The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-11
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Judge Mackey. I recognize the fact that
it is scarcely within my province to criti-
else his action in the matters above re-
ferred 10, or chat Of any Judge of his
ability in any matter. But / feel free to
say, nevertheless that Lam honestly Of
opinion that heacted with more zeal than
discretion in this one instance, and would
have accomplished much more good had
be followed up Redmond less closely and
the revenue officers more SO. To do him
Justice, however, he did order the recent
s,iy reported Investigation, and would no
doubt make good use of it If opportunity
were presented. To returrs to Redmond.
Il have promised to end. his story with
this letter, and though I hope noone OF
my readers have wearied of him as yet l
shall try to keep my word. <sij;c4
ss a FALSE AL1RM.
Feeling really i'll from the; effects of
fatigue, IS I have said before, Twas COM
PEELED to close my second interview with
him a little; before midnight, when he
again accompanied me to-; the house Of
our mutual friend, my host. There /
: badeS him goodnight and went to bed,
while he and my host'took blankets and
walked off to sleep, in the woods. Il
quickly llinto an uneasy semi onscious
state, from which was startled an hour
later by the subdued' voice of oar kind
J, young hostess whispering to my compan-
ion, Mr.. Fields, to "gst up, please, and
strikea light; the revenues are al, around
the house r. The frightened wife was
clad in her night dress only, and seemed
beside herself with anxiety and alarm.
ST have heard some one walking in the
yard, she said, 4and they always come
about this time of nightp Mr.. Fields
arose and striking 8 match, (how hard
8 they were 70 find y went to the window
and called, aWho is there 2" a voice
answered, a whispered consultation fol-
lowed, and at last my companion came
back aud whispered to me that not the
rexennesl but the prisoner they had -cap..
tured the day before was without 4
congratulated him in my heart on his
escape, and Mrs rummaged around
and got him asupper. did notsee him,
Sbutmy hostess and my companion told
me they never saw q man eat so much In
their respective lives. Then he pushed
on 0yer the IN and far away to the
home from which he had been taken the
morning before, and where, no doubt, he
/was welcomed as one risen from the dead.
II was the old story Of ScaptpEs doEing,a 9
sudden dash for liberty, aSfew bullets
sdodged and freedom once moro. How,
Redmond may, how the whole neighbor-
hood rejoiced over the fact of bis escape
nexs nnofningi PeccGvi, but ! couldn't
helps it, nor could you had you been in
REpM0ND's BRNEyoLESCE.
Redmond breakfasted with us next
morning, and our hostess waited upon Us
and could not do enough for him. The
simple hearted women of the mountains
all admire if they do not love him, and
neither his name nor his presence have
any terrors for them. Why. it was only
last year, say they, That ne paid off the
taxes which were hanging over the heads
ofs Lam afraids to state .hoy many poor,
1 ianiiii es and tool his pays when hegot.
any, In chips and whetstonesp and other
like valuables, among which was aryete-,.
ran ram, which one ola lady forced pom
min, and which he nssef saw eftgrthpg
transfer. It preferred hes- yard to- his, 1T.
seemed, and he never went back for it.,
And besides all this, did he not ride five
consecutive days working for Hampton
fduring the last bcampaignS Sland on cleo,
tioD day did be not hitch up his own:
I wagon and team and send eight or ten
Snld mon who couldn't wa liz and who
hadn't voted for years, all the way from
their homes to the poll at Estatoe, where
he daref not 50 himselfs And, outlaw
three Il e sisters St Who S have mo other dspan.
dence, and one of whom has been q Grip
pie for eleven years? Certainly he has
done and IS doigga all gtheses things, as
every body hereabo1ts win tell You.
...-,-.'., OTHER GOOD DEEDS.