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Vol. XIV.
BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., JULY 16, 1891.
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No. 46
J.vksi.n who from tho Second Massa j rniRbty ba<l thing, I>0 doubt, thft IWttlirO
eh isrits infantry the ,nisht before the battle cf | Ha hl it was right for him to (h sert, and
' likely as not he knew.C Othera. thought
By ALFEED BALCH.*
ICopyriyht by American Press Association ]
CHAPTER L
Vi
tMNfl fey
V-
-d
&
E_-
t lettyshur^. and was condemned’ hy. a co»|rt mar
i tial to .suffer the i^uiilty of fUiS>;rtion in the faeq-
[ of the enemy? 'If ho is there are old soldier?
1 .enough hereabout to snow him under on election
i yiay. Yours, A UKrcni.tcA.v
Mr. (iardinor tinishad hid breakfast
| with a light heart and made his way
| down to Mr. Jackson’s house. He never
j doubted for a second the’shuiro had pre-
I pared ;v positive denial of the story, and
lie found himself wondering with u
vague curiosity who the deserter could
be. Entering Mr. Jackson's house he
e;naii in his library.
-A£bMr~giajoITi©'
] Joked up a half sheet (if fiote |5isper and
handed it to his friend. On it Mr. Gar
diner read:
To the K lib>r of The Itupnhlican:
Sir -In answer to th-i ij i tv 1 in roar
columns tills morniu^ jicr^it m* t»iufonn yon
tfiat 1 am tho William TnicsdAlt-'JAokson who do
Rcrtc-il. not th“ ni^lit h -for * but two nights Ivfore,
the t ittle of t;.>tty»iuirg from the Secon I il insa-
cimvtt.s infantry, an<l who was subsequently
ooiidrmn.sl to the j>malty of tho military crime.
My rea-sofis for that act wit > and ur.‘ p irsonal t >
iiiy-s.*lf, 1 have only to ad.l laataJtuough i was
then much younger than I ant now and w’th
nm.-h !«.'%» cxjH*ricm>* than I now hare, I would,
were I placed in the same podtiott to>lay, again
lUawxt btifure liigtit ha 1 fallen. I remain, sir
—^..^ir ..Iw. 1 i.-iif scrvalit. Wilijam T. Ja'*sox.
I the in,an could Tieyer hnve deserted !*>-
'cause he wasjaffaid or disloyal; it was
not in hitm/Dhce the reaction set .in it
; grew ascTapidly as the feeling at first,
I and 'When the results of the election
j were declared there were many who felt
! no surprise.
i For. it was Judge William Truesdalo
Jackson now, and his majority was
larger than that' of any candidate on
[ either side. Whereat Mr. Abner K.
(hirdiner—smiled and chucklod, and
CHAPTER II.,
3/r. Jnrl^tffV picked up a half xhrrt o< note
pofHT-amf ha tided it to hi* friend.
When Mr. Abner K. Gardiner, chair
man of the lieinocratic county, commit
tee, pn»s]M*rotis so far as his .real estate
Imsiip-vs was concerned, portly of jnt-
mm. shre\vd of eye and merry withal.
«*aine down tho stairs that Monday
morning, two weeks and a half - before
the ele«*tjon, be was probably ascontent-
a man could Is* found m th<-old
llnv: wt. lL.. . And wfiv iLlliint.l lo> rnT t,-.\ t
lieen? Mr. <iardiner
keenest piditicians in
tlw came f-*r the i towei
ono of the
land, loving
rave and the
*l#*bght
of uiatehing himself j
j gainst the
‘My frit
nl,"
long D
•ad<*d l«o!i<*y of lii> ojq#
•m nts but
will not
help
caring
nothing whatever for <
.ffi.v. *
D*tt*’*r to
t 11
A st #
»ry told of him will ill
u#t rate lus
it is ngl>
t. .an
ehar;»cl
h r D*tt# r than column*
of .ItK-rii*-
is easy t<
»i hr
tion.
When Mr. FUarl. - T.
K rr. the
- in fa**t
. 1 in
MrTTTardmer looked tip, hr; rrmmtdi
•haping ihscdf for the hymn tune, a.11 as
he hoiked a faint wave of color fora
moment rose to the , squir* , ‘.s check.
••You are not going "to bend this, 1
hope," Naid Mr. Gardiner.
•'Most certainly I am. If my fellow
citizens choo-w* to honor mo with thei
sufTrag**s, they shall do so with no false
pretences on my p.irt.”
“But, my dear ’squire’’
‘••The tiling is true; why should I den)
it?"
••Tbewt-^iano use a denial. L- t it
alone, kiv nothing, and thoro is nod a
man in t!ie eottntv who will Indicve it.”
Mr. J.d insmsinilel somewhat sadly.
a supprrario veri
Ir U
V
hns m sihiled
lie said,
m* in thii
mat N-r.
•eliairmun of tiieR**]
iuiy«s\ found hiinsc
lutnlwr Im^ittrss aft
>1 the first man t-
nnce w;i- Mr. tiardn
h;iii.'in—4ga. vc
“Politics tu tins c»i
then snap if l harty
tatiL uti l drew file
v*>«l that this
tinllt
•r t le
Wt*M tha
I’X
fl,,, 1,
1 1 could n.
MU 1
in t’
•tier tlr
uuhai
I fv
-t ••
u w
d
t,
Non-
Mr
up. - h
K
tm
Kneeling hy h*r Itcdtddc mix a bay at
about ten j/tarx.
In the month of May, 1*11, a woman
bryiymg in thehttle cottagi* which ns*sl
lowland on the old ‘’inaiu m id” just
sMitynlo the then lumts .of .tho.down of
Lynn. Kneeling by Tier T»eiTsi<te w;is a
Iviy of abont ten years, and on his head
the wasted hand of his mother re?;U*d,
the fingers twining gently through his
lair. .She was ajteaking—this wither
who was passing away and the l».»y
Jrank in every w**rd. Sin* told.him in
fei»ble and broken sentences his little
lister had no one but him to hs»k to for
protection, and sin* ask *1 him to promise
that so long a* be should live that pr<e
Ustlioti would 1». given. Satisfied by the
UTispikeii phsjge in lus eyes as be h»oked
tt her. for she knew what he was. she
ipike of tlte QMnfort he Imd lws»n to her
due** bis father’s death; of that father
who bad Us-n taken away so suddenly,
her own joy at the orosprrt of
her husband oncemom. _ H- r sor*
»*, at leaving her children dwelt
d
STm • i’
ruled]
m
W
•r men
Mi
>t him
d n
ket ti
t 5 M* 1
d with a)
1 trie
ur(
it;
-Ttt
id of
a ti
pul
r (w, i■«*
in her mind at and then lie tried
to soothe her by telling Iwr 1m* would l»c
brave and true. And so with ji prayer
for them on her lips *he Is'catno silent,
and the b»y knew when he once more
!•»•ki'd at her that the earn that had never
been deaf-to him
nnv
tin
It
Mr. J:
M:
an<l vv
d a
leaf now.
The two children -Willie, cgisl ten,
id May. agi’drJtot quite h*lf a year -
ere not 1 ft {Muiuilesa. Their father,
r. William Jackson, h id accuumlate?!
little money, and tbeir mother bad
hen sho marrinl.
latton, a brother of
in New York, and
■m id c »mt* and livo
thii. For live vo.irs Willie went <•*
i *VVI
i.d
pn-j*.
•rty
w
The
ir 01
lily In
> ing
re
Mrs
1. Jo#
ks#m.
li vi
id
fi#* l]
it «>n
ce ii- l
;*1
th>
fi r him of a constant series of surprises.
The two attracted every one that met
them, and the love they felt for each
other waft a very beautiful thing.
In 1858 W'ill Jacksoii was t‘7, and May
was a young lady just going into society.
The brother had been a partner in the
firm for six years, and had built up for
himself a business which pe.id Idni; a
haudaome-incomo. It was at thia fime
that Miss Carrie Famham. 'a ey>nnection
of Judge Beach, came to Lyhn, ami
Will Jackson met his fate. He fell in
love with her as strong men fall in love;
he tairly
walked iuh. She^.too, had not known
him very long beforedsho thought she
had never seen such a man before.
When she went homo to Springfield she
left the memory of a look from her dark
blue eyes for Will Jackson to i»onder
over, and when, in the following August,
he followed her to her home, and as they-
WiiJked along a lane one evening asked
her a question the answer was ‘ Yes.”
Tolas dying day Will Jackson never
forgot That lane and the smell of the
twilight time. Friends and relatives ap- !
proved, and the day was set for the wed- i
•ling. It is probable that May would
have alternated between jealousy and j
gladness wen* it not that her pretty little
head was filh.l with thoughts of her own
just then. The time came for the weli
ding, and Carrie Farnham went - to Bos ;
ton to d«» some shopping. 1 must hurry
over this part of the story. There wen-
big headlines in the jiaper one morning
over the story of the railroad wreck, and ,
Will Jackson followed the Isdy of the
girl he loved ;is the agony of the dead
man'll wailed and sobbed from the great
organ!
He went back to his desk and plunged
into work To find distraction from Ui*.
i ll>uncwnr1ij!gttu LotTtfag.
any one. reputing for tin* first time in
his life his sister May. Except that he
was graver than In fore there was little
change m tin* man.* The following year
May was married t«> Charlie Farnham.
a younger hrother.of th** girl who was
gone, and Will Jackson reji)N’«h1 over
his sister's happitn-ss. He liehavid very
p*ner>‘usly. he transfent**! all the prop
erty th«'y li.nl together inherited in trn^t
for her and her children. A* Mr. Karn-
hun was euiployc?! in a bank in Ikiston
May went there to live with her bus-
baii'i, but every week letters from Will
and herself cr<>ss»*d each other.
When the gun wlitcji was fin^l on
Fort Sumter in ISfil “ocboud 'roiin*! Uw
world," Will Jackson was one pf the
first men :n Lytm to volunteer. To such
a man the call issu’d by Prwidcnt Lin
I coin c,une as an order from heaven, and
whan the Ss otel Massac h use I ts in
fantry was ficmittsl be at onc»* sign* , *l
the ndl. His choin* of a r«'giinv*iit w.is
' naturals for one of its officers, <’apt.
i and afterward Lient. Col. C. It. Mu Ige.
who dud at f Jettysburg on July It, INii,
and to whose memory the U>aMiifiil
church of fit. Stephens was afterward
| built in^Lytm, w.is bis greatest |s*rsotinl
j frieii’L '1*11rough tlM'long weary luonth.-
of fighting and marching Will J.m ksm
went steadily on, doing his dutv us be
As he thought be took out the picture o
his dead love and kissed it ]Missionately°
If he waited for the battle lie might Ik
kille<h and then-- May was right, there
was no one'else who could do this thing.
But the shame of it! the bitter, into]
orablo shame! Men would sky, and
say with apparent reason, that lie had
deserted coward fashion!. He, Will
Jackson, through whose veins no drop
of coward’s blood ever ran! lie would
be false to his country when it needed
him, false to that flag he loved and idol-
011 AFTER
i
Iv.
he stammered,
iway from tho^o
'em/
\ \ —
^ > j .
m
c
ized as he loved
and idolized the mem- j
■ I le-vsHwld-be-faW t
thtToath lie swore before Go l an 1 man
to fight for the I’nion unlil.tjie end:
he. who had never consciousl)' broken
his lightest word, would do this thing.
It was too much to ask. too much f > de
mand of him, and burying hi e h+ foV in
his hands'll# i>rayed the cu]) might p:is.-
from him. —-
“Carrie’s brother,'- May’.s Imslwihd'
May’s husband, Carrie's brotiier!”*.
It rang through his brain likfvm dull
refrain of torture. Could ho refusA' to
sacnfico hitnselF It was true bo vv.is
asked to lay himself on the altar, and
with his own hands he was asked to tear
could ho rpfnw? T’onld hb ri'fils* 1 ? It
was May’s husband and Carrie’s brother
who would go —who would drown liefore
his eyes in the foul waters of crime and
shame unlesa he junqssl in t » save!
Could he refuse? Could he ref us ?
To give his life fur the man who had
brought this misery on )nm would, be
thought. lmv<> l»een so easV. But to give
himself, his honor, his word. Iiis loyalty;
it w.as very, very hard! It was i bar icter
istic of the man that h" t |*«ik» nor
thought no word of curso again: t hi -
la-ot le r-Ui-laiV. To him the pmtreine
1l ,, ‘t*i irtl 1 i —nil- \' ai 1 inni i rtn-
all in all. On tlwmieside wen* ai" 1!g<
to his mother (and in the still night li>*
htt
V/xn rlre Fa mham'broke* do icn.
Charlie Farnham broke, down, lb*
iTnng himself on his knees I»*side Will
and with the latter’s arm around him
brokenly told his story. Ib
evening at the club, when he was with
Cochran, written the signature of Mr.
Floyd, tile president of the .bank in
which he was iv teller., on a piece of
pajK-r. The paper was blank at the
linn*, ;tnd he lia»l done this thing more to
bhow hi* could than anythqig else. He
had no thought of harm, and had for
gotten the whole business*until a week
afterward, when Cochran had shown it
to him wit h a note written abac it at"
' ‘I—I know nothing,’’
1/ - . involuntarily shrinking
{ awful eyes. v
“I)o not give yonrself the trouble of
lying to me, Mr. Cochran, la^cause a
man of the world like yoiinudf will
recognize the Useh'ssness of it. I repeat,
1 am here foT that paper.”
“It is in New York,” bi»gan Os bran
eagerly, “For God’s sake. M/. Jackson.
Hr.'Ak!'/ / don’t i>oin1 that thing at me!”
“It is in New York,” repeated tho via-
itor slowly. “Then I atti sorry”-——
“It is in N>",v York, I swear it isj”
its absence from Boston will
cost you your life within five minutes
time, Mr. Cochran.”
“Wliat what do you mean?’’ asked
the other quaveringly.
“I mean t his. L have cofhe here to get
that pit ch of paper or to kill you, and I
will have it or your life Indore five inin-
uNtt. I shall not look at my watch; you
can trust iih red to mako the time too
had biro 'j long,” he added grimly.
Cochran gave one look at Will Jack-
son’s f;u raw murder there, and kn#w
it was death to ret use.
_ “If you wjll wait tlntil I get up,” he
said hastily, “yon shall have it.”
‘•Very good; that is what I want.”
The man chrnU d out of the l»e l, and
going to a d»*sk in the comer op-md it.
“1>* ejir’fe.S. Ibm’t tonch that rc-
si\ty days’ lime,
der and indorse*
ran.
The signatur.
niueli a forger'
Fl< •) d. but t he
and one of Ad
to swear In* : iv,
dotX !:•••.
■ rtterkmrin:
payaol,
I on lh<
•k ti
the bark was
was that of
*ry wa- v**ry g*
friends was re
'llt.'rtHUA'l ite the
Mr
t h# \ Inti
♦ « III
b
that
t!
ITI ttl’
ag.it'
»v«* fo
h
th’
»n
s«s‘iii<sl to bear b#*r won
for tbe sister and. bis
on the other v\» re his hon
bis pnde, his plighted fail
when hi* ro«e fray his s#
down the long )in<* of
rjioiild have staggensl
taken strong drink. For when, the
morning roll call rang out Private Will-
lam Jackson wan absent. A hurried
wareh and a yet more burri«sl c#»i.rt
martial followisl, but tb'ttysbiirg was
but on#* day off and iiumi had tin# uiuch
t#v.thiukr of to spend (in*.* in wonder
or#*r th«* abacuo* of «*ne. His friends
mourned for a brief apace, but many • l
them di#4f in th#* angle or along the thin
lin#*s of him* which charg’*#!an«l r#‘|<eUed
alternately, and the desertion was f«»r-
gotten save and #*x«'#*pt for a brief para
graph in the note IsK>k if the u Ij'itaut
#»f th#* r**gin»«*nt.
d
to.
of tll’ Klfo.
might ) i»‘l>l
ca-bier ati«l .
«*» >in hi nation,
know it. VV1
change that t
angry and m.
th#' tew serie?
qilc*iM'#*s.
“Why
an#I t# 11
Will.
“IkTaus#* th#*^
note dis#'«»nnt< d in
kmk vi Inch c.i'hed
me."
Will J e V*4>ti wa.*
his own soul that m
“Wh#*rr r* the# m#m^
“1 flunk ('••ehran ha'
lie sai s it is in New
ti
lian.
ir.m
so Unt now !
•n be told Co"!
djvi hul bad Isv-oni
I or Iet#sl him to !•
at one#.* or take tho
voheror l will presa lie trigger,” < amo
in o ld. harsh fn*-s fri>ui the visit#^.
“I wasn't going to,” hastily replied
Cochran. “I ottly want to get the n#’t«'.
\h. h re it is. ‘ and turning ho held a,
.-lip «>f |>apr*rbnt. t -
*'ll»dd it tip v> th’.t 1 can r#'ad it.
Vow ti,.* #’tli** r i h*. Yes; t.iat C
and taking Lite piper Will Jackson put
it in h,s l-s G;*. Then walking yver t*»
the I* .pc h?»p»**Vr*dv4T*'<Hie rerolyer bang .
-Uiia .tu Jhv. MiiUL-
^hw, Mr. Ci h-
>r #»f bidding you
>u will Ih» aide fo
of r#**.uleuc#> than
ire,” and {ousting
t #1owii th#* stuir-
gave the revolver
ti*
1,
did y *11
him the
go to
lule st#
ar
tioll’
J day. 1 1 Link y<
; pleasanter pla< •#*> <
ton ( >r th»i tiitur
-ugh t h# - #1#» r he w* i
.• ran g lii«* t- ll and ..
t!i" s»-rvant. and then walkisl quit tiy
ic. where In* play#-#! with little tkir-
aml c!iatt#-d with May until Clnulia
ll* M!*C.
*1 i
*1,
rib
he saul, “is
tiirraterv
New
si to have the
York, an«l th«*
Tll.'»t May should
she'Tolt the strong
weep and
arms «.f ii«
•t
tt would have held
►ih-nt, manvling in
t*n could lie so weak.
” h«* disked at lasL
it in bis r<s>ms
Y«>rk, but he is
>t fo-lievu him. Oh,
moat of this scrn|tt'?
•get into an”
May’s wike mi'
as
•lid most things m thh
with ull his
CHAI’TEK I1L
nr’i
»un*l h# r onn* more,
un<
d with th
chi
hi like faith she alwi
t vs
ha 1 in hit
#h«
•uhl know it w.is all
ngl
it uo\v,*A;i
hul
L nalttraL It v. . n
al, t’H*. th.a
. j.,,
• dioiihl N*nd for for
bah
y, and \vH
th*
• air «*f .a qu«*cn D’-tu
win
g th** tiiof
eh#
‘fasln-’l «>f all «lee*»raii
hold the lit
tie
on#* out for Will te
> t.al
k«<. 11 *ha
net
rer seen the c hild D*f<
»r**.
and he w;i
<a*t
1 scions as die* look’d
up
at him wit
t
\i
i,
d.
•lb
n
mu “t.
•V
1 mi
May grew
girl a> #»no
alalo di;*b
'i*
d and
r:i
av<
Ti
jhwv c*r, a j usi a:i*
g#sxf citiz n. a t?
ono whom all rC^
loved. . *
A
iruiK
Fosseascd of n por:.l# r<>ns kind ot • 1 >-
qtioncc, with hn « xtriorditi iry power of
making the most intrii ate ('.i- • clear to
the mind'of jud .'••and jury. hi> pr.aclii't*
was naturally largo and lucrative. In
fact the salary of the jtoMtion which h'*
nought was fari'-'S than that whicii In*
earn' d by his work, it wa» life tribute
In* had honestly earned by his life that
no man. evi n among his opponents, sug
gested-that the squiro wished tfo pt-
sition Cor* pTsonal ad vantage. If you
will picture to yourself a somewhat tall
man dressed itt black, a siiivK>t!ily shaven
face, hair rat her thin and grizzled with
deep thought, keen yet kindly eyes, (
which seemed to look through you, a r
Flight stoop of tho shonlib rs, a deop. me
lodious. voice, yon will seo tho 'squire ;
before \ on.
As Mr. Gardiner oat re 1 the pleasant
dining room <>f his home, and greeted the
noisy girls and boys who sprang forward
to kiss him good m.'ruing, his eye
caught sight of a note lying on fits ]>l:\to. ;
Recognizing the handwriting of the
’squire he oiM*ned it, and as he read an
expression of extreme iierplcxity sjtread \
over his face. Dropping d ire note he
4‘agerly seiz • 1 the morning ]ia]>er, and ,)
hurriedly looked through it until he ;
found an item which, when he had read,
he walked slowly toward the bow win- !
dow of tho room, whistling softly to him-
#elf tho first few bars of an old hymr !
tune. Men used to sjiy that you could
always tell that Aimer Gardiner was !
puzzled when you heard that air. Pick
ing up the noto onco more ho read it,
and whistled again.
“What is it, Abner?”- asked Mrs. Gar
diner.
“Nothing much; tho squire wanti to
tec me,” answered her husband abaciit-
the New York s» '.i .ob a
irp into a** charmittg a li
eoiil#! find. Then Mr. T
leaving his money to his A'phew a:id
ttutv, and Willie made up his mind they
would move back to Lynn. Hero tin y
•lived in the house of their guardian.
Judge Black, and Willie in duo tim*
went b> Harvard, and, wintum? his de-
b
h#*r dark
with tlm
iluo eyes this
oth#r (’arm*
•UK
t.V
inys which siliTt-nilg
' ] #>n his countenance with
4!lti
i.
Imt it \vi' ii’.t «t
1 do'nbt regret tlioact.b'tt 1 m.mrn over
the msv.-v'ity" f if it. My turn * as a m in
i' a- dear t > in • as yours toyoii. I ntak *
ii” \ iiti U’ ist, Mr, Gar liner, when 1 say
to y.tu tint if my lifo would benefit my
eotmtrv I would giv« it gla By. Yet 1
stand I '-fore men a* one who lied at a
sujtreme moment i-f that country’s peril.
This i' teg easy f *• m *. for I am a proud
man. Fir. and 1 am not a coward; bi^t I
console mvself as best I may bv the con-
* # ^ -e
st'iou.su-s- tint there is One who knows !
U'tter th m men, ;ui<l that he in his wis
dom has ailbeted mo. But, sir, while
this is Lard i'fiougli, it would lie far -
w«>*se wen* 1 to descend to falsidiiKKl, for
then 1 should be ashamed in* mine own i
i*yes. * . # .
Mr. Gardiner’s eyes were ihoist as lie
gras]>ed the lawyer’s hand and stain- j
met ed out an npotogwTor his mistaken t
though well meant advice. He offered
to carry th<*hote to the ofiico of The Ro- i
publican himself, an* 1 the ’squireTvi.si.bly
gratified 1 >y this, ncquieseed-gladly.
To say that Mr. Jarksou’s answer t«.
I’he Republican created a storm of talk
is to put things in the mildest way. The
orators opposed to t h<• 'Democratic tirkrt
made th#* most of tho wea]* *.* wjtieh hail
been given into their hands. Able edi
torials filled the Republican papers,
and the machinery of the Grand Army
was used to increase the excitement.
While enemies taunted, the deserter
friends implored Mr. Jackson to speak,
but to no jiurpose. Entreaties aud abjise
seemed to ptiss him by with equal lack
of elfect. When ho apjKNtred at ptudio
meetings—for its soon as the county com
mittee had decided he should n(>t with
draw,“tho squire showed ho was not
afraid to faco any inhsic going—there
was at first a disposition to hiss on
ly, and Mrs. (Jordiner knew him. too j th# part of some who were thefre. This,
Well to ask any more questions. j however, was speedily pnt down by tho
In order that you may see what it was | majority. It was impossible for these
Hold the little one tor If’ffl to take. Ur
had tu ih r seen the child before.
When Gen. Lee invaded Pennsylvania,
and the armies of tho north gathered
hastily together under Gen. Meade to
repel -tho onward march of “tho flag*
with a single star,” tho Second Massa-
Black was ono of those ] ehusetts was in its place pri'pared t”
who drift forward in take part in what was to be one of tin*
most momentous and most bloo#ly battles
of tlte civil war. And with his reginn-nt
was Will Jackson, a private still, for
promotion had lieen offered to him in
that i»uzzled Mr, Gardiner so much, I
will reprint tho note:
•SPRINGFIELD, MaSS , Oct. 34
Homer K. Gardiner,
Pr.Aii Sir.—An U«n in Th® IteTHihtiean of this
morning has nttru-f#**! my attftatieo. You will
*8n<l il in tin* fwirtli cpluoui cf tho first p.igo
under the heailtin#*, ‘fan Tln.-i lie Tnwf’ 1
khe'sld ti#* K**ad to «'onfer with rou h«fr»ri* I answer
It. Yours taiiiifidly, * 'Vh.uas T.' Jackson
Tlie item in question was short and
read as follows:
CAN*. THIS HE TCTT*
A eorT -jijvjrj't’Tg ha## ■rnt the foTdwfnjr not#* to
•r*a
Mr.
people, among whom he had lived true j
and blameless for many years, to tol- ,
crate open disresp;*ct when shown to
him, athl ortoe tho man got a hearing
there was little danger of his audience>
thinking of ^ aught save bis spoken
thoughts.
Mr. Gardiner, shrewd as usual, and i
since that talk vrith the squire respect
ing him as he never had before, was the, |
first to aee t h«* ti#lo ha I turned, and see 1
ing rejoie#*’! greatly. - It- became appa- 1
r# nt fis*the days went on, and tho first
shock wore off, that the Impassioned ap- j
f al, and a’.' 1 ** denunciatioiis were rapid-
Jv Jiwtug iheir * ff'N-t. Three days before
th»* eb'ctioti a sjFiikef w*v» > began a dm-
. i1 rd 1
gr*** in art?. p;t#«><*J bitothe law school,
Lit- wa.-* Mte.-o’.trlv f”T hm-#.ge.
Even as a boy 1m was grave. H*lf con
tained and generally siletit, and he cared
little for th#* amusements which filled
the time of hi • fellows. He was excivd-
ingly fond of reading, and fairly de
voured all -th#' books Ik* could find.
Studying hard, he .stis>,l well up Jn his
classes at all times, but it was not until
lu* got into the law' pch<V)l that he really
showed the htuff in him. To the mind
of Mr. Jackson it was curious how soon
the use of lus first name was drop|K-d by
his friends—the ’law assimilated as its
natural food.’ The dri est of dry treatises
P’Vfssess#*#! an interest for him thaFnbth-
ing else had. He used to astonish his
guardian byreading tjie code for pleas
ure. For Judge
easy going men
life’s race rather than- push, doing their
work reS]v‘cTnt»ly "and living in a
thoroughly respectable way.- »
However, the judge knew a man when
i he s;iivT»h7'77ui(1 he'wTTsOnly too glad to
i offer hts- ward a partnership as soon as
] he had passed the bar. It was not long
before the new firm Of Black & Jackson
began to attract attention in the courts.
The senior partner was wit hout a part icle
of jealousy, nhd was only too glad to
give tju* credit for the manner in which
' their cases were presented to hiseanuwt,
laborious and painstaking junior. After;
a year or t wo men said, with a shake
of the head, Lynn conld not keep the
I “young judge,” hs they called him; that
in the natural course of events fie would
| go to Boston and seek a wider field for
Iris abilities.
All this while May Jackson was- grow
ing tip into tho -most winsome little
ere a Hire imaginable. She was utterly
unlike her brother. She was capricious,
exceedingly pretty, ns fall of Coquetry
as she could live; whimsical, but just as
charming as a sweet, bright, lovable
American girl should be, and she loved
her grave, sterji brother ns she loved no
human being. From a time beyond
which adae could remember nothing he
had been fatber and mottoer §nd brother
all in one. Ho was never to# l|Usf to
laughed at the grave, sorrow worn fae**
that font over her, of a great wave of
love swelling in his heart. God was
g«>od to \Y^k Jacksoft. Already ho felt
his sacrifice had Imvti jMcvpted. The
hail graven
her firmest
touch attract#*#! May’s attention, but fo
rbad ezclalmlhg, “Why, Will, 1k>w old
yr>rf~tn;tkr n, nmrKupiMsTt^i^nmiif ft tim
“this awful war,” sh«* thought litth* of
it. Her brother, as he answered her
gently, smiled somewhat bitterly.
He bad ro.'tched his si.stiT’s house about
nr o’clock in the morning, atid Charlie
Farnham did not come back until #liti-
ncr, at C. When he saw his brother-in-
law he flushed up rather uneasily, for
while bo had known nothing of. May's
l#*tter he instinctively felt something
was com mg. After #linn#T he pn >]K>sed
to take Will around to the dnb, and the
latter went gladly enouglf. In a l
corridor afterward Will noticed that
CharhVwas hailed by two #41' thr<*#* men
who l»K>ked decidedly fast! them
in particular, a Mr. Cochran, >fr. Jack-
son felt a sudden dislike for. The man
was tall,yvell dressed, with a blonde inns-,
taebo and a sViflh'rently pleasant man
lier, but h*; had shifty eyes, Abont half
past i) the two went home, where they
Tber
lote, which )•♦ had U*ttt*r burn. U**-
ui«*uil«‘r *it has c<*»t a great 1»rioe, and
you will fo* careful for the future.’*
•*II#»w # »; earth dnl jrou flel it?” askc#I
the hrotfor-tn-law, afu-r many pr«-U-nta-
tiona «if gratitude and jirwiuhiiii.
“Mr, C<># hraa 1isI«*»m*«1 to argufu#*nt,'*
n*pli#*’l Will gnmly, and ti^it wa» all
they ever ht*ar«l. - - * ^
As might have lieen expPcted, Will
Ja«'ks#»u autiorui#'**#! his intention of re
turning to his r# gim# nt tin; next day,
w hen; h#* jinqsuw#! to faco tho inevitable
trial, iottfes® his desertion tuid submit
to his piinnhiiieiiL But it was u«#t to
Is:, lie* next morning, after a sleepU***
night, li** complained of |»oin in his h«*ad,
and whet) the physician camethe |kitt« ut
Was in ti- raging fever. B« foiv forty*
ight h'mra hod el-ipv* l it was evident
that foam fevcf h id him in its cluteii.
1’h#* trial and s iff'ring, the mental strain
lie hud gori#> through had foa-n to#» murh
for him, an I it b niainea que.dioo wheth-
«*r he had not in fact laid down his life
that his hroth<*r might remain unstain
ed. Day after day and through tho
long watches of the night he tnr***d and
talked and tossed again. Charlie Faru -
ham and his wife leam#*<l to know* tho
sacrifice which Will Jackson had made
as tfoy listened to his pitiful pleading to
fo sjuired. During that tim#*, t*»o t Char-
1 lie Farnham had an impression produced
on him which never wore uwuv; tbero
r •Ti.ft- et IT Milk Hr#***!, and
vays thi’J him fofure II.’’
I cant# sriv the tWOiQi ntalk***!.
1 »t»wirtg again and ngatti his
and his re*#>1 vo to l»*ad a fot
i.d the other couns**liug in
non. At hist they sejarut#-’!,
an*l Charlie, after m < ing his brother-dn-
Maw t#> h*s rnt’Di, went to his own with a
lighter li#*art Ilian he ha*! known-Jor
many a «lay. May was awake, and fo-
i fore h«* slept lie had told his wife the
story; hut.they were both happy, for wa#
1 not Will th#T*:?
In the mean time Will Jackson threw
! himself on his fo*l and lav there lliink :
I ing.. It iMTjnc#! to liim that tho cause
rToTTh*' att’ftif tri.'il lie lt;n1 gntn' thneigh f VvuH litrli fiurahaulta. wouldJigdym.
I was so pitiful, so mean! He could se#; [himself in jeopardy.
vain. The last time when his lieutenant 1 4 '* tw May fora fe w moments, and., she
list<*n to
A
0 could remember nothing he
father and mother |nd brother
.0. He was never to^ husf tfl
her wants aA wishes, never
unwilling to do thing:' for her. lie com
forted her in ber troubJ#*.rejoiced wlwn
slie \v,as gla#l. To him she brought all
things that interested her, sure of inter
est and help from him. And this feel-
colonel lm<l urged him to accept, for
these two were fast friends as ever, he
had said with a laugh, “Old man, after
this war is over there will fo mighty
few privates, and I’m after all the dis
tinction I can get.” So the subject was
dropped “forever, as it turned out.
It was two days before the line of fire
which was to end tho lives of so many
brave men on each side began, as Reyn
olds’ corps struck Heth’s men, that Will
Jackson, coming in from sentry duty,
found the mail had arrived and recog
nized the handwriting of his sister. As
he read the letter his face grew very
stern, and he more than onco clenched
his fist unconsciously. It was a long
letter, full of repetitions and contra- j
dictions, but he made out that May had
discovered her husband was in the power
of a lot of men who were urgin^him to
do something, she knew not exactly 1
what, but which would utterly ruin him.
In one sentence she declared that Charlie
was mnocent of wrong doing, and in the ;
next she implore# her .brother by all the
love he had always shown for her, by his ;
love for his mother, by his love for the
girl who was gone, tfy his love for the
baby his sister Iflfld in her arms, to save ]
that baby's-father. She came to him -1
slie said, when she could go to no one
elati—he alone could do anything.
As Will Jackson sat there far into the
ing for her was an i-dd compound of pa- night heedless of military calls a fearful
terhal and fraternal love He ha#l neveF* struggle went on within him. He knew
as every man in the fast gathering bust#
knew* that a great battle was {tending.
His N-use of duty to hi# country, his
for one moment forgot t#*u lus pledge to
his jlyrrtg mother, ncr had it in truth
fo*» n difficult to kefp, lot hts lovx* for his
wa-* a part of .- Will Jackson’s very
foing. She amused him intense!r or she
pnde its his uyvn gi4pd name, hi® » IdlerN
asst met a. ike ido-K- tfo idea ol descriiou
iu;oh*rabl. m him Ar 1 yet -it woj
Mar * —1 | a t ‘o ' r.a
#»A#k«*9 9 -J La—J V. --a • 9 «/# v i —f
then bid tloem go#)#! night. As she kissed
her brother she whispered, “You pr<nn-
ised,” anil he satisfieil her with a l(x>k.
For all day long May had pleadeil with
him that he make iteasy for Charlie; like
many wotyeii, she had called .in a power
of which, when it came, she was genuine
ly afraid. The two men went into the
library Jigkted their cigars.and jus Churl ie
walked up and down the room somewhat
! nervously Will sat at the table absently
draw iiig heads on the blotting pad.
| . “Charlip,’’' he said at hist without
looking up, ““when your sister Carrie
| died I thought there was nothing more,
for me in this life. Then you and May
loved each other, ayd I gave her gladly
to you. You two and little Carrie .are
all 1 have in the world. I would give
my life for either of you, my brother!”
The deep music of the tones cea.'ed as
1 the .hand went idly on sketching heads
on the blotting p;el. Charlie Fpriibam
stood still, his luiml pre-seti on his heart,
his fip-e very pal#* and the cigar burning
on the hearth where he had thrown it.
| “It sometime# hapj#*n# in this life,”
began Will again, “that ji man becounf*
entangled-tn t^e nets of scoundrel#with
; out intentional wrong on his part,
it is the place, the dniy, the privilege of
those who love him to set him free. Is
there anything that I have a right to do
for you. you who are the brother of my
dead love and tho husband of my sis
ter?”
•The man spoken to paced rapidly back
and forward, vi Ink the man who #p l >ke
aid fo t look up to see
“I d«***erted from t
‘■garti-’l atsl li«*krd al
mr'.-tt :;e«l *••- «!r) bp
vou tprete in troafoe.
nfc *- 1 ii.a*fo f r >o*
now 1
the men together, foolish Charlieexeik*#!
with wine and fullofa miserable bra vatlo,
while th** other* Kit then* and lured him
into their net. And then, a little cour
age. a little open dealing, and he would
have foen left with his oath to his coun
try unbroken. But ho was lie ro to
vive, and thYough tho sileiio#* *>f th«*
night la* N** in«*d to h* ir a .dead girl’s
voice full of gratitude and love!
After breakfast Will Jackson walked
down town, and reaching Milk street,
rang th’* D ll ;it No. IT. From ;i man
who opened the «lo<>r ho fouml #>ut where
Mr. ( ochran’s rooms were, and saying
he had btidness with thaVp rsoi, wjillced
upstair-, and knocked at the door. A
sleejiv voice calle*l out, ^ r '- and
passing through thu doyr Win Jackson
locked it behind him. The man in the
bed sat up at this ayd ’ Cared. Will
vvn 1 ked-over to hiiu, arid drawing a re
volver covered him with it.
CHAPTER V.
mm
j.
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’/ hevre cGit\c here to get that piece of
ys/per or to hill you."
When the patient recovered from tho
physical sickness it was found that hi#
mind ha 1 received a shock from which
it would take years to recover. He wa#
not exactly insane, but bo afouiod dull
in«r#ttipiil, and lie ivinemfored-nothing
it all of the past. Tfo |4ty?»»ciafts wiib
ittended him .prescribed absolute r**st
from every kind of labor, and a homo
was found for him in ono of tfiose asy
lums when* kin Ine.'S rule# tho applica
tion of scientific* treatment.. Hero ho
remained four years, patient ami uncom
plaining, and gradually his mental power
came back to him. With it caiao mem- •
ury, faint at tflst, but clearer ami strong
er as the days went by. Had it not
been for the deeply religious nature of
tho man it is probable that with tho
recollection of the wicntico a relapse
would have #lriven him back, and ttii#,
was greatly feared by his pg^togms.
t me day when ( .'harhe wa# htm «;
chance paragraph in the newspaper tell
ing of th^urrest of Cochran in Chicago
.-aught WBl’s eye. He seemed d;tzed for
a lumnent jmd ttu*n, like a flash, he re-
memfo*red it all. And with the memory
an expression came over his face that
made Charlie cry out. Will rose, paced
hurriedly up and down the tfalk, his
features working violently, and when
Dr. Armstrong hurried up to him and
t<x>k Ins arm hy shook him off with a
gesture of intense anger. The [ill y si dan
watched him earefully^md Charlie oat
there almost sick with apprehension.
At last Will paused, and thinking
deeply, stood for a moment. Then coin
ing up to his brother-in-law ho held out
his hand. *
“God ,-;uv fit to humble me, Charlie,”
be said solemnly, “and who am 1 that 1
should question his wisdom or His love?”
■X
x
Tho jfhysieian gave a sigh of -relief a#
“Mr. Cochran,” he fogan in a voice • i Charlie.^uit his head, ifo tears tailing
which was as harsh as the sound of 'on the hand he held.
sltarpeniug a saw, “my brother, Charles
Farnham, tells mo that you and your
accomplices have procured from liim by
fraud a certain document ptuqiortiug to
f’hen fo a note signed by John Floyd, tho
president of the bank, in which m
the other'* shame.
i«* anny ' (Thaalie
Will as thr latkt-r
“foVau##*
It wa# a groat hoc-
. tu%' if -cbt-r. jMlJ
brother iH employed. The signature to
this note is a forg#y, executed by my
foother, but the note it#elf wa# added
after the si gnat ure was written, and the
indorsement has my brufcher # name
forged to it I have come to get that
note from yoa.** *
Cochran looked at his visitor, and as
be kjcsfccd it seemed to him that Will
Jack* <*u*it eye* V. t ttf sritlT cvetstramwl,
rv|#re*er*>l ! -r*<iry in their deep socketa
lit *ltai«|efvj a# he looked*.
Three'months aft r thisWill left tho.
asylum and settled in Springfield, where
he fogan >he practice ofc t ha#law onco
more. As His mental pqwer retunieil
tuoye fully he slowly built up for,himself
10 admsitK'N which gitve him more money
X ^ than he eared to spend. Chaflie and May
and little Carrie and other little one#
that came to them lived happily, and
there was no other lapse on the husband
and father’s part. The work‘which Will
Jackson had been called 00 to do had
been done wCUnuKl thoroughly, and a*
be looked back at it all M aide to
say in time he wa
And this is the
K. Ganimer, tbr<
crane cottsty cotmuittee
himself oq the u ^aiination of
never beard told.