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

WY you no eat Qe pap carry dowE
to your" demanded the negro in his gut
terai utterance; "nice pap, wild goot
hog-grease In it, and carry down ligh
Tor you, and all. You gwine to eat nov
Come"
He took teacup from the. shelf and
tried to force spoonful of the soft mes:
1t contained into the child's mouth.
| Eat; it'll be de bess for you. Well
you won't and dats de eend Of it. Neb.
6er'll fatten, sure. Ef dat been 'possum
1 cotch now, an put in barrel an' feed
cat way, be done fatten pound or two in
dis time; but white chile too 'tubborn.
he won't eat; get poorer, tiddy fatter.
Well, ef dey won't eat, dey'll have TO be
eat oil de sooner-dat's all. Dis ones in
pretty good order Lemme ace agin."
With his great, black claws he felt OF
the cbild's legs and arms, pinching her
30 hard that an involuntary exclamation
ofpain escaped her lips.
"Hush |" he Kissed, with r. horrible
grimace. "Hab snake round your neck
In no time"
Once more lie shuflled to the door
stopped and listened. Then, muttering
"Yas, yas; good night for good supper. .
he proceeded to throw more pipe.knots
on the fire, and to hang over il pot he
had filled with writer. Then he took a
large knife from the shelf and began to
sharpen 1t. Every now and then he
turned to glare at the child, who followed
bis movements with stupid stare in her
dilated eyes like that Of q bird or SOUR.
rel charmed by snake. He tried the
edge of the knife, and seemed satisfied
that its was sharp then, thrusting it in
his bosom, he took up the snake, wound
1t around his neck, and struck up chant
and shufiling step, with which he moved
In circle before the child with his eyea
liked upon her, and drawing gradually
nearer until he paused and stretched out
oEo hand. while with the other he drew
out the knife from his breats.
The poor victim sat like q charmed
bird or lamb beneath tue butcher, her
wide eyes fastened on that terrible face
now full of the carliiverons ferocity and
eagerness of the beast that scents blood.
But before the blow descended, the mur-
derer was stalled from tis anticipated
feast by q heavy crash upon the door
from the axe that Karlse had caught
sight of on the ground in a CLEAN of
tightening. Another heavy blow and the
door was burst open aud the Texan
ieaped in and dartcd for the coniurcr,
who, with his back braced against the
wall stood at bay, the big knife brand
ished liz his hand, dull. desperate glare
in his reptile eye. He sprang at Karlsc
as the latter advanced upon hirn,S and
made lunge at his breas. but the
Texan caught the knife by dc1terous
movement, and twisting it from the
blacks clutch sent it whirling to the
other end OF the hut. The next instant
the cannibal felt the cold muzzle of a re-.
volver at his head, and he dropped on
his knees gibbering for mercy.
With his teeth clenched aid breathing
hard with disgust aud Indignation, Karlse
drew stout halter from his pocket and
tied the wretch securely, fastening his
feet and hands together. When this was
done, he turned to the child, who sat
where she had been placed rigid and
moveless as q corpse. He took her in
his arms and kissed her.
Are you hurt anywhere, Rosie ?-are
you scared out of your wits, poor little
one? You are safe now; you shall 20
home to Jules and Maline."
A long shiver passed over the child
she clasped her deliverer's neck convul.
sively, the burst ont crying and sobbing.
"Tbank Cod" exclaimed the Texan,
for he knew those tears had saved tie
reason, perhaps the life of the child.
When he had seen her sitting with
dilated eyes mud ghas!ly face, he believed:
that terror had paralyzed her senses into
hopeless idiocy. Still, as yet she had
not spoken. He soothed her as tenderly
as MGline could have done.
"Fhe black mar" she whispered ut
last, as she lay upon his shoulder. "He
had knife; he sharpcned it to kill me-"
Hell never harm yon now, Rosie.
Yon see where he lies tied on the floor.
He'll never have a chance to lay finger
upon yon or any other child-the black.
inhuman devil %
''And the snake-the dreadful snake, "
sobbed the child.
See"
He picked up the voodoo symbol from
the floor, and threw its great coils on the
blazing wood Goals.
'You want me 10 take you home now.
little Rosie? They'll be glad to see
you; they hunted for yon everywhere" :"
II heard them," whispered the child.
II heard them once calling my name. II
was Maline's voice, and I wanted To
answer, but he said if did the snake
would jump at me and bite me, and then
he put me in that black hole in the
ground"
| "Don't think of it any more. Come
let me carry you home to Maline, before
she cries her eyes out. Then I'll come
and attcad 10 that lump OF African devil.
II tl5 here, aud give him part of bis
deserts"
I He stopped and carefully examined
the knots that secured the cord around
the wrists and ankles of the coniurer,
4 and then, carrying Rosie in his arms, ht
made his way with some little difficulty
to the thicket where his horse was tied
and mounted. placing the child before
] him. A rising moon. nearly full, had
now begun to struggle with the cloud:
and shed faint light on the path along
which Karlse' wiry mustang went, with
his Kteady, regular galler, .hss.. ssoc:
brought them to Rosie's home.
i Ma!ine was walking the little porch
4 unable 10 be STILL or to listen to the we'll
meant consolation 0f auino OF tthe neigh
bors inside, who had come back from
their vain search for the lost child, anc
stopped with Jules and Maline to com
fort them by their company.
Il She stopped short az Karlse rode up
in the dim light she did not see his bur
den.
"You have no news, know" sh,
, began, then checked herself with cry a
! Karles laid her sister in her ans.
"It is Roa,s-wafm and living. Neve
call me murderer again, Maline."
!. II will call you my saint-my goot
angel p cried the girl, seizing his banc
n and nsnsainor ;t IN hov t,,, ,,h;to ,,.;,i