The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-02-17

she eat in this attitude until the souud o
quick hoof.strokes made her look up q
meet the keen blue eyes OF young KarIse
tho Texan, galloping BIZ on his wir,
mustang. He re:ned Ia when he cav
her, and lifted his broad. .briume6 som
{ brero.
"What's the trouble, little Maline p
he asked the Tenderness ct his voice ne
lying the savage aspect of his Ions
beard, his fierce moustache and sword
like eye. t M ...
"Rosie haa bean gone since yerterday
noon, and We cannot find her." Their
she lifted her head and suddenly pierced
him with look. ".iou, Zumy karlse
you know what has become of my sister,
she cried.
His swarthy skin turned livid.
II, Maline? What should 1 know OF
your sister7 What have had to do with
herr" LIN
"You cursed her yesterday; you said
but for that brat that you knewI would
marry you and 60 with you to the Indian
Nation, where you meant to make a for
tune"
II was angry; aaid what 1 did with
out minutes thought. Maline, do you
think 80 mean of me as to suspect ]
would husta child? Folks have called
mo wild, reckless, outlaw, and all that
but swear none ever alandered me as
bad as this girl that I've aaked to be my
think such thing of me it's best never
see your face again."
he drove the spurs in his horse'a sides
and dashed on, but at little distance
he stopped and looked back to ssy:
"I'll find the child, if ahe's above
ground or beneath it. Don't be fretting
yourself to DEATH"
An hour after he left, Maline had shut
up her little home and was on her way
to seek supernatural aid in the search for
her sister.'
II had dream night before last, she
thought. "It must have meant some.
thing, for I walked up ecared and Wild
like, and never slept any more.
dreamed we were walking on the old log
bridge over the bayou, and on q sudden I
missed Rosie from my side. 1 looked
down aud saw big black hand held up
through the logs. Maybe that means a
negro will help me, and who but old
Kountz, the roojurer doctor, that lives
down on the bayou2 I'll go to him aud
get him to tell me where Rosie is. They
say he can find lost things, as we'll as
take the charm off Of conjured and poi
soned people"
! Hope hsoysd her weary steps, saa she
walked rapidly TO the conjurer'a hut, two
miles away. Hid under great live. oak
boughs and trailing moss, the mud hut
was scarcely to be discovered. Over the
closed door was fsstoon5d an enoTmous
stuffed rattlesnake, the mouth wide open
and the hooked fangs looking frightfully
life-like. Old Kountz was long in OPEN
ing the door, and when at last he drew it
cautiously taok on its wooden hinges and
stood before her, Maline shrank at the
sight of the hideous apparition. The
heavy, squat figure, partly enveloped in
an old torn garment of shaggy gray
cloth, like the coat of dog or wild
beast, the legs bare and mangy-looking
the great spiay feet bare and covered
With waity excrences. The head was
Of the ape type, with Low forehead,
small, dull red eyes, ponderoua lower
jaw, and double row Of yellow, animal-
looking teeth. His woody hair was,
however, gray with age, his face scanned
aud iusinuating. Around bis nack vas q
string Of snake. bones and alligate: teeth,
and q stuffed bat, with wings extended
and grinning teeth, encircled his head by
way Of crown, while from his ears
hung the rattles of the snake. The hut
would have been OF cavernous darkness,
but though it was warm weather, there
were lighted pineknots on the yawping
mud hearth. Around it Maliue saw two
other negroes squaite6 as ifenjoying the
heat, man and woman, who had come
to consult the coDjurer-master with ref
erence to some relative that bad been
"hnrted" by being "pizened" or "con-
jured." The African wizard put square
bottle into their hands as, Maline stood
waiting, her terror of these disgusting
figure '.eld in check by the purpose for
. which she had come. 49,.
"Don' be gibben die, now, before
como tomorrow" he said. "When Pm
standin' by to glib it its right effeck, :1ll
bring up de pizen or de conjure. hurt,
: AIRY one, from de stomach, for all de
world like spiders and scorpions. Now,
where'a you silber7n .t.Ff
The woman fumbled at d greasy string
around her neck, united It and took of
of it four pieces of silver money, black
with dirt and constant wear. The ape.
like paw of the conjurer closed over them
eagerly. "To:morrov," he said, and
waved the 7iaitors out. Then he turned
to Maline, the twinkle of his small, red
eye, under the gray, shaggy :sye brows,
making her shiver with dread, but she al
once told the object of her visit. He
i. eyed her sharply q minute, his wrinkled
;. face worked and changed, afi no lit his
short. black pipe, stirred the fire and .aai
!. before il smoking and leaking- into the
T Goals. After awhile he rose, took down
a live screech.owl from aIshelf among
the bottles and boz %, and held it's hide.
GUS head to his ear as cae would q watch
! and sat silent, looking into the embers
At last he spoke. in gutteral mnttei
! siiWithout turning his eyes upon Maiine.
Down by the bayou--hy do big double
ash and de old mill-wheel--loOk derc
Tracks-boot trucks wid Texas spurs
, Poor pefie--poor Rosie!" and he shooh
/ hhi5 head anu WIS silent,
SIS she dead ~ Maiine cried, starting
up and coming to bis side. BIT not q
, sound would he utter excepted repeat his
T former words:
+ YtDown by de bayou by de double ash
|, and de old mill wheel. Tracks Wild Tex
as spurs. Poor child % "a ~
Fl Malineturned TO run from The hnt, bu
i itc laid a black paw upon her wrist
! peered into her face, with his sleepy
y cunning alligator eyes, and said:
de silber; you forgit dat"
She thought an instAnt, then snatched
5 the gay rings from her ears, dropped
+ them into HE hand aud fed from thu
horrible den, not stopping until she hat
} reached the part Of the bayou no hac
{ spoken Of, where double.trunked asi