The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-07-27

l!lS. JACK, during all thc prosecutions,
had dcportel himself with the most
stoil indifference. Avoiding all IN
tercoursr with the settlers, he had con
tinucd to hunt with even more assidu-
ily than usual, and wa. in u great
measure ignorant Of the uncnviablc
notoricty he vas enjoying. He had
heard something Of the charges with
which hi character lad been aS,ailcd,
but attributed them all to the Jealous
cnmity he had incurred nj .hc shooting
match. He could understand perfect
~ how one man could hate another
who had beat him in shooting, and
thought it natural enough but he
could not understand how that hatred
might be mcanly and desperately win
lictlyc, AID therefore gave himself 10
unca~inc$s about it. He was only
anxious that Iii, wife should not hear
ana be annoyed by vf these things,
and preserved h- uS,a! chccriullcss
of dclncanor.
lie had just returned from hunting,
and laying aside his accoutrincnla,
parlook Of the simple meal her neat
ho@5cw::asy had prepare! for him !;
ihcn stretching himself upon tie but.
ialo robe on the floor, ro,,ip,l with his
two rosy checked boys, who rolled
over his great body, and galnholrd
anil screamed in riotou, joy around
him; but mother wanted :olnc water
from the branch, and the iroiir must
be given over while jack would goand
bring il. So jumping up, he left ;!!lc
liltlc-i"!k ponting williully It's they
looked after him from the door, and
started. The stream was cEly about :.
hundred yards from Tie house and the
path leading 10 it was through dense,
high thickct. 1t was against Jack
religion ever to leave hi house With
out lis gun but Tie wifr whom he
lovcu above all tue universe Of ycnti-
mcnt and everything else, was in a
hurry for the water, ;iii! tliu distance
was 50 short-so he Sprang gaily out
with the vessels in his hands, leaving
the rifle behind. The water had been
dipped up, and lie was returning along
the narrow path closely bordcrcd by
the brush, when he felt light tap On
each shoulder, and his career strangely
impedcd. He had just time 10 per
ccivc that Il lasSo had been thrown
over him, which would conlinc his
arms, when he saw himself suddenly
surrounded, and was rushed upon hy 4
number Of men. He instantly rccog-
nizcd the voice Of Ilinch, shout, clown
with him. drag him down." as the
men who had hold of the laSso about
his body ierkcd at ii violently in the
effort to throw him. All his trcmcn-
louS strength was put forth in one
convulsivc effort which would have
freed him, but the Internal moose had
fallen true, and bound his arms. As
it was he dragged the six stout men
who held it after his frantic bounds
nearly To his own door, before he be-
came prostratcd, and then it was by n
heavy blow dealt over the head with
the butt Of Il gun. The last objects
which nsel his eye as he sank down,
were the horrifcd faces of his two
children and wife looking out upon
him.
The blow deprived him Of his senses
for some time, and when ilc recovered
he found himself half stripped, and
lashcd to II tree Il short distance from
his housc-Ilinch in front of him with
knotted rope i'll hand, his wife on the
ground, waiting and clinging with
ptcous entrenty around the monsters
knees, his children weeping by her, r,and
outside this group Il circle of men with
guns in their hands. That fearful
awakening was new birth to Jack
Long! His eye took everything at Il
glance. y shuddcr like that Of an
oak riiting to its core, sprang along
his nerves and seemed to pass out at
his feet and through his fingers, lcav-
ing him us rigid as marble and when
the blows Of the hilcous, mocking
devil before him, fell upon his white
flesh, making it welt in purple ridges,
or spout dull black currents, he felt
them no more than the dead Intel of
his door would have done, and the
agony of that poor wife shrieking
frantic echo to every harsh slaslIing
sound seemed 20 have 10 more effect
upon his car than it had upon the tree
above them, which shook its green
leaves to the sclt-samc cadence they
had held yesterday in the breeze. His
wide open eyes were glancing calmly
and scrutinizingly into the faces Of the
men who stood around-thosc features
are never to be forgotten for while
lIinch lays on the stripes with all his
furious strength, blasphcming as they
fall, that glance lwclls on each face
with II cold, keen, searching intensity,
AS if it marked them to be remembers
ed in hell The mans air was awful
so concentratcd-so still-so cndur-
ing! He never spoke, groaned or
writhed-but those Intense eyes of his
the nretches could not stand them, and
began to sl.uffic and get behind each
other. But It was too late; he had
them all-ten men! They uere reg
istered
We will drop the curtain over this
horrible scene. Suffice it to say, that
after lashing him until he tainted, the
Regulators left him; telling his wife
that if they were not out of the coun-
try in ten days he should be shot. He
did go within the specified time !;
and, as it was said, returned with his
family to Arkansas, where his wife's
father lived. The incident was soon
forgotten in Shelly county amidst