The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 02, 1894, Image 3
glance into the dying face, then covers
tip eyes with hands and tarns blindly,
dizzily, away.
That evening a feast of citizens are
gathered about the bivouac .bf tho bat?
talion at the waterworks while the
trumpets are scrmding tattoo, it few
squares away the ftmiKar notes come
where,
bte contrasts
the luxury of these surrounding! with
the rude simplicity of the life'ie has
lived and loved so many years, * ^rray
haired George Harvey, kindly Mrs.
Stone, his sister; blissful, beautiful Fan?
ny Wing with buT^r baby Harvey in
her arms silkier *prow? soberly hus?
band by her side, and a tall, lovely, si-,
lent girl have all been there to minister
to his needs and bid him thrice wel?
come and m*ke- him feeithat fcsre, ff
anywheren?Jarm/neis thorne. And'
here the battalion surgeon and the fam
?y j^ysiciaa^njBte in declaring he must
remain until released by their order,
and here xor three days and nights he is
nursed and petted and made so much of
that he is^unabjato recogniza^himself,
and he?&ftt?Thiss fleates WWy over A
and KJinl r?hin^JPiWbff turn*]
to be made much of and forbidden to
leave, and then, after her big brother's
return to duty ^th the battalion, now
being ted and feted try ail the North
Side, he must seeds come over every
evening to see her, and, now that pre?
sentable uniforms have arrived and the
rough beards have been, shaved and the
men of the old regiment look less like
"toughs," but no more like American
soldiers as our soldiers look in the field
of their sternest service, her sisterly
pride in her brg'D?cther ss beautiful to
ooo DO is her self abnegation, for,
sonaeh*? or ether, |*fcf2g*| ,hacomes.toA
see heT,^he-stays ft* fcok^at Ruth Har?
vey, shy, silent and beautiful, and soon,
as though by common consent, that
corner|0%thearbig parier ia given up to
thcsetjra, tb* tatt ifiSvaJt ?rc?per and
the slender, willowy girL And one
evening he comes earlier than usual in
manifest discomposure, and soon it
res that important orders have
you-ail-ordered back?" she cries
and is for an instant radiant: at hmas-:
surance that the order involves only
himself. . He is called to department
headquarters to report in person to the
general commanding, who is about to
Wing gives one g lance into the dying face.
make a tour through, the mountains in
northwestern Wyoming and; wants
Drummond with tr^^escort. 3ie is
radiant only until shi
her sister's face,
warm an evening, yet
household out on thM?pps, out on the
back ve??A|w* out
parlor.?vdrafef?affB? fain
the trumpets are heard soundingXHen*
martial tattoo, and just as Lieuten?
ant Wing, returning from a .tiptoed
visit to ?&sleen?izboy and escaped
for the> ??&3?F4K3$ ^^fcJI !
his wife, now happens to go blundering
in-there is heard from the dimly light?
ed corner near the piano the sound of
subdued sobbing, tbe sound of a deep,
manly voice, low, soothing, wondrously
happy, the sound--a sound-indfiecrib- ?
able in appropriate English, yet never
misunderstood-a sound at which Wing
halts short, pauses one instant irreso?
lute, then faces about and goes tipto?
ing ont into th* brilliant, s&en of the
vestibule] i^?OzM|j^ briljianjt
gleam of ms tono^me^questioning,
reproachful eyes.
And. for all answer, it being perhaps
too public a spot for other demonstra?
tion, Wing simply hugs himself.
That night under the arching roof of
the great railway station, the comrades, j
so long uttitetT*t>y ^tho tics^of- gerch're^ f
spect and aflection as are engendered ?
only by years of danger and hardship {.
borne in common, ^d^n?^- snappily
united by a closer tie, are pacing the
platform absorbed in parting words.
"Jim, think what a load I've had to
carry all these five years and forbidden
by my good angel to breathe a word of
it to "you."
"I can't realize my own happiness,
old man. I never dreamed that, after
she got out into the world and saw for
herself, that she would remember her
girlish fancy or have another thought
forme."
"I know you didn't Yet Fan says ;
that ever since the voyage in the New- ?
bern little Ruth has never had a 1
thought for anybody else. " "
^eD^L^^^^^> then I
*' There has not been time for mother's j
letter to reach aa ? 'I had to'write, of I
crjnn^i???r>st??F?!^ f
last befell him? Do you knew I feel as i
though after aD it was my baud that !
did it"
"Feeirysays he knewhim the instant
that side of his face was turned toward ;
him-the side my knife laid open years I
ago. That was a fatal scar. "
THE EXD.
18wnwwhtw?
Lord Noodle-Aw-American girls
must be different from English girls if
they are permitted to go about without
chaperons, don't you know.
American Girl-Perhaps A meriam
men are diff?rent from Englishmen.
ij?-r- W-J?- T*T- ?-??_
"T?e Yankee in Gray."
[ Oo the 9th of May, The Watchman
and Southron will begin the publica
tioo of a new aerial by ' M Quad" {Chas.
B Lewis) eotkied the Yankee io
Gtaj." 1 f 1
?b? seen* of -the ?tory if Hid in
Ifforthero and arooad the
historic etty of Wioefeeeier, sad the
time of the events recorded is dering
the first ^vears of* the late war. Tbe
narrative rs baaed closely on historical
facts ; bet within it ia also" woven a
romance of tbriiliog and absorbing
interest.
Ch?a. B. Lewis, the author, waa an
old soldier, and from the way be writes,
no old soldier will be willing to doubt
for e minute that he bas been "there
His descriptions of scenes pertaining to
battles and the movements of armies,
etc , are something grand. In fact, he
ia probably one of the most absorbing
and entertaimog writers of to day, and
we have no hesitation in predicting that
all who read the o pen i ag chapters of
the "Yankee in Gray," will follow the
story with impatient interest through to
its end. Persons who desire to read
the story and SJtAflot sobsenbers, can
*sent to them three months for fifty
cents.
Letter From Wedgefield,
WsDGismD, S. ? , April 30, 1894.
Tbe recent rains have made oats rome ont
very much, but tbe crop will be very short.
Farmers are about tbroogh planting corn
and some are working lt.
Stands of coro are very poor as a role.
Bud worms are unusually baa. Was glad
to bear a farmer say yesterday that he would
sell between.five and seven hundred bushels
of hKown ra&mg of corn thia year. This,
however, is a very rare exception, for the
mofii'Of our fanners are buying now and j
s?#ef>ave4>e^|B^aifor some time. 2 *
I hope that this will be the last year that
oor county shall be so^raup jip-ways that
we could" remedy ourselves, however ready
we to* put it en something elser . ?
. (Jaaxteriy Cofcfcreace^as held in the Meth?
odist Church last Sunday^ _
Mr. Joseph Crockardj?|o||lng?Mill health,
did not fill his appointment at the Presbyte?
riao Church.
Misses Liliatt.aod> VirginiA^^h^leton.^who
t^v?'b?en^peodKig some titne wjth relates
in town, have returned to their home ia
Mr/"E. G. Wheeler, ha vi og resigned his
position as Express Agent here, Mr. Jno. R.
CaTdw?l 1 is attending -to tbe business of that
office for the present.
Mr. H. C. Ellis lost one of his children last
week. 11 WaSJ|^?^^^^^^^^^0r bfjpr
their yard on Sunday io gd^b^^UrcB^ ulj^
saw Ben Green sitting on the railroad a short
distance away. When they . arri ved ,.bome
.iro^ ebjareb, they 'found their boase aaa
been broken open and robbed. Suspicion
resting on Green, a search warrant was
sworn out and some of the.stolen goods were
Around, in aTwagon Jm'Which Green was travel?
ing towards Sumter. Be made an open con?
fession and told where other tbings^amoog
in bis sister Matilda White's bouse, and said
farther that arrangements bad been made for
them to be taken to the house of Elijah
Bryant a near neighbor-only a few steps-if
it became necessary. But oo searchiog the
bouse of Matilda's husband, the articles as
described were fbaad. Matilda was brought
op and fined five ($5) dollars, which was
promptly paid, for being accessory (to tbe
theft) after the act.
Will also state that a large supply of keys
of various* kinda and sizes were found on
Greenes pereon,3?ad one which looks very
^oc^j^^yj^fuTbe the front door key to
8?ae??t??re, be requested the constable, very
particular^, not to show to any one.
"fainli^^ ional
and otherwise, among them Mr. S. H. Ed?
monds from your city, whom we all know
and tbiok -well of. He looked very weH and
wa^"n^oe^SP^^^ He^s^de^b^d with
?that would do credit to any city in the
Sooth.
The annual address before the S. C. Medi?
cal Association was delivered Thursday p.
m., by Dr. Soward A. Kelly, professor of
Gynaecology in ike Johna Hopkins Univer?
sity^: It was a masterly address, and up to
date in bis specialty.
Letter Prom Pisgah.
PISGAH, S. C., April 28,1894.
on planting is over for No. 1. Day by
day the probability to plant over lessens, so
far as the cold is concerned, and we are
happy, because there is oot enough seed to do
so. feet the Legislature require every cotton
seed boyer, to pay spot cash to the County
Treasurer $1,200 license to buy cotton seed,
andjtbe trade will cease, openly. The fact is
the country is depleted of this valuable
manure, and" that is one of tbe prime causes
for the failure of tbe crops.
Co*Bi plablingJSo. 2?.lgpk3 very well.
Wheat has toerust badly, and is a failure ;
the early olfts are ruined ; large trees are dead,
and people bave no gardens-all from the
freeze. Such is our fate.
News is like the currency : locked up.
Rev. T. W. Scruggs, the Pisgah pastor, is
preaching a series of sermons. He says be
will hold a meeting of nights, or rather
evenings,ai Pisgah, io May, when the ' queen
of night" lights the roads so people can
travel well.
I understand the young ladies of Pisgah
are trying to raise funds to buy an organ for
their church If Miss Hallie Evans is as suc?
cessful io getting money as she sweetly plays
on the orgao, she will get it, and then the
church can have sweet music every Sunday.
I understand Drs. Osteen and Booth per?
formed, a few weeks ago, a very successful
operation on the foot of a little white boy
by cutting half of it off. Tjbe little fellow
bas lone: been a sufferer, bot is now doing
welt. I like to record deeds of success by
young men just starting life.
Israel Nelso o, colorea bad the misfortune
of losing both bis horses not long since.
Israel says be is a man of strong faith, bot io
this instance his faith fill, as, for hts life, he
can't see where he is benefit ted.
I understand some white people on Mr. T.
D. McLeod's place got into a skirmish the
other day which resulted in Mr. Henry Scott
going to the county hotel to board. Henry
may be, or may not be, a descendant of Gen.
Winfield S., of Mexican fame, but his friends
here say be ?a a regular ban um with game
cock proclivities.
Ao immense amount of [the missing word
can be supplied by the reader as well as the
editor. J. E. D. failed to put it in.-ED.]
?3 going on among some of the young people
here. We don't blame the boys. Young
men who keep the society of pure minded
girls have a bulwark to strengthen them
against engaging in anything of a ruinous
oature. A gentleman of large observation
remarked the other dar that be never tookee
on the fair sweet face of a girl, but that h<
fully realized the great blessing of God tc
mankind. To all of which we agree.
The health of our commuai rv is good.
_ ^ ^ J. K. D.
Ball Between Mt. Clio and Mayes?
ville.
Mr. Editor:-As anything pertaining ic
oar great oatiooa) game is io order, we beg
space for the following :
A challenge, sent by tbe Mt. Clio Base Ball
Club, having been accepted by the MayesvirU
"Alerts," the game took place on the Mayes?
ville ground Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
sharp. There were a large pember of spec?
tators present of whom not a few were ladies.
All this should, and we suppose did, inspire
the "Alerts" to be even more alert than
usual. But what their alertness amounted to
will be found in the
OFFICIAL SCORE.
Mayesville. Runs. Mt. Clio. Rios.
DesCbampe, G. J. 0 Dean, 3
Cooper, 0 McCutcben, 2
Rhodes, 1 Lee, 2
DesChamps, A. J. 1 McKinnon, 3
Shaw, 1 Scarborough, 3
Brown, 2 Stuckey, 2
Bradley, 0 Mathis, 3
Mayes, R. J. 1 Skinner, 1
- Player, 1
Total, 6 -
Total, 19
Mr. John Nettlefi, the umpire, was as good
as anybody could wish. All bis decisions show?
ed quick aod solid jodgmeot, and though the
Mayesville boys did kick a little, they cab be
excused on the pie) thru they were under the
' hack."
Everybody seemed to enjoy the game very
much, no ill-feeling being at anytime dis?
played. We hope to be able to cross bats
before long witb the ''Alerts" on our own
ground, which is near Mt. Zion Church, and
we also hope they will in future better uphold
their name.
Tbe game being finished, both sides lined np
to bear the result. Tuen umpire Nettles
announced the score 19 to 6 in favor of Mt.
Clio. This was followed by three cheers for
Mt Clio br May ea vii e. The visitors then
gave three cheers for Mayesville, three for the
umpire, and three for the ladies, after which
we quietly dispersed. A. PLAYKR.
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