The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-05-03
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of CohOC, that the bull Quit here
last night. and thrt sl,etpll be clos,
OH his heels. >
AS he delivered this Sentence he
lonkcd at me rs if he expected me tc
be mystiticd. But T. Thought it best
not appear so, and I said careless
ly:
II suppose you arc dealer in
stock and this is your partncr ?
Ali !! sir, tho telegraph halps you
fellows out with many SHARP
bargain
"Ya'as," he answered, slowly, cvi,
IDENTIFY pleased with the way / tool;
it, "I'us that's um. I'm scndin
down II lot o stock. Bought it dog
cheap over in Gencscc, yisterday.
Purity lot MS ever you see
[ turned to my instrument. What
WAS to be done Z" Though ours
WAS railroad Office, We often sent
business messages and ii ( did as
usltnl now I should probably get rid
'of my mwcl"umc visitor without
trouble. But in my short
with him l had some
what recovered from my first alarm,
ind l DOW conceived the idea Of at
: cnpting the capture Of Tim Lynch.
Was only Il por salaried operator,
rying to save enough TO marry in
ne spring. Five hundred dollars
oula do ne great deal Of good
I tst nowA-to SLY nothing of the ecI,tt
the. thing But how WAS it to be
( 'co1nplishcd Here was alone in
,e depot with man big enough to
: nip his weight IN such little men us
. Mas several tises over. Any at
. jnpt to secure him single n;,nded
| 5 not 30 be Thought of: But could
I sot excuse myself and go out End
< ten him in ! No well knew
: I'm the distrustful look on his face
] tt amy proposal Of mine to leave
i t room would be percmptorily
!, oactcd to 10y him. What then ?
Z 'hy simply this: would tcle=
y goh to the down town station.
g Is alas T'at very ,lay the con
+. f>Gon bctwcvn the two Offices had
5: be cut for repairs 1t was seldom
:, F's at any time, Of coNrse. But
e W" uf th.t? 1t was only qr,cs-
II t'tof II few seconds more time.
o these thoughts went through
Y mJild with the r,pidity of light
Z. mir us l went to the battery.
II hH, regarded me from the corner
IS of uncovered eye with Il suspicion
It thMade me shahe in my shoes. AS
IS SHOWN he arose and came to my
&c side
C ok a here, young, fcllcr," he
hlssin NY ear, and his breath was
l. sicknG with the fumes of liquor.
d "pebs you mean we'll enough
z hope do for yer own sake. But
=. dr understand iotEin' bout
iX them ily@:ams. and 7 list want ter
~ tell Vat ycl Il better I've $g"ur'-
It. for 1.-The eternal God ! cf yc go
n back me, III stretch You on this
IL yero + as still as everI did man
II. yit I felt the cold muzzlc OF
IN his reH"r on my ch,ck. Perhaps
II my vcsrcmhlcG little, lnt T was
w still navcl in my resolution rs /
be t,plie,
We Ne fear, sir, TIL tell him al
ahoutc stock. He muttered
5y. somctt to himself: and still re
cd mainctnding over me.
re You've heard, perhaps, how
IL much "actcr and expression
lcr to!cgra,pcrator can put into his
w touch. by, there were dozens of
he dlifcrcn,clNtors communicating
- with o1l!icn and / could tell ut
set the inst without ever making IL
as mlStnko,ho it was signalling.
VII You conell if II man WAS nervous
'at from hls,HraphinsA just as we'll
he as you ct f ON his handwriting.
nj The call [ sent hurrying across
led the StatGncil Bluffs. must have
cal rung out'on Che ears of the
!, Il operator IL shrek.
,d So. Is. yom there ?" WAS what.
to ] asked, almost instantly came
Of a reply i,c affirmative. Then
bed with trcni} hand, I ratified of
ow my MESA" "Fnr Mc lore AZ God.
tefHg'"1Ih ir |0,"n fo9'u ntiicc ut
at "'t"". Tetm that I1~, Lynch
ru' Is T"'fh'" tt"t "j' me, wnd Mcp
t. n1uH sent
on, > sn"rtlsc, rs thoNEh my
ted message oc'ncl some surprise.
re. and then cnthc response, YAH
tly, right" whhsurcd me T nco,l
osc not repeat.
uile "Wal," gr1 the deep voice of
III LyWrh, 'are gHihg to send NY
,mc meSsage?"
sly II have sc SIR"
rev "Nhat E,al that ti,kin' mean
ing What told -
his Yes and Il Wirl Wait fifteen
Of a or twenty mis- yon will get nn
and answer.
"Wnl. I dn,s J want an nn
'ing swor Jim, hndcrstun it's all
cry, right
lla but III tel, soon whether
ne is there on Sit down"
aint So Lynch vtantly took his
Dry, scat, looking a, at tho doors
ans and windows On while III an
uneasy way. determined to
nes tax" him now e. cost and
Co verify believe I Id have planted