The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-02-28

81 really y.
about it; it Is over no,
He spoke with a firmness -.
that forbade further questioning. I'm,
lence that had prevailed after the first
question came back again, and the little
group in tho room had not member but
that was dumb. Again tho old man at the
tresido was tho first to speak:
ut is not Mrs. Mutt alone who has suf.
tered-innocently suffered-through these
tragedies. There have been hearts IA
heaVy under this roof as in any house In
hayette County. No ono feels moro deep-
~ for Mrs. Mutt than do, but to inc and
mine as we'll tho trial has been hard and
the cross heavy. Look at it as you will, It
nas been very sad. But with it all, the
world knows only one side. feel conf
uent that history will vindicate Lyman
Dukes; don't expect his fame to be
sleared in our time. Had 1 been at tho
trlal could havo aided Mr.. Patterson and
brought out testimony that was not heard
OF. MY illness prevented this, and / SUP.
pose 1T Is for the best. Lawyers ore priv.
iieRed Dy the force of custom, but thev
take Zoo much liberty at times. I think
thls Will apply to Senator Voorhees,: ho
ald himself great discredit in some thiups
no SAID. believe that had Clark Breclc-
enrloge gone into that room In the Jen.
nings House when he heard the cry OF
'Murder,' instead Of waiting until his
uncle called for him, both men would have
peen alive to-day. Mr.. breckenridge did
not think 1t was his uncle calling him.
captain Mutt was good business man,
but like his son he had an uncon;rollable
temper"
Mr.. Strublo paused. What he hsd said
was spoken In low tone, the words fell.
ing slowly, and tho lines about his mouth
coming out distinctly as tho lips closed a
She end OF tho sentences. All this time
thefe had been no interruption. Wife,
daughter and son sat with their ewes ON
tho husband and father, listening intently.
Ho gazod into the fire musingly, and then,
as though some power was compelling him
to speak, he continued:
do was only four years Of age, Dukes
was, when he came to me, and raised him
until manhood. His boyhood know per.
tectly, aud am familiar with his lifs nm.
I'll he left us. In all these years he never
quarreled, he never kept bad companv. ho
hever drank. He was a gifted bow. and
had he lived would have made O mart na
high sthe promise Of his early DAYS haA
led mo to expect. Come with me. IwanA
to show you picture have.n
Leading the way across the wide hall
never seen except In the old.faab}onSS
houses built by mon of wealth years n0o
to handsomely furnished pnrlor. Mr.
Struble stopped before center.tabie. A
tinted photograph of Dukes stood there In
rustic frame. "There he is,n said The
old man, picking up the photograph. "Doea
no look like fiend" Holding tho pict.
ure in his hand, he stood lost In medita.
ton, his thoughts travelling back to tho lik-
tie follow Of four years whom he had taben
TO his homo as son, whose career at col.
lege and at tho bar he had watched With
interest and with pride; beside whom he
had stood, never wavering in his suppoPt.
In tho Fayette County Courts; whose deaS
body he had gazed upon In that blood.
stained room In tho jennings House whom
he had followed to his last resting ,,ir,c4,
in that graveyard on the hill, but a uttIa
way distant. .'...
without another word he turned and lefA
the room. In the sitting.room thsre vera
tho Same faces to be seen. It VIVA TINA tn
bring the interview to @ close. Mra
Struble, up to this time q silent witnoss'
bowed her gray head and with the tesrs
tricklingthrough her fingers sobbed: az am
mother and sympathize with Mrs. Mutt,
who, too, has borne children. do NOT
know whether 1 have received q sympa.
thetic thought from her or not.n Miss
Struble was greatly moved by her mothers
distress and finally gave way to her ONO.
tions, weeping silently. AS the outer
door opened she said-in n manner fare.
wolff 1, too, sympathize with Mrs, Mutt,
but also sympathI2e with my mother.U