The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, February 18, 1902, Image 1
E%TArBLS1HED 1865. NEWBRRY, S. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1902. TWiCE A W' E. 1 50 A YFQ
JUDGE JAMES M. CROSSO.
THE LAST OF THE ANTE BELLUM L &W
YERs OF NEWBJEr.
e Writes an InteretiDg Letter of New
bftry and its People Years Ago-The
Judge Now E6 sides in
Pare, Texas.
We are glad to publish the follow
ing letter which will be of interest to
all Newberrians from Judge J. M.
Crosson, who is the,last of the Ante
Bellum lawyers of Newberry. He
left Newberry 46 years ago, and is
making his home in PariF, Texas.
His son, Thomas Y. C osson is now
a judge, living at Bellinger, Texas.
The old judge is now 78 years of
age, and is as gay and fond of fun
'as when a jolly young lawyer fifty
years ago in Newberry. He is still
talked about in his old native town.
Paris, Texas, February 2, 1902. .
Four years ago, wife and I sitting
ide by side, as we are now, I wrote
to The Herald and News that we
were looking out of the "western
windows" of life. We are still look
ing that way--only nearer, (wife 72
years old, I in my 78ih year) "Wait
ing till the angels open wide the
mystic gate." Just now I said to
her, that we were as happy as two
terrapins sitting on a log in spring
sunshine! She said nay! but as two
doves, sitting on. a limb cooing for
spring.
gWe have had play mates, In our youth
ful days; our joyful school days"
A* -nearly al), all gone, the old fa
oiliar faces"
4*ver-The river, they b-ckon to us."
My wife has but two schoolmates
in the town of Newberry; that de
lightfully interesting and intelligent
lady, Mrs. Laura Ewart, that excel
Iut and good lady, Mrs. Harriet
Lane. I have none; all my class at
Erskine gone; of 40 in my class in
-South Carolina College, I learn that
only four beside myself are alive, viz:
S CapL L. Williams, Greenville, Dr.
A. 0. Fuller, Laurens, Hon. W. F.
B. Haynesworth, Sumter, and Dr. J.
U L)arlisle, Spartanburg. Oh! how
often we think of the "dear souls who
havecrossed the infinite sea."
"How strange the scheme of things,
h ow brief a span,
"The little life of man;
RAnd ever we mark them, fleeter and
more fleet,
* 'The days and months and y ears, glid
imig with winged feet."
I 'find South Carolinians wherever
I go, and if there is a Newberry man
1 I fid him. In the company I raised
=in 1881, there were 21 from South
Caroliuos, nine of the~m from New
berry,' or their fathers were. Five
were McCormicks, all nephews, er
grand-nephews of David Reid. 1st
Lieutenant David Reid McCormick
was killed February, '62; Willhe Mc
Cormick was killed March, '62. The
others were James, Samuel and
Henry. Three of them were grand
sons of that jolly, good old man,
Henry Boozer, 'who lived near my
Uncle Sam Spence's. kie used to
say he had twenty-one children and
that all were girls but twenty. Jno.
T. Poe's mother was a McCormiek
and so was J. F. Peter's wife, who
often talked to me about Newberry.
Therealso were iwo others, 0. E. and
W. 0. Allen, grandson, of Johnny
Thweat, whose praying and fighting
powers are stated in the Annals of
Newberry, pp. 86 and 87. They
were all splendid fellows. Also W.
B. DeWalt, a grandson of old Taplow
Harris and a kind Christian gentle
man.
Among the odd characters of long
ago was Tom Meeks, who was one of
the 2,500 impressed sailors during
the war of 1812, claiming to be
American citizens and refusing to
fight against their country, were im
prisoned in Dartmnoor prison, in De
vonshire, England, and were kept till
the close of the war. He always
carried with him a little model of a
ship. He lived and drank upon the
town. His son died in Williams
County in Mexican war. Nick Ki
nard occasionally visited the town
and lived for a while as Tom did.
He remained in town one time too
long as Tom thought; be took Nick
by' the arm and led him to the top
of the hill between Capt. Jack Cald
mw' and Nathan Hunter's and dis-1
missed him saying that he (To-L)
was the only one authorized to live
upon the town. Nick had some ex
periences with the courts; while
O'Neall was holding court, Nick, full
of "bug juice," was boisterous in the
court yard; being brought into court,
O'Neall as usual, gave him a good,
kind temperance talk, telling Nick
that he was a good man, and had a
good wife and children, that he did
not want to jail him. Nick replied,
"Now Neall, don't do that." O'Neall
said, if you will go home, I'll let you
off. Nick said, I'll go, Neall, give
me your hand, which O'Neall did,
and Nick departed.
At another time Frost was holding
his first term, in the fall, and on first
day Nick again became uproarious.
Frost had him brought up and
located him in jail. Just before
court adjourned the sheriff suggested
to the judge that Nick was in jail.
Frost said he had not forgotten him
and that he would discharge him the
last thing before adjournment. For
a long time Nick was teased by the
boys saying, that he had been Frost
bit early in the season. There were
two others that loved a drink, the
30S of an old soldier, Fergus and
Billie MoClelland. Billie was a small
rotund figure and when full would
bhout," Forgib's a steamboat and
Billie's the biler." Billie perished
in the Mpxican war, and Fergus died
in Newberry Courty a few years ago.
I see no mention of Capt. Matthew
Rall in the Annals. He was a some
what prominent character; was a mem
ber of the legislature, a good auc
tioneer, and with George Brown, was
>ften precentor, at Prosperity Sece
Aerchurch. Heor Brown lined out the
Psalm and led the tnes. I wa% a
kid when I first saw him. Coming
rom school I got into the road at
Uaj. Graham's ginhouse and saw
Uatthew riding a race; he was on a
laybauk horse. He wrote reminis
ences of Newberry, which were in
~eresting to me; he sent me a copy
ut it was lost in the burning of our
~ioue. He was a sensible, good man,
f they did joke him saying he mistook
h' market house for the horse rack
md sat down and hung his hat on a
eef hook. When he died a good
nan left us.
Capt. Jim Moore (not mentioned
n the annals) an odd charac
er and a writer of rhymes on
e occasion, riding hastily from
Lexington, being asked the news
from the court, replied: the jail was
aull, the jail yard was crowded with
>risoners staked to the trees, and the
omilanders and Comminongers had
aot yet been tried. Tbey were good
~itizens, but Jam's poetic inspiration
bought their names wero long and
mphonious, and hence he used them.
During the "CratingClub" days, a
irink was nailed up in a crate, and
olled up the circular stone steps of
the old Court House and down on the
thr side, and then taken to the
'Curl Hole" in front of the jail, where
the public spring branch turned to
the creek, and emptied therein.
I have never yet had the pleasure of
eeting Prof. Welch of Houston, but
e ranks y ery high as an educator;
but when I am in Hcuston I always
ave a cosy chat with that excellent
young man, R. A. Welch; he is al
ways so kind to me.
My kinsman J. G. Martin is also
doing well, and my kinsman Dr. S.
. Red, ranks No. 1, as a physician
in Houston, so does his brother W. S.
Red, as a Presbyterian preacher. At
Woodville this fall I met my oldest
daughter, Bettie Pope Slade, who is
as fll of life,fuon and energy as when
I wrote you four years ago.
But ah! that splendid fellow Sam
Kennrly, is now County Attorney,'
and a good one, and has a bay win
dow in front and is in fact, physically
an Expansionist.
J. Z. Connerly had cancer a
smallpox and the good old man died
this fall. Some few years ago, as I
stepped into my oilce I was intro
duced to Dr. Rlobert Harrington and
I asked him if he was kin to the New
berry Harringtons, he put his finger
to his nose, and said Y. J. was his
unle. He has a daughter living in
this city, quite an mntelligent lady,
and every inch a Harrington ,the Dr.,
. a m~ ~an died not long since. His
daughter Mrs. Proctor and her Aunt
Mrs. Mary Brooks Magee live to
gether. Mrs. Mage is a daughter
of Mrs. Dorothy Ann Wadlington,
wife of Dr. Jeff Edmonds whom I
knew in Newberry many years ago.
Mrs. Magte says her mother was a
cousin to Mrs. Drothy Brooks Pratt,
so lovingly remembered by all who
knew her. Mrs. Magee was named
after Mary Brooks Wadlington who
married Minor W. Grooey, and who
was for a long while a leading and
prosperous merchant in your town.
Mrs. Magee is a very intelligent and
intereeting old lady and the widow
of a veteran of the Texas Revolution.
I lately met W. Hayne Leave!, D.
D.; he looked remarkably well and is
greatly loved by his congregation.
I also met Judge Wilson, grandson
of Elder Jimmie Wilson. I look in
a few years to see him on the sa
preme bencb.
I also lately met Judge Hender
son, a grandson of Newberry (of Sam
uel Red). He is now on the Court
of Criminal appeals.
Since writing the foregoing I have
had a real gladsome time, meeting
Rev. B. B. Raniage and his charm
ing wife, and I think we all enjoyed
the meeting. Il) resembles his
mother, a lovely woman. He is a
s-Dund, strong, solid main, and greatly
esteemed by his flock at Ft. Worth;
his pleasant cheerful manners. His
wife is an ac-3omplished, b.ntiful
woman, and no wonder with her
bright beautiful eyes and winnitg
manners, she captured B B.
What jolly times we used to have
pienicing at O'Nial's M1;l1, ho V inrgc,
fishing, couples s.rayiog off and talk
ing lovingly. There I first inquired
of my wife, would she be my beau
and she answered not, no.
Once a set of beautiful young ]a
digs were enjoying a boat ride balow
the mill in a flat bottomel boaf,
among them Miss Mary Boyd (a
cousin of C. F. Boyd and my second
cunsin) as handsome as young la
dies get to be, the.boat was about
sinking, when the writer to show his
gallantry jumped out into the water,
it was waist deep, and pretending to
push the boat to shore, held it until
it sank. It was delicious to hear
them scream. Here I met Wist.
ary; his father was John Gary and
a decendant of Wist. Gary. . His
other was El iza Wadlington the
:aughter of Warner Wadlington I
have spent many pleasant hours with
him and his interesting wife; he is
qite an intelligent man.
But enough; Good bye dear old
Newberry. J. NI. Crosson.
P- S.-Some day if agreeable P'l
give you an account of a trial in Jas
ices ooart at Frog Leavel, in which
Esq. Bowers and myself were the
istices and some Texas court scenes
J. M. C.
'-OUT OF THE WOODs.'
Tb. VresIdeni's Statement in Beg-rd to
H is soni.
Groton, Fe~b. 13.-This afternoon
President Roosevelt, accompained by
Dr. Lambert, came over to the Pow
ell cottage, the~ newspaper headquar
ters, to personally meet the reporters
and correpor.dents who bad been in
Groton since Sunday. He was in ex
tremely good spirits as ie shook each
man by the band and said a heariy
word to each. IHe said:
"I want to thank you boys for the
cosidration which you have showed
myse.f and my family and for all the
courtesies which have been extended
to me by the press. There has been
such a sudden change in Ted thait he
has come up all of a sudden, and be
is nwJ out of the woods."
Continuning be said: "Alice will
come over from. Washington tocmor
cow to take my place, to a certain
extnt, while Mrs. Roosevelt will re
main he.re perhaps ten days more.
Then when Te'd is in coudition she
will take him to the white house for
a while, but he wVi!! return here and
continue his stadies.''
WVhile referring to the illness of the
boy and some of the games which he
was fond of playing, the president
said:
"You know Ted broke his colla
bone last fail playing football and
Mrs. Roosevelt said she was very
thankful for that as shie considered
that it ins.ured him against breaking
hi neck."
SKETC ES OF ARMY LIFE.
Interesting Incidents of the Civil War Re
lated by "X COD. Fpd," A Member of
Third S. C. Regimen*.
We left Atlanta the next day for
Bragg's army. We were greeted
with enthusiasm all along the line
and in fact it was a continued cheer
ing from Richmond to Chiekamauga.
At Acworth we were delayed for
some time and this scribe had quite
a nice time with the young ladies.
When we passed through the
tunnel, now Tunnell Hill, Ga., I was
sitting on top of the first car, next to
the tender. By the tima we got
through the tunnel I was nearly
dead, but the fresh air soon revived
me, but I 'would- never go through
another tunnel on top of a car. We
stopped at Tunnel Hill and had some
foot racing. There were some apple
trees loaded down with fruit about
200 yards from the statior:. Several
of the boys made a break for the
apples Col. NaLCe told the engi
noer to move forward. He blew tLe
whistle and moved forward and th-rn.
was a foot race to catch the train.
The train was stopped and the boys
got on and although we stayed there
s>me time the apples were not
bothered. We left the triin some
distance below Tunnell Hill and on
the 19th of September w.re hurried
toward Chichamangsi. We were
marching on after dark. It wa3 very
dusty and we conld not see our file
leaders for the das!. People who
have never lived in a limestone
cf:untry can't imagine how dusty the
country can get in time of a drought.
On the morning of September 20,
1863, we crossed Chickamauga Creek
and soon formed in line of battle.
Jast after we bad formed a Federal
Colonel came galloping up and said
to hurry up as the Confederates were
pushing them badly. He was told
that we would take ebarge of him. i
He looked up and saw t be Confederate
battle flag and surrendered at once.
We marched forward to the firing
line. Here occurred one of the1
strange things that occur sometimes
on the battlefield. We met Gen.
Law's Brigade going to the rear.
Gen. Law could not stop them.
They were not running, did not se-rn
to be demoralized, but were simply
going back. They had captured
some pieces of cannon and were
carrying them back with them, 'pull
ing them by hand. Gen. Law asked
Gen. Kershaw to try to stop his
troops. We tried tc stop them but
it was of no use. They knocked up
our guns and passed through our
lines. General Law asked General
Kershaw what he was going to do.
Charge the'Yankees was the Gen.
Kershaw's reply. We advanced and
received one of the most deadly vol
leys ever fired on us. Our line stag
gered like a drunken man, then closed
np and at them we went. We drove
them to the top of Snodgrass Hill,
but could not drive th >m any further.
There was a large space between us
and the 7th regiment on our right.
We went in with about 400 men,
and were reduced to 0 men. The
2d regiment suffered as much as we
did. We were at the focot of the
bill and Col. Nance sent a courier to
Gen. Kershaw. He was illed, Col.
Narce sent another and he was killed.
Cl. Nance then asked Lt. Hunter to
take charge of the regiment for a
few miuntes and ran to the right to
se Gen. Kershaw. Lieut. Watts of
the Laurens B3rias, thinking that
Col. Narrce wvas killed, brought the
regiment to attention and moved
them back a short distance where
they could get protection, and told
them to face about and give them
Hell. Col. Nane came up at this
time and told us we must hold the
position. The yankees thought we
were do:ne for, and commenced to
huzzah and down they came upon us,
but they were the worse surprized
yankees on the continent. We re
served our lire until they got nearly
on us. We gave them a solid vol
ly, and those thbat were left did some
good running indeed. Other troops
came up and one of the Generals
asked Kershaw to send in his troops
and he would support us with his
troops, Gen. lKershaw told him to
take in his troops as they were fresh
and he would support them. La
in the afternoon Gen. Gracie carrit
in his brigade and an attack w
made further on th4 Federal rig
and the day was won. The 2d at
3d regiments loss were heavy indee
1 got my third shot in my right l(
here, but it was light and I did n
leave the field. Before Gen. Grac
carried in his brigade, we had sei
one of our company- John Gallowa;
to the front to keep us posted on ti
movements of the yankees.
When Gracie's troops got to Ga
loway a Leintenant ordered Gallows
to go forward with them, this Ga
loway refused to do. The Lieutei
ant drew his sword and Gollows
tepped back cocked his gun an
old the Lieutenant he would ki
im if he come any closer and ti
Lieutenant left him. We capture
10 pieces of cannon that day ar
liongstreet's corpse captured 30 t
:hem, and Longstreet only had
)rigades of Hood's Division and
3rigades of McLaws' division in th
1;ht. X. Con. Fed.
riE ANNUAL GATHERING OF STAI
PRESS ASSOCIAUION.
rhe Ex.c!ive Committee Meots and A
ry.g..s for the t;oring Meeting at
Georgetown.
[The State, 14th.]
A meeting of the executive con
nittee of the State Press Associi
iou was held in the office of Pres
lent Aull last night at which it w,
lecided to hold the next annui
neeting in Georgetown in Jane, th
late to be fixed later. The people
3eorgetown have extended a ver
ordial invitation to the associatio
nd Senator Walker and Represez
ative Pyatt met with the committ
o arrange for the meeting and to ai
inre the as3ociation of the pleasni
ith which the citizens of Georg<
own looked forward to the meetinj
The following list of subjects an
~hose to lead the debate on thei
ere selected:
"How to publish a good newspi
par in a small town"-weekly, Jo
Bell Towill, Batesburg- Advocatt
laily, Hartwell M. Ayer, Florent
ines.
"The country editor; a busines
n m or a philanthropist"-James'1
Bacon, Edgefield Chronicle.
"The typesetting machine in
small office"-Jas. L. Stopplebein
Spartanburg Headlight.
"How to secure and maintain cour
;ry correspondence"--J. T. Drev
Drlingi'on Messenger.
"The light and shadows of Newi
paper life"-Rev. W. P. Jacobi
linton, Our Monthly.
"The tendencies of modern jour
ialism" -H. L. Watson, Greenwoo
[dex.
"The Newspaper as an educator
-J. F. Fooshe, News an.t Heral<
Winnsboro.
"How to make a country weekly
inancial success" --A. B. Jordar
Dillon Herald.
"The moral responsibility of an ei
tor"-Rev. W. H. Gireever, Souti
arn Lutheran, Colombia.
Col. J. H. Estill of the Savanna:
Iorning News was selected as t
mnual orator and a very compil~im
:ary letter of invitation was frame
to be sent him by tbe committee e2
pressing their high appreciation o
aiis wurk for the advancement<
journalism.
Besides Col. J. A. Hoyt, who is o
Loe national association executis
sommittee, E. 1.' Aaull, Jas. L. Stoj
plebein, J. C. Heniphill and F. I
MMaster were chosen to represer
the South Carolina Press ass3ociatiC
at the National Editorial associatic
which meets at Hot Springs, Arn
and adjourns to Charleston to vis
the exposition.
The president asks that eve2
memler of the association who ce
attend the meeting let him know th
he might give them the appointme:
to fill any *vacancy in the represel
tation.
There were present at the mee
ing President Aull, Secretary Lan
ston, Gov. McSweeney, J. L. Sto
lebnin and Hairtwell M. Aver.
d The R -cord:0 th sri'e Rum St-lIing in
is South (CRro:ua HIld.Up as a Horriblo
Pxample t.) G'org1a.
[Rome, Ga., Tribune.]
Dr. John 0. Wilson in the Wesle
yan Cbristian Advocate, of January r
' 29, 1902, writes in a clear, logical, t
e convincing manner of the terrible
E
it ruin wrought in South Carolina d
71 by the dispensary system.
e We commend this article in its
entirety to those who would be
led by the sophistries of the Floyd 0
Y dispensary advoeates. Oaly its t
length precludes reproduction here, tj
but to show the influences of the-sys 0
tem in at least two directions the E
d
following extracts are given:
"The liqnor traffic here has settled b
down as a matter of politics. This, a
d too, has been natural, but most be b
dincreasingly unfortunate. It needs W
3 no seer to see that corruption must ,
2 flow from a political side of the liquoi
2 traffic. c
e "Devoting the liquor profits to ed- b
ucaion (Heaven save the mark-sell
irg arink to educate!) has helped to tj
entrench the dispensary. Half a mil
E lion dollars reportWd for education- b
not yet all available, understand
appeals tremosisoly on the hust h
ings, inst ad of a w barroom wen g
being* pecuniarily interested, the
whole population-or most of it - s
so interested. Whon they tell you t<
. that removing the liquor traffic from
. the power of individnals financially a
. interested makes it easier to go for- p
s ward, tell them they are changing i
l from a tabooed man to a man in
e place of honor, from a few hundred
f to many thousands following these
a'
y honored leaders."
n To these statements Dr. W. C.
-. Lovett, editor of the Wesleyan Chris
e tian Advocate, adds the following h
. powerful endorsement: t
e "We commend to the advocates of
. the dispensory the above strong and
, clear statements from Dr. Wilson.
d It is the dispensary from the stand -
n point of a South Carolinian-a man
who has seen its beginnmng, markedr
Sits progress' and grown sick over the
Sruin it has wrought.
"You are not reeddling in othert
emen's matters on this side of the c
"Old Savannah,' Doctor. We gladly 1
Swelcomesuch re-enforcement to our
position. Our people will see, we
hope, before it is too late, the unwis-t
a dom of surrendering to the dispen -
sary."
What could be added t~o the above
to strengthen it? We commend it
to the thinking people who are will
ing to listen to reason.
RULU~ GOU[.D viCfIRIZED.
8er second- Bustler a.te-ais a Rahle Coach
Robe Worth 87,000, Opera rlassee
d Worth $i50, Marine Gless.
Worth 6200, and the PolicO
Thinks Other P'roperty not
SYet Rucovered.
1, - -
New York, February 13.-Daniel a
a Donavan, kuown to Miss Helen f
Gould as John O'Neill, her second v
butler, w&s ar.raigned in a Police o
.Court to day and pleaded guilty < t
having robbed Miss Gould's re idenc e. L
He was formally charged with steal- y
ing a combination opera and marine i
e glass valued at $50, but Cap'. Titus, c
of the detective bureau, thinks he
d may have stolen a-s much as $10,000 i
.- worth of property.
SThe robbery took place while Miss i
~fGould was away on her recent tour s
of t.he WVest. The police have thus v
far recovered the following articles: s
One Russian saable cach roibe, valued I
eat $7;000, and pawned for $200; a 1
pair of opera glasses, valued at $150,
tand a pair of marine glasses, valued e
aat $200.c
CrIILD CKIEATED.
iWas a Grand10On of Vx Prmad"iI Raither
ford Hayes
-y Cincinnati, Fe,b. 13-The body of E
n a grandson of a president of the 1
at United States was reduced to ashes
]t at the crcematory in this city todi-.
El- Tiie child was the son of Rut her
ford B. Hayes, and bore the nan.e of,
t. its illustions grandfather- Mr. Haves
brought the body from Ashville, N. 1
p C , but the mother was too ill to be
present
" II LU tN IS A P.)WER."
Fie ii nir r' oi hod or .! way6 11 rlint D
tary'" and -, harn Is an Ellenton R"t
P very Time he A rragns lRepubli
4.-n I aE I-'L' in x i e 8-nate.
The Columbus Eoquirer-Sun said
a-Esh: "Senator Tillman con
inues to attract attention. How
ver, this so far is atout all he has
one."
The Savannah Press replies: "The
jiquirer Sun is mistaken. In spite
f his roughness Senator Tillman is
L.e of the most influential men in
ie upper house. Some of his ut
Mrances jar the Senators and many
f his retrorts are far from courteous.
Int with all that, Senator Tillman
a power. His pitchfork is feared
y all the members. He has done
iore for South Carolina, measured
y practical results, than any man
ho has been in Congress since the
ar. It is strange that such tactics
aould win especially in a body it.
rusted with traditions and ta-mpered
y rigid etiquette. BTh sometimcs a
tan is needed to break through
iese rules ruthlessly. Ben Tillman
a reformer, some say a fanatic,
nt when he rises he gpnerally says
)mething. He acts and expresses
imself with energy and when he
oes to the departwents in quest of
naval dock or a postoffice he
sually gets what he wants. Chales
)n has secured, through Secator
illman, some fat appropriations,
ad South Carolina. occupi* s a larger
lace in the public eye than she has
many years. Some of her people
re shocked by the asperities of the
se. Tillman is not polished or
ways parliamentary. There are
mes when the English language
is him in giving expression to his
ehement ideas. But he generally
as a message and he is not afraid
>say it. Tillman is like Sam Jonee.
e is a man of flesh and blood, and
as fearless bs Savanarola and as
igid 8s Martain Luther. He does
t frame his thoughtb with a view
pulling sppropriations from the
blic crib, but he gets them because
e is not cringing of truculent. He
akes ducks and drakes of the Senate
adtions, and when he rises the
stoms of a hundred years crash
ke glass windows after a dynamite
plosion. But South Carolina can
et more with Tillman in the Senate
1&i with the regulation article
sually sent there, who is snuffed
t by the weight of Senatorial
yrtesy. There is an Ellenton roit
very time he arraigns Repnblican
etis.
"Looking Indian."
Here is a useful suggestion from a
~ittsburg paper:
Somebody dropped a stick- pin in
e hall the other day, and had hard
pork to find it. She hunted high
d los, on her hands and knees,
d with a candle procnred for the
urpose, but it was no use; the pin
as very tiny and unperceivable, its
alue being that of association rather
1an size or brilliancy. Tne some
ody, a!ter a linal shake of the rugs,
ias jast about to give it up forever
ihen one of the children chanced to
me along.
'Why don't you 'look Indian' for
:?" he asked.
Before the somebody realized what
ias meant, down dropped the young
ter on the floor, his head and his
rhole body lying sidewise and just
s close to the (dead level as possiuIe.
this position his eyes roved rapid
over tho floor.
"I have it," he shouted presently,
d sure enough, right in the middle
f tho floor, in so plain a place that
had escaped notice, was the miss
g stick-pin. The yornngster then
plained that "looking Indian"
eant putting the head to the ground
1 order to catch sight of the swall
st object between oneself and the
oriZx1.
"They do it on the plains all the
ime," he said. "That's why they
an always tell who's coming. But it
vorks in honscs just as well as on the
lains. Why, we never lose any
.hing in the nursery nowadays; we
lust 'look Indian' and find it right