The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-02
CALLING ON CARTER.
An incident of the Late Ku-
KIux 0utrages in Illinois.
Waking up the Wrong Household
How a Mild-Mannered Fam
lily Received the Masked
RufHans.
From the 81. Louls Repu0llcan.

Henry d. Carter has passed the sum-
NIT Of the bill of life, but is still remark
ably vigorous and active. He is farmer
by occupation, and resides near the town
of Old Frankfort, on the borders OF Frank
lin and Williamson counties, right in the
heart of the ku-klux dominion. A mild
hammered man is Mr.. Carter, and about
his hearth-stone gathers three vigorous
young Carriers, with characters of child
like simplicity and blandness. The Car
tiers, being honest folks, didn't sympathize
with the ghostly night riders, and didn't
take much pains to conceal their contempt
and dislike for that sort of sport. Being
men of mild temperament and bland man.
ners, the ghostly ones thought to frighten
them into silence concerning the ORDER
They sent warning, but the warning was
not needed. They then concluded that on
q certain occasion they would pay Mr.. Car
ter and his mild-mannered SONS an alarm
ing visit in the night time when deep
sleep falleth on man." They visited him.
The result of that visit, as related by Mr..
Carter few days ago, to group Of citi-
zens, newspaper reporters, etc., in the of
fee of the Benton House is about as fol-
lows:
1T was late at night" said Mr.. Carter,
they rid up to the front gate and boiler.
ed. / wasn't asleep, and riz up from the
bed and listened. They hollored and
crOaked in queer manner, AN l got up an
went to the door and
opened it q leetle way. They said Come
out told em | wouldn't do no SIGH a
thing; that they'd better be getting away.
They said they wanted to see me. They
oil Eva1 ,u.kh thar Ews,, q,
told 'em to git. He made some sort of
a sassy reply, an | riz right up with doub-
le-barrel shotgun loaded with with buck
shot an l said, You thieving, low Lived
set of scare-crow vagabones! You cow
ardly, vilayneous sons of guns. you scum
Of the airth, an putrid mud from rotten
these here premises, or Ill see il can't
take the tops off some of your worthless,
good -ior-nothin' pates. Git outl'
During this recital Mr.. Carter had man.
aged to work himself into very enthusias.
tic frame of mind, and by gesticulating
showed how he convinced the ku-klux khan
that he meant business.
Il had gun in my han, an the boys
each had gun said Mr.. Carter, AN we
jos told them they had half mint to
Tue away OF lucy mOuRHI Ule, jos
as they pleased. They parleyed a second
and then they turned their horses heads
an went for all the world as If Old Nick
was after them"
Mr.. Carter paused at this point, museC
for second, then in low tone compia
Gently remarked, Il had fetched goot
notion to blow the tops off the heads of
few of them rantin' scarecrows, an wisl
now I'd done it"
And did they repeat the visit, Mr.
Carter" asked a by-stander.
Repeat the visit HI mol They,
sooner got into yaller jackets nest, o
met their grannys ghost at midnigh
alone, or encountered an army of rattle
snakes without stick to fight 'em, tina
to come to my house again. Repeat tn
visit2 Why they knowed d-n we'll
they come Eoolin' roun' that neck O wood
that they'd be convarted inter skelertou
and shore enough ghosts in less time tina
HI could scorch feather. Repeat ii
visit? WE'LL reckon they didn't--n'
much"
Mr.. Carter felt grieved that any OF
should suppose that the ghOstly ride
dared to beard the anti -klux lion in h
OVID liar, and he turned away with an a
of injured innocence, truly comieal to Il
beholder, murmuring as he moved ava
Repeat the visit? Them cowardly bu
yards scare me? Not much. They knowt
better'n that.