The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, May 24, 1907, Image 2
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HORSE-SHOE ROBINSON
A TALE OF THE TORY ASCENDENCY
BY
JOHN P. KENNEDY
“Major Butler—a bold, warm gen
tleman—that’s been used to tender
life and good fortune. He has lands
on the sea coast—unless that new
fangled court at Charlestown, that
they call the Court of Seekerstatlons,
has made them null and void—as they
have been making the estates of
better gentleman than they could
ever pretend to be; taking all the
lands, you see. Allen, to themselves,
the cursed Iniquiters!”
“Where did you come from with
this gentleman?”
“A long wav off, Mr. Musgrove—
from old Virginny—but lastly from
Wat Adair’s.”
‘‘Wat’s wife Is a relation of my
f llv" i'**^ •*».. r, U v„., u L4jtnr.igie wnere rutmess men taKe
'rw, i o eoviv at ♦rtnii in Rhowi P ? yourself in daylight. And nn their weapons of war. What has
„ Mm2 as Imor Ma J®' n,,t - befallen? Tell all!"
o claim kin with him. All n .fuB*ij or f nepe j g no ^ to be much 1
good will shown towards him. I
what Is to become of Mlajor Butler.
Innis and Floyd put together sha’n’t
hinder me from looking after a man
that’s under my charge. I’m an old
sodger, and they can’t make much
out of me if they get me.”
“The country Is swarming with
troops of one kind or another,” said
the miller; “and a man must have
his wits about him who would get
through it. You are now, Mr. Robin
son. in a verv dangerous quarter.
Th<> fort at Ninety-Six on one side
of you. and Rock Mount and Hanging
Rock on the other—the road between
the three is full of loyalists. Colonel
Innis is here to keep the passage
open. and. almost hourly, his men , uvl uie lclI1| , cr Ilor LIJC su ^kui
are passing. You should he careful struggle where ruthless men take
in showing vourself in davlight. And : 11 rv + kt svf Ti'no o nro «• n t V* o rr
a chair, saying—‘1 an tired—vary
tired. I hare ridden the livelong
day. alone, and frightened oat of my
wits.”
“Not alone, my daughter!—on that
weary road, and the country so
troubled with ill-governed men! Why
did you venture, glrlT Did you not
think I would send your cousin
Christopher for you "
"Oh. father.” replied Mary, “there
have been such doings! Ah! and
here is Mr. Horse Shoe Robinson;
Major Butler, where Is he, sir ” she
exclaimed, turning to the sergeant,
who had now approached the back
of her chair to offer his hand.
Blessings on you for a wise and a
brave girl!” said Robinson. “But It
wouldn't do; we were ambushed,
and the Major is still a prisoner.”
“I feared it,” said Mary, “and
therefore I stole away. Thev are
bloody-minded and wricked, father;
and uncle Adair's house has been the
place where mischief and murder has
b^en talked of. Oh, I am very_sick!
I have had such a ride!”
“Poor wrench!” said the father,
taking her to his bosom. “You have
not the temper nor the strength to
who claim kin with him, Allen Mus
grove. Wat was the man who put us
Into the wild cat’s claws—at least,
so we had good reason to think.
There was a tidy, spruce, and smart
littl^ wench there—tut, man—I am
talking of your own kith and kind
red, for her name w-as Mary Mus
grove.
"Our girl!” said the dame with an
animated emphasis; “our ow r n Mary;
w r hat of her. Mr. Horse Shoe Robin
son?”
“That she is as good a child.
Mistress Musgrove, as any honest
parent mought wish for. Sho got
some sort of inkling of w'hat was con
trived; and so sho appeared to Ma^
Jor Butler in a dream—or her ghost.”
“Mercy on us! the child has not
been hurt?” cried the mother.
“Ondoubtedly not, ma’am,” said
Robinson ; “but it is as true as you
are there, she gave us, somehow or
other, a warning that there w'as harm
In the wind; and w- took her advice,
but it didn’t do.”
No. no!” interposed the mother
i "no, Allen, not now. The girl must
greatly fear his cases is worse than it i have food and sleep, and must not be
seems to you.” j w'earied with questions tonight. Wait.
“There is somewiiere,” said Rob- i mv dear Mary, until tomorrow. She
will tell us everything tomorrow.
“I must hear of Major Butler,” said
Mary; “I cannot sleep until I have
heard all that has happened. Good
Mr. Robinson, tell mo everything.”
In few r words the sergeant unfold
ed to the damsel the eventful history
of the last two days, during the nar
rative of which her cheek w’axed pale,
her strength failed her. arid sho sank
father’s
Ml on Ttitoacco Vcwptwtt VI \AY»
VBwywts Often CbUmu Mn OeveXups tot
ttfaMkrttag tadCMi ara& latto
Ysfc. ScYmapvs ’\ofoacco
atvd tyrtlet
inson. “In that hook that lies open
on the table—which T take to bo the
Bible—the story of the campaigns of
King David; and as I have beam it
read by the preacher, it tells how
David was pushed on all sides by
flying corps of the enemy, and that,
s n eing he had no sword, he come
across a man who gave him
victuals and the sword of Goliath—. uer. <iiu
as I got my dinner and a sword this almost lifeless across her
morning from the tavern-keeper at j knee.
Blackstoek’s: and then ho set off on ! “Give me some water,” she said,
his flight to some strage place, w’here “My long ride lias worn me out. I
he feigned himself crazy and scrab- ran off at daylight this morning, and
bled at the gat", and let the spit run have not stopped once upon the road.”
down on his heard—as I have done A. glass of milk with a slice of
before now' with Tarleton. Mr. Mus- 1 bread restored the maiden to her
grove; and then King David took in-1 strength, and she took the first op
to a cav"—w'bich I shouldn’t stand , Portunity to inform tho circle who
much upon doing if thepp was' occas- surrounded her of all the incidents
,ion: and there the King waited, un- that had fallen under her observation
I wish the cihld w’ere home,” said, in he got friends about him and »* Adair’s.
Musgrove. “Christopher, at day- was able to drub the Philistians for Hor father listened with deep omo-i
light, saddle a horse and bo off to I robbing the threshing-floors—as I tion to the tab-, and during its rela-
Adair’s for Mary.’* 1 make no doubt these Tories have 1 tion clenched his teeth with ang r.
The nephew’ promised to do the yours, Allen Musgrove. But you | a * ^ walked, to and fro, through the
errand. ^ know all about It. seeing that you , apartment. There w’as an earnest
Come. Mr. Robinson, draw near are able to read, which T am not. ^ ,1 feelings to withhold
Now. I don’t pretend to say that I tllf * p xPi‘t‘ssion of the strong execra
nor Major Butler are as good men
as David—not at all; but the case of
Til *
Three ways are used by farmers
for curing and preparing their to
bacco for the market; namely sun
emod, air cured and flue cured.
The old and cheap way is called air
cured; the later discovery and im
proved way is called flue cured.
In flue curing the tobacco is taken
from the fields and racked in barns
especially built to retain heat and
there subjected to a continuous high
temperature, produced by the direct
heat of flame heated flues, which
brings out in the tobacco that
stimulating taste and aroma that
expert roasting develops in green
coffee. These similar processes give
to both tobacco and coffee the cheer
ing and stimulating quality that pop
ularizes their use.
The quality of tobacco depends
much on the curing process and the
kind of soil that produces it, as ex
pert tests prove that this flue cured
tobacco, grown in the famous Pied
mont region, requires and takes less
sweetening than tobacco grown in
any other section of the United States
and has a wholesome, stimulating,
juicy, full tobacco taste that satisfies #
tobacco hunger. That’s why chewers
prefer Schnapps, because Schnapps
cheers more than any other chewing
tobacco, and that’s why chewers of
Schnapps pass the good thing along
—one chewer makes other chewers,
until the fact is established that
there are more chewers and more
pounds of tobacco chewed to the
population in states where Schnapps
tobacco is sold than there are in
those states where Schnapps has not
yet been offered to the trade.
A ioc. plug of Schnapps is more
economical than a much larger ioc.
plug of cheap tobacco. Sold at 50c.
per pound in 5c. cuts. Strictly 10
and 15 cent plugs.
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. CL
tho table and eat something.”
“With right good heart,” replied
Horse Shoe; “but It’s a kind of camp
rule with me, before I taste food—
no matter where—Just to look after
Captain Peter Clinch; that’s my
horse, friend Musgrove. So by your
leave. I’ll just go take a peep to
see that the Captain Is sarved. A
good beast is a sort of right arm In
scrapish times; and as God ha’n’t
riven them the gift of speech, we
must speak for them.”
“Christopher shall save you the
trouble,” replied Musgrore.
“A good horse never loses anything
by the eye of his master,” said Horse
Shoe; “so. Christopher, I’ll go with
vou.”
In a short time the sergeant re
turned Into the house, and took his
seat at the table, where he fell to,
at what was sH; before him. with a
laudable dispatch.
"How far off,’’ he Inquired, “Is the
nearest. Torv post, Mr. Musgrove?”
“Colonel Innis has some light
corps stationed within two miles. If
you had been a little earlier you
would have found some of them at
my mill.”
“Innis!” repeated Horse Shoe, ‘1
thought Fioyd had these parts under
command?”
"So he has,” replied the miller,”
but he ha? lately joined the garrison
at Rook Mount.”
“Ha! ha! ha!” replied Robinson,
“that’s a not into which Sumpter
will he dipping his ladle before
long. All th*' lanrl between Wateree
and Broari belongs to Tom Sumpter,
let mad-oap Tarleton rio his host!
We Whigs, Mr. Musgrove. have a
little touch of the hobgoblin in us.
We travel pretty much where we
’•’ease. Now, I will tell you. friend,
very plainly what I am after I don’t
mean to leave thes?- parts till I see
tion. which the narrative brought al
most to his lips, against the perfidy
vaw ... i.. B •ii#o. ttBiunst me pemay
liberty is a good a cause as ever ’ of '’ is wlfo ’s kinsman. But tho 'nabi-
Klng David fought for, and the Lord ! tnal control of J 113 temper, which
that took his side in the cave, will:™ 3 habits Inculcated kept
take the side of the Whig?, sooner and considerations of pru-
Or later aT»,i A *
MAKES the:
If you want to
drink real coffee,
buy a sealed^ack-
age of Arbuckles*
ARIOSA and grind
it in your own
kitchen as you want to use it.
Roasted coffee loses its strength
and flavor if exposed to the air,
and even its identity as coffee
after grinding. Loose coffee sold
out of a hag, bin or tin is usually
dusty and soiled by handling.
Don't take it!
Compile, with eM requirement, <i the NabooeJ Pure
Food Lew, CuefeMee No. 2041, hied *t Wuhailtin.
_ w,v, sooner
or later, and help them to beat these
grinding, thieving, burning, and throat
cutting Tories. And, moreover, a
brave man ought never to be cast
down by such vermin; that’s my re
ligion, Mr. Musgrove, though you
mought hardly expect to find much
thought of such things left In a rough
fellow like me. that’s been hammered
in these here wars like an old piece
of Iron that’s been one while a plough
coulter, and after that a gun-barrel,
and finally that’s been run up with
others into a piece of ordnace—not
to sav that it mought’t have been a
horse shoe in some part of its life,
ha! ha! ha! There’s not likely to
be much conscience or religion left
after all that hammering.”
‘“He shall keep the simple folk by
their right,’” said Musgrove, quoting
a passage from the Psalms, " ‘defend
the children of the poor and punish
the wrong-doer/ You have finished
your supper, Mr. Robinson,” he con
tinued. “and before we retire to rest
you will Join us In the conclurion of
our family worship, which was inter
rupted by your coming Into the
house. We will sing a Psalm which
has been given to us by that man
whose deliverance has taught you
where you are to look for yours.”
“If I canot. help to make music. Al
len.” said Horse Shoe, "I can listep
with good will.”
The miller now’ produced a little
l»ook In black-letter, containing a
familiar and ancient version of the
Psalms, and the following quaint and
simple lines were read by him In
successive couplets. the whole
family singing each distich as soon
as it was given out—not. expecting
Horse Shoe. who. after the first
couplet, having acquired some slight
perception of the tune, chimgd in
with a voice that mi^ht have alarmed
the sentinels of Innis's camp;
. w wvr aao vri. |yi»A-
dence again swayed him from sur
rendering to the Impulse which would
have led him to declare himself
openly agajnst the cause of the royal
government and Its supporters in the
district where he lived. He cross-
questioned his daughter as to many
minute points of her story, hut her
answers were uniform and consis
tent. and were stamped with the most
unequivocal proof of her strict vera
city. Indeed, the collateral e\idences
furnished bv Robinson, left no doubt
o~ the miller's mind that the whole
of Mary’s disclosures were the testi
mony of a witness whose senses could
not have been disturbed by illusions,
nor distempered by fear.
“It Is a I readtyl tale,” he said,
“and we must think over it more
maturely. Be of good heart, my
daughter, you have acted well and
wisely; God will protect us from
harm.”
“And so It was no ghost nor spirit,”
said Horse Shoe, "that the major
saw in the night? But I wonder you
didn’t think of waking mo. A word
to me In the night—seeing I hare
served a good deal of outposts, and
have got used to being called UP—
would have had me stirring in a wink.
But that’s part of Wat’s luck for I
should most ondoubtedly have strangl
ed the snake in his bed.”
“I calPd you,” said Mary, “as
loudly as I durst, and morn than j
once, hut you slept so hard!”
“That’s like me too.” replied Horse
Shoe. “I’m both sleepy and watchful, j
according as I think there is need '
of mv services.”
"Now to bed. my child.” said Mus
grove. “Your J»‘ d is the fittest olace '
for your wearied body. God bless
you. daughter!”
Once more the family broke tip,
and as Robinson left th“ room Mary
followed him to tho foot of the little
stair that wound up into an attic
chamber; here she detaile d him one I
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have Christopher believe—his unfati-
guel frame. The sergeant, however,
was a man not bom to caree, not
withstanding that his troubles were
“as thick as the sparks that fly up
ward,” and it is a trivial fact in his
history, that, on the present occasion,
he was not many seconds In bed be
fore he was as sound asleep as the
trapped partridges. In the fairy tale. |
which, the eastern chronicle records, j
fell into a deep sleep when roasting'
upon the spit, and did not wake fori
a hundred years.
(CONTINUED NEXT FRIDAY.)
PEKING TO PARIS BY MOTOR.
A Song In Your Soul.
[The Higl.' r TinuKht Center of London
announces that a sure cure for worry,
care ami nerve<-s jir miration Is to aing a
song In one’s s>ul —N« wa Item.]
Do not worry ami fret when your nervea
are upset
By these blustering, b'.izzardy May days.
Of fray yourself out gettinK peevish about
The Infrequent recurrence of pay days.
If your friends all unite with a fiendish
delight
On your tendered feelings to trample,
Just merrily troll a low song in your
soul—
A ditty like this, for example:
In Maytime. In Maytime the gloaming’s
all a-gloam;
What of It if the blizzard comes and blows
away your horn- ’
Tomorrow probabl* will bring more trou
ble than tod .
Bo lilt a tune ■ i ;-;iy!y eroon your tri
fling car..* ;i..av.
I all your wealth In
! altl
wiLh sheer agony
"Yes. I can cure
A king that tiusirth in hi* host i moment, whilo she communicated to j
Shall not oreval at length. him in a half w , lis , )(M ,
Tue man that of his might doth boast , . l(;(V Nr ,.
hall all. foi a has ren >• might n "on to do something
"The troops of horsemen eke shall for Major Butler. His name is John
Ramsey: he belongs to General |
Their sturdv steeds shall starve: Sumpter’s br!gad\ If you would go
The strength of horse shall not pre-, to his father’s, only six miles from
,.„u 1 here, on the upper road to Ninetv-
I Six. you might hear where John was.
When you’ .i; s ■.:i
cxcban;,- f
And your i.i-r
quiver
And tho surgeon srys
you. 1 guess.
By excising your lights and your liver,"
Just dig up u laugh ns you cheerily quaff
Your bumper of good anaesthetic
And warble a lay as you yield to its sway
To an air that is aptly pathetic:
I’lease, Mr. Doctor, leave a little of me.
Don’t take all my machineree,
For I need a throat to drink with,
And I need some brains to think with;
So, please. Mr. Doctor, laavs a little of
me.
—James J. Montagus In Nsw York Amer
ican.
vail
Tho rider to preserve
Fsatures of Biggest Automobile Drive
Ever Undertaken.
Active preparations are being made
for the great Peking to Paris automo
bile drive, which is being organized
by one of the Parisian papers, La Ma
tin, and for which more than a score
of entries have already been made.
At first it had been proposed to se
lect a route through Central Asia, but
that idea has now been abandoned,
and the route chosen will lie through
Mongolia, Siberia and European Rus
sia, says the London Telegraph. A
Russian comipittee hag taken the mat
ter In hand and held three meetings,
at which It discussed the conditions
and selected the main points of the
route. This will certainly be the big
gest automobile drive ever undertaken.
The distance is over 8,200 miles and
Over roads which will severely test
the reliability of the motors and cars.
From Peking the line lies through K«I-
gan, Urga, Irkutsk, on Lake Baikal;
Kansk, Tomsk, Omsk, Petropavlosk,
Kurgan, Zlatoub. Kazan, Nijui Nov
gorod, Moscow, Warsaw and thence
through Germany and Belgium to Par
is. From the Chinese capital to Kal-
gan the route is through a thickly pojt-
ulated district over Chinese roads and
three mountain passes for a distance of
120 miles.
As regards the crossing of rivers
where tiiero are no bridges, several
members of the committee, who have
already traveled in the district, say
that the peasants have large flatboats
at all points, on which they constantly
cross with carts and cattle, and that
they will be large enough to ferry the
automobiles over. A great portion of
the lino Is also very picturesque, espe
cially the section between Lake Baikal
and Tomsk, where the road lies along
the foot of lofty mountains. Colonel
Novitsky, a member of the Russian
Geographical society, hag just return
ed from a trip along this very route,
and, according to him, those who take
part In this novel drive will enjoy It
Immensely.
establishing the manicure parlor In the
hands of Dr. W. C. Fair.
“We believe that disease Is carried
under cats’ nails,” said Mrs. Stephen
Buhrer, president of the clnb and one
of the social leaders of the west side,
“and often much damage Is done by
cats to other cats through unkempt
claws. We have left the establishment
of a manicure parlor In the hands of
Dr. Fair and believe that Immense
good will result from the project"
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But. may be, you am afraid to go
so near to th<? fort?”
“May bo so," said Robinson, with
a look of comic Incredulity. “1 know
the place, and I know the family, and.
likely. John himself. R’s a good
thought, Mary, for I want help now,
Anti if that dearth their land oppress more than I ever did in my life. I’ll
In hunger them to feed. 1 start before daylight—for it won’t do
'to let the sun shine upon me. with
r —1~»- ^ ‘ *
“But so tho eyes of God intend,
And watch to aid the just;
\Yi*h such as fear him to offend.
•^i<l on his goodness trust.
“That he of death and great distress
May set their souls from dread
Wherefore our soul doth whole do-
nend
On God. our strength and stay:
He Is our shield us to defend.
And drive a'l darts away.”
When this act of devotion was con
cluded the old man Invoked a bless
ing upon ids household, and gave his
orders that the family should betake
themselves to rest. Horse Shoe had
already taken up his sword and was
about retiring to a chamber, under
the guidance of Christopher i haw,
when the door was 8Udd°nlv thrown
wide open, and in rushed Mary Mus-
rove. She ran up. threw herself into
father’s arms, and cried out—
“Oh, how glad I am that I have
reached tonight!” then kissing both
of her parents, she flung herself Into
Innis’s Tories so nigh. So. if I am
missed tomorrow morning, let vour
father know how I come to ho away.”
“Tell John,” said Mary, “I sent
you to him. Mary Musgrove, re-
member.”
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“If I can’t find John,” replied Horse
Shoo, “jou’re such a staunch little
petticoat sodger, that I’ll, perhaps,
come back and enlist you. Tisn’t
everywhere that we can find suBh
valiant wenches. I wish some of our
men had a littlp of your courage: so.
good night!”
The mainden now returned to the
parlor, and Horse Shoe, under the
guidance of Christopher Shaw, found , -
a comfortable place of deposit fori
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CLAW POLISHING PARLOR.
Cleveland Society Women Will Have
Their Pet Cate Manicured.
Society women in Cleveland, 0., have
decided to establish a manicuring par
lor for their pet cats, says a special
dispatch to the New York World. One
hundred of them, all members of the
Cleveland Cat club, met a few nights
ago and decided that their pets, upon
which they place a high value and
some of which have won prizes not
only in Cleveland shows but elsewhere,
should bo given better treatment than
Is afforded by the limited means in
the average hoq|f?.
This will l>e the first manicuring par
lor for cats in the world, and the Cleve
land women backing It hope to Interest
women In other cities in the plan. The
Cleveland women will place a compe
tent veterinary surgeon In charge of
the parlor, and he will have as assist
ants experts who understand the care
that should be bestow’ed upon a fancy
feline. The cats’ claws will be kept
pliable, short and clean, as becomes so
cial felines. No self respecting Cleve
land cat will bold up his bead hereaft
er unless he has been to his manicure.
The Cat club has placed the matter of
I can tell a person who is constipated
on sight. Their complexion ia pasty
or yellow. Their
eyes are dull, and
they look and feel
sleepy. No wonder
they do. Th«
bowels are a sewer.
They carry away
the poisonous re
fuse. If they dont
act the poisonous
matter is absorbed
by the body, and
headaches, dull
ness, bad complex
ion and eventually
serious troubles re
sult.
There is no better rule for good health
than that tiie bowels should move eyery
day at the same hour if possible. Regu
larity can be acquired by making a habit
of this. Foolish people neglect this and
when chronic constipation effects them
they take piils every few days to force the
bowels to perform their natural function.
As years go on they require more and
more pills. This should be stopped.
Cooper's New Discovery will build up
the stomach and cause the bowels to act
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the habit of regularity, then gradually
stop taking the medicine.
Here is a sample of letters from those
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“For sixteen years I have suffered from
stomach and liver trouble, and chronic
constipation. I had frequent headaches
and always felt tired and worn out. I
heard of Cooper’s New Discovery and
began its use, After I had finished one
bottle I was wonderfully improved. Con
stipation gave way to a pleasing regularity
of the bowels and I ate better, slept bet
ter and felt better than I had for months.
It is the greatest medicine I have ever
known.” Samuel Booren. 1742 Munacy
Ave., Scranton Pa.
Our customers who have used them say
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NOTICE TO ADMINISTRATORS AND/
OTHERS. J
The law requires every Execute^,
Administrator, Guardian, etc.,
make and file his annual return
the office of the Probate Court of
county, before the 1st day of Julj
each year; and as a penalty for
ure to attend to this duty is inr
by law, I respectfully urge oompl
with the same. Let all such pake
their yearly return, without dela?, and
within the prescribed time, that le,
before July 1st proximo, and thus
avoid further notion.
J. E. Webster.
Probate Judge.
May 24, 31, Jun« 7, 14, 21, 2S.