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

OUCH SUI lb ECU iHto al l'i'i'h1'i lNHlSIL
for Long, and were Iuw still more as
tonishcd at What they considered his
"backing out" jpincd clamorously in
llooting his retreat.
The fools The made :. fatal mis-
take in srpposing he left the insult
unr"scnted from amy fear for himself
Jack Long had young AMI pretty
wife at homc, and his love for her was
~trongcrth than his resentment for bis own
dignity. Hi, passions s.crc slow, and
had never been fully aroused hone Of
them II least but his love, and ,llat
presented lcr Instantly, ior:,l!. an,
deserted, "ith her little ones. in lhi-
slid country should he throw a"ay
l.i- life with .ucil desperate odds and
seeing til" turn the affair was likely 10
take, be had prudently determined to
get a"ay before it had gone too far.
But had any Of those mon seen the
*pa-!n of agony which xEvcrcd across
hIs !nas-l"c features. IL these yibing
voices rang upon hls cars III insult
"liic! 10 proud, free hunter .nighl cn-
'inr". they would have taken the hint,
:" 'ewar" q chatting .hc s;.p;i;!" eyaim
III" boar any l"ngcr.
1hi. wa: az ill->;arrci dav for Jack
though from this time troubles began
to tliickcn about him. The even tenor
"f his simple, happy life WA destroy
cl, and indigmilv and Outrage followed
each other fast, Iiinch never iorgayc
the llrlucky skill which had robbed
him Of his proulcst boast, that Of be-
lng The best Inark..nar on the frontier,
and he Sworc, III base, vindic,rc hate,
to dog hin 70 death, or make him
leave the country. Soon after this. Il
valuable horse belonging to a rich and
powerful planter, disappeared. lie
was one Of those men who had COM
promised ,yi;h .hc Regulators, paying
so much black mail for exemption
from their dcprcdations, and protection
against others OF the same stamp; and
he now applied to IIinch for the re-
covcry Of his horse, and the punish
ment Of the thief Til, IIinch, under
the contract, WAS bound to do, and
promised to accomplish forthwith. He
and some Of his men went off on the
trail Of the missing horse, al. -eturn-
ing next day, announced that they had
followed it with all their skill through
Il great many wiudings, evidently in
tended L" throw off pursuit, and had
at last traced it to Jack Longs picket
fence, and there could b. no doubt but
he WAS the thief: The planter knew
nothing Of Jack, but that he was Il
new conner, and demanded that he
should be forced to give up the horse,
and punished to the extremity Of the
frontier code. But this was not IIinch's
plan yet awhile. lie knew the proofs
were not strong enough to make the
chargc plausible, even before Lynch
Court, Of which he himself was both
the prosecutor, judge, and cxcculiulcr.
Ills object was to first get M Il hue
and cry against Long, and under cover
Of II general excitement, accomplish
his dcvllish purposes without question
or mock trial even. So that, after Il
great deal of manuvcring, for eight or
ten days, during which time the charge
against Long WAS industriously circu-
lated by his myrmidons, So rs to at
tract general attention and cxpccta-
ton rs to the result Of his irvcstiua
tions-he proclaimed far and wide,
that he had found the horse ut last,
hid in Il timber bottom near Longs
This, OF! course. seemed strong confr-
nation OF his guilt, and th0ugll the
mob were most Of them l,ursc-lhicvcS,
to all intcnts, yet it was an unpar,lon
able crime for any one to practice pro-
fessionally among themselves SO that
Long was loudly denounced. threaten
ca Oh every side, and ordered to leave
the country forthwith.
These proceedings Jack by 10 means
comprchcndcd, or felt disposed to be
removed by 4; but gave them one and
all to understand that he meant to re-
main where he was until il entirely
suited his convenience to go; and that
if his time and theirs did not happen
to agree, they might make the most of
it. And Jack was such an uncompro
missing, snaggish looking somebody,
and his reputation which had now
spread evcrywhcrc-of possessing such
consummnlc skill with his rifle, Tint he
thought it condesccnsion to shoot
game anywhere else but in the cyes-
was SO formidable, that no individual
felt disposed to push the matter to n
personal collision. He might still,
therefore, have been left in quiet, but
liinch had unfortunately taken up the
impression, from Jacks conduct in the
shooting-match affair, that he must be
n coward, and if this were true, that
all his skill amounted to but little :;
and like any other bloody, wolfish
brute, he followed him up the mere
eagerly for this very reason, which
would have disarmed u generous foe.
Besides, Jack had given fresh and
weightier matter of offence, in that ne
had refused TO obey, and defied his au.
thority ms Regulator. The very being
Of that authority seemed to require
now that q wholesome example should
be made of him, for the awing of NIL
ref )rv persons hereafter. The in
fan > wretch, who was as cunning as
tcrocious, had sworn in his inmost
heart to ruin and disgrace Long from
the moment of that triumph, now
availed himself remorsely of all his
influence, and knowledge of the society
around him to accomplish it. Several
horses now disappeared, and robberics
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