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PUBLIC EXECUTION AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OP WM. SHACKELFORD, ALI AS J. P. DAVIsi. ; lie Records Ufa LifeAnd Gives an Account of His Crimes A Turllltnff Warutnjr and Appeal-By tfe Man Whose Last Day on Earth is To-day Rileigh Dally OroBlel. March Stth. Vm. Shackleford, alias J. P. Davis, a sketch of bis life, and a fall confession of some of his crimes, written by his own hand. This autobiography was secured it the expense of pains and money. This autobiography appear a it cane d uertly from tbe hand of Davi, exp that a great deal has been left tut that would bare been or little or mi interest to any one; and his des cription of the part he played in the seduction of two innocent women has also been omitted, as well as much that mh aaid of divsrs ministers and Attwi-, u the ground of its person a'ity. lie wrote the following pages while 1 acting as night-watch and ban ltd ihem to me for publica tion. Jaxes E. Burki. THX AVTOBIOGBAPHT. Having decided to write out a brief sketch of my life. I do so with no hope of realising any benefit therefrom, but that it may serve as a gratification to all who feel an interest in me; and that it may be a satisfaction to those who at any time have endeavored to promote my happiness here. Feeling, as I do, that I am wholly Inadequ te to the task. I undertake it with fear, lest I should fall short of tbe obj-ict in view; bat hoping that, notwithstanding its imperfection, it may in the order of Providence prove a benefit to some who may be saved from like errors by its warnings, I will endeavor to bring forth a short bulory of my life, it iu the few days tbut now remain to me, I nay be able to consummate the work before me. My f uher was of Irish descent, bora of wealthy parents twenty-one mites from Marion Court-b-use, South Car olina, on the road leading to George town, at a pines known as tbe Red house, in Britoa's Neck. My grand father, who was a rice planter, died abou three weeks before tbe b r.h at my father, and my father was left motherless at tbe sge of five days. He was taken and raised by nncle John Baker, who tamed over to him hii ftW M'te at the a-'e of nine. two yeara At the age of twenty my father married alary a uavis i am their oldest child, having been hern In the year 1843. I have one sister, even years younger than myself, 1 revived a moderate education. not that my father was not able to bsre given me a eoiiegiaia eoucauon, Ihii t Lad tostoo scbol to to to the an. v iu 1864. at tbe time when all ineu from sixteen to sixty were called into service. I was mustered in an. der Co!. Caah, at Florence, and was tamed over to CoL Dukin and receiv A arm at Atlanta. Georzia. I wu in the army but a short time, having been discharged, alter an ex amination by Drs. Culpepper and ioggett, as unfit lor eerrice on ac w. www . Afar tha war I resumed mr studies at school, but did not go long before I met a young lady, Miss Eliza Fetter, for whom I formed a very strong at tachment, and we were married in December, 1866. We have bad eight .... i - children corn to as, seven oi wdo-b are living. T aa lirv naed ta Breach at Bonis ilii Chapel, a C .by W. CPowell (P. E ) Methodi4 Episcopal Church, tenth, la tbe tear 1870, after which I con tinued tit Ubor by aiding the preacher In cIhtls. and the local brethren within the boa nds of the work until tij (all i,f lftHO.whenl waa annotated by the Iter. Dr. Rotten to take charge ot the Coowayboro circuit, but did not do m because of a supply having been tent to then after conference. ltutintif of thi eppoio'meot, I fltarwaw-.! t t mv farm in Marion and bough: a farm on the Lake 8wamp, .V . a a 1 ia Horry ooonty, to wnico i wovea (a iv 6u.g to bad crop, I was finable t p -y t r this farm, aud lost It. 1 thai. t-ts.tJ a farm withiu half a mile of my f ather, wb i bad also moved to M.-- muidiv. Whll llttur bar I mad tuj oldest daughter submit to me by thitaU of killing her if she did not, and when she was a bunt seventeen years of sge she gave birth In a fliil.l This vhild was supposed to have been burn dead, out mat was not so. It was a well developed child, but la order to cover, as far as possible, the atiataa nj diSffTSCe that 1 BhCW would rest Bpos as, I took It, without saying to any one what i was going in .I.,, ftnrt BiBcad it In a bar In which I out two heavy bricks, and carried it just at dawa of day to the lake, about a qiarter of a mile from the boast, where I got into my boat and paddled out into the mkl.le of the Jake, and let the bag and its entente kink to tbe leilota of the deep. H .out, of couiu,kuw tht this thing h id leally happened to my fam ily, bat they believed it to strongly that they spoke of taking ac'ion in the matter, and to avoid any farther trouble from that source. I moved, In the winter of 1884,' to Marion Court-house, South. Carolina, where worked in a coach shop, and after wards at the cabinet business I afterward moved to Darlington, . 0., to put my children in the cot ton factory, and subsequently taught scuooi tor some months in v litiams burg county While residing here I wu licensed to preach by the Free Will Baptist Church- But those who had Induced me to join the Fiee- Will Baptist Church did not have the pleasure of my company, nor the benefit of my help long, as I soon af ter moved te the Six-mile Place on the road from Georgetown to Charleston. This wu In December, 1885. This was a lonesome place, out anoraca pportunity for sport, of which I vu very fond. I doubtless would have remained here for a length of time had it not been for two circumstances The erst waa that in May, 1886, just as I was about to realize something from my turpentine trees, I lost all by fire. Ibe second was that a few weeka after this my eldest daughter gave birth to a second child, which I also killed. This created a stir in this section, and as the people threated to push the law to its fullest extent, saw no way of escape out to leave the country. I then came to North Carolina, and after traveling through a number of counties in the eastern part of the State, I found work with a missionary BiDtist Treacher, and during mr stay with him he talked me out of my J ree-WIU Baptist notions, and I join ed the Missionary Baptist Church and was baptized and licensed to preach in the summer of 1886. I remained here only a short time ; for hearing that threats were being made against me in South Carolina, I left my friend the next niaht with out letting him know anything about it. from the fact that 1 ha I no excuse to render; but afterward wrote bim, eivino; bim to understand that I bad goaehome. Up to this time I had retained my true name, William a. Shackleford, but afterwards I gave mv name as J- Y. Davis. I then went to Fay ?ttevil!e, Greens boro, New Garden and Winston, re maining in the country near the lat- named place antil in Janasrv, I85i, when I went to High Point, where I met Mr. . a citizet of Davids a county, with whom I remained about tea months on the farm. In tbe fall of the year I waa constantly engaged in protracted meetings among tuc Baptists and Methodists, at tbe close of which I attended a conference tela by the Methodist Protestants at tbe town of Henderson, a. U. After this 1 remained only a auort time in Davidson, and then came to Durham, where I met J. D. llorton, with whom I contracted for the year 888. I reached bis house on Satur day night before Christmas, 1887. Here I spent a very pleasant sum' mer. Horton wu especially kind to me, and even offered me indulgence that I refused to take for fear that I should not be able, if .they were enjoy ed, to meet my obligations with him -sueh u stopping the plow to visit with him through the week; aud oft- times when I bad been off with him at'nizht till a late hour, be would in sist upon my sleeping and not goina to work. Bat this I did not do, though sometimes it wu all I could do to go, bavin travelled nearly all nigut without sleep. This I did for Lie gratification, not that I was profited bv it at alL bat. to tbe contrary. u taxing mr physical strength almost berond mr power oi endurance, ue seemed to take pleasure in my com oan v. and desired me to go. or this reason I went, not that I even wished to visit inch places, from the fact that my wishes in that respect were fully met without having to leave the nlantation. llorton knew that I preferred to stay at home, and appreciated my seeming willingness to aitena mm on his visits. Ue would say to me sometimes when he wished me to go with bim. and I showed some little indifference to itt "I know jou would rather stay, bat you have beb with you all the time; so come and go vilh ma Ln-ntirliL. ' And thus we lived ia tbe enjoy ment of whatever presented itself, whether to bo ate, drank, or partici pated in, ia any other way, nutil fall, when that aad and, to me, 'fatal oc currence took place. I did not expect it so soon, though I Lad determined to have revenge for some abate I received from him re specting tbe railroad work, and in reference to the way the tobacco hills were laid off in bis absence, ue cursed me for all "that waa low and mean until I trembled with pore rage, I then determined to nave revenge, but did not think it would come that way. I had ootf lecided as to how it should come. But wu determined that it should come; and when tbii conversation about tbe railroad work came up, I rote op with a determina tion to wit anendto.it or to him For this purpose I gathered the boot- Uck with which to ttrike him down, . . . . .... I. .1 .. l i DUl Bvf 1Dj UIJ lUKUtlUU UV U'Mg9'l me by goii g srouud the bed. I tbt'Oitut be iuienJed to eo out of the room until I cooled down; but to my surprise be stepped to where the guo wu standing, and with this p.epared to defend himself. ' , I saw no danger, f jr I wai too road, and rushed upon him with the boot-jack, and aa I came he tried to shoot, bat the gun faiUd to fire, and as he turned to the wall for another shell 1 dealt the U- tal blows. I then left the room a few moments, not that I feared him, for I knew that the work wai done, but that I might see thatjthe way : was clear. When I cams back he was not dead, but in a dyinr?condition. I then took the pillow, ab)ut which so much has been said,and placed it under his head, together with seme guano sacks not so much to render him comfortable, but to absorb the blood that was flowing freely upon the floor, and which I kcew I would have trouble to get off so as not to 'euve any sign, ilia struggles were very loud, and as I knew that it was im possible for hiai to recover, and, in order to stop the fearful noise lest some one might hear it, I closed my e u!. .1. . U'l,.. I,. angers upon uia turuan. m ucu uc wu dead. I placed the pillow case over his head and tied the bags over it to prevent the flow of blood. 1 then dragged the bo 1 y t the w indow, and, standing astraddle of it. luted his head out of the window, then reaching my hands under his thighs Ipuahed him i ut upon the piazza roof. I then ro lei the body down to the edge of the roof and let it drop upon the ground. I than took the body to the barn, as I atated opon the trial, and, after taking the cloth ing oft from it, laid it in tbe closet somewhere near twelve o'clock that night. On the next Tuesday night I dug the grave in the tobacco barn and laid his body in it. l camea the body on a wheel barrow, as stat ed on the trial. Hi shoes, hat ami the pillow I hid in the shuck pen an til Wednesday night when I left, and, after I had gotten off sdme distance, I thought of them and came back and iook tnem out ana c&rneu iuciu mm me. I sapped about two hundred yards from the field gate and made a fire in which I burned the pilloff, but nothing eUe. The bat I burned at a bridge not far from Chapel Ilill Tbe shoes I carried with me knowing they would be brought back with me ahen I ha.l Wn rantured. I then went l Danville. Va, where I sought onlv the company of prostitutes, in whose company I spent every night, aj welt u part of every day, during mv stay at that plare My capture and trial are well known to the public.. lam eens ble that I have hid a fair trial, and do not de sire to lire beyond the day fixed for mv execution : lor 1 reziM l' at as the means by which tbe pain aud torture inflicted upon my heart aud miud. from a sense of shame and deg radation that now rest upon me, will forever be at an end. It is clear to the mind of any one. that, from the statement I have made. I am mv own destroyer, uad obeyed the kiud aud loving advice o( an affectionate father and mother, or had I followed tbe precepts and ex ample laid before me while under pa rental protection, I would not bare been here. Nor would a loving wife so soon have been left to mourn tbe absence of her companion, around whom the strongest tendrils of her heart's affections clung with all their strength ; nor would my children s 3 soon learn the pain of shatue and disgrace resulting front the crimes and the public execution of their poor, misguided father. May God help any who may be Umpkd to indulge iu sim hr crime to realize in time wlut mutt be the fearful result, and may they bi ssved from the shame and disgrace that must iaevitably follow, and from an untimely and horrible death. James P. Dans II 15 ADDREdS OS TBS GALLOWS. Davis said: "My dear Friends: 1 bad intended to speak at length on this occasion. Not that I would prolong my stay in this unfrieudly world, but that 1 might by this means afforded some gratification to those who have assembled to see and to hear. But as I have endeavored to write a brief, yet correct and truthful hintory of my life, with which I hope the public will be satisfied, and, owing to the solemni ty of the occasion, and to the very unpleasant, yea, painful, circum stances with which 1 am now sur rounded, I will endeavor to be brief, and deal only with the present. It affords Die pleasure, even in thw sad and trying Lour, to be able to say that 1 attach no blame to any who may have been either directly or in directly instrumental in bringing about this righteous administration of justice to one who, through his own free vihtion, has become a violator of the laws of his country. Now, to my dear counsellors would 1 extend the gratjtade of my heart for the manner in whi:h they have vindicated my cause and labored to exonerate me from the accusation with which I was charged, i am unworthy of such a manly and he roic effort. To those who hare la- bore 1 to alleviate the pains of men lai depression, or nave in any way coutnouted to my temporal or spiri tual interest, 1 extend the earnt and sincere gratitude of my heart; and this my latent hour would 1 in yoke tbe blessing of Almighty God to descend in rich profusion upon them nnd theirs. And now I would speult pro bono pi'hmo or far the good of any who may bo templed to yield to the seducinsr influences af the wicked oue. Yield not to temptation, neither indulgo in the gratification of carnal propensities, for this will not only result in fill ing up the cup of mau's iniquities but will banish the last, lingering hope from his breast and expose him to the wrath of a sin avenging God; and as the result of willful violation of the laws of God aud man lie will be brought through the righteous administration of justice by thelaw, to a painful and untimely death. The Lord bless this dispensatif n of His providence to the good of all that are oW to me, and may it be a timely warning to any who my beteuijtl to indulge in simitar crime. 1 now commit my spirit in tothehimh of the Lord and all that is dear to me on earth into Ilia gracious keeping Amen, Davis was asked if he still said that he used the bootjack. Ho re plied ,kI certainly used the bob jack." Then turning to the Sheriff he said: "Tate off the shackles." The shack les were removed and hw arms and' lesrs were pinioned. Davis then took some water for the second time after ascending the scaffold, and politely asked the Sheriff to excuse him for not first offering it to him. The black can was drawn down and the droD fell at 12:4ft. The neck was dislocated and death re suited in a short time, without any contortions. The crowd was es timated at about three thousand five huudred. May there never be another pub lie execution in North Carolina. WALCEU IJ1XG1IA3I FOUND. lie is Sirpposf l to be Across the aier. Thro A)rs tiuo the country wa. shoo ed with the piirticuliMtfaterri ble murder near Kslria. Walter Bingham, a deaf niut?, Vi.lM In eouin. a Mh-s Turiiixtou, tm 1 ut once left the country. Tha fctory bloodcurdliae. and if the inrpetrji had been caueht at the time he w u! J nonouhthave been hunir. But he succestfullv eluded the officers an I although traced to Cuba and ouih Amerua was never caplured. At tha time a 8400 reward was i fikwd for his an cat. A Pinion dettcilv man thinki hj has fioaiv bcated Jiin-li .r. in Ant werp. -rii-atiy, and is certain he is o the liht trai-Ji t'i.t be Jua offered t a;rM lie al r at hi owa expense, ift .e j; .vtr..tu-i!t v.,5i reimburse Li a if tin roia is fouud to be the one wai.ud. A later to.tbat clfriCt w written to tlie attorney g"nerd, lui he replied that ho had n-j authority ia the mat- tr. Ibe rewii'i ue.-u wuaurawo, aiid un!tM the Sta'.t! cares to take some t-pj in ih nutitr it Vsll rest as it i,Aihtvi!ie LHhen Why Men Marry. Frart V jic. A true man wants a wife to cherish and love all the days cf h a 'iff, but tbe truo men who marry wive far those reason are few and fir between The rcafone for marrying are iuny and diverse. A woman is a good cook and the mm who nurries h ;r feels sure he will always have a good table, and that be will n?ver be as hamed to arise a frigid home t j din ner or supper with bim. Borne men marry their wives be cause they are fine-loV.irg nnd ttyhttb, and will make a good sp.wtrance in society or preside niely at their ta ble. Others are tired of boarding, and long for a home, and, knowing that a housekeeper and hired girl are expen sive luxuries, thty marry a woman who is thoroughly domestic, rcgatd less of every thing e's i. Old msn marry yo-ifg wivs it take care of them H tli-ir o'd age, and often par dear f r their fully Home marry wives for their fine voices, becaase they vie pair.aul? fond of music; others mirry girU who are fine dancers, and still o.btrs arc careful to find out that the girls are fine seamstresses that they marry, so that the? will be able to do their own sewinz for sewinz in this day and aze is aa expensive luxury n j you hire itdone. OLD GAUItlEL. Death of ft Good Indian at the Aze of One Hundred aud Fifty At San Francisco, on the lCih ulu the Indian known as "O'.d 0- brer'ditd at the County lloipita! at Hatioa. There Is no record if hit birth, but when the Fraociican tris- iionurk'i came to California mire than a century ago. Old Gabriel was then a grandfather, aod as far as can be learned by tradition it is believed be was born aboct tbe ytar 174'), an had reached the ace of 150 ycau at the time of his I eatb. fjabricl never used li'j'i rorlobacoan I led a peao eab'e l.f-j. He bad children and grand children by tbe acors, !t'. out livel them alt, and to direct d sjtn J i . ' Mni t'jrnve mm. vv c a. U COLUMN MOTTO. For God, Home aud Xative Land. PLEDGE I hi'reliT lolen n"y rroml , Qo& balploR m tu atntam from all Alouholio Uinnn, lucludiog Win. Beet tad Older, m a Beverie, uu n ploTtll proiwr iuc'j io dlnciragt tUeuu id tnUMolu tU Heaping The Harvest. By Kit OloYrt. . We wore mned in the early ppring, Leu Howard and 1. and on our way t his western home we m ide a stop to visit his rtlitives. Abe raapes wt re friued iu pink mistiness and ilmneil in minshioe. and all day from their fiagrnut topi came the drone of happy hotey ga'.bertrs uut. in me tilent woods, pale bepaticaa tuinea their iices sunward, and eoldeil ad- dcr-tongues gticd tteadily at the banks if moss at their lect. ue lirtmhed- aside the rustling brown leaves aud gathered. great ctutr of frjgran.t erbutm, waxen, and pin' and white. L ke a dream of lovelmesi were thue spricg days, an 1 1 tile wonder ihit tlie uew rtlativis ie-iaw we'e seen through a c mhurde r s;, Lf peciaily so was Auut fcimly Howard, with htr f'ir, iMt.i face, soil, gray t es and tender mouth. Auut Emily wa a poet born, and loved all thinp tragraat aud deliciie aud sweet; aad would stand a moment with head bent and lace lighted up wi b a hap py smile, every tiau sh weat dwn to the well to draw a pail of water, aid sue wouid lita 1 1 citch a f-sw Umiliar uo'.en of the happy lit'l bro :k r. uimig aw.iy ilown iu the mead f biyoud. Sie was a piet bum. u-u sh ud iiot kuo it her Bclf. i.ud follow, d the l'us iu which she uud Utu b ed, t ie utiCt,t, plo I- duig pio9 fvorj-d.y Iivi u 11 .ul as s our iit, lucre was ti.in that at. re I it. and that arsL'titd iiiaviJv on my mind. 1 . -ici J matgtta- pitchers of hard ci Jer e;obr uj!it'f.m thectllar sev e,'il ue ,i t ., ai.dthat Uallie, tie U t.u lea y-tr old svn ui onlrcuil I, ttu ..H ,e i t till ..It a uiucii aud Hi fi ii as Le chore "U-onarJ," I id to myfhuiband, -Pease d m't toucii that bard cider main. riu"nt nirsd for your Sike, i.u: I wtit tour influence a -amat it ou little llal.ie'a accjunt He is a br.gbt, uervoui chili, aal I d.ead to tliak what bU future will b ifa l,w td tu a t m m he is dtiosf "O. tverv ioU urn nas ciacr. You ku the apple cr p is immens , ud t s.e rcn'ae in pvt to bsvt ci !. t." In) ith r crop immense? I ut-riil, but Leu only pinched my etr til lautiie.t Itjundthatmy husbanas woras eretru'. At every piaci we stop .... . ped, fiaiJr.g pitchemof cider ma e ttt-ir a;pairance, aud before the visit wai concluded I had become so con-sci-u- of the general fiVur ia which ci ler wu held, that my heait turned ward and 1 sa d my good-byes aaJ turned my -face westward without Lavinz once oi eawl my lips to remon .rate with tbe parents oi me many riant-eyed, rudly cheeked boys, al though 1 bail talked to some of the t.ttle lellowf, a UUiog them to leave our cider untouched. Tbe enirii.e bell rang and the crua thinir wheels were in motion Clank! laakl claokety-rlank: went the wheels; now lower, as we whirled over some level stretch, and again )udcr as we ruhed between neigh t oring bank, rising to a deafening roar as the breakemaa opened the door to shout sums undistingo'uhable name. Iu all the confusion ana noim, ever close in my ear repeats! .ne s.iii, sman voicr, -1 ou nave oeen .1 - Mi 1 1 I 1. 4 .1 . a c iward, yr,u did tnt do your duty!' An 1 -the p"ud'roii wheels cried, "Drauk! drnnk! dnnkety-drsnk! ' ike the vo'cs oiione mighty, aveoj ing Fate. I triefl to convince myself that it ta no affair of mine; that the a us thicg l a 1 been going on f it Vf ir.', vtv'miHi witbout dt9A!rous c joi.ii ici.cii ; thi'.pH'ib'y, children s famii arixi with such a'iomiuab'e tatnijjj fftuin f'ira'foniintble it certain wis to we, would not firm a Une for li'iuors; in short, I tried all knuwn sophistries to case my conscience, and drive the haunting reaumbranco from my mind. I bat bridal journey will always be memorable as a silent war with the subject of intemperance in general, aad parental hevdlewaeM to tb evils of bard cider-uriuking in particular In tbe new borne making tne eu j.'oi was forirottcn, or Dearly so, or pot. sibty buried under the beoM lrioking as-you pleaar at iikhoIic .-e of the wt t Aa Len would no t- u h Incf, (1 in fact, any liqior, and as tbe bshie carefully avoided all things that "pap" did not do, I ha 1 in a uesiure forgotten that th t was ia aud mbcry and want in the drink-ur d slums, and bad an uaconntous itute that such lb in us were only for that low order or humanity that might al most have served as proof of Darwin's the r of t voluti m, Thatsuch thing cou'd touch people ot aaue min i and o h r than animal bodies, seemed hsrdiy probable, Teuy yu a went by b f ue Iv.n i.i..'. I wen imck to visit the old friend Ah what changes twenty yeaia will bring! Here was an old bly g.,P; there was a giaod-father's vacant chair, while (he young fathers and mothers of tnat former time were now -gray haired grand-parents. ; " i nere were very lew changes a- ? mnni; the Howard?, further than that - wrought bv gray hairs and crow- tracks, aud the absceut-e of sons that ' wore then boys, and tho marriage of tho girls. Very soon we found it con- - venient to vial Aunt Emily, for Len and I both remembered the pleasant days spent there. Uncle Leonard was in tho yard splitting wood as we drove up, and straightening some what his bent back, ho pushed back hii straw hat and recognized us with,. wai, J.C Howard, er 'taiu't youl, 'd know yon anywhere When did yegit backP I looked across tu9 mnney porch. ulruobt expecting to see the plump ' trni audsmiilnir facoof AuatLmi'y, . but she was not in sight. , 'Uit right ont," Uncle Leonard call ed, for you must know that Len was bis uncle s namesake, "and I'll put up jour hess. Gucis you been hirin' oue" at the livery,ehf G j right in. ler Aunt km ly s somewberea a b jut," and raiding his voic6 to a high, nasal pitch, be shout jd, "Etn'Iv! ho Eiu'- ly, ome cut here, aomo one's C'i:ue I I ran quickly up to the kitchen dour, and ptaped umilin in. Away at the o; pjsite side by a window, a lu.i, bent old woman sat. or rather. roe tlowly, ai I lookel in. Is Auut Lmi'y bereft I asked. hurrying toward her; but before she auiwcred me, L-n pasei me with n: sri Its. aad took the old lady in bi arms. Vhy, Aunt Eoiily, btve you been ivkr ne ctied, Hta-iding back, and zing at h r from heal to foot. - S:ck?'' she questioned, absently, JJo." Uou't you know Marion?" be cn d, drawin m to thf.T. 'Marion? I'ougll to reuw nber her. I heard her tell Hliie to never, never taa eauotuer dr-p of cidir. That wis years ag ." , - "liut a tat tot know ber now? riij u M irto.c, Aunt Emily " "Oh'Auu Emily taid, seeming t j rouie iieratslf to tome intereat, why. ye; she has not crown old any. Bit down dear, taking my bind, "and let me put away your bonnet. tgr a wbile Aunt fcraily sat witb us, a&d w th a visible effort, took part ia tbe C"hverat.ou, but when ber Ituvlaad c.me io, beat and shriveled, but a 1:1 keen aod talkative, Aunt E nJr tlt her knitting and seated iitmlf by a distant window. I no- uce a t ai sue anit out lutie, out sat with bands ling idle in ber lap while ntH gazed away at the distant hills. . f a . a . t . t . . t a A . .lir Uttrwai iii. wy white, ber face wi i-kled and darwn, aud her bands were shriveled like the bands of aa old, old invalid. Presently rbe went out t prepare u I'jx-r, and I folio wed ber. I noticed as 1 went back and forth Irving to . make conversation, that shr watched the d irty road as it wound away on der the shading birenca. "Is AUIIie marrieJ, Auut irauyr I asked, as she took the snowy bis cuiU irom the oven. "Ualiie? my Ualllel she cried, slraigbteniog op, while a deep flush - surged aiowiy over face and Beck by, I had Hallie when you were here before, didn't I? I don't know," he added, at though bewildered. I don't know. Tbe other folks lived here then, you know. Harold Uvea witb oi. tt are old." I stood still ia pei feet amaiemet Could it U powibie that Aunt Emily was rearly insanel It must be; and yet the went about her work as metho dically as the sanest person in the world, l crept out on the porcb and crouched down in the low, alant inn- iigot, shivering from tome intangible dread. Preiently Lea called me and we sat down to supper. 1 noticed that Aunt Emily ate nothing, but sipped continually from her cup of strong te, refilling the cup again. aid again. After the table waa clean d aaay Auut Emily took her , chair to the window overlooking the road aad A there, silent and motion less. As the nizht doted down we beared a strange about, and Aunt Emily spranz iiuuntty t) her feet aud tunuod out, closing the door be mud her. COXCUCKD XKXT WEEK. Mitt. W.IIIIOGERS, cupt. rresa tiepartmen;, w.ax.u. A Woman's Uiacovory, "Aooth? wonderful discovery baa been m ide and that by a lady in this county. Disc me fastened its clutch e ukio hr and f ir , acvea years she wiUinool its severest tens, but ber vitd organi were undermined and de 1 1 HHitut 1 eminent For three mouth he cug ied invsiMly and could not ! p. hhc bought of us ft bottle of Dr King'a New Uitcivery (or Consumption an 1 was ei much relieve ! mi taking tint dote tbat sne si pt all nliht mid with one bottle bat betn miraculously cured. Her t.ume is Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thne write V. 0. Hamrlck A Co., of 8hel l.y, N. C Get a Tree trial bottle at (Hack nails & Sons, PEAFi-' nts a ft i rrjTi f"tt KT-'ja
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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April 2, 1890, edition 1
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