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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY OCTOBER 28 2S84. TWELVE PAGES.
AT TEAGUE POTEET???S.
A Sketch of the Hog Mountain
Range.
BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS.
ICopyrlgbt, l&st. AH right* referred.]
v.
[Continued from last Sunday.]
Woodward was aroused during the night by
the loud barking of dogs, the tramp of horses,
and the confused murmur of surpressed con
versation. Looking from tho window, he
judged by the position of tho stars that it was
three or four o'clock in the morning. Ho sat
Upon the side of tho bed and sought, by listen
ing intently, to pciittrute the mystery of this
untimely commotion. lie thought ho recog
nised the voice of Tip Watson, and ho was
ture he beard Bid Pnrninlce???a peculiar cough
itnd chuckle. The conversation eomi lifted
itself out of the apparent confusion, and be
came comparatively distinct. Tho voices were
those of Tt-ogue and 8js,
"Come now, pap, you must promise.'*
"Why, Bis, liow kin I????
"You shall, you shall, you shall 1"
"Why, Bis, hon, ho mought bo a spy, Sid
Farmalce ho 'lows that the whole /ladblamed
business is a put-up job. Ho wants to bet right
gow that wo???ll nil bo in jail in Allanty 'fora
the moon changes. I lay they don't none of
???em fool Bid.'*
"You don't love mo any more," said Sis,
taking a new tack.
"Good Lord, Bis! Why, honey, what put
that idee in your head?"
"I know you don???t,???I know HI It's always
Have Hightower this, and Bid 1???armalee that,
and old drunken Jake Norrlitho other. I just
know you don't lovo inc."
Teague also took a now tank, but thorn was
* quiver in his voice born ot deadly earnest
ness.
"I tell you, 81s, they er boundin' airter us;
they cr runnin* us down; they er closin' in ou
us; they er hemmin* us up. Airter they git
your pore olo pappy an* slam *Jm in jail, an*
chain 'im down, who's a-gwineh r promise to
take keer er him? linin'! olo man Joshway
Rlitsingsmo bin sent away of to Albsnny?
llnin'iole man Cajy Shannon a-snrviu???out his
time, humpback an* erinple ea he is? Who
took keer er them? Wiioasl anybody to let
upon'em? Hut don???t you fret, honey; nl
they hain???t no trap sot, nobody ain't a-gwiuo-
ter pester him."
"J wouldn???t trust that Bid Parmafoo oat of
my sight I??? exclaimed Sis beginning to cry.
"1 know him, and 1 know nli of you."
"llut ef they is n trap sot," cwitlnuc/I
Teague, ignoring Bin???s tears, "ef they i??, 1 t<*ll
you, honey, a thoiirnn* folks like mo can???t hoi -
tho boys down. Tho time's done come wh'-n
they er teeiotaiiy worn out with tiii-h 'vro
an* akin???oroun??? an' hidin'-out bigness."
This appeared to end tho conversation, but
H loll Wcodwurd considerably puzzled. blunt
ly afterword ho heard a rnp nt his door, and
before he could respond to. the summons by
inquiry or invitation, Teague l???oteet tmloroil
with a lighted ??smite in bin hand.
"J 'lowed tho stirrin* *routi* mought ???a' sor
ter rousted yon," raid Teagtio, by way of
???pejojiy, as ho rdaccd tho light on a small
table and seated himself on a wooden cheat.
o cl ion,???full of the enterprise usually sot in
motion by a bright mind, a quick temper, and
ready courage; but, measured by the imnas-
rivenegs which these rn??-n hn/l apparently bor
rowed from the vast, aggressive silences that
give strength and grandeur to their moun
tains, how trivia), how???contemptible, all hi
activities seemed to bo!
Hut the frying was over after awhile. Tho
Titanic shadowA w<*ht to roost in the tops of
the trees, and Teague Poten t an/1 his friouds
including ex-I)eputy Woodward, took them
selves an/I their fried meat off up tho nioun
tain,and the raid followed shortly after. I'
v r.K a carefully planned raid, and deserved
to l.e celled a formidable one. Liko many
another similar enterprise it was a Inilurr
far as the purposes of tho Government i
<?? nccrne/l; but fate or circumstances made it
famous in tho political annals of their period.
Fifteen men, armed with carbines, rode up he
mountain. They were full of the spirit of ad
venture. They felt the strong arm of tho law
behind them. They knew they were depend
ed upon to rnnke tonus sort of demonstration;
end this together with n dram too much here
and then*, made them u triflo r??-eklcj* and
nojay. They had been taught to beiievo that
they were in search of outlaws. They caught
from the oEiccrs v/ho /organized them some
thing ef the irritation which waa the natural
r?? suit rf so many fruitless attempts to bring
11/ g Mountain to terms. They betrayed it pad
leek of direrction. They brandisho/l their
weapons in the frightened faces of women and
children, and made many foolish mistakes
which n??cd not 1-/* detailed here.
They red?? noisily over the mountain, making
a circle /J I???nlliurii???s Summit, find found noth
ing. They peered over tho - precipitous vorgo
of Prather???s Mill road, and saw nothing. They
paused occasionally to listen, and heard noth
ing. They pounced upon a lonely peddler who
was toiling across the nioun lain with his pack
upon Im ia/ k, mid plied him with quostions
< t/j.rtming the moonshiners. This pcdJer ap
pealed to be a very ignorant follow indeed.
Ho kmw hia tin roe was Jako Cohen, and that
waft a) /lilt all. Ho had never grossed Hog
Mountain beforo, and, ho help his gracious, ho
would never cross it again. Tho roads were
nil rough, nnd tho ladies word all queer. As
A ROMANCE OF OWL HOLLOW.
"Yes. What's up?" Wodward inquired.
% "Oh, the boys,???toes tho hoys," Teague re
plied, chuckling and rubbing fiis chin with an
cniberrnsted air; "hit???s this the boys euttin???
up some cr ther enperr They or mighty
quart*, the boys Is," ho continued, his utubur-
raiment evidently Increasing, "mighty quaro.
They uv up*d ini' tuk a notion for to go on u
little frolic, an' they uv como by airter me, an*
nothin' won't do 'cm hut l ???inus* fetch you.
H' I, 'Gentlemen, they haiii???t no manner* in
??????tin??? a tusn on a maudlin??? frolic tlii-s time er
Slight,* s' 1; but Bid Parinalec, he chipped in
an??? 'lowed that you wus ez high up for fun li
the next man."
Vi odward thought ho understoo/l the drift
of things, hut ho was desperately uncertain,
lie reflected a moment, and thru fatted the
???ituution rquartdy.
"If you were in my place, Mr. Potcot, what
Would you do?" he naked.
This seemed to relieve Teague. His embar
rassment disappeared. His eyes, which 1m<1
been wandering uneasily around the ronut,
???ought Windward's fact* nnd rested thorn. He
took of! liis wide-brimmed wind hnt, placed it
reniully upon the floor, and rnu his flngors
through his iron-gray hair,
"1 don???t mind say in'," lie remarked grimly,
???'that 1 uv Seed tho timo when I???d ast you to
drab out'll that winder sit' make for tho
huflier, knowln* that you???d tote a han???lul er
bullets in thor wi' you. But on account er mo
???n' Sir, I'm willin' to extrncise niy bus' ju lg-
im nt. It mayn't In* sntisfnctiutl, but mo ami
|tis is tiiiphly long-bradetl when wo pulls ter-
S ether. Ef I was you, I'd thea slip on my
uds, an' I'd go out thar whor tho boys is, on???
I'd be high uj?? for the'r frolic* an' I???d jino in
vri??? 'mi, ru' I???d raiso any cbuuo they give
??ut."
Willi this I???oteet gravely bowed himself out,
and In a very few minute* Woodward was
dumd and ready for adventure. Ho was
young smt bold, but ha Ait strangely ill at
case. He realised that, with nil his at dress,
be had never been able to gain tho conftdouco
??f these mountaineers, and he felt sure they
n turn ted him with the revenue raid that was
???lout to bo made, and of which they had re
ceived information. He appreciated to tho
fulfill extent the fuel thul tho situation called
lor the display of all tho courage aud coolucs*
and nerve he could command; but, in tbo
midst of it all, he longed for an opportunity t >
???how Sis l???otcet the difference In-tween u real
men and a feeble-minded, jocular rascal like
Tip Watson.
ill's spirit* rose as he stepped from tho l ??w
piessa into the darkness, and made his way l??
where he heard tho ruttle of stirrups aud
???pur*. Seine one hailed him,???
"Hello, Cat*I"
ne rcsjHmded.
"It???s here we go,
"Ah-yil??? ??? ???
to tho wedding."
"I kuowed we could count on 'im,', said the
Voice of Tip Watson.
"Yea,??? said Bid l???arniatce, "1 knowed it eo
Wrrll that 1 fetch a extfy hoss."
"Where ere we going?'* Woodward asked.
??????W??U?? s??td Parmafee, "tho boys laid ????;!
lor to have some fbu. an' it???s done got eo those
times thal when a feller wants fun he's got f>
git frirder up the mountain."
If the words were evasive, the tone was far
???tore so; but Woodward paid little attention to
???ithcr. He bad the air of a man accustmie l to
being called up iu the early hours of the
morning to go torhh on mysterious expeii-
lions.
A bright Are was biasing in Foteet's kitch-n,
and the light, streaming through the wide
door-way, illuminated the tops or the trees on
the edge of the ceiling. Upon this background
the shadows of the women, black ami vast,???
Titenic indeed,???w ere projected as they passed
to and fro. From within there came a sound
a* of the escape of steam from some huge en-
8 ine;hut the men waiting on the outside knew
ihi the frying pan was doing its perfect work.
The meat sizzled and fried; the shadows in
lie topa of the tree* kept up what seemed u
twi w perpetual promeuad??. and the ??n??j;i out-
aide waited iwUently aud tilenily. This .ilaneo
??(???pressed Woodward. He knew that but tor
nis pnaei.ee the m- untaineers would be con
sulting tep ther and cracking their drr jokes.
Iu .!'it* cl tU, tact that b. r??oguii??-[ fn tbo
ruruus liu| assivenesa of these m-opie the fua-
dtu * ntel qurditirs of courage ond ??ndurarc*
*????? nm-tid II ?? . I..rri.-r which lich.-I never
w???? >??? <?? l>r. .k down. He w.mhl hive n- s .
kmo i Were of w>m. nit. He e .j l niw
L r??).e, .U'i (live blew fee blow: hjt
tn Ue.I with the luervo f.v which
scarcely look ntbia most begu 1
shawls and ribbons and laces, let alone buy
them. In Villa Kay for, os Cohen called it,
"Feel Hooray") ho had heard that fongm
1'otcct had been orreated and .carried to At
lanta by a man nnme/1 Woodward. No ono
had told him this, byt ho iivnni r????v??p!o talking
about it win-rover he went in Villa iUy, and
there rcctned to be a good deal of c-xcilcinout
in Iho settlements
Cohen waa a droll ciHtomra, tho ror/;n*io
oAleem thought; ami tho longer they chatted
with him the droller ho became. First and
isftt tiicy drew from him what they considered
to be romo viry important information. But
most imp/'Hunt of nil was tho report of tho ar
rest of league I???oteet. Tho deputies congrat
ulated thcim*clvifl. They uml-mtood the sit
uation thoroughly, nnil the Jr course was per
fectly plain, l???oteet, in endeavoring to escape
from them, had fallen into tho clutch os of
Woodward, nnd their best plan was to over
take the latter before he reached Atlanta with
Hr prize, and tints aharn in tho honor of tho
capture. With this purjmre in view they took
ft illrIn all round nini turned theirhorses'
lu tills diiv. ii the mountain.
(.Wien van in dc< I n droll fellow. Ho a too-1
in the it rul until tin-revenue men hua dUiip-
pcnreil. Then he unbuckled thoatrnpv of hia
I nek, dropped upon the gr tund, and sat down
upon n bowlder. With his hoad biyt-.vuon his
handi, ho appeared to be lost in thought, but
ho wim z-nly listening. Ho remained listening
until n/tcr the sounds ofitho horses??? foot had
din] rway.
Then lie carried hh precious pack a littlo
distance frem tho rOH'Isitlo, covered it with
leaves, libtened a moment to bo nur.* that the
deputies wero not returning, and then pro
ceeded to a little ravino in tho side of the
mountain v.hero tho moon-.dimers lay. Ho had
Lei'u waiting nearly two days whero tho rovo-
i.ue men found him. and hi* story ot tho cap-
line of Tenpue I???otect was concocted for the
purpose of rending the posse* back down the
mountain the way they came. If they had
gone ou a mile farther they would have dis
covered signs of moonshiners, aud this dii-
??? oviry would have led ton bloody encounter,
f rot to tho rapture ot tho lenders.
The deputies rode down the mountain in tho
heat of spirits. They had accuinpliaheil more
than any other posse; thev lind friglitoned tho
tnronshiueisof Hog Mountain to their hiding-
place*! unit uut a deputy had been killed or
even wounded. Tho clutter they inado ui t
jouriicytd along attracted the ultention of A
liori.cr, it boy about tlltc-H, who hapnonod t??
be fquirn 1-huAting, and he stepped into tho
reed to gi t a good view of them. Ho was well
grown l??r his ugo, and his slnglo-barreb
sin tgun looked liko a rille. Tito revenue men
baited at once. They suspected an ambus.*
Kx perit m-o hud taught them that Uio m
shiners would fight when tho necessity arose,
nml tiny held a council of war. Tho groat
pawky bov, with tho curiosity of youth ' an '
Ignornnee rombiijcd, siooil fn the roml an
wnti-hcd them. When they proceo-led toward
him in n compact body, he puMSt-l
the read. JIi tiring a command to halt, ho
broke into a run, nnd endeavored to ninko hi*
way across n small clearing that bordered tho
loud. Several of tho deputies tired their guub
in the air; but one, moro reckh-ss thnu tho
rest, aimed directly nt the fugitive, aud Ab
Bonner fell, shot through nnd thr ^
Viewed iii its relations to oil tlm unfortunate
events that have marked tho elfortaofthogo
eminentI'llii iuli* to deal with the violator*
tbo revenue laws from u political point
view, tlu* shooting of this ignorant boy was
liiM??bi(U-unt enough. But it was important to
Hog Mouutuiu. Fora moment tho deputy
Mm chill* were stunned nnd horrified at the re
sult of their thbUghtloMne**. Then they ilia
mounted ai d bore the boy to tho read ude ugiiu
nnd tdaetd him under the ahndo of u tree.
Hi* blood shorn* U|k??ii tin* loaves, and his sal
low, rbruuken face tnhl u pitiful tulo of t??rror,
pain, and death.
The dcputy-marahsls mounted th-dr horse*
and rode steadily and swiftly down the moun
tain, ond by nightfall they were fur away
But there was no need ot any apodal haste.
The winds that .stirred the tn-cs could carry u
mmegts. Tho crows dying over, though they
made a gnat outcry, could tell no tales. Onoo
the Wy tailed his hand and cried, "Mammy!???
but there wo* no ono to hear him. And th *ugh
ten thousand ears should listen, tho keenest
??? - cuUl hear him no more, lie be.-am* a part
of the silence???the nwful, mysterious silence???
that sits ujH*u the hills ami shrouds the moun
tains.
This incident in the tumultuous experience
of ltog Mountain???the killing of Ab U nmer
was tncieiy an incident???had a do.biivo etfoct
ujou the inoyements of ex-Bei??uty W??>o.lward.
reeded in turning the
}.*?? was 1
he was surrounded? U
I ill!'
) ??U no remedy ???ninct th- ait
??f Jiff MourUiu chafed him
czuun tee. He ??u emphatically a tusa of
??? f the m*ti
???t bgyood
W heu Jake Cohen
revenue officials back, the mountaineers
thrmscWcs easy for the day aud night, nnd
next morning prepared to go to their borne*.
Borne of them lived on one side of Hog Moun
tain, and some on the other. They called
thrmselvca neighbors, aud yet th.y lived
miles apart; and it is so happened that, with
few exceptions, each went in ?? different * -
rectinns. Teague Foti-et gave the signal.
"Come, Can, he said to Woodward, "vesa
be a-trtiptin 1 . Fuse ???ll be ???-pullin??? on biskits
for supper before we git thar *r we don't push
on. Be good to yourse'f^ boys, an' don't raise
no fracas."
Potect and Woodward rode of together. That
???freruoon, halt a mile from PoteeCs thev met
a woman running in the roa.l, crying and
wringing her hands wildly. She moved like
one distracted, fcbe rushenl by them ciy-
ing,??? ???
"They uv killed little Ab! They uv killed
him. Gb, Lordy! they uv killed little Ab!"
Bhe ran up the rood a little distance and
then came running back; she had evidently
rreoguited Poteet. As she paused in the r-vall
near them, ker laded calico sun-b >nnct hang
ing upon her shoulders, her gray hair falling
???bout h?? r ftce, her wrinkled anus writhing iu
rtspcnse to a grief too terrible to contemplate,
???he seemed related iu some vague way t > the
yrop-Lets of o!d who were assailed by t??t-rv*e
sorrows. Her?? was samethiug more real and
w ore awful than death itself. Woodward felt
in his toul that the figure, the attitude, the
niifriy, *??f this iHRirold won
BV BETSY nAJIIXTOX.
PART ir.
Awny over in Owl Holler nigh the Coosy
river down bclwix two high mountina whar
the sun don't retch 'cm cept in tho middle of
the day lives the Rodoeks. A stranger wa*
axin???the way as he passed old Miss Sharp's
cabin on side of the rood; the old ???oman kreen-
ed her nook out'n tho little winder, a hole
jut big enough for her head and told him the
best she knowed how, and but for his. borao a
kcopin??? of the cow trail he mought have got
lost nml never been hcarn tell of no more.
"The nighest way," says old Miss Sharp, "is
thru them or piney woods hills???it cuts off* a
right smart bit;???you keep on tel you git to
the blowcd down ches'nut t.ee, then you go
on tel you co^fio to that old black gum whar
the gals oilers stop to git ther snuff breshca,
then you take right up tbo dry branch and
you???ll sco tome blazed swee* gum trees, you
don't see no road, but you keep on tell you git
to a blackjack and a hicky that???s growed to
gether???ond a littlo piece furder on is whar
Thony Cogler's a rankin??? of boards, and thar
you bor equar to the left whur you see a ???sim-
inon tree, ami that biggest path leads you up
the littleet hill, then you go on over tho ridge
and right tbar???s tho honse."
He was a pnlo face young feller from down
in the eano brnkes some'rs, and wa* a ridin*
about tho inountin fur his health. I had went
over thar that same day longer gran' maw to
stay nil night, nnd I thought we???d never git
tbnr, for ther weren't no sign ot a road??? and
the pino straws had kivered most all tho pig
paths and the cow trails. 1 rid behind her on
>Id Kit her ridin??? nng. Bho had bcon thar
nfore nnd oilers let old Kit have the bridle???
nnd it was jiat like old Miss Sharp said "over
the- ridge and right thar wa* thu house" nnd
ns we come up on it ull of n ambient I thought
1 never ertd a prettier sight???the whole yard
wes blood-red???nil a blazin??? with princess
feathers nnd bachelors buttons. Wo lit oJFn
our critter nnd letdown tho bars to tho littlo
rail fence nnd went iu. The walk was swept
ns dean ts if they w.aa a lookin??? for company;
nnd tho entry was scoured ns clean as tho
WRtcr bucket that sot on the little shelf out side
the floor; nnd the drinking gourd that hung
on n nnil over tho bucket was biled white
nnd clean too and on u roller was a clean white
home'spun towel and in t'other gourd was a
cake oi white home-made soap scented with
sweet gum. Tho little stoop over the door wa*
kivert-d with a mix try of vices; hop*, fluid
"Inlrnni cow-cumbers," and - cyuross, and
in/ rnin??? glories, nnd murandy nnd madary all
grow r/J together thick ami pretty; and all in
niimi;g ???em ot tho top was a hanging tho bng
"ilUh rng-^ourd;" and they had some broko
blue aigo pitchers???and a yallt-r one with blue
ring* around it n settin???on a shelf with the
???Mown hill of life," and "house leak" and
thu "dew plunt" a growin??? iu ???em. Tho chil-
lun come to tho door, hung ther little heads
nnd looked at u* a minute thea scampered to
the back yurJ. In the right hand room Miss
Hr,dock was a weavin??? and a inakiu' the
stickle fiy; "St-cesh,??? tho oldest gal was a
spinnin???,???ond n Bingin??? at tho top of her
voice, kcopin???time to tho whir of tno wheel
mid thorog'iar thump, thump, thump of the
batten. Mil* Ho/lock brushed awuy .the
threads from her sunn ami nxod us in tho
entry, "Come in if you can git in fur the
trnsli," idvs *ho, and thur wasn???t a speck ot
trust r,o whur to be seed. Jisl inside tno en
try was a deer horn with a little of every-
thing a htingfn???on it???some littlo gourd* thu
size ol inv list nnd some no bigger???n my
thumb, three long strings of pepper ns pretty
ns beads;???one blood red; t???other yallorj and
t???ofhir???n red nml yfiller mixed; a string of
little pop corn years tied together, nml a
string of little round svhito ingons???all this
was on the stng horn, nml hanging Irons tho
iico logs was lug bags ol dried fruit, and little
l ag* of garden seeds, nnd flung over ono of
the log* wa* the old man???s enddio and two aidc-
* addles ami some bridles nnd plow guar nml
si me green gourd* a ilryin??? and furder on was
n old broko spinnin' w heel n no bottom cheer
nmf some old plow stocks. Hanging high
over tho fleer horn was a bunch of bright
pretty peafowl feathers aud right over tho
door swingin??? from a leather string wasa horse
???hoe. The stranger ax to stay all night; I
didn???t ico how they wa* n gwino to bod him,
but they tuck him in. Tho whito oak split
end made shoes for the family. The hoys
Lick and Benjamin Franklin 'tended a little
patch on the side of the raountin that you???d
nave to look right equar up to tho sky to see,
tut they made enough truck to do 'em, an l
the ole 'oman nnd tLe gala carded nnd spun
and wove the cloth that they all
were, ond ther goober pitch inaio
enough to buy ther sugar and
coflro or.d a calikor frock a pioco for Sunday
wr r-r. They paid as they went, never wont in
debt for nothing??? an/1 I know in roatou they
we* the happiest folk* ever I seed. Tho
old man come in the back way
and flung down a couple oi cotton
boskets, washed his hand* and como ami shuck
hands with me nnd gran-maw, then turned to
the stranger. "Hi-ar-ye, stranger," says he,
holding on to bis hand, looking him hard iu
the face, "ami what mought yer name be, ef
I mought l>e so bold a* to ax?" "f*
Hunter is my
young man.
nan Unlock.
bottom cheers was all scoured clean nnd white;
"Bcccsh" bad gin her bar n twist and stuck
iu her snaggle tooth tucking comb???ono stray
curl fell flown her back unbeknownst to htr ???
nml ns she slept out and gin the stranger n
cheer 1 thought I never seed a prettier gal.
lie thanked old Mis* Itodock for luttin* him
stay, and Towed: "I hoped when 1 saw tho
Lorcc-shoo over the door that it would bring
tneg/od luck." "You???re welcome to stay, 3
???ays old Mies Hodock, "if yon can put up with
sii li r* we've got, we never turn* oft* nobody,
you know, tho Hook reads: "Intertain strang
ers within ycr gates an??? yer thar by iutertam
angels on-a-wars." He laughed nnd ???lowed:
"I don't mean to deceive you, inudiim, 1 am
no ni???gcl, but I hopo to bring uo ill link to the
hpuio with tho horso-shoo over the door."
Jht then one of tho chillun run n chicken
thn ugh the entry, "Ketch that thar biugost
ynller-legged rooster,*' says old Miss Jtod.vk,
??????nml that ar speckle frizzly pullet, amL, don???t
y?? ii chillun lit ???Trip??? run them chicken*.
Don???t kill nair ouo ot old ???Top knots??? litter,
they huint growed enough yit." "I never
kills a chicken," says she to gran* maw, "tel
its sizable enough to cat. Won???t you???un* have
some fresh drinkin' water?" and llenay sot
lion n n big cedar bucket of water she bad jut
fetch up from the spring. "Who wa* that ur
ecine longer you from the spring?" says
Hecob. ' T???wus Tige, aud Tigo say,??? says
ltetiny, kctching??? her breath and ??*???*-
pretty bin?? eyes, "Tige ho say e. .
keep hi#??elf a a ny from lu re ho Tow* to kill
him." "Shucks," says Sceosb, "I beiievo
you???re skecrcd to drnthof Tige,???Tige Millitf-
ccr???s Lark i* tumble, but ho don't uever bite,
ho haint uever bit nobody yit as I knows on.
??n??? maw and old MUs Kodock waa still _
talk in??? about the ckickeus and never noticad,
l-ut the stranger hcarn it, and entiled like ho
tin ngbt Scci-sn was right. "It would be hard
to find two likelier lookin??? gala any whara
thun ycurn," says grau??? maw to Mis* Rodock,
"ar.il all they need* i.* ??? little schoolin', they
air smart and handy enough about ther work,
l ut the fust thing you know they???ll be a raar-
ryin??? ted a g'wiueofT." "Ah! law, I haint
a bared of that,?????? says Misa Rodock, "they
paw???s done sot his foot down they nhant
marry tel th*y air 25 year old. Surrender
thur (we call her Penny for short) have got
!.??r paw wn pt around her little finger, and
she air the very apple er hi* eye, that gal is.
i ou was a talkin' about schoolin'; my gal* ha*
b< th been to school; and they can cipher ekel
to a boy and ns to gVgphy, 8escsh can't bo
b?? at frrin South Aliurikv to Bottomy bay, aud
Guy loth spelt down every boy in Clarrisjy
Srrtggii.se* school time of tho zaminatim.
t sense they've been a gwino to school to
m N??*ra Fulton they haint no teilia' how
ch she haint larr.t ???em. She???* hig!r larnt
or.d iii r.???t put ou no ftxil airs like l have saw
??omc worn* u, kaso they happen to have a
little Kc-k lamin???. Hir heat's plum chock
frill of good h *r*-* sense???that???s what ray old
Min calls it???*b< !3??s seuse???, bul law* the
l-illuu'* bmka !*.>??? chauce a raoastroo* po*
ehatu*e and been Lend red and hindered tel I
don???t s*c Lour they've larut anytbiug, they
Let to stop to pick cotton, and stop to dig
tut, r??. ami stop to p-ill !???*???*??, and stop for this
end stop for tbrt, ai .J t- tber contact, bat thoy
air jist oblrge to work eddy-cation or no eddy-
[Tc Uflestf&ucd nzx t Wttk.1
ic Pcdock tr.cda cheers and h';.!* and
???????! bi???r c-k and ihsMr
end cedar pails &nd tubs to sell.
name, sir," answered thu pah
"Hunter???Hunter'"??? says oM mai
"Any a-kin to tho Hunters over 1
ling?" "I guess not." "Well, now them
Hunters over thar in tho volley haint to ho
sneezed at'" says he. "You wouldn???t bo
asbamed to claim skin long ???o none of ???em ef
you knowed ???em. Let me see???Hunter, Hun
ter; J. knowed some Hunters in South C???liuy,
whar I come from. Mebbc you nir sorn-r of
thut stock???what do they call you, Bill or
John?" "Neither," said tho stranger, smil
ing.
"Them wa* family names among ???em???Bill
nnd John was. Mcbbe???hits Samuel???that was
the old man???s name." The stronger seed ho
had to tell his full name, eo he ???lowed, "My
nomo is G-ittin Jlunt^r???thoy don???t call mo
Bill or John???they cull me ???Grift*.???" "Griftra
Hunter???? says the old man; "notie of thorn
South C???liny folks wasn???t nurne Griftln???b it I
knowed a family of folk* over tbnr by that
name. Air you any akin to these boro Grif
fins over the river here, 'Bhtig' Griiliu and
Ibtm???? "J don't supposo I am.' "Well,
now, them Griffins i?? a good family???thoy
huint to be sneezed at; them GriffiiM haint???
they pays ther debts, and they haint never
Mole nothin???. What mought your entitles be????
The stronger looked at him liko ho didu???t
quite understand. "You look sorter liko you
mought be a prone her.??? "No,??? gay* he, ???l'ir\
i.z t a ircaclier.??? "You keep store, then, don't
you; or mebbe you practice physic???? -???Then
you struck it," says he, "Pin a jihvslclan."
??????Oh, yes," says the old man, "I mought or
knowed you was a /lock from them pill bags???
got any wizznrd ilo in thar?"
The stranger didn???t have no wizzard ile, and
rtter the old man told him that wizzard ilo
wasn???t to bo sneezed at, ho went on???
"The Griffiria that I knowed in South C???linjr
bod ft sight er niggers Toro tho war???why,
them (??Tiffins didn't know all of ther o.vn nig
gers when they seed 'em. Wft-al,??? says ho,
lighting his pipe, "I never is had no niggers,
and so I never had none to lose. Whose a
runnin??? for jedge in your county?"
Then they got to talkin' politics???and most
every name that was fetched up old men Ro.
d< ck would up nnd say he knowed folks by
that i;ume whar ho como from in South CTIny,
and wondered if they was any akiu. It wasn't
long tell tho old ???oman ond the ga's ha-1 sup
per stirred up, and tho stranger eat hearty and
was made welcome, an J they wouldn???t take a
cent of pny. It was cool, nnd they axed us in
to tbo fire, red tho big, rich pine-knot* luado
a bright light all over tho little log room.
Bcccsh pulled a trundle bed out from under
a big high bedstead???three little chaps tum
bled in ; and she shoved it back. "Don???t git
to kickin', on' scr&chiu??? on??? fightin* under
thor, now,??? says'ther mammy; "shot up and
go to sli*ej>r??? That wo* tho last time she had
to speak. "Them chillun 's*in tho habits of
mindin," soys gran-mow.
Tho old 'oinan nnd tbo gals all sot In to knit-
tin???, and tho boys let in to shellin??? a turn of
corn to toko to mill next day. v Tho old man
retched up over the fire-board and got flown u
dirty, ragged littlo book, and sot iuto singiti???
so loud, at first I didn???t know what It meant.
"A charge to keep I have.??? Quick ns light-
nin' the old 'oman and the gals hushed a talk
in???and jined in:
o keep
glorify.
A never dying oqul to save
And fit ft lor the sky.??????
I thought I never hcarn prettier singin;???
grnn-innw tuck out her hnn???kcrchcr aud cried;
tho stranger looked solemn.
BlCTST IlAXtr.TO.V.
[To bo continued noxt week.]
[Copyright, ISM. A11 rights reserved.]
THE TENNESSEE BONDS.
Tho Cnsra Concerning Them Ilerore tho
United States Court.
Wabiiixgtoy, October 23.???Tho Tenaessoe
bond cases, which compriso sixteen suit*
against sixteen j rominent southern railroad
corporations, and which involves tho outstand
ing bonds to the amount ol $7,000,000 wore
called for argument in tho United State* su
preme court at 3 o???clock this afternoon. There
was an extraordinary array of counsel prei-
cut from all parts ot the country Including
Governor Hoadly, of Ohio; General Wa
ger S. Wayne, and John C. F. Gardner,
of New York, who represented tho bondhold
ers, and C. F. SouthmnyJ, of New York,
Judge Campbell, of New Orleans, Judge East
and Eil Baxter, of Louisville, Judge Houston,
of Louisville, William M. Uu may, of Cincin
nati* General Wright uud L. W. Humes, of
Memphis, or.-l P. J. Hamilton, of Mobile, rep
resentatives of the railroad companies. Tho
caeia to be argued were begun in tho eastern,
w*stern ami middle district* of Tennessee iu
January, 1870, and were hezrd j n Mty,18S0,
before lion. 11. L. Withey, district judgo nt
Nashville. The suit* wore brought by
the boiiiilioider* for tho purp uo of
enforcing the lien on tho railroads contained
in tho act of the general assembly of Tennes
see of February Iltb, 1852, known ns the "In
ternal Improvement Law.??? Under this in
ternal improvement law about twenty-tlvo
millions ofdollars of bonds of the state ol Ten
nessee wer?? issued by the state to the rnii-
road companies which uro the defendant*
in the cases. The bonds wero negotiated
by the railroad cmupjnit*, and about
seven million dollars of thorn nro uow out-
.standing in the bonds of holders all over tha
world. The bondholders claim the lien firth'
ray incut of the bonds, set forth in the internal
iiuurovcmriit act, was for the benefit of the
bondholders', and tho bond* should ba da-
dared by the court to ba a first lien ou tbo
railroad* to which the bond* were tssued. The
contention of the railroad company, on the
ether hand, is that the lieu wa* for tho benefit
of tie state only. The decision of tbo judge
was adverse to the bondholders, and from
that dceisicu they appealed to the court in
1881. In view or the importation of thec i*.**
the court has extended the timo for argument
nine hours for each side. Governor Hoadly
opened tho argument for the bondholder*.
BILL ARP.
He Would Batber Be* a Pr/-.*ob*r Oo Along Q ilatJy
ard Humbly, ond Nor Aieumtto Know Aloro
ttisn J??v< ij body ??lee- d^eebtr Caen and
Scecbtr Wow Otaor Topic*.
I was thinking about these preacher* who
make such a noise in the world, and after all
I reckon they are just human liko tho rest o:
us. They have passion* and prejudice* and
make blunders, but I reckon they do good for
they ore gonernliy morn! men nnd set a good
example and fight the devil os hard aa they
con. But I bod rother see a preacher go along
quietly ond humbly nnd not assume to know
more than everybody else. I dont liko tho
wpy Hr. Tolmngo talks in tho pulpit. He
said the other day that there were three men
tunning for president of this great nation who
wero eo corrupt ond debased in morality that
the very mention of their names called for
carbolic oeid to purify the atmosphere. Well,
I suppose he alluded to Blaine ond Butler and
Joe Mulhatton. I dont caro anything .about
Blaine and Butler but the drummer* tell mo
that Joe Mulhatton i* a very nice decent
clover sort of a man and ha* good moral* ex
cept that he tells big yarn* ond gets up sen
sation wherever he goes. Ho-never tell* a lie
to hurt anybody. The world if full of his kind
of lies. There ure the Arabian Nights and
Boron Munchausen nnd Jules Verne and Eli
Perkins and Edgar Poe and all .such, nnd we
enjoy them for^hey amuse u* without strain
ing our credulity. I think that preachers had
letter preach tho gospel and let particular
men alone. It dont do any good to ba calling
names in public. When David sinned, tho
nrophot Samuel dident get up on a stump or
fn o pulpit and tell everybody about it and
call lor carbolic acid, but ho went to David
privately ond talked to him. nnd David was
overwhelmed with guilt and repented. Now
maybe if Dr. Tolrnaze would talk to Mr.
Blaine about the Mulligan leteers ho would
own un and beg Mulligan???s pardon nnd retiro
frem the race nnd liko David exclaim, "ray
sin is ever before ino." Maybe tbo doctor
could persuade Mulhatton to quit lying and
Bon Butler to quit ploying tho demagogue. L
dont reckon tho doctor ha* got anything
against St. John or Mr. Cleveland, for they say
lie voted for Cleveland for governor.
But viler nil I reckon it depend* a good deal
on how a preacher talk* and who he is for.
Now, I used to nbuso Beecher' because he
tibuicd our side, and I said he prostituted tho
i ulpit to worldly purposes; but now, since ho
lh?? como over ono is preaching for Cleveland,
I see it in a very different light. He i* a great
and a good man. . As he grow* in ago he grows
???in grace and iu wisdom. I know ho has m >re
grace than he had twelve year* ago, for when
ar.no domini keeps rolling on it will tell on n
man of hi* age and reduce hi* temptations. I
think thnt all those big noisy preachers up
niith would turn democrat* if they ha l a*
much rcnnc and os much ago nnd ns much
money a* Beecher.. I???ve noticed thnt most all
the young ambitious men up north are repub
licans. That party has, for twenty-four years,
bien in the line of promotion. Money and
iffice have been tho rewards, and young rnen
want tiller one or tho oilier. If that rnrty
hud have distributed money and office as freely
at the south siren the war ns they did at tho
north they would have built up a very respect
able wing flown here nud broken tho back of
the to!id south. But thoy wouldont. About
half the offices that belonged to us they sent
down mugwumps from the north totnkothem,
ond when our folk* did get any they turned
them out before thpy hud timo to steal half
their allowance, ond when thoy happened to
put in a man liko General Longstre/.*t, wbo
wouldent steal at nil, they considered him un
fit to hold office, nnd not only turnod him out
of cfUce but held back his salary.
I read in tho Tribune tho other day that it
was itnpossible for northern youths to grow up
democrats, for it said that northern literature
was almost entirely republican ond tho north
ern publications from tho Harpers ami all tho
ttnuiloril houses were republican and breathed
eternal hostility to tho barbarism and the social
methods of tho south, nud thnt their seho.il
buoks which wero adopted in the northern
schools associated tbo martyr Lincoln and tho
h< ro General Grant and tho perpetuity of the
union with republicanism, well, that is so, I
reckon. I have seen some of those school
bc??ka, nnd somoof thcm,got down hero into
cur schools, ami hud lessons in them that wero
sn insult to our people, and were prohibitod.
no ought to publish our own school book* nnd
let theirs alone. Nearly every school book in
my house is by a northern author aud pub
lished by a northern house. A man who has
been an editor of a southern newspaper told
me thnt a look agent offered him money
uro hi* paper and his influence to trot
and Nrarnlj
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jo do ia??L
per and his influence to get his
northern looks adopted in our school*. They
Pallet-Threatened With Uotttu t??? jg*.
Pcf-rox, October 23.???William U. Whitmore,
chairman of the city cnmmittreoftWe people's
R nrty, has applied to the police commissioner*
*r police protection at the people's party moot
ing, to he held in South N >fton Fruity night,
the request being made in consequence of the
publicly expressed threats lh.it General U it-
!er, who is to speak, would b.* rotten-egret i u
cctifcquecco of hi* action agniust !I >u. P. A.
Collins.
Maud S. un a 9.05 Galt.
Nrw Yokk, OctoberSk??? Robert Bonner *utel t)
s Trtbnr.c rrporier to-dsy that the nhpiteh t * the
that Rand 8. would trot a?>i!n*tt!iue t i-l?y,
???t Li xinston, wu* untrue, giiedid. however, he
aid, tict a mile in '.???.Jl. aud repeat i:i 3 01 * a-
t-c the last quarter of a second mi!c in ;lt l-1, at a
Li<> gait.
sorry to soy our people are falling into their
ways.
B ell, it looks now liko wo havo a chance, a
prospect, and may bo it is tho Lord???s will that
justice shall be done. When I read tho demo
cratic papers I just feel like we are all elected???
Cleveland and Hendricks and Mrs. Arp nnd
inc nud nil our kinfolk*, and I fly round and
swell up ond strut, nud Mrs. Arp wants to
kr.ow what office I ain to havo???and how much
it will pay. Then I sit down and poruio tho
Tribune, uud get blue ngaiu and mud iu tho
bargain, for it is n?? full of lie* and slander as
Logan is of vci.em, but it reduces my general
average and puts me in n condition to fall easy
when I do fall.
"What office do I want???? None that ? I am
fit for; but our boys down south want a* good
ninny. They want their sharo???that???s ,all.
We don???t wont any pensions for our soldiers,
tor tve know very well thnt the back-pay would
bnnkruptiho government. Why, there is a
negro lives cloio to mo who cooked ten days
for some soldiers of Sherman???s army as they
pnesed along hero with their torches, aud ho
got n pension and back-pay not long ago to tho
tune of *1,750 We have been paying our part
to pension tho federal soldiers for twenty years,
ond go* alofig tolorably, but* wo don???t want to
impoverish tlio whole yankeo nation. What
the routh wants more than anything else, ia a
itop to this everlasting abuse???this bloody shirt
business???this slander by northern liars in tho
northern press to feed a northern appetite. It
out
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Orders cr Niw Ytuk Kxchnnr.'eiu ordinary hu.ter,
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Tint Tnlhtoeti "Muthcr tlulilur.b."
tt*??.o, October 23.???Bi-rcral dUreputtbl* wo-
. - were bcfcrc th?? police enact ch??rped w.th
???pf??tcin* iu Mother Hnhtvmt drru-o* 01 toe
??u??tu 1 h!?? action of the notice Is ooty aimed at
wenuu of tfcb clius.
TVhnt a 9Ii**l????ipp| l*Hot ???)???*???
Csptftiu P. M. Piiigs, who is well known at
New Orleans and along the Mifsissippi river,
: ???I have been suffering from *ly*jv.??p*;a
for the past five year*, and from broken rcit,
by severe paius fn th?? bowel* and kidn?y*. I
tried every medicine nvomm -aded i'jt these
,ti??rp??es. without succcs*. At Ust I used*
let'!; of Prcvrn's Iron Fitters, whi-h p--
perfect *0 ccr
kiu try's ml malarial diseases.
It caret all Uv
is a glorious relief now to.hovo but two or
llrie big papers abusing us. Harpers??? Weekly
at a the Times have let us aloue for a season,
ami our long suffering soul* have rest. Thank
the gcctl Lord for his mercies.
The great republican party seems to think,
and I reckon does think, that the country
would b?? ruined and the govern meat be btirst-
cd if that party was to be turned out, but I
think that is a mistake. We ought to try it
anyhow, just to see how strong the government
is. I heard of a clerk onco in a dr?? good*,
store who wa* smart and quick aiul a splendid
manager, end all that, hut he got uppity and
blggoty ar.d put on consequential airs until he
whs very disagree able, and be took occasion to
soy to his sssocistes thnt the concern conldent
poasildy get along without him. 80 tho old
ccntlemau who was th?? seuior partner called
him in the office oue day, and says he: ???Mr.
Jenkins, you have been very efficient and we
appreciate your services, bull hear that you
lave repectedly asserted that if you wero to
die the concern Cntildcut possibly survive it,
end this has worried me no little, for you, like
all men, are liable to die very unexpectedly,
end so we have concluded I* experiment while
we arc all in health and see if the concern will
survive. 60 you will plea??e consider yourself
dead for a year,and we will try it.???
Now that???s the way hr I???ncie 8aa.??? to talk to
tfce great republican party. Lot it go dead for
Lurjtare. and we will see whether the con
cern survives or not. B IUi axp.
G??>!dsn Honor* In Far OfT Ittdlx.
The Englishman, au influential journal
pub'irhfd in Csli-ntti, in ??n article relating to
tkc twerdcf premiums it the int-rr.aUooal
exhibition, to exhibitor*, make# the following
rr< frrerec to the cold medal avarded to St.
Jscr.ha Oil: "St. Jacobs Oil, which is known
ps the Great German Remedy for po.in, after
err cal tests, has been raised to the degree of
gold medal."
TrcthfuI Vtxor Pills cure nervous
aetiiJty tf..r-*teo??N! ai'.d si-erruttorrhcA. XL Da
pot Osnal sn, N, Y. 1
VANDERBILT???S MILLIONS!
Could not buy from me what Bwift???s SttcdflO
hssilnne for me. It cured me of Bcrofula In Ufi
worst form, after I had suffered with it fiftemi
long years, atid bad tric/1 all tbo remedies, only
to break down my health and make mo almost
helpless.
Mw. Euzvrbtic RzxRn.
Ac worth, Ua., July 16, Ibd,
ULCERS 25 YEARS!
A mcnibt-r of my church has been entirely cured
of au ulcerated sore leg ol tw^uly ti re yearn ??und??
Irp. by using two bottles of Swfft???s Speciilc. Shu
had various kind* of treatment, and had almost
despaired, of being well. Swift???s Specific cured
her, and she feels that she bai a new lease ou llfes
P. II. Cbuxpmr, Pastor Met. Church.
Macon, Ga., July II, liSL
eczemaI
Mt daughter, seven year* old, has been affll.Hefl
with Feseraa for two years, and after trying othex
1 vain. I save her .Swift's Specific, rt. 8.
Mid h half bottle* cured her souud anfl
AN OLD PHARMACIST.
I have had to do with Blood Diseases and selling
Blood Pxmedie* for twenty-five years, and do not
hesitate to ??ay Swift's Bpectftc fs the best. Num
ber* of cures of Blood Poison>y Its uso have comfi
under toy okservbtton, aud some of them wonder
ful. Itfs&n ??xcelleut tonic, and la used Urgely
by deifrate ladies and ??hfldren. Being entirely
vecetatle. (t does not produce any bad effects like
potash mixture*, and Is the most satis factory
remedy that I sell.
G. W. Drxox, Auburn, Ala., 6epL 16,1461
INOCULATED POISONI
Some eight years ago I became the victim of ???
feoiiul Blood PoL*on. com nuaicatod by a nurse to
my infant, and thence through the orea-t, and
rnfftnd for six long years. The Mercury and
Potash treatment seemed to drive the poison fur*
ther into my system only to break out In worse
other twmfm?? of my body. Three month*
* I ft's Specific, and it hea
??? 1L It is the greatest biefr
> mankind in years.
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