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: i ft fl irt toiitnitip" H VOL. I. NO. 27. KUTHERFORDTON, N. C THURSDAY, JULY 11. 1901. 81.00 A YEAR. V - f: rji- -,. -'s.--.t A really healthy woman Las lit- tie pain cr discomfort at the j menstrual period. No -woman needs to have cnv. "TO no f i Cardui will quickly relievo those 6martr,'2r menstrual n.:it ! . the di'i-rsrimr bead, hurl- or,,7l ?ide RcLtT caused by falling of the womb r.;:d irregular menses. ft! : has brought permanent relief to $ 11,000,000 women M ho .suffered f every montn. Ii makes the men- strual organs strong and healthy. Itisthe provision made by Nu- fture to givo women relief from- j8l tM terrible aches and pains which l bligh so inanv homes. t v , c"a'-"vr). La., Oct. U, 1900. 1 siScaaii could ncl pet any relief "unti i tr:--i a boti.a of V,7ine of Cardui. ta toro I haJ tnTf7i iil if r .-o.- fec i it i,:y duty to gay that you tave a ' wocderJul msdicine. aiiat. M. A. Youst. find lit3tnk Publication of SammoDS. Is OKTii Gahoijna, in. .Superior Court, Xutlierfortt Count j. S Before the Clerk. . Gwpje C Jc.'tk as administrator of ; fvr-a'i A Jnstit-e, dweased, and George I C Ju.-rice as an idvh idual. L A Justice. ! Z V Jusvioe, WUliani M Ju5tice, W W Daniel ami wife, .Ella H Daniel, TS. William IdV-rg-aii and wife, Eva Mor fCMi. Mote Turner and wife, Lil lio Turner, CLaiics C Justice, Mary J Jrtice, J.Iarj- Justice, Willie Justice, Iximaie Justice, Anfcelle Jussit-e, Manil la Justice, and otlivrs. Tlic defendauta above iaral, will take notice tl.at an action ntirtedit above has be.f r coiinner.ctxl in the Superior Court of Knthei-ford county by the plaintiffs iilv.v. fi.v.vxd, Gi.'orsre G Jnstko, as ad unuistm lor of ,S;trah A Justice, deceas 1, v Ik af! such :ide:i-i-;tor, asks (hat the lur. d VKtuging to the estate of said J?! rah A Js.titie, dwtased, be sold to iiiake assets, for the perpew-e of vsaying cV-'f against said estate, and by The nJi iutitf Geoi-jre C Jasrice, L A Justice, Z V Justice, William M Justice, W W , Pai.icl and wife, Ella H Danid, for the 'j pnrpo. ot selling the lands beloii'dng to fhv estate f Jc,h7i A Justice, deceased, i for the purpose of making partition and ' division among the tenants in common j and heirs at law of said John A Justice, :occasel. 'lhe s:ia laiul belonging to the e.iid estate f said John A Justice, de ceased, lying at'd being in Rutherford .coanty, NrrtJi dwslhsa, on tlw waters of Cttboy's crevk, sdjoiuing the lauds of Alex Forney on the east and ii jrth, and on lhe south b- the Solomon (-reer lands, and oji the wvst bv the lands of Mrs. Ji oitis. and t re lands lielonging to the. t state of KaM Sarah A Justice, de ccarHjd. which is sought to lie sold by t-aid administrator, to make assets, lies j coiirignous and adjacent to the above de- j scribed tract of land, and adjoins the ; lands a'vove described and consists of about fifty t")0) acres, the lauds belong-, ing to the efiiar-e of said John A Justice, i deceased, consist ing of alxnit 1 !)0 acres.- And the defendants will further take ! notice that tliey are required to appear lfore rii3 Clerk of the Superior Court lor the county of Rutherford at his office )ii x.-jiMcnoruton en ine .ist nay oi jn- iy, 1W,U and answer the complaint, of pluintifis a copy of which will le depos ited in the o.'lii;- of the said Clerk of the Saperior Co-ivt of siiid county within ten Ui3 fromVervicw of this summons, or the plaintifi will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said comphiint. This 13th day of Jane, 1901. M. O. DICKERSON, Clerk of the Superior Court. C Notice of Incorporation. North Carolina, ) Office of Clerk of BUTHERFORD COUNTY $ Supfflor Court. Notice is hereby given of the filing of articles of incorporation of the Forest City Telphone Company ; that the names of the incorporators are J. N. Moore, C. B. Simmons, W. W. Poole, Dr. G. E. Young, McD. Harris, J. C. Head, E. J. Lee W. Lynch, J. C. Green, A. J. Whis-! nant, C. J. Yor.ng, C. R. Moore, T. L. i Sanders, H. L. Hyder, J. B. Long, W. T. 1 . Long, L. A. Moore, Ed Thompson, S. B. I J Tanner, and such others as mav associata fi vivki'4gi late . thtm selves with, them; that the principal ' "Is he dead?" she asked. , place f business is in Forest City, N. C, house, I sat down on a sofa in the li aud its general purpose aud business is brary. I must have fainted, for sud to construct and operate a telephone sys- denly, without being conscious of their tem to b.n-v aui1 sel1' the necessary prop- comingi l foum myself ,n the midst of '"V" u' "It said system, that the duration of the ;-' " corporation is unlimited, and hence con- . trolled by the general law, limiting the .tfxpiraf ion cf corporations in North Car- ,: climiit the capital stock is $1,G'23.00 with ' . privilege to increase to $10,000.00, divid- . ? mrcs oi rue par value ox fSo.UU. I (osjued.) M. O. DICKERSON, ; i ; Clerk of the Superior Court. NOTICE. " "- TMC3torsigned having qualified as adnInitratrix. of the Estate of W. E. . Tonis. deceased notice is hereby given le1ate C?fe forvwrd and settle same. at once. Also parrjs having claims against said estate ara required present the same duly fu,the,nticated to the nndersinged for foment on or before 10th day of Jn- 4 I&02, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery on claims not so esented. This July 10th. 1901 , iADOR AH TOMS. Administratrix . of V. E. Toms,- deceased. JEsBrayer & Justice, attorneys... Gw.;'crr:wrC'rrH- .3 QIC A !4. &s i 4. 6 J.-?-M?-A ... - - .. CHAPTER L BVSinviIACKED- ANDS up!" Why he shouted the words I don't know, for ia another moment he gave j me one barrel, and before I could raise i a finger I heard a click, admonishing nie that I was about to get the otlKr. : A thin film of smoke floating above the fence to the right and two malignant eyes tccriDg at ine from between the rails betvayed his position. Like n flash I whipped out my revolver, but before I could raise it there was another re port, and my right ami dropped, be numbed tcc.a chara-p of buckshot. Seiz ing my weapon with my left hand, I brought it to a level with the eyes he hind the fence and fired. There was a sound of a body falling, and I knew that I had struck home. Spurring my horse to the side ot the road, I craned my neck over the fene, and there in the ditch Li y the bush whacker. His hat'lmd fallen off and left bare a head of red. shky hair. In his belt was his revolver, beside hiin a shotgun. His body, clad in "butter nut," lay on aa incline, ids feet iss the water, which flowed lazily past. The sun. shining through budding branches, lighted up his face, and 1 knew that I had seen him before. Indeed, a vivid scene in which he had borne a part fame up out of the past to fling over nie & cloud of gloom like the wing of an Apcllyon. I drew an involuntary sigh. It was ; not that I iiad taken a life (lives were j cheap enough in those days, and he had j sought to take mine); it was not my narrow escape from death, but an over , powering consciousness that the spirit cf war lurked everywhere; thai the . beautiful face of Nature about tne trees, feaces. bushes, everythicg best 1 served to cover assassins. "Is he dead?" j Siartlod at the sound of a voice, I ' glanced aside. There, leaning against the fence, her arms resting on the top rail, gazing at the disagreeable sight on . which I had been intent, stood a voung girl. "Where did you come from?" I ssked. ; lifting my hat with my left hand. "There." She turned her head and glanced at a house on the other side of the road;?.. "You must have stepped lightly. I didn't hear yon coming." Without reply she continued gazing at the body of the bushwhacker. I. too. looked again nt the upturned face, with its glassy, storing eyes. "Why did you kill him?" "I will tell you." But i did not tell her then, for as I cpoke felt something warm trickling over the back cf my hand and. looking down, saw blood dripping upon her I dress. "Coine into the house, quick. That's arterial blood." Seizing the reins, she led my horse, I following, to a side gate. This she opened, and we went up to the veran- da. Catching sight of a colored boy, i 6he called to him: j "Mount quickly and ride for the doc- J tor! Tell him a man has leen shot, I an artery cut, and a life is in danger." ! j I had a dim image of the boy tearing rtv..i, ti, t-t.t, : an excited thrnntr. An old lady stood bs me Vth a basin' fl'om whl.cb B"v ""s bfnuums my iace. a wuire baired old gentleman with pink cheeks, a towel in one hand, a decanter in the other, was bending over me. A boy of 12 with a toy gun was staring at me, ! while the girl who had brought me i there looked on with far more interest ' than I had yet seen in her impassive face. Beyond all was a dark back ! ground of house servants. My coat had been removed, and a negro had a tight grip ou a bit of wood twisted in a handkerchief tied around my arm just above tlle und. A long, thin man , . .. . J a " sty,8a f ,,,ac!f m w,tu a leather case in his hand and, whipping out his instruments, began lQe work of picking up a partly sever- ed artery. He first took out a piece of my coat sleeve, which had retarded the hemorrhage and doubtless saved my life then a half dozen shot, did some Btitohimr and then carftfnli' iZX 51 I W AMISS By oiij: it". . i i rji-S-i . JLJL- the wound. "There," he said, "if you move that trm within 4S hours you'll be in dan ger of your life. Keep quiet, and you'll come out all right." "I must go on at once, doctor." i a "You'll go part way as a corpse if you do." The old lady declared that I should cot stir out of the house till the doctor gave the word, the old gentleman Lade me welcome as long as I needed to stay, the young lady who had brought me there said nothing, while the boy look ed as if to lose a subject so fruitful of Interest would break his heart. "I'll send a young associate of mine," said the doctor. "If the wound opens, you must lir.ve attention at once." "Thank yen. doctor. There seems to be a great deal of commotion about a very sm;!l matter. I don't care to put so many people to so much trouble." No one paid any attention to my pro test, all busyius themselves to make me comfortable. Pillows were laid be- . neath my head, a silk quilt was thrown over ine, and a stand with a silver bell on it was placed beside me that I might : ring for anything I wanted.-All being satisfactorily arranged, the doctor or dered everybody out of the room and ' then departed himself. ' What a singular transition! Half an hour before I had left Iluntsville beaatiful Iluntsville. nestling among i the hills that slope away from the ! Cumberland plateau and was working j my way northward toward Fayette- j ville, Tenn. The plants in the yards j beside the road were putting forth , their buds, the leaves on the trees were opening, insects were awakening, birds ! singing all revived by the rays of the j vernal sun. I permitted my horse to drop into a j walk. A pleasant languor stole over j me. replacing a bitter mental turbu lence which had been ever present with me for mouths. Perhaps it was the genial warmth, the balmy air: perhaps nn absence of war scenes with which I had long been familiar: perhaps both. At any rate. I watched the sun glisteu on the dewdrops, felt its rays warm mv shoulders, and listened to the singing of the birds with a consciousness that, after all. sometimes it is pleasant to live. Then came an unaccountable sinking. It may have been 'something in the restfuiuess. the security I had felt, in congruous with pestilent war; just as amid the luxurious foliage of the trop ics one feels that behind every leaf and flower lurks invisible fever. Suddenly the shots rang out; then came r.iy reply to the girl standing beside me looking at the dead bushwhacker; then my entry into the house, and now I was IjMng on a comfortable lounge an ob jecTof tender solicitude on the part of people who, from being strangers, had suddenly become very dear friends. But suppose they knew me that I was a renegade, a traitor to the south. There was no name harsh enough , among Confederates for those of their own people who were not with them, find all who were not with them were asrainst them, and doubtless these new found friends were all Confederate sympathizers. The bushwhacker could tell no tales. I was thankful for that, for he had known me . well. The thought of him took me back to that night of horrors. I was again at the head of those Tennessee Unionists en deavoring to lead them to a haven of safety. We were near the Cumberland gap. One more day and we should be at Camp Dick Robinson, where we should find Federal troops. Then the attack. By the flashing of guns I could s?e their faces, 2nd here and there recognize a neighbor men beside whom 1 had lived for years, and whom civil war had converted into fiends. One by one 1 saw my friends shot clown. There was one dearer to me than all besides. Through the dark ness,, guided by the (lashes and the sound of my voice, she darted to me. and found refuge in my arms. Then that sudden dash of Confeder ate cavalry. I felt the figure I held quiver and slip through my arms. 1 moaned and kissed the white lips.; then, like lightning, the wild beast jumped within me. 1 looked up to see who had . done this last, this crowning atrocity. ! A Confederate officer sat on his horse ' staring at me, in his hand a smoking ; pistol. A sudden collapse, and I knew that 1 was hit. This is all I remem , bered of the massacre. - How 1 gloated in my revenge! The homes of men who had committed : those murders were burning, and 1 had applied the torch. Their barns, grain : everything they possessed passed a way black spark spangled clouds, which shot upward as if to carry vengeance to the very heavens. These men had made my life a waste; I had made theirs a hell. There was one. I had not yet pun ished, one whose punishment I longed for more than all the rest the Confed erate officer with the' smoking pistol. I sought for him without success. Then I tried to forget him, but whenever 1 remembered that beloved figure flee ing to me for protection, that tremor, that sinking away before the blight of death, I would start again on my long war's greater horrors might for a time enable me to forget my feud. All went well till I beard of him. He was at Huntsville. I burned to reach him. on nortterv Alabama. I report of the country, the railroads, its I rolling stock, machine shops, bridges. : everything a knowledge of which ' would assist in its capture. But this low cur who had tried to kill me lie was at the massacre. With my ; own hand I had applied fire to his mis erable hut. How had he known that I was in Alabama? Had he heard of me during my stay at Iluntsville? It had been brief, for as soon as I reached the town 1 learned that my enemy was not there and, disappointed, turned my face northward. Or had the bushwhacker met me by chance? I did not know. I do not know now. Of one thing I was certain he was one of my old enemies, and they would hunt me like a hare. I lay for hours unwillingly turning over these war horrors as if they wore wheel on which I was obliged to ; tread. No one came into the room, and I called no one. Doubtless they wished me to be quiet. I was weak aud tired tired in mind, tired in body, tired of existence. If I could only find him. the world might vanish for all me. I fell into a troubled shunter, and when I aweke I saw svauding in the doorway a girl of 8 or 9 yea re a frail, blue eyed little thing, with her haircut square about her neck and held by a semicircular comb. She was gazing at me intently, as children in fairy talcs eta nd cn tiptoe and lock at the .sleeping ogre who is intending to er.t them for supper. "Come in." I said encouragingly. She shrank back. But, though she seemed to dread me, she could net keep away from me. , Without for a moment taking her c.res off me she began to ap proach by slow, very slaw, steps. 1 felt as if I were a snake charming a bird. "Don't be afraid of me." I said. "1 won't hurt you." "You killed him." She pointed like an accusing angel to the opposite side of the road, where I had left the body of mv would be assassin. Her voice was soft, but her eyes were big with the enormity cf my act. "Sweetheart, don't look at me that way. Come and kiss ine." I reached out for her hand. She shrank away, but I gently pulled ko to me with my well arm. drew ' down and kissed her. As I tone! pure young lips with mine the . : of which 1 had been thinking, vlvi, the day they were commit iod. sce:,u--! to move far from me. like a reU'e.-uiug storm mutlering in the distn".--. Am' somehow, with this bit of hmncenee in my arm, my beard bnixhing her check looking into her mild eyes, it seemed as ff there had come a patch of blue sky. j and I wished yes. strangely enough. : ! wished that it had not been neccs- sary for me to shoot a man that morn- ing. CHAPTER II. INCOGNITO. HESE kind people with whom I was lodged jersisted in con sidering me always in danger. A doctor must ueeds be at ad times within reach, a stripling of a medical graduate must sleep in the same room with me. the old gentleman was constantly coming into the room to ask if 1 wanted anything, while his wife was as tender aud motherly as if I had been her own son. Even the servants vied with each other in wait ing cn me, and when anything was or dered for-me with haste unusual to the negro they scrambled to see which one would bring it. Only the girl who had brought me there came and went as though I was an ordinary person with an ordinary wound, to be treated In an ordinary manner. All this attention and sympathy vexed me beyond measure. What right had I to accept it I, a Teunessecan. in arms againsi the south, in search of a Confederate enemy? Yes. and more was I not the bearer of information that would enable the hated Yankee to swoop down on this fair region and re claim it for the Union? The least sus picion of my true character would turn the devotion lavished upon me to con tempt. My very life would be in dan ger. Tooh! What cared I for my life, except that 1 dreaded to go to my long home detested by those who had suc cored me. Besides, the information I possessed information of vital impor tance to the Union cause must be car ried northward. A crisis came soon enough. It was evening, and I was reclining on my sofa looking out upon the beautiful hills lying to the eastward. The girl with the cool head and impassive face was standing by a table rearranging books and bottles and what not which had been in use during the day. Sr.d ! denly the door opened, and my host cn j tered. I saw at once by his expression that something had occurred to put ; him on his guard, or perhaps be had ; been thinking, wondering what kind of 1 person he was harboring. At any rate. ; he came up and. drawing a chair be side" me, began to talk. It was plain that he wished to ask me questions, j but he was too kind, too generous to one in my condition, too hospitable, to ask them directly. "The doctor tells me, Mr." he be- gan. "Upon my word, you have been with us three days, sir, and we don t know even your, name." Branderstanc. John Branderstane. I am equally ignorant to whom 1 am in debted for all this attention." "Our Dame is Stanforth. sir. This is my daughter Helen, Mr. Brander stane." Helen inclined her head slightly, and I raised mine far enough from the i lows to do the same. "Mr. Stanforth." I said there gratitude both in my voice and in i;ry eyes "whoever bears your name umy hereafter call upon me for any serv'te. You have placed me under nn obliga tion which" "Tut, tut! You know car southern customs we are nothing if not hos pitable. You are a southern man. of course?" ?Of conrso." TRtokn tha words hes- Itatingly. "Your Ktav.'?" "Teunessev." "East, middle or west?" "East." Mr. Stanforth paused. There was no information as to my sentiments in the fact that I hailed from east Tennessee. More than two-thirds of the people of that section were with the Union. "May I ask, sir." said my host, with an evident intention of ending all doubt in regard to the side with which I was affiliated, "are you a Union or a Con federate sympathizer J" I was about to declare myself an ardent supporter of the Confederacy when my little friend Ethel, who hail visited me on the day I was shot, ap peared in the doorway, her blue eyes looking straight iuto mine. Had my intended falsehood been rammed back into nry throat with the butt of a re volver it could not have been more ef fectually stopped. Then something im pelled me to turn my gLmce to Helen. She was about to pour a liquid frcui a vial into a glass and had paused, her ! eyes fixed on mo intently. "Mr. Stanforth." I said, "you and your family have been too kind for me to deceive you. I will not do that, but it would not serve my purpose to de clare myself." "Y'ou are an honorable man. sir, who ever and whatever you are!" exclaimed ""JLr you a Union or a Confederate s;fi-IMthi-cr?" Mr. Stanforth warmly. "It may be sometimes necessary to withhold con fidence, but never to lie. sir. Keep your secret; I shall not trouble you for" it. I am merely a citizen aud take no part in the national dispute." "But 1 do. papa." I looked at Helen. She was regard ing me earnestly. "If this gentleman is with us," she said "us of the south be need not fear to declare himself. If he is with the Yankees" "Helen r There was an uncomfortable silence, during which Mr. Stanforth regarded his daughter sternly. "If there is one right in the south." he said, "sacred above all others, it is the rigid of hospitality. Mr. Br.mtler stane cannot be forced to divulge his opinions." "But has he a right to conceal them. papa "While our guest he has." "Mr. Stanforth." I said, "your daugh - ter is right. No man should remain un- dor the roof of one who has succored him without revealing his identity; when it is called for. May I ask you to order my horse?" 1 started rp. I was too preoccupied ! to notice the stand beside me covered with books, with which I had vainly tried to alleviate my confinement, and struck my arm at the very spot where , I had been wounded. " A shiver passed over the father; the ! daughter gave an involuntary start, j My coat, which had been thrown loose- ! ly over my shoulder, had become dis- . arranged, exposing the arm. upon ; which every eye was turned. Both Mr. : Stanforth and Helen beut forward in tently. We were congratulating our selves that no damage had been done when ou the white shirt sleeve ap- , peared a spot of bright red blood '.ol..nn rt Tl, .lnrtnr' Ollt. k! Tell him the wound has opened!" 1 sank back on the sofa. Mr. Stan- forth began running about wildly; Mrs. Stanforth entered in wonder: the serv- ants flocked In with open eyes ami mouths. "Papa, your handkerchief." Helen Stan fort h spoke the words as coolly as if she had been at. experienced surgeon. With her father's hjtudker- ! chief she improvised a tourniquet, and the bleeding stopped at once. "Now. see here." said the doctor wheu he had arrived and repaired the dam age, "you've had a close call. sir. Per haps you'll pay some attention here after to what I tell you. sir." "Nest time, doctor," 1 said feebly, "let me go. My life i3 of little moment i to me." 1 As I spoke Helen, who had gone out of the room for something, returned, j "Ah. Miss Stanforth," said the doc i tor, "I will leave the patient in your ! care. You seem to be always cn hand when he needs you aud to know exact- ly.what to do. Let the others teep j avAy." I "I will relieve you. doctor." she said ! quietly. j The doctor gathered up his belong '. ings and left the room, leaving Helen ' standing looking at me with a certain cu earnestness that I could not et. As she had been the indirect . of my mishap. I naturally cx- d she would refer to it, perhaps i ...ess some regret. .She was think ing of an entirely different matter. "Why Is your life of little moment to you?" she asked. "Yon overheard?" "Yes." . 'You have a right to require me to disclose my affiliations in the great ' struggle in which we are involved, but Uli niivair "I ask. vour nardou." There was ATO S Will 1 i In regret expressed. It was simply a well j bred way of noticing that she had fail ed to elicit the information she desired. "I should have got on well enough." I continued, "if that coi-.fouuded stand had not been In the way. I believe 1 could go now just as well as not." 1 paused. I was very weak. "May I ' ask you to hand me that glass?" I add ed, looking at a tumbler containing brandy. Without noticing the proof of my in ability to do as I asserted she handed me the glass and when i had taken a swallow put it back ou the table. Her coolness was beginning to irrhate me. "I have a mind to get up and go oji." I said. "I don't believe there ix any danger." "What did the doctor f ay?" "He told me to keep quiet as I val ued my life." "You don't value your life; therefore yon will get up and go cn in other words, commit sui.clde." "You know very well that it rails uitf to be obliged to impose upon a family that lias loaded me with kindness with out declaring my identity." "Then why not declare it?" "P.ecause it doesn't suit my plans to do so." I was acting ungraciously, recklessly, and I knew it. but 1 was In y.o condi tion to fence with this cool creature. "Shall I leave youT slse askwl, with- i out j ; pe:irhig rt all cfTende-l. j "I don't need your slit-nth;:!." "You need some one's attention. I will have Jackson sit in the h: he can hear you if you riic'" walked out of I lie room. II. where Ami she CIIAPTEIi III. a i rriMTn o;u::ct. 71 LL this unlucky wonnd never heal? Time flies. J and I. who should be , up and doing, an caged ' like a tiger walking back and forth 1 within the limits of Its in losr.re." 1 , This was my complaint as I paced my room one morning shortly after the accidental reopenin-r of my wound. My j impatience was not without cause. I I had gone south, as I have said, with : two objects to find my enemy and tD gather information. I had failed i:i . finding my enemy, but had gained a ' complete knowledge of the jioitits cs- : sential to the capture of north Ala- i I hama and was -carrying it to the gen- eral on the day I was shot. It had oc curred to me before setting out that, after finishing my military mission, 1 might still wish to continue my search for my enemy. Besides, there were ether contingencies, such as arrest or Illness, which needed to be provided for. I had therefore arranged that the general's favorite scout should be at Iluntsville ou the morning of the 1st of April to receive any communication I might find it necessary to transmit. If I were prevented from meeting him. I was to send a messenger smd had de vised a code of signals by which ho might be recogni.-.ed. The arpointed clay was drawing near. I was i.ot able , to keep my appointment, and there was ; no one at hand to whom I could in trust the message. I chafed till I had exhausted my small store of strength, then threw myself on my couch. Little Ethel came in i and. like a soft ray of sunlight break- : t it 4 ... ..........i ..... iihih:ii mui liil.iuuu:, lliliil'll lll i thoughts into gout lot channels. She ! held in her hand a bouquet of flowers ; which, it was easy to see. she intended for me. but needed encouragement to offer. I finally induced her to do so and to admit that she had been out a long while looking for them for me es pecially. I tried to unloosen her tongue, to induce her to confide In me, but in spite of all I could do she re mained shy. and there w as ever present that awe she had showi before of one who had taken a life. "Why do you look at me in that way?" I asked. She made no reply, casting down her eyes at my brown hand, which held her dimpled fingers. "You mustn't dread ine because I am obliged to light." I continued. "These are wartimes. There are a great many soldiers in the land who tbink nothing of killing one another." "Don't they?" She raised her eyes. : W1UC Opcu 1UI bill li i r s, crui;1; bul"but U calls out much that Is noble, j "When they la!! each other.' ! What puzzling questions to come lug about for some explanatory reply ' when a sudden interruption relieved oiy embarrassment. A negro bo" dash ed into the room, through it and out of another door. He was followed by the white boy 1 had noticed on the day of my arrival, who was screaming: ; "Doggone yo. Zac; I'll break every ' bone hi yo' tensarned black bedy!" i The words were scarcely out whea ; he shot through the dor by which the i fugitive had vanished. Little Ethel ! looked after him with frightened eyes, ' evideutly dreading a catastrophe. I "Who's that?" I asked. "Buck." "Your brother?" "Yes." "Don't be alarmed. That's only a boy's passion, lt won't amount to any- thing." "He says such dreadful words." "That's habit. He doc-sn t mean any- i thing by it. But it's a habit that should J be broken." I soon cot her quieted, and she prat tied about her dolls, her playhouses. some pet rabbits and a nook in the gar- : den where she kept them. How singu- j lar that war, which absorbed a.l about ber. should have no place in her mind. Amid all the turmoil, the rumbling of cannon, the tramp cf men and horses bushwhacking, skirmishing, battles, this innocent little maid whs straflgely out of place. Her mother came In pres ently and took her away, fearing that she would annoy me. I was loath to nnrt with her. No healing balm had . been applied to my wound so soothing. so grateful, as was her prattle to my ! leveieci L'raiu uu vu"'"" nn Tbr-v had scarcely left me when Umpgy starting in the feet or ankles comes from a weak or diseased heart a heart that cannot keep up the circulation. The blood then settles in the lower limbs, where the watery portions ooze out into surrounding tissues causing bloat and swelling. The heart must be strengthened and built up before the dropsy can be cured to stay; and the best of all heart medicines is Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. "I had palpitation, sliortn8 of breath, pain in heart, swelling of feet ana ankles, hungry spells and was cocfincd to my bed and easy chair. A few bottles of Dr. Miles' Jleart Cure nnde me welL" Mus. C Osboune, Clyde, O. Br. MM gives new strength to the heart, regulates the circulation, stimu lates the digestion and restores health. Sold by druggists on a guarantee. Dr. llilca Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind, nti-K KtaiKeci into ine room, n.s toytcsn face as free from passion n.s If Le had never been rallied. He had made sev eral attempts to visit me. uotwiih: tend ing that he had In-cn forbidden the room. Seeing the coast clear, Le slip ped in cuanuoenci d and begun a lire of questions. "Does it hurt?" My arm? Yes, it hurts some." "I'm glad yo' plunked him." "Why do you sympathize with me In stead cf the other? Y'ou have only seen nte a few times." This was too much for him to ex plain. I could se e Ihst he had conceiv ed an admiration for uie. but he could not tell why. "What did he trv to till vn' fo'7" h " IV, lluck! )7' hltlhi mnnevharr' eaid thr tihl innrn tmninu i askeft. "Well, perhaps It was because my ex istence annoyed ldm." j "What did yo' want to kill hlra for "I found it inconvenient to have Lira shoo! ing at me." "I'd like to fdtoot a man. I shot a rabbit once, but that's purty email game. Pop, he won't let me have a. gun yet. He says I may Lave one when I'm 10." "Buck!" called a voice from the haU. The boy drepped behind a sofa. An cl ! negro woman entered aud looke around. j "V, Buck! Yo hidiu somewhar! 1 Yo maw'Il fpsnk yo' sho' cf she rot eh j yo hyar troublln the gcmmJen. Co mo ! out o dar! I knows whar yo' air!" I was about to Interfere, but a natu ral distaste at giving away a fellovr CiTature caused i.ie to d-s'.--t. I lhoitght I Learn tb't chile talkin." The won.ai: stood still a inome it. but. hearing no f-oui-d, lumbered out of the j room. The Imy pop;ied up from his i hiding place as shii ns she had g.Jin-. j "I like y:.V were the llri-t words he j uttered. "Yo wouldn't tell oo a feller, j Wot:!d yo'?" j "How could I wlien you are clad I i 'plunked my enemy? Is that your , mammy?" "Yes; thafs Lib." "Nursed you from a baby?" "Yes. an she reckons she's cola to nurse me nil my life." "Is your name Buckingham?" "Buckingham! No; I ain't got any such doggone name as that! My name's . Buckeye." ! "How did you happen to get that I name?" "'Cause I was borned thrr." "Where T i "In Buckeye." "In Ohio?" ; "Rockou" 'tis the t-anv?. I contemplated Heck for awhile with out hearing any of the questions Le continued u fire "at me. Why not In trust him with the message? There was every reason why I should not do so except tliat he was devoted to uie and I had no on else to send. While I was deliberating IJb came ln.Siur priscd blm. dragged him out of the room and shut the door. I heard footsteps oa the vorsuda. then In the balk then ascending the staircase, as of people carrying a bur den. The dnor lijid ovidcnlir lMn kImi I i TO EE CONTtNUIUXl j Li I' ii r V 'A .-7.T5V:
Rutherfordton Tribune (Rutherfordton, N.C.)
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