*
(TO BE CONTINUED)
J. H. MOORE
Contractor and Builder
Camden, S. C.
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roiUflOUOHUKH HAMC.
BUte' Of South Carolina,
* County of. Kershaw. |
lu the Court of Common Pleas.
T. Edmund Krumbhols, Plaintiff,
A gal US t
William Adams Coulter, Bruce Nool
Coulter, Verouica May Coulter,
Alclda Hanuah Coulter, George V.
W. Duryee, as executor of the
estate of W. L. Coulter, deceas
ed , and George II. Coulter and
'Frederick W. 4 Hall, as Executors
of the estate of Violet M. Coulter,
deceased, Defendants.
foreclosure IMe.
Under and by virtu of a Deecree
In the above case made by the Hon.
T. H. Spain, Judge Presidium in t|Ju
Fifth Circuit, of date the 22nd day
of March, la 12, 1 will offer for
sale in front of the Court House
door in the Citjr of Camden, 8. C..
during the legal hours of sule on
the first Monday in May, 1912, be
ing the 6th day thereof, the follow
ing described property :
All that piece, parcel or tract of
land situated in Kershaw County,
State of South Carolina on Hobkirk
Hill, ubout one-half mlle< north of
City of Camden, containing one mid
one-twentieth (1 1-20) acres, ac
cording to the plat of Jas. T. Bur
den, Surveyor, dated April 9, 1004.
bounded North by a road which
runs East and Went separating this
parcel from premises of H. Cantey,
lCuQr., East by the Luucaster and
Charleston public road, extension
of Broad Street of Camden, South
by land of the Country Club, West
I by premises of N. W. Kerr, convey
ed to W. Li. Coulter by doed of H.
Cantey, dated April 14, 1004, re
corded in office of Register Mesne
Cohveyance Kershaw County, Book
"1. f. I1', page 300, plat thereof in
Plat Book No. 1, page 7, together
with buildings on said parcel and
all furnishings and contents* of the
said buildings.
Any person desiring to bid at said
sale shall first deposit with the
suid Master the sum of Five Hun
dred ? (500.00) Dollars In money
or certified check, as a pledge to
make good his bid in case, of ac
ceptance.
Terms of sale cash, purchaser to
pay for papers.
L. A. Wlttkowsky,
Master for Kershaw County.
March 25, 1912.
1 1 \|fcr
1IID8 INVITED.
Bids will be received for build
ing the We?V I'.lo "sclooi house at
WeBUille, S. C., up to 2 p. m., Sat
urday, May it 1913. Plans and spe
(ificattoi's will be on thn at the of
fice of the County Superintendent
of Education. All bids must be In
writing and sent to R. L. Bell, at
Westvllle. The trustees reserve the
right to reject any or all bids.
K. L. Bell,
D. O. Fletcher,
W. F. Truesdaio, ,
Trustees School District No, 8.
April 19. 1912. ? 2tl,
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