Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-12-08
SLINh>. TIE Oi TCAST.
~ =. J.. HOEGA

The ''cnforecd mi" alton" q Sinks
from Iialre Cty occurred because the
citizens had grown tirrd oi hay.n2 hm
around. link WIS illnrr at every
thing but SINK Nc. liz "a i, his raj
ment, IN appearance alI minimum Of
history all consrr@4 I, t.> q 2r'dai on,
and had not only l"b}e.i i III Of respect
N@1nd credit, bat even OF an ;,biding place
He had Sunk INTO Prairie CITY, no per
son knew c&aetiy When bur when he
skunk out q u, every Ies-on who had
arrived at TIE .ett' 81 'thueT-CandlH Hg
va aPErscI ol III, gong sercral OF
the more caier1ft1n~ cti/ens the sell
appointed em@rat.on communicable
lowed hnn
In slch cases, the unlesirtblc man is
usually RI Zen i~cntY -touf hour, IN which
to settlc np - affair, and place the
county line between himself and The un
apprcC iative commu Ity. IN the case Of
Sinks there were 40 affairs to settle.
he Inc was ten mIr5 away, aud as
the committee had biI' Little flltn IN
Sinks rs 4 p"eie>irlap. iltfle procession
Of mounted mon had left Prairie City
with sinks, round hpu.dercd and dis
couraged fCo.lng, f.aia@ ahead. v hen
the line was reached, lie distance to
Boomopols was a:jtur i nj { e,s than
that TO fraine CIV, aud the committee
reasoned that sinks woIld Keep Oh, and
thus save 4 m!Ic, J"u5neliag
Nv al, Netc we ar, SAID Long Jess
Masters, a thet fc.chcd the lone rack-
oak Jn,t beyond The county boundary
- reckon you know the penalty,
Sinks
''Hcckon do =
lelhapS, Il previous experience had
made him familiar wiih the unpleasant
penalty bestowed upon Il 'ruuout' man
found within the county confines aftor
the expiratISn of his time Of Grace
When he had alsmounted, Sinks strobe
elouchneFaNav
oval, good-Dy, >links,n called Long
Jess
..Good'by, boys the outcast re-
turned, without turning II S face toward
them. =
He looked Ike a blot on the face Of
the fair lrairic picture, bright with u
profusion Of Wild flowers springing from
me Soit, undn atln9 carpet Of green. His
nat dropped GrJcetediy, hls boots Were
run oVerant MS garments seemed unde
claed whether to faIl oil or stay on.
ihcte was lcS' color II his face than
u'ial, ana Tn rtddy scar on his hcc X
was more inArked ~ The contrast
Tor niue Nhllc tae committee
"atchrd MN, dtag9lnG hIs feet as If they
were Almost 10" hravy tor hlm Then,
just as they turned 10 rIde away. they
ga" nun Steop as II plucklng one Of the
hr'Eht nIaIrc-hoNc ). only the bios
SONS heIfd lrtin muttcr
Looks Ike the COVERS thtt grew by
the doof ol II tcilcn It.
ne Slouchcd away tester than before.
ihtit was hpfccolor III his tacc now
ana me scar on his clcek show ed less
PlalhIy.
+ towers AMI . runout man pshaw "
ne hutlfftd W LII more energy than he
hnu al' l'Piayeu Tor weeks
The committee watched him Il little
longer, but they were eullopng towaro
ffhlfle ny "hcn he hal turned and
Rs|eo after them :" tn look that was
aiinoAt "iHli"i.
None OF llIe ho'srmen spoke for scvera
minutes lhea at >cnter, the self
Gle ted vii OF the settlement. remarked
with PREDATORY wal
Good riddance to bad rubbish, as
toia tm when tht htnd do% Vas >told.
ne committee searocy -rinncd. an'
Long less Masters ''td not appear t. hcar
ms lnatteQtlon upon tn, part of III
ei"HSa'eu 'lt!Zth was a! the more dc
pressing 20 'p7 Aumotiet because les
was usually tae tlr>t aud loudeStto laugl
at his eaorts,
wv hen a mans got To 90. Wy, he
Fo' fo, je>s SAID, pfe>ent5y- .'An' whe
~ - .'' >e'' = o"h, III lie might
= Il
everybody IS lrtd 2 seem hun, an boz
~, ~, ,',s '''.'''o' a. nc oH5s iu'h II
4N pay Il" ANeN. an Won vote, al
'''l "oes AuI >ays hulhn 10 he!p II
Ju.i ,shat, 80 al ''"s u hN'i II 70 ri
~ y ~. '.i' '''i i"1a 'ol'ic' ytre or So'
~, ~ p9olnot ~, Wy "h'A man q