The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 15, 1910, Page NINE, Image 9
Very Bad Cough.
Pe-ru-na Stopped It.
i I I I'll
LAUGHTER OF MRS. J. M. BROWN.
"Mr?. J. M. Brown, Punneean, Mo.,
v it<>: 4*My little daughter, three
vt : rs old, was troubled with a very had
eouh which remained after an attack
i f catarrhal fever, which was a great
?' ! worse at night.
" sh" would wake up out of Iter sleep
'Cough until 1 feared she could not
s it.
' Nothing that we cave her seemed to
t't her any good. I then concluded to
? ;1 for I?r. Hartman's book emitted
ie lis of Life,* which I promptly
r. i-civotl.
' ! at thesametimecommeneedgiving
!.< Peruna. Site has takeu one bottle
i: all. through which she has obtained
a complete cure.
di also since her birth was troubled
v. h indigestion, but since she ha?
i on Peruna 6he can eat almost any
kiudof food without any bad results.
"She is now as well and happy as any
linle girl can be. When our friends
say how well she looks, I tell thorn
1'eruna did it.
"I shall always be a friend of Peruna,
as I consider it the best medicine tot
toughs and Indigestion we have evet
tried, and will recommend it to any one
- similarly afflicted."
MRS. LYDIA J. SPOONKR, Santa
Monica, Cal., writes that they are
never without Peruna in the home, that
they find it the finest family remedy
they have eier used.
I Q CAMEO KIRBY. D
one i go
(Continued from Second Page.)
T?d "man ever double" Banked Gene
Kirby twice," said Larkin Bunce laconically,
"and It'll be a good thing for
you, Moreau, If he la past speaking,
^^^lch, I guesa. looks the case. If he
^^^Bpens to pull through you can gninHB
he'll fix your case himself, but If
^HB^Bdoesn't. my fine old bucko. I'll settle
honorable hash. Yoh've stunk
^^H^Ftbls river just about aloug enough."
^Blt will afford me considerable pleas
^^Ke, suh," replied the pseudo colonel
iu his best manner, "to place yob in
the same position which yob friend
Mr. Kirby will shortly occupy. 1 re
fer. suh. to a front seat In the grill
room of his most Satanic majesty.
Yob servant, suh. aud a very good
evening." Bowiug, the Cower of southern
chivalry backed nimbly through
the door aud disappeared.
CHAPTER III.
ClOLOXELJACQUES GAS
PARI) DESCHAMPS MO
KEAU, to give him bis full
'"3^*1 title, doing all things tbor
oughly, as befitted one of bis honorable
character, v as uot satisfied with, as he
thought, dlsposiug of Klrby's physical
existence, but considered It his pleas
i urable duty to effectually ruiu whatever
little reputation had survived during
the other's downward career.
Klrby. presumably fatally wounded,
had been carried ashore by Bunce at
. the uext landiug. and, in those days
shooting aud stabbing affrays emanat
lng from card games beiug ouly too
J common, but little attention had been
5 paid to the affair. Cameo Klrby was
notorious the length of the river, aud
such an abrupt aud tragic termination
Li of his career had not only beeu frert
quently and cheerfully predicted, but
I was. moreover, expected of all such
; 1 members as graced his questionable
profession. Indeed, tor them a sober
and respectable death would have been
|w considered bad form. Among the gam
bling profession there existed a certain
IP code, which iu a manner served to link
those at the top. who. like Kirby and
Bunce, wooed formue honestly, to the
Moreau type, graciug and disgracing
the lowest rung iu the gamblers' social
ladder. This code, if so it may be
termed, was an understanding to the
'> effect that in no instance, however
it great the provocation, should the law
< be invoked. Wrongs, fancied or auj?
then tic. were to be redressed solely by
the bearers thereof, the joint ottice of
judge ami executioner being vested in
each sc;orate and distinct individual.
Id view of this accepted understanding,
Larkiu Bunce had accordingly
made no mention of the fact that a
probable murder had been committed,
and. the passengers and steamship officials
dismissing it as u gamblers' quarrel,
which was none of their affair, uo
6tiga?i or notoriety was attached to the
guod*Colonel Moreau, who, c::*?uiiiig to
Ka on .?!<! vfihioil frieiiit of
UV ?* v.\* - - ?
Randall, bad gone to tbe latter's stateroom
and brazenly assumed charge of
*" tbe body. Bunco's laconic statement
was too pitifully true, for tbe old planter
bad effectually ended bis life.
Again referring to Colonel Moreau's
happy faculty <>f doing all things well,
it was quite < ha met eristic that to com
plete his revenge against Cameo Kirby
he now did uot hesitate to assume
charge of Mr. Randall's body, did not
hesitate to meet the son of the man
for whose death he had been directly
and shamefully responsible, for young
Tom Randall had ridden over to the
Plaquemine landing in order to greet
his father, while over at the old homestead
all was bustle and excitement in
honor of the master's horaecoming.
Anxiously Tom Randall waited to
see the Jovial and well known tigure
of his father march down the gang
plank, waited to eaten a giiinp.se ui
I the familiar and weather beaten green
portmanteau which the planter always
carried. The momenta passed. Other
and numerous passengers stepped
ashore, to be eagerly welcomed and
claimed by their own, bat John Handa!!
was not among them. A curious
and seemingly pregnant hush had sucj
at last, his father had come ashore,
borne on the shoulders^of two roustabouts.
while the captain and officers
stood with bared heads and thankfully
left the unwelcome task of explaining
the tragedy to the amiable and willing
Colonel Moreau.
I "Mv boy," said the latter, now laying
a fatherly hand on young Randall's
heaving shoulder, "although 1
am a stranger to yoh. suh, 1 have
ventured to assume temporary control
of this terrible affair, fob I am a
southern gentleman, as was Mr. Randall,
and I feel bound to yoh all by
the ties of sympathy and country. I
was a witness, suh. to the events
which preceded and prompted this outrage.
and. although I am aware It is
but pob satisfaction, still It Is something
to know that the scoundrel who
was instrumental In causing yob poh
father's death has already paid fob
it with his life. My name, suh. Is
Colonel Moreau, and If I can be of
any further service to yoh all In this
dark hour of tribulation pray command
me. suh. As an old soldier 1
beg of yoh to meet this calamity with
the fohtltude of a Christian gentleman,"
with which admirable and pious
adjuration the good colonel flourished
his handkerchief and helped himself
to a generous pinch of snuff.
"I?I tbauk you. Colonel Moreau, for
all you have done." said young Randall
stonily, looking on the huddled
thing at his feet "You?you say you
witnessed my father's death?"
"Not exactly, suh. foh he shot himself
In his stateroom. However hard
! to bear. I think yob should know who
and what prompted his death. The
scoundrel, suh. was the notorious
Cameo Klrby, of whom, perhaps, yoh
have beard."
Young Randall nodded dally, and
Moreau, entering Into the spirit of the
tale, continued: "I fohmed an acquainti
onh voh ikoh father when
he came aboard at New Orleans. He
confided to every one that he had sold
I his sugar crop fob ten thousand and
bad the cash with him, and he was
in mighty high spirits because he was
on his way back home to see his children.
Tob gentleman! As delicately
as I can I must state that he was not
quite himself, and by that sub. I mean
that he bad been Imbibing a little too
freely. I don't have to tell yob, sub,
that there are certain characters on all
the big l>oats who keep a pretty sharp
lookout fob geDtlemen with money who
are In the condition yoh pob father.
: sub, was In tonight, and I expect there
I was more than one river gambler on
board who would have liked to get his
hands on Mr. Randall. But the oue
j who got him was the slickest and clev
erost of the lot, the Cameo KIrby
I whom I have mentioned. This rascal,
sub. Inveigled yoh poh father Into a
private stateroom, plied him with mob
i liquor and won from him not only all
his money and personal effects?even
Including a miniature of yoh dead
mnthor onh?hilt olsrt A ftppri tf> Ills en
tire plantation and all his slaves, everything
which he owned. 1 was too late
to save Mr. Randall, but I knew Kirby
by repute, and 1 was so screamingly
I outraged by the whole affair that I denounced
him fob the low scoundrel
he was. Thereupon he drew on me. bnf
i 1 was the quicker and shot him down
like a dog. They carried him ashore,
suh. at the landing below this, and the
, river Is cleaner foh his death."
"You have taken vengeance out o!
my hands." said young Randall uu
steadily. "The coward and villain:
For a stranger, sir. the attitude wbiol.
ceeded the landing of the freight, and
off somewhere Ln the darkness a child
whimpered shrilly. The boy's nerves
were set on edge. Perhaps his father
was having a farewell talk with the
captain and would come dashing out
at the last moment with all his old disregard
for time and place. It was time
the bell was clanging, the signal for
backing away, for by now the landing
of uasseugers and freight appeared to
L>e terminated. .\nu sun no joun uaudall.
The boy walked along tbe stringpiece
until tbe Texas deck caine tbe
more prominently into view, the glow
from tbe open windows of the port
staterooms silhouetting tbe lean visaged
pilot, absolute monarch of bis
realm, who now that an easy stretch
of the river had been entered loafed
about while his cub took the wheel.
"Hello, on board the Shotwell!"
shouted young itandall, looking up at
the pilothouse. "Is that you, Mr. Bixby?
This is Tom Itaudall. Do you
know if my father is on board? We
were expecting him by your boat, sir."
For reply Mr. Bixby, usually the
pattern of courtesy, offered a memo
"?i.l lining m
byiiuuic ulluiu.iutc um?
the window.
But young Randall had no time to
nurs^ his quick resentment, for now,
you have displayed toward my family
has been most considerate, aud I will
never forge? it. The?the hospitality of
o house in ironm!????"?
[to 37 continued.j
SCRANTON SKETCHES
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People and Perspective.
Scranton, September 13: ? This
date, the 13th. will be an unlucky
number for some political aviators.
Miss Alma Singletary left Monday
, for Florence to atiend school.
Mr L) P Waii, teiegrapn operator
; at Lanes,visited i:s parents here one
; day last week.
Mrs .1 A Gantt and children of
Florence are visiting Mrs Gantt's
parents,Mr and Mrs P A Parker, on
; Church street.
Hon J Walter Doar of GeorgeI
to^ " passed through Scranton Tuesj
da.* ming going to Hannah to
| atten Vthian picnic. Mr Doar is
! Grand .... 'tcellor for the grand do-'
I main <>f South Carolina.
Dr C H Pate went to Charleston
Tuesday to see his sister who is ill at
! -l r>: : i .
I lilt* uneisiue inminai*.
Prof W E King of Dillon was in
; Scranton Saturday. Prof King was
1 principal of the graded school at
' Greelyville last year, but he has decided
to abandon teaching and take
J up the study of medicine.
A protracted meeting is in progi
ress at the Free Will Baptist church,
' conducted by a preacher from Flor|
ida.
Mrs C H Pate has returned from
J an extended visit to relatives at
Bishopville and Effingham.
Messrs Foster Matthews and Redin
Wall will leave soon for the Charles
ton Medical College to study pharmacy.
Miss Rosa Tallevast of Georgetown
is the guest of Mrs C H Pate.
Miss Willie Hines is recovering
from an attack of typhoid fever.
The following Scrantonians went
to Charleston Monday: Mr RB Cannon,
Mrs Fannie Cannon, Miss Addie
Cannon, Messrs D Lamar Lee, Geo
Lee, L H MuCullough, L G Kennedy,
W A Kennedy,R Mc Cooper, Robt
Welch, Mrs S M Matthews and Mr
Dallas Matthews.
A number of gentlemen bought
the right to drain and fjjh the Tim!
mons' mill pond, a few miles out
from Scranton, one day last weeK.
There was quite a gathering of people
to witness the fishing. Multitudes
of the finny tribe were taken and a
day of fun and frolic was enjoyed.
W EC
Mortuary.
Friends here were saddened to receive
news of the death of Mrs Genevieve
Rhodus, which occurred at
the home of her sister. Miss Lucy
Rnrffpss. last Saturdav nierht at
Greelyville- Mrs Rhodus had been
sick for months with a lingering
malady and her death, though painful
to her loved ones, was not unexpected.
The deceased was the relict
of the iate Mr Samuel Rhodus, of
this county, and leaves no children.
The funeral rites and interment
took place Monday morning at 10
o'clock at New Market church, Rev
L E Peeler of the Methodist church
officiating.
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