Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-02-08
Il sm very we'll aware of that fact said

Williams, I'm sober enough to do you @
good turn, anyhow. Do you know that ycu
are suspected of sympathizing with the reb
els that the hounds are on your track 2
what do you mean p asked Williams
starting to his feet.
Il mean that you talked too loud, and q
little too much, at Nat Ellison's eating,
house night before last I mean to say,
that you were reported ten minutes after as
suspicious character, and that you are
watched and logged about wherever you &c
by a rascally detective, who is paid for the
job. That's what l mean
The devilp exclaimed Williams, with
uplifted hands. Il suspected of sympathy
for the rebellion dogged about as sus-
picious character! But you are drunk,
Jack, and talking at random.
well, maybe l am drunk-fact is,
knoU I'm drunk-but blast my coppers if
am talking at random How did come
to know that you were at Na, EllisoD's night
before last? How did know that you
we're talking with Arthur Mansfield and
Charlie Thompson about the rebellion down
South Answer me that!
Williams was dumb with surprise aud
astonishment.
I'll tell you how continued Jack, in a
lower tone of voice. Il was coming in
myself just as you three we're going out,
and heard fellow say to a miserable
looking devil by the counter: Follow them
Dan, and keep your eye on that fellow with
the brown coat Then the man, called
Dan, went out after you, and l asked the
other fellow what was up. He up and told
me Just what l have told you, about your
sympathy with the rebellion and your abuse
of the United States Government. After
an hour or so the little fellow come back
again, went up to the man that had been
talking to and whispered something in his
ear, which he wrote down in little blank
book that he took from his pocket, and then
said, 'All right, Dan; We have got him all
right now This amt no random talk,
Williams; blame me if it isp
But | have no recollection, Jack, of
expressing sentiments favorable to the re.
bellion or injurious to our cause. Besides
all this, my character is too we'll known to
be suspected of anything like treason
Don't know anything about that said
Jack. 'All I have to say on the subject is
that you'd better not talk at all in these
squally times, if you can't do SO without
mentioning the rebellion. You know, Will
liams, you've been down South long time,
and some folks might think you uusouDd
on the goose. But, don't you think l was
doing the right thing to tell you about this
matter?
Perfectly right, Jack, and very Find and
conSiderate 10 you, too,' said Williams,
thoughtfully.
Very well, then,' said Jack, throwing
himself upon the bed. Il believe I'll take
a nap now, if you'll call round in the after
noon and wake me up
Williams promised to do so !; aud after
waiting until the lusty suores Of poor Jack
convinced him of his Inconsistencies,
quietly slipped out of the room, locking the
door behind him, and walked out upon the
street with a clouded brow aud an indignant
and tumultuous heart. Had he not been so
completely taken up with bis own thoughts,
he might have observed coaked and muf-
fed figure glide stealthily from behind a
pillar and follow cautiously and slowly in
bis footsteps, occasionally pausiDg and then
walking rapidly forward, first on one side
of the street and then on the other.
so, your brother has joined the army,
Miss Alice said Arthur Mansfield, as the
young couple sat beside the stove few
days after the incident above mentioned.
can unfair advantage was taken of the
poor fellow said Alice, with sigh. 'How.
ever deeply he may have deplored the exis.
tence of the rebellion; however he may have
doubted and denied the right of secession
and advocated the present vigorous meas.
ures of the. government, be would have
been the very last man, | know, that would
willingly take up arms against people,
from whom be has been the recipient of so
many acts of kindness during his stay a
mong them. Now this very natural attach
! mont to tho pevple uf the South haO 10th
Jog whatever to do with his political seuti-
ments and opinions, but there has not been
wanting, certain parties mean enough, for
purposes of their own, to confouud the two,
and accuse him of sympathy for the. very
| act of rebellion itself. You know very
we'll, Arthur, that man can deplore the
necessity of an invasion of the South, and
at the same time approve of such move
ment.'
! Certainly replied Arthur, d, for one,
think it ten thousand pities that the South
should have driven Us to such harsh meas
ures; but, at the same time, am COM
PEELED to advocate these very measures as
the only means of restoring the Union
sWell,' said Alice, her eyes flashing with
indignation, 'they actually arrested Edwin
for expressions no more reasonable in real
ity, than those you have just uttered" "
ARRESTED hiup
Indeed they did, said Alice, 'and kept
him in close confinement for nearly whole
week
But this certainly could not have been
done for the mere harmless expression of an
opinion, with no political sigui6cancyT
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