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The Seaforth News, 1932-06-23, Page 7THURSDAY, 31/11‘1E'23 1932 THE SEAFORTI-I NWS .07 10IDD CUPB, (Continued ifnoth. page. 6) :gents; :vrhic,11,.I, who Dive and easol , nay,hare n:olt tcsld the. 'truth?!' „ cannot., ,Ask anything else, but •!OaSee,' that lxitie-vi let °Pots -a E svyiehaine,"'held the, vei5,seq • 'aid applied tile test before. her eyes. •..:Dipping the Withered Blower on Lan Beer, she aroie 'and' placed her dont upon it. "And you :call • this. _ • 4:intY, this breaking. off a sacred prom, 4Se given to one who tre:asared your !wards and had no hope for happiness, beyond the bare words you then and those other unframed :tviersts pin wished to utter and: whicli N longed to hear you saY, You now :limner Of d.tsty, but this Manner of ,ffrrity that you •ae :acting I call mur- , ,tieri, far your words will hang an in •"Of whom do you spealk, Susie' ',whom ani I to, hang by say evidence?" Do you not know?", ' do riot." 'Red -Head. He is charged with Tots:ening Mr. 'Nordirsan, and lies now he the jail of Stringtown County." !Suddenly there came into my heart, a ;sensation akin to exatltation. Reci- Mend, my antagonist of former Ernes; 121Sty rival " yet, charged with inurder, • and the oridencerresting in My hands Oa :convict :him. Once I had a doubt ,troucerrsing the: reaction for strychnine came this very evening in a ques- ennirtg mood, for some things con..; -canning; the colour were not quite. :clear; hat there was no doubt Trow. "Susie," I said, and I spoke with de- • ffilseration, "do you Iremember the ev- •.etiing Red -Head held my hands to- gether and sneered in my face, the •vereningin your :home when I told him . , that never again would I 'fight him after the manlher hrutes fight? Do you =collect that I said the time would. tame, Nvben I .could use my' brain in- :1'eacl of my- fists, and predicted that' rain would win? Do you recollect zhat?", The girl no langer shrank from ole, /Abe no Ionger stood in supplication, • 1113t With erect head and flashing eye Atte answered: "And this you call the . .ttristrupfi of brain over muscle? The -ainsephisticated country boy who lies on the jail of Stringtown County's seat 'Is to be hung by you, the professor of chemistry in this great University! The prisoner is defenceless, and yet •he is as innocent as he is defenceless. 'When the noose tightens abotit bs :throat your position: as a chemist will • 'be established, you say. God,help you, man of science, you who permit am- tbilion to trample down your love for :woman, to crush your humanity to man, to break the sacred pledge given in confidence to one who trusted you!" "'Susie; as sure as the sun ever !shone I' found strychnine in that spec - !Einem As God lives, I swear it," "But if Red -Head: dies a crimin'al ' and afterward it should be proven that 'there was no strychnine in your .glasses?" 11hat day or night—yes, that very )5:our; r will pay the penalty with my out- life. I: know liciw to mix potion's that leave no mark and yet do their 'svDrk promptlY. If this 'be not strych- nine my life goes out," , She turned to the negro, seemingly withotxt: having. heard my fearful rnledge: 'Bring the aroney, Cupe; oth- hint that Reel -a -lead lees in the ja;d of Stringtown County, charged with ,mtuder that' he clid not, do.'" I reached out nay hand;: she did not Pot.the letter into it, but Itseld it be'fore my eyes so that I could read the ad - "Old Man: Holcounb, Bald; Knob, Kentucky." • She turned to depart, preceded by ICtspe, who bore the heavy package of gold; but before she closed the door I spoke again: "Susie, the night is dank. Let us forget that we have had this difference: May 1 not . go with you,,Susie?" "1 have no fear cif any living penson. Of 'the, dead there is no danger," Then she spoke again one last word of ap- peal. "Mr, Drew, as you value human life—ana d more lives thaone must go if ,Red-Illead dies—II • beg you not to come to the next Court Session of IStringtown County." shook my head. "On your own account I plead with you, do not run this great risk.:Graith me this little favour." Again 1 refused, and the next mo- ment, alone with my thoughts and with my science proving, my beaker glasses, test tubes and reagents, I stood questioning the future. CHAPTER LVIII "Pow'ful Interestin' Story" (1 John,h) 'Thenotintains of Eastern Kentucky their stores of endless wealth; Of mine, of varry, and of wood, their picturesque knobs and rocks, ,valleys, torrents, brooks and solitudes, must one and all be seen to be appreciated. There are taller mountain chains than these, and larger ones, too; grand canyons are to be seen in the Yellow- stone and -along the Colorado, and in the Rockies rise higher bluffs of black and red stone. No lava beds in these Kentuck mountains Speak , of volcanic action, no volcanic peaks cone the sky. The Laurentian chain in Canada bears endless tear - .bound :firs, these do not; there is no other Tacoma than the one which is in (Washington State and glitters in the :sunlight, and commands homage from bath the ocean of waters' on the west and the ocean of sand in the east. And yet while bluff and ice and snow and fire and lava are 'not in the Kentucky :Mountains as they are elsewhere, charms there are which' no other :chains possess. Dhe girl who pleaded with the Uni- versity professor for the life of Red- fElead was now traversing these moun- tain wilds on the back of a mule. "Faithful Cupe trudged on foot by her side. For, some days' they had been beyond the track even of mountain wagon wheels, The bluffs were either overhanging above or precipitous bp - low, but always present. The streams rat were often bank -full, so that in order to progress long circuits were neces- sary; but still She kept on her way, preCeded by a young 0100, who Spoke but little and seemed concerned only in reaching his destination, At last they neared a deserted cabin, window- less and roofless. The chimney had fallen, the logs were decayed and the mud chinking between1 them had dis- appeared. A brook ran in the gulch near it, while behind stretched a rook- clad hog -tack hill thbt separated this brook from the stream beyond er inducements than the pleadings of . 11itch- a Ione girl must be made, to affedt 'a ling their horse in the .ravine where ran the trail, the young mountaineer tramped a path to the site of the old cabin, the girl following.' "Here's the place," Ise said, "but et ain't'no great shakes." The girl stood a moment looking at the scene of desolation, and as she did so her mind reverted to the String - town schoolhouse and to the story of the feud related by the Red -Headed Boy. The door was gone but frag- ments of the casing still hung by two :beaten iron nails, and the rests for :the iron bar that once held the door were yet in place in the logs beside the doorway. She seated herself on the heavy timber sill, Her eyes fell to the :projecting log 'by her side, IA clank blue "piece of metal, partly coat- ed with a white crust, was imbedded itt the end of it, a Piece of metal from which the wood had partly rotted away. With her fingers she scraped the soft wood mould from about it, and then raised from 'its restiag-place a flattened weather -corroded aninie bullet, around vishich were shill to be seen the creases that once held the cartridge shell in place. A shudder came over her; she dropped the frag- 41101* into her pocketand raised her 'eyes; there in the ,trail below them, the muzzle of a long gun in his hand, T 1I(.3 say. your evideniee Irian bound to science." • 'The negro ,carne forward, bearing a !valise, from which he took a heavy box; -this he placed on the table near The: "Ma'so Saintly, et ani .d.e ,gor out oh ole chrst in de grabeya.rd. De , false bottlin what de little key op'n'd ,cuslittaliect' what. de sheriff couldn't die opened' the box; it was filled • with gold- coin; never had ,I seen so ISIUCfi gold, never before had such 'wealth been within. ny gras.p. • "Take it alr, Mr. Drew, and spare 'Rd-H.ead, I. ask you to fulfill the premise macre roe years ago, and ,I many times that paidly the p.rosecu- ;tor of Stringtown County. By right of 'priority,. by right of a. sacred promise, ley profe'ssionall touch of gold, ask you serve me and not the Com- monwealth." "Irou htimiliate "Inc, Susie. I cannot •seff myself, You !mow it. • "Take it all, and keep away from :our Count Let the boy live." , "I shall go to the Court of. String- ., town County and testify to the truth." eyes were fixed upon her face, my • voice vras, firm, and determined. She IV that no hope remaine • l'You will regret this deeision, hut hair thin and white, his farm covered with a crop of beard . that had been roughly trixonfed with the scissors. lide lid not sipealc, nor did the un- til; she stood close, beside 'MM. "Are you Mr. Hoteriinti?" Holcomb," :"1 same to bring you a haestage." "Froen who?" "An enemy." 'I littin't but One, an' he's a coward." The girl's eyes gashed, .her fists clenched hard together, the bullet 111 her pocket burned the flesh it pressed against She 'took it put and held the disfigiared mass of !dad. before his face. ":1 -le was n't 'coward enough to shoot an ounce of lead through a four -Year-old child," INtot a movement did the man make. eye pierced her through but she did not flinch, "An' who he yo'. ter tell 1-loicorrib tilis;:'dy want ter wedge inter the fend?" "Never mind who am. I know who' you are and what you did, But I clid not seek you to talk over these things., I caine to deliver a mess -age." She took from, her podket the letter She had already shown to Professor Drew, and held it out. Taking it, but without openitig it, the man. .taked: "An' hey yo' come fur?" "From Stringtown." "Yo' can't git 'back ter Hawley's claim ter -night, an' thet's the nearest an' yo' air shiverin' tike a young lamb in- sleety vveather. Yo' wants ter 'be warmed up •fed up, an! yo'd better go acrost the divide ter my cabin, on' we'll settle the ,other matter titer. Yo'lI her ter stay night hear:bouts," !'llhese words were spoken in a kind- ly tone, and the girl 'realised that he told the truth; but she knew, too, that excitement, not cold, was responsible for her shivering. Mounting their horses, the two travellers followed the old mart to his home. ' In the com:mon room of that cabin, while she at close to the fire, he held the letter long in his hands, turning it about and eyeing it curiotaly. "Guess yo'll hey ter read et ter me," he said; then tore it open and handed it to the girl. who complied, reading as fol- lows: "Ho:leo:nib: Red -11 -lead. I didn't come back ter the moun'ns te:r finish the feud 'cause I promised 'Susie snot ter fight lessen she married Drew. Then I 'tended ter whip DreW first an' shoot yo' next But I can't do either, fo' I'm in ,jail. Drew's got the pull, too, an' les,sen I git help he'll hang me fo' a man I didnit kill. I'm not a pizoner, an' yo' .know et. i'm not coward, an' yo' know et, 1What I wants is fo' yo' ter come ter' Stringtown an' keep Inc from beiu' hung. You ain't much ov friend,. but yo've got grit an' got sense an' kin Shoot, an' thet's the kind ov a friend needs new. Yo' know et 'ud disgrace the family yo' fought Inc. an' the fam- ily you fought fer me ter be hung, an' mussent be hung. Ef yo'll come, tell Susie, '11 she'll tell me. Come ter the Stringtown County Court an' stop the hangin' an' end the feud. Red -Mead." :When the girl ceased' reading comb took the letter and scrutinised it again. Evidently his thoughts were riot altogether in the present, for arter a period of silence he musingly re- marked: 'Ef .110'1 like his Icin, et's the truth he told when he said thet he's not a coward. Them war a brave family, an' grit, else thar'cl been mo'alin one Hol- comb tivin" Turning to the girl he said abrupt- ly: "I've sot in this old cabin nigh orster twenty years waitin' fer Red - Head, I've watched the trail in winter an' laid in the shade in stmuner fight - in' skeetors and flies, an' keepin' my eyes on the path ter git the drop on him befo' he seed 'me. 'But he didn't come. Then I thunk diet he'd turned coward, but no mourin Nord'inan ever showed ,the white feather; 'n he said too When he left: `Tell Holcomb I'll be back when I kin handle a S:pring- field gun.: An' when seed yo' two a-ridin up the 'gulch. I felt anon:strain good, fer I thought p'raps he'd come back-, but without his moun'n man- ners, fer no inoturn man in a feud would her rid in the open yo' did An' I saw yo' Iratup up ter the old cabin an' sot clown an' pick the bullet out ov Elie log. 'Then yo' saw Inc, fer t,11 e t black-ha'red feller war not Red -II -lead, an' stepped inter sight." The girl shuddered, and the speaker said: "Sit closer ter the ,fire little one., I'm pow'fu1 sorry far sect squeemish buds es yo be.'' Then he asked: "Red - Head's ia jail the writin' sez?" • /lane Red-lHead." stood a grizzled old roan' looking in- tently at that , picturesque soet.re. :the beaultiful girl seetningly so out of 'He must not hang. Ndvir I shall reek the man' who will 'listen, to the appear of justice, who can stand be- kween, this un:cultured country • boy and the scaffold, I came Id you of my own 'wilt, not by the counsel or con- sent of Red-II-Ie3td. He defies both you and pier art; he said, to me: `Go to tfflasitern, Kentuchxy, :take this letter" carripanion, back toward the' tali man. fsfie drew front :her ,packet a letter) qfind the mlamaddressed and' saY. to.' f rrn was' lank and unlootith, . . , place in the doorway of those ruins: Alt this instant the yotmlg man caught ,sighlt of the intruder. '"Thet's him," . "Old Holcomb." The girl arose . and started back Molls- the trail, this time pre:ceding her alone in this cabin fdr twenty years CHAPTER LIX• hecese his gun an' the guns .07 his kin held killed every other I-llolcourb: but "More Lives than One .Must Go If me, Et's a shame that such a family • Red -Head Dies." es Isisln an' sect a family es mien should be disgraced by the puttin' ov • 'The da arrived for nae, the chem., one ov 'em in jail fer pisordn', hates ist of the University, to return to Red -(Head beca'se of the feud, an' I Stringtomm on Any profe'ssional et -- wants ter shoat hilm. pow'ful much, rand, and I decided to start the week but of lie gits hung we can't fight it Previous to the convening of the out." 'Turning to the girl a:gain, he quarterly Court. Carefully collecting asked: "Are yo' sure thet 'he didn't the reagents, appartus and the specs the man?" :mens of the contents of the suspected i "I know he .did not. He SW ore to me stomach, I ne,set,:fortified myself with on -his bended hmees that he did not, my books of authority. These were and—he loves me," • packed in a specially arranged valise, which, I may add, I did not this time :tAaas'inyah'islofvreiesoi:cibi,ri,1?" lug across the Suspension Bridge "Chick"—and the old man reached which stretched 'between Cincinnati. out his lank hand and gently stroked and Covington. her hair—"ehick, Holcomb, is awful !Sleepy old Stringtown „vas reached sorry fer you-urts, fer Holcomb es at last, and there at the doer Of our home stood my mother, She was bound ter kill hhet boy," Then he ,nstis- 014 ed again. ."Child, of Holc6,mb'll :soar' feeble now -4I Caught that fact from off the feud, an'll go. ter Stringtown afar—her hair, too, was very white. I an, save Red -Mead, will yo' marry shall say nothing regarding our meetRed4Head an' move ter the Mounliis?" ing, which eoncern.s ourselves alone. That evening I walked down the nar- The girl covered her face with, her Misr sidewalk toward the grocery handkerelsief. . . "An' ef Holcrintb'll, make over his ,store of Mr. Cunaback, meeting a few old 'frtends on the way, and several pro.perty-ter Red -Head an' yo' Will yo' name the first boy baby Holcomb?" strangers: I (iiiened 'the door of the grocery, the door against the glass of :The girl Made no reply, 'but sobbed • which years before I had seen the' quietly. 'Thar ain't no use in sayin' nuthin' white face of a rebel soldier press; mo'ah; you-uns understands we-uns; hat very pane of glass was in place, for I recognised it by a well-known an' yo' may go back ter Stringtown blemish across its centre. A circle of an' say ter Red -Mead. these vrords: dem men sat around the old stove, and Mr. 'Old Holcomb says, says he, thelb comes fer Cumback stood behind' the counter. he on hand when the day Most of the memlbers were new to business, an' that he'll save the hon - me, although three o.f the old-time, our of the two families one way er little participants were present. But how nuther.' NOiNV stop yer cryin', changed! Judge Elford was grand in one, fer tl-iar ain't no danger of shame ov ,hangin'.ccsine'n ter Red -Head," his venerable, patriarchal appearance, very feeble but his intellectuality had When "early candle -light appeared, tiob dirainished; ' white was every Which was the time for retiring, Hol- 'thread of his beard and of his flowing comb; :brought an antiquated b°0k hair. He arose as I entered and grasp - from out the cu.pboard, a copy Df ed my hand; his eye pierced . me Bible that had once -been much used. through, but very kindly was that "Et have been 'many a day sense a eye -greeting. "Welcome back to woman sot in this cabin, Thet's the Stringtawn,, Sa,mmy," he said•, "these Bible ov ny gran'mam, whose :great years. we have been expecting you on graMmani brought et from Inglair. old friendship's account, but now that After she died nt war read by my you come on professional business we wife every night, an' war being read are not less delighted to greet you. by her thet night when Red -Head's You ho:nour us, ny boy. • We have dad shot through the winder'n killed kept watch of your upward course, our boy, Who wah noveful religious and hope that you will never forget too." He turned ,the leaves of the that your land is Kentucky, that you book, evidently seeking a certain were once a Stringtown boy, and chapter, hut as he could not read, Su- that here you have many friends." sie wondered how he expected to lo- Then Professor Drake took his turn, cate it. Suddenly he stopped. "T,het's giving my hand a gentle grasp. "Sot - the place now." A great brown blot ry you did not come last night, Mr, of irreguldr shape was spibtched over Drew, for I read a paper on evolu- one of the yellowed sheers. "Thet's titan and talked about that very in.ter- the blood ov the boy. Mani never fin- esting subject. You could have given ished the chapter, she couldn't bar ter us much information concerning it. look at the place ag'in. I've wanted ter Don't fail to help your old -friends by her et read out fer twenty years, fer a good word, Samuel, whenever oc- et's a pow'ful interestin' story. Ef casion, permits it." yo'll jest read the chapter out we'll her prayers, an' then yo' kin go ter (To 'be continued,) bed in the sex' roem." And: when Susie had finished reading the "paw' ful interestin' story" CI Jahn, iii.) Holcomb Aaid: "Them's my senti-' merits too" then kneeled and offered up prayers in a homely way that spoke of his earnestness and faith in the teachings of his parents, "Now, chick," ,said Holcomb, "yo'll sleep in the nex' roam, 'n this young- feller 'n melt sleep in this'll. The nigger kin to ter the outside cabin." "Fer killin' a Irian?" , "War et on the square?" 'He did not 1(111 him.. Mr. Nordman died sudNilly, and Red -Head ' was charged with giving him pois'ort." Holcomb sat in silence a tiltne and then spoke in reverie: "Ain' he axes hely from Ilolconsb, Inc who wanted to shoot pini 'befo' T died, me' who killed his father an' into:fillet an' his little sister, me who her hyed "Ef yo' please, sah, Mr. Holcom',. de nigger'll jes he dawn befo' cle doah ob de room de chile sleeps in. He ,doen :tend ter rim no risk ob cotchin' cote in de wood shed, an' he doan tend ter tab de chile in one house an' Cupe in de udda.h. Ef de Susie gearl speaks in de night, Cupe'll be in his place befo' de doesh," !Next morning the three persons, old Holcomb in front, returned along the mountain trail. All day long, with his heavy rills over his sh:oulder, the old man continued in the advance; finally, near sundown, he relinquished his charge to a man who stood before a double ca'hin near the road, and who in. some manner had been advised of their approach and was expecting them. "Yolll stop fer the night liar, an' in the mornin' he'll see yo' ter the next stop. Thar ain't no clanger ter yo' in these .moun'tis now, fer comb her passed the word long thet yo're his friend an' air ter be shown ter the stage line. Et's siire death ter the feller what troubles yo'." Taking the hand of the girl in ihs rough palm, the old man again strok- ed her hair with the other, as he had done in the cabin, tenderly; then in a low tone, very low, said: "An' yo'll name the first boy Holcomb, won't yo', jest fel- the hohour .ov the two families, an' fer the sake ov the old man who- hain't no kin 'left ter leave his name to?" Then without waiting a reply, he added: "Tell Red -II -read ter rest easy, 'far ,Ilolcain4s'll be on hand an' stop the hangin' sure; ef, that ain't one way ter do et, thar air another; thar'll not be no disgrace of hanging on yo'uns an' we-nns, child," He ttirtied and 'left the party in the hands of their new protector, and in the dusk of evening pas'sed from sight up the gorge that led back into the 'higher mountains. THE GOLDEN TExASITRY June 26. There are :diversities of but it is the same God which work- eth all in all. Cor. xii, 6. operations, Spirit, dividing severally to :every map as:he Iv:rig:0th, and are given:to profit withal, according td tho place allotted to :each -in the c'hurch, or in the 'world. My Christians, let us 'hen.ce learn a lesson of ,forbearanee' to our brethren, is not right to lodge -olf another :by their own pattern. ,Art thou a warm. and active ;Christian: ? !(on- demn not him whose mind may• be more placid and contearplativ:e than thine. :He who now creeps 'in hiinible silence, may, in a moment, be raised higher than thou ant. The same tray be said of .other differences. Let us then n:o longer :envy one another, or indulge in a rash and censorious spirit, but rather covet earnestly the best gifts, such as :meekness and love; and, by :the help of divine grace, faithfully improve the talent committed to our trust, that each of us may receive that heart -reviving address, "Web done, good and :faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy fLordl" New Maid: "Haw do I announce dinner? Do I Say 'Dinner is ready' or 'Dinner is setwed' Mistress: "111 it is like it was yes- terday, just say 'Dinner is ,burnedh" • FARM FOR SALE Lot 11, Concession 4, H.R.S , Tuck- ersmith, containing 100 acres :of choice land, situated on county road, IjA. miles south of the prosperous Town of Seaforth, on C.N.R.; convenient to schools, churches and markets. This farm is all underdrained, well fenced; about, 2 acres of choice fruit , trees. The soil is excellent, and in a good state of cultivation and all suitable for the growth of alfalfa, no waste land. The farm is well watered with two never failing wells, also a flowing spring in the farm yard; about -40 acres plowed and reading for spring seeding, also 12 acres of fall wheat; remainder is seeded with alfalfa. The buildings are first class, in excellent repair; the house is brick and is mo- dern in every respect, heated with fur- nace, hard and soft water on tap, a three-piece bathroom; rural telephone, also rural mail. The outbuildings con- sist of barn 50x80 feet with stone 3tabling under; all floors in stable cement; the stabling has water sys- 3em installed. A good frame driving shed, 24x48 feet; a 2 -storey henhouse 16x36 feet. A brick pig pen with ce- ment floors capable of housing about 40 pigs. The house, stables and barn have hydro installed. Anyone desir- ing a first class home and choice farm should see this. Oh account of ill health I will sell reasonable. Besides the above I am offering lot 27, con- cession 12, Hibbert, consisting of 100 acres choice land, 65 acres well under - drained; 10 acres maple bush, all seed- ed to grass; no waste land. On the premises are a good bank barn 48x55 feet and frame house, an excellent well. The farm is situated about 5 miles from the prosperous village of Hensall on the C.N.R., one-quarter of a mile from school and mile from church. This farm has never been cropped much and is in excellent shape for cropping or pasture. I will sell these farms together or separate- ly to suit purchaser. For further. par- ticulars apply to the proprietor, Sea - forth, R.R. 4, or phone 21 on 135, Seaforhh. THOS. G. SIIIILING- LAIVV, Proprietor. 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