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:- y- O : - ' c1 Feoiome Cniie iXiJM 1 '?.10 Cf ! the British Ship L&n- . cuter Castle TTtFUPnTT! m mm funnu aim ctlm ' shouted for help as he lay on clare that nowaday the in-j the floor of . the cabin, but before assist- jwy wwy w ; been fired from the revolver, and four t,o . Z ,77 l , 77 , IT of tnem bad, taken effect, while the the seas of thold .faahlopeoV aallfng , flCth v vessel hare robbed the ocean of a great - . ... , . t v," v, h' A young seaman named Brennan, a Hrr :Vrii:rve of .County Cork, Ireland, who iZ:i,:Z7J77i.7.:zl7771. erved for some time in the South Af ambulance corps, got i him up on to the sofa, washed his many told by Captain Peattie of the Leicester Castle which xeeentlv t airlved at 'mm up va lo ,De BOla' WB8nea n,s many X ' 1 7.1 5 T tfIved a ' wounds with carbolic and dressed them Vn v, 4W T; " a i'8 Wlfoily, which.-, perhaps,, saved the , of 14 000 mile, round Cape H6rn from . Uf of pea San Francisco. To And anything like , rrifci A, : .ttiimtnln fiAinv ai ae Brennan was bo engaged the t ; murder W the hieh Xsea it would he mate- Mr- NJso. having heard . necessary to:go back A ,wholf genera- he help rushed In also to ren- ' tion to the cases rf the Jefferson Bor- , d af ist"ce mander, ; den." of the Flowery Land and of the j ter,n,f be f xW" . CasweU. In pn., JJ?ii2f Jg . the present affair Is unique and din- I aeaa ,ilf aDln Prefented a awful v . . . . t. . t scene with the cornse lvintr on the floor. plays featuri'8, which .do not appear In i any of the terrible instances jusf men "tioned. UwMwt in vm h. The Leicester Castle, which .la a, full rigged iron ship of over 2,000 tons regls- fAi nimMl hv'Xfckcara Jnhn Jnvno it Liverp(K,l,-Wu3oVfTotit$.n Francisco to securing the murderer. But In the on July 26 last, with a crew number- meantIm Hobb" had escaP 'OTWard the lockef doors all besmeared with dioou anpine cnptaitj, jymg, on tue sora in an apparently dying condition. The chief mate now came on the scene and called all hands, with a view ... - u;-'" " "- '-' i .. . . . - i;, -5 ..- - ". "i a s'-.'.n' 5", t vvi r :, vr uiiiiiiuimii-u i Lfui I I THE MAN WHO OrlcinaL In the days of slavery In the southern states a young negro waa one evening, after .ft bard day's hoeing, enjoying the recreation of practicing with an old pistol that he had found and polished. Gumbo, as he waa called, had a pas sion for shooting and was an expert Within. circle of admiring, darkies be was tossing up chips and putting bul am back (Copyright, 1901, byiO, B. Warner. ;, In the old mining days in Nevada I had while working at Crow Valley tentmate and partner named John Griggs.. He was an honest. Intelligent man. and our friendship was a strong one. One June day Griggs was killed by, a premature blast He was dead lets through them while in the air. Am-1 before any one reached him, but wt broae Grimshaw. the toveraeer, hearing could see how his death had been the shots, went to see wnat it meant broncht about From behind one-of ittefcnbinf he wit nessed' Gumbo's ' skill without being himself seen. Then, advancing, he or dered that the? boy receive' fifty lashes for having firearms Jn his possession. Gumbo, bore his punishment ,with patient endurance. It was a common Four weeks after the accident and funeral the. men who were working a claim at the edge of the hilt on which Griggs' grave had been dug acciden tally exploded several pounds of pow deft No one was hurt, but a portion of occurrence on, that especial plantation; the hill was torn away and the coffin owing to the cruel nature of the over- unearthed ' and shattered. When we seer. The ncgre ahowed ; vindictive-j gathered around it. we found It empty. It -was, I believe, on the kith -of June that" we burled Griggs. On the night ness and waa always, afterward obe dlent even to servility.' " ;,.,,WKMIWt. y y. f j , , midnight Tsud- was an pasy going man, with no head; " , , , 1 , sBUU for. business-while Gritnshaw5 was as den,y awoke tna) sound sleep. I was alone In the tent, and as it was a JTHEMptlSfcEE iFIEED AT CAPTAlSr TBATTIK. V , tor bnsiness,1 while Grimshaw1 was" as avsriclon as be was cruel.' One, day Prochet discovered that all he pos sessed was about to pass to his over seer. Grimshaw was above his class in breeding and education. 'Indeed he was fairly well born. Prochet con ceived the Idea of marrying his daugh ter to Grimshaw on condition that the property be settled on him. Miss Pro chet objected, especially since while on a visit to St. Augustine she had met a young officer of the United States ar my at Fort Marion, withwhom she had fallen' R love Whq had .asked her hand. But when her father told her that amarrlage with Grimshaw was the only way, to savfe'thA plantation she resolved to sacrifice herself for her fa ther, whom she loved devotedly. - The war came on,; and while; Prochet became poorer Grimshaw grew.richer, being interested in a blockade runner that had made several sucs8fpl trips from Southampton to Charleston. It was at this time that Mies prochet con sented to marry him -The "waf had sep arated her from her northern lover, and she bad .beard nothing from blm since the .firing on Sumter But one morning about sunrise, when ;no one suspected there.veas a. Yankee within fifty miles. 10,000 o(them came hurrying down the turnpike past the plantation, having made a forced march during the night They went into camp near .by. and, dur ing the day a young captain of artil lery rode up to the sProchet manor house toeall upon, Miss JProchet, He wa Edgatt Pemtingtontbe jtnao who lng twenty-six-' U told, ' fourteen of whom were shipped at the por.t of de parrura"! ,s , n As Is common enough in these days when the British tar Is becoming some; , what scarce, the foremast hands were . bf mixed nationalities, including1 Anier- lcans; IrJsU; arid k Bomber 'of "Putch Inin," generic tertn epplled by sail-' ors to natives of Scandinavia and! , northern Europe generally and notnec-. essarily Implying that the men hall from Uolland itself. All went well un til the night of SeptiZ when the Wes sel was in' . the south tPaciflc "ocean ' some iBOO. miles to jtbjiorth of rjtcalrn - Island, rendered famous by the mutiny on bis majesty's ship- Bounty. It was thea that there occurred the shocking; tragedy of which Captain Peattie av , the following account.'1-' ' 2 i--y t It waa midnight, and I was quietly ? reading in my. cabin before re tiring1 to with ' his two - conirades,' 1 Sears and Turner. They had evidently; planriexl the committal of the crime. Intending to kill the captain 'and the chief and sec ond mafesi ioot the ship, and then get iway 'ta"one orthe South Pacific is lands. Tbey had rigged, 'a -raft On which they drifted away from theehlp In.the darkness,, Nothing could be seen tie. ptf tt fandbr' cOdrleel 4 one time It was thought the raft was observed drifting toward the Pacific la- landSi but this was. mere fancy. f i,, The Leicester Castle remained hove to nntu e o ciock in tne morning,' ana although the horizon was scanned with "feipscopes not a trace or we rare ana fts VlliaJfaous occupants could be seen. and it is the opinion of thos on board the Leicester Castle that the three, men met the i death .they ; richly t deserved. They are M.A- Ilobbs of Illinois,, J had asked her hand. - His coming caused a commotion. Mr. Prochet, was in reat .distress about the matter.' Carey's resolution was put to a severe testi iwhUe Grimshaw ground his teeth .and vowed that she -should never wed the young officer. One night on officer was picked off by a bushwhacker who was never dis covered. ; This suggested to, Grimshaw .a means of getting rid of his rival. He sent for Gumbo to come to bis rooms. . "Gumbo,", he said, "would you like your ireeuomr; yw.u.' "Yes, massa." ;' X "And $3,000 besides?" ' V ' '. "Yes, massa." The darky's eyes were as big .as saucers, v., , , , t . ' Very , welL .1 Tonight' CaptalnPen- nington will leave the plantation to ride to camp. -' I will join and ride with him. You follow and when I take off my hat shoot, him .through the head." "Why don't yo' do -dat yo'self. massa?" -Jn.-.r "'. ; "I wish to marry M1b Prochet 'If I killed Captain Pennington even in a fair fight. It would prevent this mar riage hM. t : ''But wha fo d'yo go 'long with him when l't';hrt'f?ih'fe warm nignt tne ny at tne door was tied back. .This permitted the full moon, to light up the interior as bright as day. I lay on my side, facing ou1, and the first object my .eyes rested up. on was the familiar form of John Griggs. lie sat on a box reading one of bis books, and for a moment I for got that he -was dead and burled. lie was dressed in, his working clothes, as on the, day he was killed, and the band which; held the book bad tonq flqger wrappea ap in rag, just, as i naa wrapped it three' days before hla death to heal a cut accidentally inflicted. I repeat that it was a full minute be fore it flashed upon me that Griggs was a dead man, and then I uttered a yell which aroused half the camp and rolled off my bunk and rushed out doors. In three or four minutes I bad thirty men around tne making inquiries, bjtt'j t was, so fpse that I v could jouly point to the teut and whisper Griggs' name. The crowd moved forward and investigated. The man I saw had dis appeared, and I was unmercifully guyed for having an attack of nightmare. A month later, as soon as I could do so without exciting ridicule, I left the diggings and went to Bald Eagle Gulch, . flftys tnlfeNf Away.!? !Tbee were about seventy men on the ground, and I waa a stranger. to alL I staked out a claim, put. up. my. tent and. was soon a resi dent of the gulch-: s One. night ;about the middle of September, having gone to;het $a$le thkp ustial oij account Of not feeling well.' I was" aroused at ex actly half an hour After midnight by some one speaking my name. I say that I heard a voice call me by name, but Iant WTer'yon any proof. The Instant I opened my eyea I saw John i3rlggs.'j r saw.1 him- Just as plainly asi l ver saw; a. living r human being, but only for a few seconds. Then be faded away and was gone. and. though terri- trfy rattled. J had not cried out 5 ; Aner a rew minutes, when -1 got some of my nerve back, I rose and dressed and walked out1 -'- There was a light in the tent next to mine on the right but all the others were dark. 1 walked down to the creek, thirty rods way and' had just reached It when there came" a sudden flash and a ter rific report and I thought the whole diggings had been blown skyward. "was a powder explosion In the tent next to mine. Six tents were swept away by that! terrific blast, and four men were killed and 'six others more or less injured. , Of the two -men in the tent witn the powder i we found only fragments.- -s ' V j,u xu tt v It is my firm belief that John Griggs appeared that night to warn me of the danger; which menaced. -Yoa will smile In pity and contempt - even though at Secret Disease Of all human diseases, that known as -outngious blood poison, or the Bad tHseusc, has caused more misery and uf mtr and ruined more lives than all he.- combined. It not only wrecks the , cs and aspirations of the one who t -utracis It, but often the innocent are ' ade to share the humiliation and dis ace of this most loathsome and hateful . irtu of blood poison. Children inherit X from parents, and thousands of the purest men and women have been con aminated aud ruined simply through undliflg the clothing of one infected with this awful " nVtt THE INNOCENT tag trotn tne 4 vessel and SUFFER WITH using the same 4 toilet articles. THE GUILTY. And when the real nature of lhe trouble is known, many prefer to suffer in silence or leave the disease to do its worst rather than make known their condition. Through our Medical Department we offer advice and help. .Write us freely about your case, as nothing you say will ever go beyond our office. Let us help you to get rid of this fearful disease, for which some one else no doubt is to blame. It matters not how long the poison has been lurking in your system, S. S. S. will purify and build up your blood, and eliminate -every atom of the deadly virus from the system and make a complete and permanent cure. S. S. S. is the only antidote for Conta gious Blood Poison and has been curing it tor fifty years, ; It contains no mercury, .,.'. . .... i pouuui or outer Harm ful mineral ingredi ent, but is a purely vegetable remedy that cures without leaving any bad after effects. Our special Home Treatment book, pves a1! the symptoms of this disease. We will mail you a copy free. The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. ffimmtinmra. w ill give competent service tv all so unfortunate as to need such service. Just simply give me notice and all details will le attended to. Ctixketaof all Qualities carried m stock, and by patronizing my establishment yoii will get competent services at as low prices as from anyone, I respectfully solicit ft continuance of the patronage oi the people in tins sec tion, Verly truly, , GEO. B. WEBB, . ' , KlXBTOS, X. C. I . - ' ' You to. write s - for prices on Fire Proof Safes, Burglar -Proof Safes, Time Lock s,,. Vault Doors, Deposit Boxes, Etc. - - We will save you money, . -7 O. B. Barnes Safe Col, Box 22. Greensboro, N, C. NOT'CE, V Notice is hereby given to all persons concerned tht an application will be made by the Poard of t'ommissionera of Lenoir county, N. -., at th expiration of thirty days from the publication of this notice in 1 he Kinston Free I'ress. to the General Assembly of North Carolina, at its prexent Hesse n, to enact a special act permittuiK and einpoweri'K -the aaid Itoard of I oinmisHioners to kvy a special tax on all property and pulls taxable under the law wuhin tlie connty of Inoir, N.C., for the purioseof repairing the court house and juil, to repair public brides-tit the county, to build a public brlilite across Neuse river lielow Kinston j and to purchase lands for the purpose of locating a poor nouse and builuiug a poor house January 6th, IftOji. ' - , , DR. IIKNRT TULL, W. I) SDOGS, Chairman, llerk to Board. - You May Count Printing an Expense, But Good Printing Is an Investment. The printing we do more than pays for itself in the favorable J impression it giver others of the - office or business houe from which it emanates. The Free Press Co mm mim mm MAKVrACTUBKRB OF .-' Sash, Doers and Blinds All kinds of Porch Finishings, Stair Casings, Brackets and Gable Finishings, Door and Window Frames and Casings, Store Fronts, i 'ountere and Office Fit tings, Church Pews, Pulpit Outfits, Grills, Mantels and ewry description of Artistic Work in Hard ft ood and Pine to be done in a flrst-clasa Wood-Working Machine Shop. ' i Be Sure to Get Car Prices. . JfcgrAU Work Guaranteed. , ' Z. EDWARDS, H. C Y. PEEBLES, C. H. POOL, KINSTON, N. C. Proprietors. Pay Ydur Taicesj: Your Taxes are dueT and it will be better to settle up quick. DAL F. WOOTEN, Sheriff midnightp tonight the mysterious tap "::r.?." !? L!rh-!- Ping of a(i'death tick" m the wamscot- bed. The' ship was traveling er'all p Turner of Oregon and Ernest Sears of sail and making three and a half knots j Idaho, t i V 1 n an hour wbenfv4Hierlqan eamn . CaptalniPeattle also states that Hobbs .iucu uiucbi. vuua viue w ujj vuuiu j procured the tevolver from the cabin uoor aim Euoceo. tie earn; -i,Deg your , the second mate, who kept It there paruou. .sir, you imgni some ouv lien to ft drawer, fully loaded, and heas 1s a man Injured. ' He fell from aloft ; tetu Ui beIlef tnat tne mnrderer had from the foreyard and has been much farnished himself with 100 rounds of injurea. tie nas DroKen us leg,'; t j j ammunition previous to being shirred. iaptam reatue went on to say tnat i Perhaps the most remarkable feature ne waa paruany nnaressea, tut, quick- r of this daring crime la the fact that on ly slipping on hla clothes, he was aiout ! jy three men out of a crew of twenty to attena to tne injuries of tne man gjx should deliberately plan' such an when, to his great surprise, another ; outrage and apparently without any American seaman named IL A. Ilobbs , kind of consultation with their mates entered suddenly-and, presenting a re- before the mast and think they could volver, fired straight at, Captain Pea f t!e,who was- stuunel at tLis' attack. Nevertheless be rushed at the man and struck him a tremendous blow with his f st in the face, but Ilobbs was a V.g. powerful fellow, ad tve blo-v tal not much rt t'a' U. '.t9 Ired jsta, a.l t' - 1 "tt t'.'jc'j. Captain Peatt'e in t" t " f tie trio. ." The f ' ". , cf the at- tack, tl.i l. j i.' a : . .... . and tie wound In Lis era easel tbe cap tain to f::i, end tl ra car e tie time for 11-' 'ii- f1: -':. Ij t ' ! a t-- te ! ; ; . : I c II' ' z c, - -. ; : ' ' ' - : i carry it out In the feeth of the opposi tion which they must have known they would meet from a force outnumbering them nearly eight to one. i There appears to have been no kind of provocation, and all sug-gestlon of III treatment tf the Clcers seems to be absent in this cn5 Another curious point Is that all three of the conspira tors were -AiDPrlfprs, none cf whom. Cap? in I :c tu .. . . bad prevlcosly beeti.to'S' 1 ar ! t vo if whom .tx.!!ed frous Inland states cf the Uninn.' There Is much ; : v ; ' t f' - causes cf t" t"' ' r ' -'r. 1 ?:t it i v-; "' r'r ti In- negro looked.99 4aH 1 f t urM -: f "Beckon I want dat freedom and de ing will ;shake yoarf neryr nd give you unpleasant thoughts. : Ton remember the awful railroad dis aster at Ashtabula, O.T 'i I should have been a passenger on that train' but for 'a singular occurrence., . I sat la the .'depot only, a few. miles from Ash tabu- eorne one is near to be a witness in my favor.'' ' Too" must shoot from ' a ; dis tance, .but yon are a good shot and can lilt yoor mark easily,'! t ); WM fi-kt, . Onmbo lowered his , eyea to tbe ground ' and thought l while- Grimshaw watched him eagerly. Presently the la, my ' trunk checked:;, and s ticket it' 1 :T ' -; !S t ' 1' ''J fong. There were eight or ten of as -Very well; lurk near the-plantation to waiting room. Opposite me, on mab' com -outl IP yen succeed, eome t 'wonien andf a man. - The women were here tomorrow. I will keep my word.' w.nvA-.f,, . .a, to break with Grimshaw. rode out off ler. Cne reason why I came to took the plantation- gate-feeua Very happy, the over was becanse, I happened u uw r oexvie uK yypnou to notlco that he? had, lost wo Angers a horseman whom be recognised aa his from his left hand. They were the see. rivav t ( eH -- ' 44 1 ond and third flngera, and I wondered j- mouu eveuuig, capiam. saiu me ia-. iiow! he could hare injured them with, ter. i riUdlnrto camp?! W 1 H i wt Ipjnring either the fore or the little ? i wipiawi umuvj. ( - 1 pnger. Z witn your permission -ru Hde wits ; The train was due to seven minutes. oa- as I saw bTiirlanclne. at theJclock. "As yon llke.M , . ' when thd stranger with th newspaper urunsus-w maue passmg remarKS at ?. snddenlv vanished and In his nlnce. Intervals till an army, courier, with a , Jii hands emptyanfl resUngonibis Oispatcn in bis belt, met them when I knees, sat John Griefs. i He ws kwk. he raised hla. bat. ' Pennington was as- i tnsr full at me. and for a few seconds 1 tonished to see the overseer pitch foi- i tad no more doubt that he Jwaa llve ward In ' his ' saddle ' and fall'' to the than I have of mr own identity. ' Not ground-! ?, 'i?iui . U'x -to strenirthen my case, but to. add to f It waa fortunate for Pennington that the mystery a bit furtheri I will: relate therewas a' witness to prove-he waeithat as I Sat-there lobldngWrnr old Innocent, of prhnshaw's death; ; which i partner, who had been burled years was never explained though it was be , before, both womeh turned-in d atar Ileved that a bushwhacker had intend- tied way aid' then moved along a little. ed to kill the officer and bad made at Too will say that in this caae. es in mistake.: ' ill others. I did not see what I beHev Grimshaw left no! beliy and- it 'was 1 1 saw. I have no proofs to offer that I found tbat his hold on the Prochet f (lid; yon have hone to offer that I did property had been acquired by1 fraudn not I sat right there with my eyes lent means and waa void. I f sed upon Griggs while the train thon' i After the war Captain Edgar PendTfd up. took on. the other passengers tin; 'on returned to thewuth end took 8n 1 .wentjlls' way to ;mee$ .at terrible bac'i ::U . him V s Or ; I'ro'Aet t tale: 1 When' the rumble" of the trucks Cuuii-o licruiie the captain's !m!v serf- i C'fJ away In the distance, John Grircs tnt, I and l.e t.ij Lis L..a&t,r' how f f' '1 out of .'existence as a June fog rret his dt-nth Pennipcton t( .ore t!se summer sun. ft T ZS . f I -VlitV II II ; li, inl 1- II ffH II IIH TaI c W ... I 5 ? S a. 2 a . , 2 1 a . M .. , ) . . . 2 II H b 'il r.-; f :t 5 - mmmr:, .... u t - - : t - - ,2i - . PAYS V. S". -1 J 1 - , . .v .. V ' " ' . T " 1- r r e " f - 1 - v - - 2 - - " t -- . 'i r jP05:UQn;;-.iit:Gi?.LTv. ! 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