The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 22, 1901, Image 8
By JOSEPH A. ALT8??ELEE,
Author of "A Soldier ol Manhattan,"
"The Sun of Saratoga," Etc.
She put her eyes to one of the cracks
and looked out. Crowder and his men,
unconsciously imitating us, had begun
to make themselves comfortable, first by
building a great bonfire and then by sit?
ting around it and keeping themselves
-warm. They had tethered their horses
near, and from their position they could
watch the house very well and detect us
if we came forth.
" Why do they follow us so persistent
. ly?" the girl, asked.
44 For a variety of reasons, " I replied.
,4I might mention for one that they are
anxious to take ma Yon know you told
them that I was the bearer of very im?
portant news which 1 would tell under
proper pressure to Tarleton. "
44 But that was not true. "
"They do not know that it was not."
"I wish they were real British sol?
diers, ' ' she said. *11 do not believe that
any of them ever saw England. I be?
lieve they are American Tories, maybe
American rebels in British uniforms. "
I did not care to argue with her, such
is the strength of prejudice founded on
teaching and training, especially Brit?
ish prejudice and most especially tho
prejudice of British women.
"Why did you take off his bridle?"
dbe asked as she turned away from the
window.
I had hung up Old Put's bridle on a
nail in the wa IL
<4In order that I may have it when I
want to put it on him again, which
won't be long, I hope, " I replied.
44 Why, the horse is gone !" she said.
I laughed, laughed in her face, which
turned red, and then, seeing that it was
red, deliberately laughed again. Here
was a woman who prided herself on her
intelligence and quickness of mind, and
with good cause, too, so I had begun to
believe, and yet after passing a day and
part of a night in Old Put's presence
she knew so little about him!
"Why do you laugh?" she asked red?
ly and angrily.
"I laugh at your ignorance, " I said,
"the fact that you know so little of our
comrade, in many respects the shrewd?
est and ablest of us three, as he is cer?
tainly the swiftest and the strongest
That horse has not left us. I merely
took his bridle off in order that he
might not be troubled with it, that he
might eat better, for no doubt he will
mid somewhere around here, even in
winter, a bit of grazing on some shelter?
ed and sunny southern slope. He will
take care of himself and come back to
.as when we need him. "
"But suppose the guerrillas take
lam?"
"I wish I was as sure that they
would not take us, " I said.
Then I led the way to the table I
drew up the stool for the lady and an
old pine box that I found in a corner
fer myself. A little water was left in
the canteen. She drank part of it and
said:
"Here's to the health of King
George!"
44Yes," I said as I drank the re?
mainder of the water, "this is to the
health of King George-Gieorge Wash?
ington! I'm glad to see that your con?
version has begun. "
She frowned at me, but we had an
amicable dinner over the scraps never?
theless. I stopped at intervals to watch
the progress of the partisans outside.
They had not yet made any movement
against us, and all sat or lay around
the fire. I counted them-six-and 1
knew that all were there, as choice a
lot of scoundrels as one could find on
the soil of the 13 colonies.
I turned my eyes away from the crev?
ice to look at the girL The rest and the
bite of food had made a wonderful im?
provement She was a true English
rose, I could see that-a rose of Devon
cr Warwick or Kent, or whatever is fair?
est among their roses, a girl with yel?
low hair that shone like fresh gold in
the sun, tinted with red in "che firelight,
and a brow of white and cheeks of the
warm pink that is the heart of the pink
rose Oh, well, as I said twice before,
everybody knows that the most beauti?
ful women are the most dangerous, and
I wondered if these Saxon maidens of
old England were ever an exception.
For a moment I felt a feeling of warmth
and kinship to old England, but then
ibis England, which is so kind to herself
and so appreciative of her own merits,
has never been anything but an enemy
to us.
"What are you thinking cf, Mr.
Marcel?" she said suddenly as she looked
np "Why are you so serious?"
"I am astonished that you should ad?
dress me as Mr. Marcel and not as a
rebel, with a rope around his neck. "
She patted the floor meditatively
with her foot and looked away from me
and at the fire.
"It was a mistake due to forgetful?
ness," she said, with an air of resent?
ment. "I will not do it again. "
"I would not forget epithets when
you speak of us, " I said. 44 You will get
out of practice, and then you will be
.unlike tho remainder of your country?
men and countrywomen. "
"Do you want another quarrel?" she
asked pointedly. "I should think that
we had enough to do to carry on our
quarrel with those men outside."
She went to the window and took a
long look.
"They are still by the fire," she
said, "and I see your horse too. He is
dining like the rest of us. "
" Where?" I cried, for 1 was some?
what surprised at the early reappear?
ance of Old Put
"There's another crack here. Use it, "
she said. 44Don't you see him grazing
ever there to the left in that field, sur?
rounded by a tumble down fence, or
xather the rails of what used to be a
fence?' '
In truth, it was Old Put, about 50
yards to the left of the cavalrymen and
grazing with supreme horoe content as
if no enen:y were within 50 miles of
him lt was a muthern slope on which
3ze stocfi. i ?frrpose soine blades of
gras? had retained men* ire sn ness a
tenderness despite the wintry winds,
was these that Old Pnt sought, with t
assiduous attention to detail and ke
eye for grist characteristic of him.
There was a fine, full" moon, shi
ding a silver gray light over the earl
Old Put was clothed in its radian<
and we could see him as distinctly as
he stood at the window-the long, tape
ing head; the velvety nose, which si
here and there over the grass in sear
of the tender stems; the sinewy ne
and the long, powerful body, mark
often, it is true, by wear and war, b
in the prime and zenith of its strengt
My saddle was still upon his back, b
that was a trifle to which he had loi
since grown accustomed in his life wi
a cavalryman.
How rash of him, I thought, to COE
so near the British! The old don
which I had of Old Put-when he allo\
ed himself to be deceived by the gi
came back to me. Perhaps he was rea
ly growing old, falling into his dotage
Surely nothing else could account f<
his taking such a risk ! 1 would ha?
shouted to him to go away had
thought he could hear me, but I kne'
my voice could not reach him, and i
suspense and anxiety I merely watch?
that old horse as he continued to gras
almost within the light of his enemy
campfire.
CHAPTER VU
THE TEMPER OF OLD PCT.
My fears found ample justification
for the men soon turned their attentio;
to the horse, and two rose and approach
ed him. I looked upon him as one im
pounded, and he alone was to blame
for he should have known Detter. On
of the men made a wide circuit an
came up carefully behind, while th
other approached with equal cautia
from the front, whistling in a soft an?
coaxing way and holding out his hand
Evidently the men appreciated the valu
of a good horse, and no doubt they ha<
stolen enough from patriot farmers t
have experience. Old Put never raise*
his head to look at them, but continue)
his hunt for blades of grass. He certain
ly heard their approaching footsteps, an<
I was convinced now that his dotag
wa? really at hand.
"T thought you said he was the mos
intelligent of us three," said the gir
ironically, "and here he is, gone .toslee]
and letting himself be taken, to be use*
perhaps as a common cart horse. "
Her words were an insult to us both
Old Put and me, but I knew no timely
reply, and I endured them in silence
The man in front, emboldened by Ole
Put's gentleness, approached more rap
idly and was soon within 15 feet cf thc
horse. Old Put raised his head, anc
looking at the man a moment lowerec
it and went on nipping the grass.
The man holding out his hand stepped
forward and seized Old Put by the neck.
The horse, with a neigh that was human
in its anger, turned and bit deep into his
shoulder. A scream, wilder, more fear?
ful than any I h^ve ever heard before 01
since, rose from the man's throat as the
horse reared higb in the air and smote
him to the earth with his fore feet. The
girl turned her eyes away in horror as
the man was crushed to pulp beneath
the fierce beat of the steel shod hoofs,
time for but one cry being given to
him, but I kept mine at the crevice,
though I will confess that the blood
was rather a chilly torrent in my veins.
The other man, the one behind, faced
about and fled when he saw the death
of his comrade, and the one look that I
had of him showed fright to the mar?
row. The horse, raising his head, trot?
ted away over the hill The moonlight
fell upon him there in distorted rays
and enlarged him into a gigantic fig-are.
In the gray light he looked like some
phantom horse, a wild creature that
brought death.
The band, recovering from the mo?
mentary paralysis caused by the sudden
acquaintance of their comrade with
death, snatched out their pistols and
fired at the horse as they would have
fired at a man in his place, but their
aim was wild, for the horse gave no
sign of a bullet, trotting steadily on,
his figure growing larger and more
threatening m the exaggerating rays of
the moonlight, until he disappeared be?
yond the swell of the earth. The thing
that had been living lay in the dead
grass, and I was glad that it was hid?
den almost by some rocks and the roll
of the earth.
"He is gone, Julia, "I said, "andi
don't think those meb will try to take
my horse again. "
I laughed a little, with a rather forced
gayety, for the influence of the sudden
tragedy was still upon me. Yet I v.-as
glad that Old Put had redeemed him?
self so conclusively from the charge of
incaution and dotage, which I won ld
never again bring against him, even
should they come to be true in the
course of the years.
The girl came back to the crevice, and
we watched the British for some min?
utes After the hasty discharge of the
pistols they returned to the fire, making
no movement either to pursue Old Put
or to remove the body of their dead
comrade. They would have liked well
enough to obtain a good horse, but they
were not going to bother about such a
trifle as a dead man.
"Do you think they will attack us?"
asked the ?Z?TL
"Well, no; not yet, at least." I re?
plied. "The advantages cf the defense
are too great, and these men are mere
raiders and robbers. They are not going
into a dangerous venture unless the
chances are on their side. Perhaps they
think we will become frightened and
surrender tomorrow. "
"You surely will not do that?"
"I had no such intention, worthless
rebel as I am, but if you say surrender
I wfll go out and notify them this min- !
ute."
"You know I meant nothing of the
kind."
She spoke rather sharply, and leav?
ing the window went back to the table,
which she began to clear away. She
gathered up the scraps and put them
back neatly. Then she brushed the
crumbs off in her hand, for lack of any?
thing else, and threw them in the fire,
and having done that pushed the table
to one side against the walL I made no
offer to hei? ker. as she did everything
with such skill and dispatch, and 1 x
content to watch her. Nor did she i
anything to me, but, her work dc:
took her stool again and sat down at i
corner of the hearthstone, leaning j
head against the wall of the chimr
and gazing into the dying fire.
The last leg was smoldering on 1
hearth and threw but a feeble light,
blew out the candle, thinking we nii?
need it in case our enemies made a
hostile movement, and the darkn
gathered at once in half the room, 01
a dim light showing as a fringe to 1
fire.
*'I think you'd better go to sleep,'
said to the girl. "It is always well
save one's strength, and now is a char
for rest "
4 4 And you?"
"I don't need any sleep. I'll stay
the window and watch. "
"But you need rest as well as L"
"Why do you bother yourself abo
a villainous rebel who is going to
hanged anyway by his justly aug
king?"
"I wish you would stop talking th
!7ay. "
Her tone was rather plaintive. CJ
.bubtedly she was tired and worn 1
anxieties, and I obeyed her request
made her wrap her cloak around he
and, though she declared stoutly th
she would not go to sleep, merely wis
ing to. lean her head against the wa
and rest, her eyelids drooped and fe!
and in two minutes she was asleep.
The fire sank lower, eating its Wi
along the log until only a few inches \
Wood were left. The girl slept sound!
The curve of the chimney ir-io the wa
formed a kind of nook, and her hes
and shoulders rested easily there like
picture framed against the rough log
which were unplastered and not ev?
smoothly hewn. I trusted that si
would sleep the night through, and J
the fire sank lower and lower and tl
darkness crept up to the hearthstone
almost hiding her figure, the stillnei
of midnight came, and I could hear h<
regular breathing in the dead silence.
I went back to the window. The fi]
of the British faced it, and I could s<
that three of the men had lain dow
and gone to sleep. The other two wei
sitting up, weapons at hand, and I infe:
red that they had been detailed as sent
nels, though their lazy attitudes showe
well enough that it was a job they di
not like. For all I could tell at the di?
tance, these men. too, might be aslee
sitting.
I watched them for a half hour c
more and grew very tired of the bus:
ness. The brightness of the moonligh
had culminated, and the earth lost it
silver tint, shading into a dark, dui
gray. The figures of our besiegers gre\
shadowy and shapeless. It was a tim
for sleep, and I felt it in all my bone?
A trooper doesn't ask much. If I cou!
have taken my blanket and put mysel
down on a reasonably smooth piece c
turf under the shade of a tree, with th
certainty that no enemy would wake]
me, it would have been sufficient fo
me. I would have slept the sleep of th
just or the tired unjust, which is oftei
as good.
I drew the old pine box up to th<
window and sat on it, resolved to listen
now that I was tired of looking. I won
dered what had become of Old Put, th<
man slayer, and tried to discover why '.
had been such a fool as to distrust hin
even for a moment.
Thus musing, I discovered that th<
fire had gone out; that I could see noth
ing-in fact, that the room was pitch}
dark. I opened my " eyes, rememberinc
that all things must be dark to a mar
with his eyes shut, and saw again th?
flickering fire and the figure of the giri
half reclining in the chimney corner.
This would never do. I was the whole
army-horse, foot, artillery and baggage
wagons, commander in chief, colonel,
captains and privates-and we could
never go to sleep all at once. I under?
took to walk briskly around the room in
order to stir my sluggish blood into
watchfulness, but that would wake the
girl, and I did not want to do such a
cruel thing. 1 stopped in front of her
and looked at her face attentively.
Asleep she did not look at all the spit?
fire she was awake. Mingled with her
beauty now was a certain wanness, a
something that was pathetic, a look
that appealed to a man for protection
and strength. After all, she ^vas but a
girl, and why should I care for the bit?
ter things she said when probably half
the time she said them she was sorry?
I went back to the window and looked
out once more. The besieging army was
taking its comfort The part which had
stretched itself on the ground remained
stretched, and the part which watched
sagged more than ever toward the hori?
zontal. It was a lazy army, that was
evident, and I resolved that I would set
it an example of superiority.
Having made these brave resolutions,
I sat down on the stool and leaned my
head once more against the wall, not be?
cause I was tired and sleepy, but merely
that I might reserve my strength for a
crisis, the most necessary thing in the
world for a soldier, every man of ex?
perience knowing that an army fights
better if it goes into battle well fed,
well clothed and well rested. It was a
good argument, that bore extension, and
I closed my eyes that they, too, might
have rest, for they felt weary and clog?
ged. Then, do what I would cr could,
weariness and sleep took charge cf me.
Tired muscles rose in open and defiant
rebellion against mind and will The
combat was short and fierce, but matter
triumphed over mind, and in five min?
utes I was in the midst of a sleep that
was heavenly with rest, unpeopled by
bad dreams, with my head back against
the wall and my breathing long and
regular. Meanwhile the bed of coals on
the hearth grew smaller and paler. The
rim of fire narrowed. Coals turned from
red to black and then to gray and crum?
bled into ashes. The darkness crept up
to the very edge of tho hearthstone and
then invaded it The girl was complete?
ly in the shadows, and the pale glimmer
of the fire was but a faint light left in
the room.
The sleeping man and the sleeping
girl were tired, very tired, and they
.lept soundly. If they had dreamy they
were pleasant ones, and no thought of
danger entered ir?to them. The^ men
around the campnre nacl moved awe
to the other side of the world, and tl
little cabin was peaceful for them, ii
side and outside. Sleeping thus, the
did not see the men rise from the cam]
fire and approach the hut, now veik
in a darkness which made such a inov<
ment safe. They reached the cabi
without alarm or a sign from th
watcher who was not watching, and ?
last the leader tried the shutter of tl
window. He pried at it with his kni1
and moved it a little. Then he put h:
ear to the crack and could hear nothin
within. Replacing his ear with his ey<
he could see the feeble glimmer of th
fire and nothing more. He was sure thz
those whom he wished to take wei
asleep, and he exulted, for a fierce ange
mingled with his other desires to reca?
ture both. He pried again at the wir
dow, and with greater leverage it yield
ed further, and wood straped agains
wood. He stopped and listened again
but the inmates of the cabin neve
stirred.
Putting his ear to the wide crae!
that now intervened between the shut
ter and the wall, he listened again am
heard the steady, regular breathing o
some one inside and below. He knew i
was the breaching of a sleeping man
too loud and strong for a woman, to
even for one awake, and he reached u]
? and pulled the shutter wide open on it
rude leather hinges. Then he grasper
Ihe edge of the window with both hand
j and pulled himself up.
My sleep grew troubled at last an(
! then turned into a nightmare. Som<
huge wild beast, after the fashion o:
beasts m nightmares, was sitting on m]
chest and blowing his breath in rn-,
face, while I had no power to move i
i muscle. I was cold to the marrow anc
waited for him to devour mcfc but in
stead he dwindled away and became
misty. With one great effort I threvi
him off my chest and sprang to my feet.
My head struck against somebody else's
head as I sprang up, and that somebody
else swore an oath that had the savo]
neither of a nightmare nor a dream, bul
of reality.
Cold air and moonlight rushed in al
the window, but most of the passage
was filled up by the shoulders and head
of a large man whose face I could nol
see owing to the imperfect light. He
held in his hand a pistol which he fired
at me, but now the imperfect light was
to my advantage and not his, for his
bullet, avoiding me, buried itself with
a chuck in the log walls, and the re?
port confined in the small room roared
like a cannon shot.
Moved more by impulse and instinct
than by thought, I snatched out my
own pistol and fired at the head in the
window. The man uttered a deep sigh ;
the body dropped forward and swayed
there ; I heard the light drip, drip of
something on the floor, and then the
body fell inside the room.
The girl, suddenly awakened by the
terrible sounds and half in a maze, cried
out in fright and then began to ask in
a high, trembling voice what had hap?
pened.
"The British have attacked us,"I
said. "One of them was in the shadow,
and I threw him back. Stand out of the
range of the window. " I did not want
her to see the thing lying on the floor
under the window, and I shoved the ta?
ble in front of it.
She obeyed, for I spoke the lass sen?
tence very sharply. The window was
wide open, and expecting to see another
face there I held my second pistol
ready, but none appeared, and I had
no doubt that they feared Crowder was
dead ^
Taking the risk, I reached out an
arm, seized the shutter and slammed it
shut, securing it as best I could with
the leather strap and nail used as a
fastening. Then, with my ear near the
crevice, I listened, but could not hear
our enemies. I feared at first to look out
lest I should receive a bullet, but still
hearing nothing 1 applied my eye and
saw that the men had gone back to
their fire. They were all there-four. I
counted them and knew that none was
missing. They were deliberating evi?
dently over the fall of their leader and
what next to do, and I took an immedi?
ate resolution.
"Light the candle,"I said to the
girl. "Hold it to the fire. There's
enough heat left to start the wick to
burning. "
She did so and saw that something
lay behind the table.
"What is that?" she cried
"The dancer and singer of last night, "
I replied, seeing that I would have to
tell. "The leader of those desperadoes
outside came into our fort, but he came
into his grave. "
She retreated, shuddering, to the
farthest corner of tho room.
"Now, you do exactly as I say," I
continued. *' Remember that you are the
rank and file of this army, and I am its
commander. ' '
"I will obey you," she said
I quickly reloaded my pistol.
Then I shoved the table away again
and, overcoming my repulsion, dragged
the dead body to a sitting position. A
chill struck into my marrow, but I
dragged off the red British coat and, hav?
ing thrown off my own, put it on. Then
I gathered up the wallet of food and Old
Put's bridle and took down the bar from
the door.
"Come,"I said; "weare going to
leave this place while they are planning
by the fire and their backs are turned to
us."
lt was a bold measure, involving
many risks, but I believed that it would
succeed if wo kept our courage and
presence of mind. For at least two or
three minutes they would think I was
Crowder, victorious, and that would be
worth much. When I had taken down
the bar, I stopped a moment.
"Keep by my side, "I said. "Re?
member that we must become separated
by no chance. Here, take this pistol I \
You can shoot, can't you?"
She said "Yes" and took the pistol.
Then I opened the door, ajid we ?'?shed
out, running with quick and noiseless
steps across the open toward the wood,
which rose in a dim line ahead of us.
While the window opened toward the
campfire of the besiegers the door did
not. and we bad gone perhaps 50 yards
before they saw us This 1 knew by the
surprised shout tnat came to us, and
looking back I saw them hesitating, as
if in doubt about my identity, and at
last running toward their horses. 1 was
glad that they would pursue on horse?
back, and 1 had taken that probability
into consideration when we made our
dash from the house, for even at the
distance 1 could see that the dim wood
looked dense and a poor place for the
use of horses.
"Courage, Julia!" 1 said, taking her
hand. "In a minute or two we will be
into the woods, and they mean safety. "
1 looked baek a second time The
guerrillas had reached their horses,
mounted them and turned their heads
our way, but in doing it their time lost
was our gain Unless lamed by some
unlucky pistoi shot we would surely
gain the wood. They tired once or twioe,
and 1 heard the thunder of their horses
hoofs, but I had little fear 1 still held
the girl's hand in mine, and she made
no effort to draw it away. She was run?
ning with a firm, sure step, and, though
her face was white and her eye excited,
she seemed to rerain both her courage
and presence cf mind.
The wood was not as far as 1 had cal?
culated, and when our pursuers were
many yards away we dashed into it at
tuch headlong haste that I tripped over
a vine and fell upon my nose, burying
it in a pile of soft leaves, which saved
it from harm. Eut I was up again, re?
joicing at the accident, for in a wood
interlaced with vines horses could make
no progress.
"I nope you are not hurt?" asked
Julia anxiously.
"Hurt? Not a bit of it!" I replied.
"What a blessing these woods are! How
dark it is in here, and what a blessing
that is too!"
In fact, the wood was cur good luck
and our best luck at that, for even we
on foot found it difficult to make our
way through it Afar we could hear the
British cursing in profusion and variety
as they strove to force their horses
through the dense bush.
"Hold my hand, " I said to Julia,
"for otherwise I might lose you in all
this darkness and density."
But instead of waiting for her to take
my hand, which she might not have
done, I took hers, and, bidding her again
to step lightly, I led the way, curving
among the trees and bushes like a brook
winding around the hills in search ol a
level channel My object was to leave
our pursuers at a loss concerning our
course, and we soon ceased to hear their
swearing or the struggles of their horses.
I dropped into a walk, and of course the
girl did'likewise;
"I think we are safe now, " I said.
"There is not one chance in a hundred
to bring them across our path again.
What a fine wood! What a glorious
wood ! There is no such wood as this in
England. It grew here especially for
our safety. Julia. " r
"It did grow up in time, " she re?
plied, "but now that yon think us safe
again you can call me Miss Howard and
not Julia."
"That's true, and now that we are
safe again I must ask you. Miss How?
ard, as an especial favor to me. to please
quit holding my hand. "
"I am not holding your hand. Mr.
Marcel!" she replied indignantly. "It
is you who are holding mine, but you
shall not do so a moment longer. "
She tried to jerk her hand away. 1
let her jerk three or four times, and
then I added as an afterthought:
"It is very dark here, and there is still
danger that we might become separat?
ed. I think I will let you hold it a lit?
tle longer, but I shall endure it merely
because it is a military necessity."
She gave her hand a most violent ;.erk,
and it nearly slipped from me, but I re?
newed my grip in time.
"Simply a military necessity," I re?
peated, and, seeing that it was useless,
she made no further effort to withdraw
her hand. I could not see her face, the
darkness being too great and therefore
had little opportunity to judge of her
state cf mind. We walked on in silence,
winding here and there through the
wood, with an occasional stop to lis?
ten, though we heard nothing but the |
common noises of a forest-the crackling
rustle of dry leaves and twigs, the gen
tie swaying of some old tree as the w ine!
rocked it and the soft swish of the
bushes as they swung back into piact
after we had passed between.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
Atlantic Coast line
WILMINGTON. COLUMBIA AND
GUSTA RAILROAD.
Condensed Schedule
Dated April 8, 1901.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
So. Qb No. ?0
p. m.
Leave Wilmicg?oa ?3 4&
Leav? Marion S 40
Arrive Florence 7 25
p. ra. a. oj.
Leave Florene-:- ?3 CO *2 50
irr?7e Samte.- 9 15 3 58
Nc. &?
Leave Sumter 9 15 *9 23
Arrive C.-Jl-mbin LO 40 10 55
No. 5? runa through from Charleston u
Jentral R. R , leaving Charleare, c 25 a M
.noes 8 02 t. m, ?a?aing S 50 ft ^
TftAiKS GOING NORTH.
?io. ?o. J:
!i. c. p. ta
,eav?- Ooiamoi. ??40 *4 IC
Arrive gataiez .8 05 5 2b
Nc 32
o., m. p. m
Leave Sumter 8 05 *6 24
\rnve Florene* 9 20 7 35
a. m
ije'ive Florene; 10 00
Leave Marion 10 35
Arrive Wilm5G?:on 1 25
?Daily. tDailv excep* Sandav.
So rirons through to Charleston, S.K
/?a Centrai R. R., arriviez Mann.Dg 6 04 j
m ,Lanes 6.43 p ai, Chariestoo 8 30 p m.
Trains on Conway Branch leave Chadbourt
ll [ 0 a ai, arrive Conway 1 3D p m, return
mg leave Coo way 3 40 pm, an ive Chad
hourn 5 20 p m, leave Chadbonrn 5.35 p m,
arrive Elrod 8.10 D m, re^rrinc leavt'Elrod
8 40 a rn, arrive Cbadbourn 1! 2?, a m Da;h
except Sunday.
J. R. KEN LY, Gen:l Manager.
T. M. BMER.SON. Traffic Manager.:
H. M. EMERSON Gen' 1 Pass. Agtn
Wi, Carolina sid Georgia fi
tension B. I
Schedule No. 4-lo effect 12.01 a. m , Son
December 24, 1899.
?Betwee?
0&m?2en S. C.. ac? Bl&ckebutg, S. C
WEST._EAST
2d cl l?t c! let cl 2dci
*3a ?33 Eastern time. ?32 ?34
pm pm STATIONS. pm pm
8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 6 3c
8 50 1 15 Dekalb ll 02 4 5C
9 20 1 27 Westville 1150 4 30
10 50 1 40 Eerebav ll 35 4 IQ
11 20 2 10 E>atb Soriega ll 20 3 15
11 35 2 15 Pleasant Bill 11 15 3 00
12 30 2 35 Lancaster 10 55 2 35
1 CO 2 PO Riverside 10 40 1 00
1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 4Q
2 30 3 10 Catawba Junction 10 20 12 20
2 50 3 20 Leslie 10 IC 1100
3 10 3 40 Eock Hill 10 00 10 40
4 10 3 55 New Port 9 35 8 20
4 45 4 02 Tirzah 9 30 8 00
5 30 4 20 Yorkville 9 15 7 30
6 00 4 35 Sbaroo 9 00 6 50
6 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 20
6 35 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 6 00
7 00 5 20 Blacksburg; 8 15 5 30
pmpm a m a m
Between
Blacksborg, 8. C., ?id Marien, N 0
WBST. EAST
2d cl 1st cl let cl 2dc
.ll |*33 Eastern time. ?32 ?12
a ra pm STATIONS a in gr JD
8 10 5 30 Blacksborg 7 48 6 40
8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 6 20
8 40 5 50 Patterson Springs 7 25 b 12
9 20 6 00 Shelby 7 15 6 CO
10 00 S 20 Lattimore 6 55 4 60
10 10 6 28 Mooresbora 6 48 4 ?0
10 25 6 38 Henrietta 6 38 4 20
10 50 6 55 Forest City 6 20 3 50
1115 7 10 Rutherford ten 6 05 3 25
11 35 7 22 Millwood 5 t5 3 05
11 45 7 35 Golden Yaiiey 5 40 2 50
12 05 7 40 Thermal City 5 37 2 45
12 25 7 58 Glenwood 5 17 2 20
12 50 8 15 Marion 6 00 2 00
pmpm am p zn
West. Gaffney Division. East
1st Class, j .EASTERN TIME. ( 1st Claas
15 I 13 I STATIONS. j 14 ! 16
pm am am pm
1 00 6 00 : Blackebnrg 7 60 3 00
1 20 6 20 Cherokee Falle 7 30 2 40
1 40 6 40 Gaffney 7 10 2 2C
pm ? m a m p m
.Dany except Sunday.
Traiu No 32 leaving Marion, *N. C., at
a rn, making close connection at Blacksb&rg,
C, wi:h the Southern's train No 36 for Char?
lotte, N C, and all points East and connecting
with the Southern's vestibule going to Atlanta,
Qa, and all points West, and will receive pas?
sengers going East from train No 10, on the C A
N W R R, at Yorkville, SC, at 8 45 a m, and
connects at Camden, S C, with the Southern s
train No 78, arriving in Charleston, 8 17 p nc
Train No 34 with passenger coach attache
leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a m, and connectin.
at Rock Hill with the Southern's Florida trai?
tor all points Son th,
Train No 33 leaving Camden, S C, at 12.50
p m, after the arrival of the Southern's Char,
lesion train connects at Lancaster, S C, with
the L <fc C R R, at Catawba Junction with
the SAL, going East; at Rock Bill, S C, with
the Southern's traiB, No 34, for Charlotte, I?
CT and all points East. Connects at York
ville, S C, with train No 9 on the C ? N W R
R, for Chester, SC. At Blacksburg with the
Southern's vestibule going East, and the South?
ern's train No 35 going West, ?nd connecting
at Marion N C with the Southern both East and
West.
SAMUEL HUNT, President
S. TRIP?, Superintendent.
A.B. LFMPKTN- Oen'i Paescne-r Ar*nt
ATLANTIC COAST UR
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.
Wilmington, N. C., April 8th. 1901
Fast JLine
BETWEEN
tatton ant Cflliiia aid Upper
M Carolina,
AND
NORTH CAROLINA,
CONDENSED SCHEDULE
(joiog West. I lo Effect Jan'y j Going East.
No 52 I 13tb, 1901. J No 53
?am ?pm
6 25 Lv Charleston, S C Ar 8 30
8 00 Lv Lanes, SC Ar 64$
9 23 Lv Sumter, SC Ar ' 5 35
10 55 Ar Columbia, SC Lv 415
p m
12 17 Ar Proeperity.SC Lv 2 49
12 30 Ar Newberry, SC Lv 2 34
1 13 Ar Clinton, SC Lv 1 53
1 55 Ar L?ureos, SC Lv 1 1&
3 10 Ar Greenville, S C Lv 12 01
a m
3 10 AT So?rtarb"re, S C LV 1145
,. LU a m
7 13 Ar Winosboro, S C Lv 10 18
9 50 Ar Charlotte, N C Lv 8 10
pm am
6 11 Ar Hendersoville, N C Lv 9 02:
7 15 Ar Asheville, NC Lv 8 0O
.DaiU.
Nos 52 acd 53 .*olid traies between Charles?
ton and Greenville, S C.
H M Emerson,
Gec'l Passenger Agent
J R Keoly, T M I?merson,
Gen'I Manager Traffic Ma true
Atlantic Coast Line fiailroa?
of
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
In effect January 13tb, 1901.
SOUTH. NORTH
No No No No
.35 f57 1*6 *32
1 ?>5 Lv Darlington Ar 8 15
8 33 Lv Elliott Ar 7 50
9 13 Ar Sumter Lv 6 50
4 0 Lv Sumter Ar 6 *4r
4 52 Ar Creston Lv 5 34
5 45 Lv Creston Ar 3 50
9 15 Ar Pregoalie Lv 10 00
5 16 Orangeburg 5 IQ*
5 55 Denmark 4 35>
7 55 Au eus ta 2 40
amam pm p rrj
.Daily. fDaily except Sunday.
Traine 32 ?nd 35 carry through Pullman
Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars between New
York and Macon via Augusta.
T ? EMERSON, H M EMERSON,
Traffic Manager. Gen'l Pass. At.fr
R KEN LY. Gen'l Manager