The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-03-07
CHAPTER I.

look hanging down over his eye. One could
see nothing OF his features but long Ted
nose and deep-set. beady black eyes nie
fustian Jacket was worn TO rags aI thS VI.
bows-and so was mine. as Tor that.sPhc III
the seams between the shoulders with the
constant strain OF the laboring arms. OhGe
upon q time his top boots had been pdaoA'
but now they were all the same yeioM
CLAW color with the trousers that were
tucked into them. and just as badly In need
of repair.
( 7 followed with Van Hoeck. He hatd my.
arm, not for support but Tor guiuaS1o. uo-
cause he was stone blind. He was thirty OF
thereabout, believes; but he looked twenty
wears older than I. who am now aooI'
twenty six. Though he was Dutch py pHtm' m
he looked s i,S IKE ali aP the esl Of
people; while !, with my fair skin. light hair'
and large frame, am pretty true IN aPpeaai
ance to my Northern race. ne was Det.et had
dressed than any of us. for though ne naa %
accompanied us, and roughed IL so iar as
board and lodging were concerned, ne mao
taken only financial part In the enter Prise, p
a Iaborious part. His clothes retained
something Of their, original appearance. &c.
Albeit he had worn them day after day lor
eighteen months at least; whereas aat mihoi 20;
work, rough usage. and the strange devices
employed in repairing them. were scarcsiy
recognizable s Christian isra,S cosn,dns snd sio,iaus
ttan either the Judges or mine, whicn
n,iaht we'll be. seeing how great relief tc
the mind physical labor is. There was
furrow between his broWs, deep @ lines soc ae
scending from the inner angles OF the s eyes sa
O pinched lock ahont the nostriis ana iosR
sss chssks that gaSees essJ g iearial M stren99,u
Aevep repulsive. though his features wor
not Ill shaped. and IL was due chiefly 70 tn
peculiarity Of his eyes. Most. people OF dar'
eye, but his was Of steely gray. and WAS tn
moro noticeable because there was the !ci
and nothing else; there was no pupii..noth
ing but that gray patch upon S me n ye,oTbs
his mind was preoceupied. Often. when h
was sitting near me while worked, hav
changed my position that might not Sc
those ghastly eyes wide open to an Africa
sun, Yet unconscious OF its glare. Their
was something terrible in his blindness.
Our rear was brought up by the Kid.
The name by eonstant IN TIA & use ana an Ia iam,liarit ar
Poor little Lolai She was the raggedes
and most disreputable OF the lot. though
wss not for that reason that she wake
to follow implied inferiority she would hay
marched ahead OF her own father. Tht
was her character.
= The child wore "a ragged red flannel po
ticoat. q camisole that had once been whit
and colored handkerchief tied loose
round her neck. She had a string Of colore
beads upon her wrist, but neither hat g
her head nor sss1aossr heEfoot. Her pnrf
% and broke @ into into cSrI T over over the he ears ear al Il
nape OF her mock, and wherever IL was VI
controlled; it was matted together In
" thick. loose plait that fell down to her wais
and tied at the ond with strip OF rcd fia'
mel. torn from her petticoRt She had u
prettlest little hands and feet, a dark oil,
skin, q large but beautifully shaped mout
with the finest teeth i have ever seen. an
pair OF glorious black eyes. full OF audaci
and betraying only too faithfully her wi
and ungovernable disposition. Proper
dressed land washed), she might hat
passed for Spanish princess; In her pre-
ent condition there WAS no mistaking h,
for anything but the sclf-wiiled little snya:
she was.
The Kid had given us n deal OF trouble
had weforescen how much. do not tbiI