The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, February 28, 1901, Image 4
The People's Journal.
PICKENS S.o.
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CON'LUDED FlROM LAST WEEK.]
A mob of men, sulky, sullen and
afraid, stood round the hatch, and one
of these, when the poolr remains came
up and swung to the roll of the ship
over the side, cut the bowline with his
knife and let the carcass 1)101) into the
raging seas. The chain clashed back
again down between the iron comibings
of the hatch, and the two mates below
went on with their work. No one of
fered to help them. No one, as Kettle
grimly noted, was made to do so.
"Do your three iates run thils sl),
captain?" asked Kettle at last.
"They are handy fellows."
"If you ask me, I should call then)
,poor drivers. What for do they put in
fal1 the work themselves when there is
all that mob of deck hands and cattl
hands standing roind doing the gentle
men as though they were iu the gallery
of a theater?"
"There was some misunderstanding
when the crew were shipped. They
say they never sigued oil to handle
dead cattle."
"I've seen that kind of niusunder
standings before, captain, and I've
Started in to smooth theim away."
"Well?"said the captain of the cattle
boat.
"Oh, with me," said Kettle trucui
lently, "they str-aightened out s0 soon '
as ever I began to li(! if your mates
knew their business, thly'd soon have
that crew in hand again.:
"1 don't allow my mates to knock
the men about. To give thema thei- due,
they wanted to. TVhey were i-ouight
up in a school whIIiceh would prol)ably
suit you, captain, 1111 threv of them; but
I don't permit that sort of thin'g. I am
a Christian mni, Iu(i I will not order
my fellow men~l to b~e struck. If the
fellows refuse their duty, it lies h)e
tween them and their coinscienmces."
"As if an old1 sa1ilor haud a con
science!" miurnmure'd IKeIttle to himself.
"Well, capitaini, I'mf no0 small P1ece' of a
Christian myself, but I wnus taught
that whatev-er my hand findeth to (10 to
do it with all my might, and I guess
bashing a lazy creCw Comes nmder that
head."
"I don't want either your advice or
your theology."
"If I wasn't a passenger hecre," saidi
Kettle, "I'd like to tell you wvhat I
thought of your seamanship and your
notion of making a imamster's ticket re
spected, but I'll hold my tongue on
that. As it is, I think I ought just to
say I don't consider this ship's safe,
run the way she is."
The captain of the cattleboat flushed
darkly. He jerked his head towar-d the
ladder. "Get down off this br'idge," he
said.
"You hear me. (jet down off my
bridge! If you'velearned anythingahout
your profession, you must know tis is
private uip here and no place for bloom
ing passenger's."
Kettle glared and hesitated, Ie was
not used to receivinug orders of' this de
scription, and the lnovation did1 not
please him. But for once in) his life lie
submitted. Miss Carnegie was sitting
} under the leo of' the deckhouse aft
watching him, andl somehow or other
he did not choose to have a scene be
fore her. It was ail par't of' this
strange ne*y feeling which had come
over him.
He gripped his other impulses tight
and went and sat beside her-. She wvei
comed him cordllally. She madle no so
cret of her pleasure at his presence.
But her talk just ntow jarr-ed upon imn.
Like other people who see the ocean
and its traffic merely fr-om the ,ama
teur's viewv, she was able to detect
romance beneath her- present discom
forts, and she was pouring into his
ear her scheme for making it tho
roundation of her most ambitloous
poem.
In Kettle's mnind to build an epic on
such a gr-ouindwoi'k wvas niothing shior-t
of profanation. ie viewved time sea,
seamen andl sea duties wvith an in
tlmnate eye. To him they were common
and unclean to the fur-therecst degrece;
.no trick of language could elevate their
meanness. lie pointed out how she
would prostltute her talent by iayinug
hold of such an unsavory subject and
extolled thme beauty of' his own ideal.
"Tackle a corn field, mniss," lie wouid
say again and again, "with its butter
yellow color andl its bobs of red pop
p ies and the green hledges all round.
You write poetr-y such as I know you
can about a cor-nfleid andI farmiers and1(
farm buildings with tha tched roofs,
and you'll wvake onue of these mornings
(like all poets hiope to (10 some (lay)
and find your'self famous. And because
why? you want to know. Well, miss,
it's because cornfleld1s andl tile country
and all that are what people want to
hlear ab~out and (dreaml thiey'vo got
handy to their ownt backc doorstep.
.lhey're so ipeaceful, so restful. You
take it from) me, no one would ever
want to read four wordq about tis
beastly cruel sea and the brutes of
men who make their living by driving
ship across it. No, by Ja- No, mliss.
you take it froni a jn~n who knows
they'dl Just lh'sis' il. .\ AI- si t I hey
argned vtl'sly :i1 th ti-.. i nvi
keeping tan noehlanniot * pihin
l'erhinp 44' :11 thlt- C:! -0 re-lpglu
that the enttlhiat car'Iedl .\Mr. .\eToit
was Mle only one pfirxonl I'nltirlly Intp
py. I mi hs.al no wiat'h to ket'. no Wor'k
to do;: tle. 14,14r4101m wa'Is Warm,11. Stuffy
and et ireely t his aste; iitn111or was
leny, nidl th-iceal tiigineers of the
sihyp were 'u "Itcli and ar!g'utieltative.
lie neviei enm We 'n leek for a whif of
fresl nir. tI-v r I: w it I)oient's to
dium: Ie i i phe dansatit atmos.
phe1r ce' b a( : ' :ihat. strolg tobacco
tit ten- .n-. o1i : ll tliorolughilly enjoy
ed ' ! - eu. n tilt moment
of t. !. . .: ,- It-ws and ener
S. ., , mIZ OW Saviig of hu
mn-- I*r. .. shiowed that this
(1 : a .".ny salpped IIs eil
i :::... .id. as has been said,
varI(- ' 1144: w<-a h ver ith her all the
wai neriSs iw Athiutic from the river
'In as. Vs toigh it were a curse In
ilieri a,Ir he crielty of her steve
doscM. The crew forgot wlhat it was
like to we-var dry cloth1es. The after
glir lvel inl a1 State of hole wear!
Iss. A hardeir captain would have
still coitil'ed to keep themt up to the
mark. but the man wh-Ito was in su
preme command wits feeble anid unde
elded, aid there Is no doubt that vig
ilanice was dangerously slackened.
A fog, too, whieh camte down to cover
the sea. stopped, out all view of the
sim nd cd tpelled them for three days
to depend on deld reckoning, and after
the eveit it was said at stroig current
set tie steftame' 11n1duly to the west
warId.
Anyway. be the cause what it may,
Kettle was piteied violently out of his
bunk in the deep of one in ight. just aft
er two hells. ail from tle Symptoms
witch() loudly advertised theses it
requaired no expert kntowledge to tell
thai tile vessel was heatig her bottom
out ot, rocks to tihe le(tillpatimiiient of
i ImauIrderouasly heavy sea. The engines
stoppe, steam begana to blow off naois
11y from tihe escalps, anild what with
that and tle eries of ment and the
clasling of seis and the heatilig of
troll al the beast Cries from the cattle
decks tih' din was aIl most enlough to
split tie ear. Anad then the sleam a sirent
bill'st ollt ito ole vast hellow of1 paIn.
which drowied all the other i ses as
though they hald been chi4lrent's wils
pers.
Kettle 811d on coat and trousers over
his pyjamilas atid went and thumped at
a (oor' at the other side of the alley
wiay.
"Miss Carnegle?"
"Y es."
"Dres's quickly."
"1 11111 ( dessilg, Capta1in."
"Get fin ished with it and then wait.
I'll colie ior you waena it's time."
It i all very well to be cool on these
occasiols, bull sometimes the race Is to
the prarnpt. Captain Kettle made 1 his
way up ont (eck against n great ava
lantcie of water wih ich was cascading
downa the compantiotway. No shore
was in iht. Il The shi1) had backed off
after she had struck and was now roll
hag heavily in at deep tarough. She was
low~ In thte wa ter', aid every second
wav~e swep~t over hetr.
No one sceaemed to be in command. A
dilm light showed Kettle one lIfeboat
wr'eckedl iu dav'its and a disorderly
atolb of men01 trying to lowetr thte other.
But some oate let go the stein fall so
that the boat shot down'a perpeandicular
13y, andi the next wave smlashed the
lower haalf of it Into splinters. The
frenzied crowd left it to ttry thte port
quariter' boat, and1( Kettle raced them
across5 the strenaming decks and( got just
to the davits. Hie plucked a greenheart
bielay ig 1)in faroam the ral and1( laid
about him viciously.
"Back, y'out scum !" lhe shouted. "Get
back or Ill sinash ian every face among
y'ouI Goo(Id L ord, isan't t here a mate or
at man11 left on this stin1kinug farmnyar'd?
A m I to keel) oft' all this two legged
cattle by amyself?"
T1hey3 f'oughat on, thte black water
swirling waist dJel) among themn with
every r'oil, thte sii'cn bellowing for help
ovearhead and the ship sinking under'
theIr feet, and( graduailly, with the
f'renzy of dlespiri, the menci draove Kettle
back against the rail, while others of
tthenm cast off the falls of the quarter
boat's tackles .preparatory to letting
her drtol). Buat, thenit out of the (lark
ness, upl camet Me'Lodd and the steam.
ea's mate, biothi shriewd1 hitter's and men
not afraid to use their skill, and once
more tihe tables were turned.
Thela othter quarter boat had been low
ered and( swamiped; this boat was the
only one remaining.
"Now, Mac," said Kettle, "help the
amate take chaar'ge and murder every
one that iterferes. Get the boat in
the wvater and( fead off. I'il be off be'
low anad fetch up Miss Carnegie. We
must puit somle hurry In it. Th'le old
box hasn't macit loangea' to swim. Tako
the lady ashaor'e and1 see she comes to
no harm."
"Oha, aye," said McTodd, "and we'll
keel) a seat for yersel', skippen"'
"You nteedn't bother," said Kettle. "I
take ano mian's 1place in this sort of tea
party." IIe splashed off across tho
streamintg (leeks and found the cattle
boat's captaint shltei'ng uinder the lee
of the companion wringing his hands.
"Ott yout bllthei'er," ho shouted, "'andl
save youar mangy lfel Youar ship's
gone no0w. You caan't play hash wIth
hera iany mlore." After which pleasant
speech Ihe wor'ked hIs way below, hlalf
swimming, hatlf wadling, and once anoro
beat agaist Miss Carnegie's door.
Eveni it thtis nmomaent of extremity hte
did( ntot dIreamt of going in uaaasked.
She enate out to lit) in the half
swamp~led alleyway, fuily dIressed. "Is
there any hlope?" site asked.
"We'll get you ashore, don't you
Ie clapped ani arim atround her waist
and1( dre'w her' starongly on1 through the
dlark and( the swirling water toward
the foot of the companIon. "Etxcuase
mec, amiss," lie said, "this is not famil
iar'ity, but I have got the firmer saa
legs, and we amust hurry."
They praessed up the stair, battling
with gt'eat greeni cascades of water,
andl gained thte dlreadful turmoil on
deck. A few weak stars gleamed out
above the wvind and showed the black
wave tops dimly. Already some of the
cattle had beeni swept overboard and
were swimning about likce the horned
beasts of a nightmare. The dIn of surf
came to them among the other nolses,
laut . ~' '9Lvisle, The steamer
bad backed off thie reef on which she
had struck and was foundering in deep
water. it was indeed a time for hurry.
It was p'aln she had very few more
minutes to swim.
Each sea now made a clean breach
over her, and a passage about the
decks was a thing of infinito danger.
but Kettle was resourceful and strong.
and he had a grip round Miss Carnegie
and a hold on something solid wheii
the waters wrenched him, and he con.
trived never to be wrested entirely
from his hold.
But when he had worked his way
aft a disappointment was there ready
for him. The quarter boat was gone.
McTodd stood against one of the day.
its cool and philosophlical as ever.
"You infernal Scotchinan, you've let
them take away the boat from youl"
Kettle snarled. "I should have thought
you could have kept your end up with
a mangy crowd like that."
"Use your eyes," Raid the engineer,
"The boat's in the wash below there,
at the end of the tackles, with her side
stove in. She drowned the three ruen
that were lowered in her because
they'd no' seise enough to fen( ofY."
"That comes of setting a lot of farm.
era to work a steamboat."
"Aweel," said MeTodd, "steanera
have been lost before, and I have it In
mind, captain, that you've helped."
"By James, if you don't carry a civil
tongue, you drunken Gcordle, I'll kniock
you some teeth down to cover iti"
"Oh, I owed you that!" said Me.
Todd. "But now we're quits. I bided
here, Captain Kettle, because I thought
you'd maybe like to swin the leddy oil
to the shore, and at that I can bear a
useful hand."
"Mac," said Kettle, "I take back
what I said about you're being Scoteh.
You're a good soul"- Ile turned to
the girl, still shouting to make his
voice carry above the clash of the seas
and the bellow of the siren and the
noises of the dying ship: "It's our only
chance, miss, swimming. The life
buoys from the bridge are all gone. I
looked. The hands will have taken
them. There'll be a lot of timber flont
ing about w-henl she goes down, and
we'll be best clear of that. Will you
trust to us?"
"I trust you In everything." she said.
Deeper and deeper the steamer sank
In her wallow. The lower decks were
swamped by this, an( the miserable
cattle were either drowned Iin their
stalls or washed out of her. There
was no need for the three to Jump.
They just let.go their hold, and the
next incoming wave swept them clear
of the steamer's spar deck and spurned
them 100 yards from her side.
They found themselves among a
herd of floating cattle, some drowned,
some swimming frenziedly, and with
the Inspiration of the moment laid hold
of a couple of beasts an(] so supported
themselves wIthout further exertion.
It was no use swimming for the pres
cut. They could not tell which way
the shore lay. And it behooved them to
reserve all their energies for the morn
Ing, so well as the numbing cold and
the water would let theni.
Of a Suddell the bellow of the steam
er's sirei ceased, and a pang went
through them as though they had lost
a friend. T1hen came a dull, mufilled
explosion, and then a huge, ragged
shape loomed up through the night
like some vast monument and sank
swiftly straight dlownward out of sight
beneath the black, tumbled sea.
"Poor 01(1 gIrl," said McTodd, spit.
ting out the sea wvater. "They'd a tIne
keg of whisky down in hmer messroomi."
"Poor d1ev il of a skipper!" said Ket
tIc. "It's to be hmoped he's dlrowned1 out
of harm's way or it'll take lying to
keep him any rags of his ticket."
The talk (dIed out of them after that.
and the muiser-Ies of thme situatIon closed
in. T1he wvater was coldl. lbut the air
was piercing. and so they kep~t their
bodies sub~mergell. eachm holding on to
time bovIne r'aft and ('eh oman sparing
a few fingers to keep a grip on1 the girl.
Th nex inomn waesc7 temc a
One f th beats tey cung o quckl
drwed heohestage(/ sy
kep it /otisaoewtr wm
ming strongly, adi heedcm
anT he next minutir~wae foundt thema
Onelofative basts teydng to ucklyor
mihen strony around themn mourne
aivegt the shorethele onfurned t
occupanted thelteamer' to way avd.at
Atutsingndhem eah rue itllsonead
the tll that they wer too bruied marnd
numbed tomhng then ane and secndt.
Lng yefore next dawnte found them
still ainto an dtpradng its succ eor
from sainggbyre ervousd themr mon
ithe eand then etef drnesecve
twesre merel automti ay andpltingt
bruisin the wit rdegacollos. n
thenil i tem soweeof thebocmri
fullynuing theroat and npty
three befre haued (lawn tie girwle had
snk contoinuo drppn wsrnly he
frio thekl bytien' vos fingers odue
theomlong i~ te tleenfoa thedee
tceir tuas wth a.gcyo ~i
Whey werom soewahere oundo tee
woing alste carfebor shomed cup,
gmeand thy ruge, kidl Iohrishipll
treeoere whae dover the gwale n
Mts lrne ie lookene fo suene
renoem-e facto a doekf armthr nd to
C1elitth. Ke-tTh Attrld -on in truAr11Wige,
makuinl almost hourly inquiries for
her. Ie ought to have gone away to
seek fresh elployient; ho ought to
have gone onck to iis wife and chil
Iren, and he upbraided litiuself bitterly
for his negleet of' titese dutles. At last
the girl was able to st up iand see him,
and Io visited her, showing all the
deference an embassanor might offer
to a queen.
She listened to his tale of the wrech
with Interest and surprise. She was
almost startled to hear that others, in
eluding the captain and two of the
mates, were saved froin the disaster
besides themselves, but at the saime
time unfeignedly pleased. And she
was pleased also to liear that Kettle
was subp(enaed to give evidenee before
the forthcoming inquiry.
"I am glad of that." she said, "be
ceine I know you will speak with a
free minid. You have told ine so imany
times how incomnpetent the captain
war, an(d now you will be able to tell It
to the proper authorities."
Kettle looked it her blankly. "Bluit
that was different." lie said. "I can't
say to them what I said to you."
"Why not? Look what misery am]
suffering and loss of life the man has
caused. lie isn't fit to commnnand a
ship."
"But, miss," said Kettle, "It's his liv.
ing. Ilie's been br'ought up to seafar
Ing, ani( he Isn't fit for anything else
You wouldn't have rme send out th<
man to starve? Besides, I'm a ship
master myself, and you wouldn't have
me try to take away another mastter'c
ticket? The cleverest cal)tailn aflona
might mieet vith inisfortune, and he'i
always got to think of that when he'k
put up to give evidence against his fel
lows."
"W%'ell, wilit are you going to do
then ?"
"Oh, we've got together a tale, ant
when the old m31an1 is put 111) On l1
trial the mates and I will stick to I
through thick and thin. You can be
that we are not going to swear awa3
his ticket."
"Iliis ticket?"
"Yes, his master's certifleate, il
neans of livelihood."
"I think it's wrong," she said excit
edly, "criiinally wrong. And, besides
you said you didn't like tile m31an."
"I don't. I dislike him cordially
lIut tlit's nothing to do with the case
I've my own honior to think of, niss
llow'd I feel if I went about knowin
I'd done my biest to ruin a brother cap
tain for good aln(d always?"
"You are wrong," she repeated ve
heinelitly. "The 131an3 is ilcomnpeten
by your own sayiig, and therefore h<:
should suffer."
Kettle's heart chilled.
"Miss Carnegie," lie said, "I am dis
appointed iII you. I thought from 'youl
poetry that you hrad feelings. I though
you had charity, but I find that yo
are cold."
"Anld you." she retorted, "you that
had set up for myself as an Ideal o
liost of the ma31inly virtues, do you
think I fevel no (isapoiintiellt when
hear that you 3 are deliberately pr0oposo
ing to be a itar?"
"I a ni) o liar," lie said sullen'ly. "
have most faurlts, lbut not that. Thi~s I:
diff'erenit. Von do not undierist anud. I
Is 1n(t ly inlg o1 d'ienid onre's felilow si y
maiister3 hi~eii e a3 iriuiry board.''
'lThe gir 'i 3r3atedu to) te l'llow in bi
hlir and i id her iti t'ne"e. ''Oh I, go,'' sli
said1(, ''go: I wVishi I ha11t' ever meit youi
1iiuhoighit you1 wetre so) good lirnd se
'bra0ve :tutii so honiest, a3ndl when I'
('ometo14 te linch'l your a3re Jutst lik
the rest. Glo! Go!"
"You)i say you doni't unaderstand,'' sait
Ktet tle. "' Ihinmk you3 delibierateliy woni'l
unrtni u. tiss. Y1oul rinemherIill' thal
I so Id I was ~ Ilo diolpited in you, rand
stle!k to thit titiw. You ruake mie re
miembeinr thatt I hav ~e got a wife an13
farully I airi folid of. You iniake niu
asham ted I havye uiot gone to them hue
lore. Goodhy133, m33iss."'
"Gohodhy,"' she sobbed fromt her p31
low. "I wish I could t hink you art
righit, but perhapsll) it 1s best as it is.''
In thie village' street ouitsidet was Mc
'Todd, clothed in rasping serge and In
clinied to lbe sententlous. "Thiey'vt
whlisky lierie," hie said, with a jerk of
the thumnb. "Irish whisky that's got ?1
smoisy3 taste that's rather' allun'ri
whlen on3ce yo1u've' got ovei' the first dis
like. I'm out of' sl~i'rumysel' or l'(
stand you a glass, but if you be it
funds I could guide y'ou to the 1p1ace.''
Kettle wais half tempited, butt with ii
wrench he4 sraid ''No,'' adding that if lit
once star ited lhe mnight niot know w~he,
to stop).
"Quite r'ight," said thie eniginric'
''you're' quilte (le) iight, skipper. A
manl with ant inclination to level huim.
self with the beasts that per'ish shouhlk
always be absteniious."
Hie sat against a wayside fence and
prepared for sleep. "Like me," h(e
added solemnly, and shut his eyes.
"No," said Kettle to himself, "I won't
forget it that way. I guess I can man
age withouit. She pretty well cured
me her'self, and a sight of tho missh
will do the rest."
[THrE END ]
MANDY'S FEARFUL4 TE~MPER
A Woman's Infirmity That Worked
Wonders in Her Church.
I)r, C, C. Brown in Bapitist Conrier.
" Too much temper ain't a good thirg
to have." said Uncle Dan'l, " an' y it,
now an' then, we run up with it jost
where it seems to ltelong, an' it 'pears as
sf God makes a man's wrath to praise
him, an' specially a woman's."
This was said one day after a church
meeting, at which the deacons had boon
trying to settle a difficulty between two
f the members, which arose fronm over
heated tongues.
" Some o' you ricoleck Mandy Moore
tead," said Uncle D an'l. "Site was the
floriest woman I ever knowed. She use
to boast that she said whlat she thought.
I'his wouldn't 'a boon so bad of she
hadn't 'a thouglit in Eech a hiurtin' way.
3he fell outt, a bout onst a ycr, with ever
sabor she had, an' one h alf hor time was
ipent in ondoing at her leisure what she
tad done in her haste, But in spite of
ill her quarrels an' wranglin's, peopte
was never div so fur fumi her that they
wouldn't come back. When she was
juiet and peaceable she drawed folks to
ier an' made 'em like her an' jo-t about
be time some fren' thought she had
urned to an angel, she'd turn roun, art'
give 'em a whop with her tongue, an'
ion' 'em off like a dog with a kittle o'
iot water poured on his back. That
na Mandy. She run old man Spencer
rinkins out'n her yard jest because he
rome to boe a wagin, .an . en heno
night an' fur three nights followin', she
sot up with his son Lisha that was down
with fever'n ague. When Spencer seen
how she nussed the boy, an' hilt up his
head to give him coolin' water an' hyeard
her talk low an' sof' to him in the dead
o' night when Lisha couldn't leep, he
wondered of Mandy didn't have two
tongues in her head. When Lisha had
got un an' walkin' roun' Mandy sont him
nice things to eat about twice a day, an'
Spencer said to me, says he, ' Mandy is
the bes' woman in Swcetvyater church,
an' I don't care of she did fun me out'n
her yard. -
"1 Jn the war time, when women use
to meet and pick lint for the soldiers'
woun's as had been made in battle,
Mandy was a'most always thor. Oup
day, she up and 'cused the women of
brlIging dirty scraps to pick, an' said,
"I don't know what you all mean
These scraps ain't fittin' to make lint fur
a dog." At that, some o' the women
busted out cryin', some lef' the room,
an' the re' didn't know what to do
Miss Jim Wheeler thought she'd take a
shot back at Mandy. 8o she ul.s an'
says, " Eff you don t like the way we
does, Miss Moorohoad, you'd bet'er pick
your lint at home.' Mandy riz up, an,
without sayin' a word, she lef' the house
11er skyrts was a poppin' like a Whip
lash as she switched out o' the do'. The
very frock she had on looked like it was
mad too. That night, when the com
mittee met to pack up the lint an' sen'
is away to the war, Mandy sout in a
pil or case mighty nigh full. Bie had
went home an' picked mo' lint than all
the other women put together, an' ther
was 'leven of 'cm.
" When we had the dinner an' barbe
cue at 8weetwater church to raise money
to buy sashes an' blines, Mandy sot an'
listened as long as she, could at Parson
Brooks a readin' out committees, an'
sayin' what each committee was to do.
Turni' to Miss 8pencer, she said, "'Tll
Preacher Brooks to 'pint one 1110' con
mittee to whit-le tooth picks,' an' with
that she fetched a whurl an went a
stormin' thoo the do, out into the yard.
On my way home, I seen her settin' oi
the front steps to her house, an' I
knowed she was mad but I dasn't name
it 'Uncle Dan'!,' she called out, 'kin
you tell ine who'.s a goin' to buy the
dinner after Preacher Brooks has put
the whole church on committees? Don't
he know the people who iixes the table
never pays fur nothing ? Is he a plum
idiot ? I jest want himin to comie by here
so I kin speak my mine to him.' I seen
it wouldn't do to have an argynent wilh
her, so I driv on. On Wednesday fol
lowin', the day of the (ill ner, Mandy was
there. Sie had on a poke bonnit an' a
ginghatm apun that retched to the
groun'. She had fetched a barbecued
pig, a turkey, rice, potatoes, pies, tarts,
bread, an' a three gall'n jug o' milk.
She jest tuck charge o' things herself.
As fast as some young woman would
come up an' set her baskit down, Alandy
would tell her what to do, without hav
ing no regards for her being on some
special committee In this way, she
run about two thirds o' the wiomen away
fun the table, an' kep sich as she wanted
to help her. The tab e was sot under
the trees, an' sech a sp cad you never
seen. When all was ready an' the com
mittee women comic a s:alkin' roun' the
table, she says to 'em pint blank, "Sech
of yt u as wants dinner kin git it fur
twenty-five cents.' It was eurous to see
the gals as had collie to eat without
)ayin' goin' roun' gittin' Imoney fui
ther fathers and brothers an' wherever
they could borry it Busan Carson rid
back home to git her money, an' it was
a full mile an' 1mo.' But hlandy had her
way. Fur about a month. the whole
naberhood was in a stew, but Spencer
Jenkis reported sixty one dollars to
the church as comin' fumi the dinner, an'
wvhen the sashes an' blines w~as p)ut up,
it was wvell nigh agrceed in tihe church
that Mandy dhone it.
" Mandy never did hurt nobody with
her han's but she would tear 'em upi
wi'.h her tongue, an' it, 'peared that the
hotter she got. the more work she could
do. She was never knowed to sulk an'
p~out an' git on' in a corner an' sit still
She jest made up her mine to have her
way, an' her temper never Comle to a
calnm tell she had got thoo with what
was on hand. When she was mad, her
hair fairly riz up an' her face got red an'
stayed so. But work-? She could (d0
more work in that frame 0' mine than
any six woimn at Sweetwater. Luke
Sawyer, that had tihe wart onl his nose,
said be was a ridin' by one day. an' sen
Yotu can cough
s yourself into
;bronchitis,pneu-4
mnonia, and con
sumuption.
Bandaging4
sand bundling
your throat
wvill do no4
good.
You must give
your throat and4
lungs rest and
allowv the cough
wvounds to heal.4
There is noth
ing so bad for a
cough as cough..4
Ing. Stop it by
using
Even the cough of early
consumption is cured.
And, later on, when the
disease is firmly fixed,
you can bring rest and<
comfort in every case.
A 25 cent bottle wvill
cure newv coughs and*
colds ; the 50 cent size is
better for settled coughs
of bronchitis and weak
lungs; the one dollar size
Is more ecorsomical for
chronic cases and con
sumption. It's the size
you should keep on hand.
" Al1l ftmille's ought to ho on the
watchu for, sudden, attacks of croup 4
Or aci to htig troules'~. Ever co0un1
try ho~me in tlh ld shout~d keop
('herry i'ectoral constantly on hand
4to j,rovlide against an eme1(rency."
Deo 1,19A ( O. 'V~i -IA, M .D.
Dec. 14,1398. Hollanld, MI'h.y
ICAT
Tie KHind You. Have Always 3
it, use for over 30 years, 1
andi III
Allow
All Comiter'eits, IImitatio)ns1 I
Exiperieilnits tililt trifle witli
In'anits and Children-Expei
What is C
Cstor'ia is a Imarmless subs
gori(, 1)rol1 and Sootliig I
contaiiis neither Opitim, Mt
Jal41lStaIace(. Its age is its giu
ti1iI all.ys Feverishiless. It
Colie. It telieves Teetling ']
anml FIlat-uienucy. It assinkinl
Stollitet Imal(l BoWels giviig
Tim Childi en's Panacea-Tlhn
CENUINE CAS-i
Bears the
The Kind You Ha
In Use For 0
THE CENTAUR COMPANY. TT M
Mr. Moorehead a settin' under a tree by
the big gate. Ie jest passed the time o'
day, an' rid on, but he knowed Miss
Moorchead had run the olo man out, an'
was keepin him out. May be so. 8hC
was very sperited when once she got
her mouth a goin', An' ef she did run
Moorehead out, I'll warrant she done
somethin' to pay fur it 'fore night. [or
housekeepin' was the bes' in the nabor
hood, an' a man that couldn't eat her
cookin' was sure sick ' Mandy wasn't
like a gun that would bust an' kill you
jest for fun, but I-ke one that would
shoot an' hit you 11er temper -always
had a aim to it, an' when thq 'splosion
was over with. it always 'lpcared as if
Mandy done right to git mad. Temper
that's got somethin' behine it ain't so
bad; but when some people bust, ther
ain't nothin' lef'. Tnem kine oughtn't
to git mad. They ain't got sense enough,
an' that's jtst what ails these two broth
ers that's now a rowin' here at the
church nectin'."
JA MES W. TOLIBERT
SHOT AT M'CORMICK,
Returned to Town From Which He
Had Been Expelled-Masked
Men Called at Noon.
The Greenwood coIrrespondent of The
State writes as follows under date of
Feb 21 :
.James WV. Tolbert has met the fate he
courted, lie was shot today on the
streets of McCormick, where he had
bcca1 told that he must not go or else he
would have to die. Blefore he was she t
down he tired two shots at a young v si
tor to the town of.McCormick - a man
w~ho had nothing to do with the row
going on bet ween Tolbert and the citi
zens of McCormick. Both shots took
effect, one in the body. and one in the
hip This young muan, a Mr. Martin,
was visiting his brother in la'w, M. L .'
Sturkey, and was simply~ walkireg by
when Tolbert, accordling to the state
ments of those present, pulled out.a pis.
tol and fired at hini. .Immediately a
fusilade began, with Tlolbert as th~e tar
get for all tihe availab~le shooting Irons in
and around that vicinity.
Tolbert owns quiite a .lot, of land
around McCormick and some real estate
in the town lie has never. attended to
the renting of this property in person
until this year ;ho will likely never do
so again. About a week ago lbe wvent
down to McCormick cdetermiinedl to Stay.
In a few days hie received an anonymous
letter advising him to leave H~e refused
to attach any importance to the letter'
and went on about his business of look
ing after his farm lands.
Today he was appfroached by a cro - d
of men and told to leave. According to
the statement of. the best men present
lhe attempted to argue the matter and to
let it be known that he intended to stay
JTust about lihat time young Martin pas
sedi by the crowdl on the other Side of
the street, and seeing him, Tolbert pulled
out his pistol and tIred twice at. Martin
As stated above, tihe shooting at Tolbert
then commenced, only two shots taking
('ffect, both in the body. Martin was
hit in the hip and in the body. There
were 110 more shots tired at Toibert
after ne fell, lie was carried to the
home of Mr. Pick Hlollingsworth, and
it was stated tonight that a heavy guard
had been place( around the house.
Young Martin was carried into the
store of his brother-in law, M L. B.
Sturkey, and his wounds immediately
attended to by D~r. Mleldau
Even if Tolbert's wounds do not
p ove fatal, his life is sti I in danger.
The general opinion is that if Martin
should( dile there would bo no chance for
Tolbert. Late tis afternoon a 'phone
melssage from McCormick stated that a
good many people from -the coudary
were cominig iin town),;andl the universal
opinion was that Tlolbert, had better be
moved. HIis physician said that lie
could be moved, and his brother, IR. It
TIolbert, exp~ects to go tonight to have
him moved to Augusta or some place of
eafety.
Jum Tolbert, as lie is kinown, has been
obnoxious to the people0 of McCori-:k
ever since the Phoenix riot in the fall of
1898 He rendered himself (doubily 3o
by the celebrated "conSipracy ease"
against sonmc of the very best citizens of
of the place in the spring of 1899. lie
has madec severa' attempts to go back
there, but, every time lhe was told (juiet- 1
ly but none thie less firmlhy that he couldt
not stay in the town of McCormick.t
D~espite these warninugs he has persisted,r
11nd it seems now .that lie wlieu
his life for his rashness. The people of
M1cCormilck are very cool and very do.
termined. lie lias been told to stay
Iway, and all would be well, but to try
Lo come back there would mean trouble
rhie trouble has come.
THE~ SToRtY FROLM At'coRMICK
A special to The State from Moor
ought, and whIic1h has 1bee&n
las borne the signatnre of
ts beeniii made undIer lis per
;p1iervisiol Hince Its linancy.
no 0ne to deceive you iii this.
umd " Just-as-good " are but
tni eidiage the healtli of
ASTORIA
titute for Castor Oil, Pare
syruups. It is Pleasant. It
>r)p1ne nor otier Narcotic
an tee. It (estroys IV orns
Cr1e-S Iaiurr'lqMa and IWnd $
ronbes, enr's Costitipationi
tes te Food, regulates tile
-eallhy and natural sleep.
3 Mother's Friend.
ORIA ALWAYS
Signature of
Ve Always Bought
ver 30 Years.
FRRY STREET. NEW YORK OeTV.
mick gives the following account:
A pirty of nasgked men rode into
town to lay a')nu - i with the inten
tion of n %kin, Jimes W. Tolhart leave.
He hAd b2n heri for a week and the
citiz -as h.0 Mb 'Ut d 1cid I to n1 >' Im Aest
him furth >r, waic oa, in a le hin feel
s tfe. Tne n Vs'ce i p .y e-1countere I
him at w rk repdriig o i of his bul'd
ings and, aicirdiag to an eye witness,
one of th- p arty of n it i mn aske I
him to s irren ler, innie I I of #hichi fs
dre v hip pistol and :)reae'tiag it tired.
The im akol p arty w.i save I by a mn>
randum b))k wrapjed arouaid with a
silk handKerchief; it citciing the b-.lhiet.
Tri'hy immedi-ately began backing from
eac' other after excihtaging shots.
Tolbert emptied bia pistol, ttien turned
and r:% an.sicnaded in evaling the
mob which s))a i ipirso . 1a dovolopedi
afterwrdli that o-ni of the prty was
wo aided sightly 'rolbort was seriously
wounded, once in the right side of back,
the bullet lo.lging in lung, and once in
arm, which is a tiesh wound.
RycaueI-rmN- F-n'r'E WAn.-A young
officer, being dete.iied at the outset of
the Spanish-American wo"':to organ'ze
a regiment of negroes ini the~ South, be
gan his recruiting in Augusta. Ga., his
former home. One of the first darkios
he met in the s'reet was his father's old
body servant, who "tuk on pow'fully"
over his uniform and shoulder straps,
but cautioned him against " mixin' up In
rows whiut didn't consarn 'im." said
he : " Mars George, ye' ma don't knew
nothin' bo'it dis; ef she did she wouldn'
'low it." 'But, Jim, I'm fighting for my
country anid you've got to join my regi
nment and fight, too " "Naw, nlaw, Mar.
George ;yo's joikin'. I gut mixed up In
dat scrap ober de niggers in '01 en didn'
git no good outcn it. I ain't got no
grievance wid1 de Spaniards. Dey ain'
(lone nuthin' ter me Naw, naw, sir ; of
yo' man knowed 'hout dis-of she lee'
knowed !" lie shoo3k hIs head warning
ly. " But, Jim, there is such a thing as
patriotism. I'mi fighting for love of
country," urgred the oficer. " Dat don'
ketch me, nuther, Mars George : sonce
I done mOVe to town I ain't got no me'
love for do country."
-Jenner's famous discovery that per
sons who contracted cowpox while on
"aged in milking, never had smallpox,
dates from 1796.
Our Spilng Lines Of
.Shoes..
Are no0W being opened up,
and we find them prettier
and better thani we had even
hoped for,
We get them direct from
the world's best manufactur
ers.
If yo;i will favo: us with
~i look we can certainly please
Some very desirable win
Ler Shoes still going at preat
y reduced prices.
Pride & Patton
Greenville, S. C,
WANTED TO LEASE.
A iFUiLNISHrI D o'ritx. in-a, tbwn
r city of South Carolina. S.,ate'num.
.er of roomsm, location of hotel In rela
'on to hupinoas sectilon, the length and
crms of le'as'. References given if
eq'uired. Address,.
M us. E 0. P., Re'idsville, N. C.
MONEFY T1O LOAN
On farmir g lands. Easy payment.. No
ommissions charged. liorrower pays ac
ual cost of perfecting loan. Interest 'l per
ent, up, according to seurity,
a NO. B. PALMER I&BSON