The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09

Saur kTaul. wen you, uIlh leileiS,
gifts pack to your homes, ricollect to
bile red peppers NIT your whites. and
you will neffer git de kickkicksy."
"The kickkicksy! What the dickens
is that? Tom, you studied while to
be a sawbones, what kind ola sickness
d. you think it is?
"The nearest one it comes to, |
think, is cacheXia," replied Tom,
(which is bad condition of the blood
occasioneG by dyspepsia"
"Capital ~ they all exclaimed; "now
old fellow, go into the house and bring
out the money"
Jacob moved past his wife and
daughters, and, telling then in few
whispered German words not to be
afraid, but if any pressing danger
threatened them to scream and above
all to have tie prepared peppers ready
at hand, entered the house, and began
to make a great clatter as if he was TAX
ing to pieces every bed-stead. He had
not proceeded far in his mysterious
work before be heard screams from his
daughters. "Oh dadty, dadty, come to
our help! come to our helpn for the
miscreants, having dismounted from
their suffering horses, as soon as they
heard the old man at his knocking, ad-
vanced rapidly towards the timid girls
who clung screaming to their mother.
They were, however, not in the slight
est danger; for as soon as they uttered
their cries the men began to stagger
from one side to the other; and by the
time they reached the paliDg, to which
they made all effort to retreat as soon
as they experienced benumbed feel
ing creeping over them, they became
as still as any three statues. Their eyes
though immovable were intensely ex-
pressive. The impudent, implacable
gaze Of lust had instantly given place
to the abject horror OF despair; and
the facial lines, as though arrested in
the expression Of remorse by the awful
congelation, gave forth narrowing,
voiceless appeal for mercy. Jacob now
appeared in tue door with three coils
of ropes upon his arm-ropes which he
obtained from the three beds in the
house-ropes that were used in those
days to cord together bed-steads, and
by crossing in the middle to afford
springy support for the mattress and
feather-bed. As soon as he appeared
in the door, his tender-hearted wife and
his forbearing daughters, inspired by
the surplus love remaining over from
much forgiving, ran to him with tear
full eyes, and cried to him as they
reached forth their hands: "Och, Yok-
kelly, Yokkelly-Oh, dadty, dadty,
don't punish too f1afdt Hal pity
haf mercyn
Jacob stepped forth into the yard,
and looking with trembling lips up into
the pure, blue sky, said in a mournful
voice: "Och, eff dey had only took my
money would not have said a word,
much less done ennytink; but to want
to ruin my gals, tam deir black hearts
it would pc a sin to let sich beeples
live. Wat else could I do?n
"Yah, yah, my Yokkelly, dat is all
true und right. But please take off
de shpell afore sun-down, and gif dem
chance yit in dis world"
"Wat chance was dey gwine toleaVe
our poor gals? Come now, all tree of
you, hold up your heads and look mad,
for you've got sumtink to do now wat'll
call for strong poddy and a boldt
shperit. Now bromise me dat you'll
all tree do wat shall order you to do,
and desc tamt rashkuls shall leave here
alive and kickin'. Bromise!"
Each one Of them gave the promise
heartily.
"Now, my dear wife and dorters, 1
haf neffer know'd you to preak brom-
ise. Let it shtand fixed in your minds
wat would haf pin your condition
shust now eff had pin of ennywhars.
Now, go all tree of you to whar I was
maxim baskets Yesterday, and pring
here, each one of you, a white-oak
shpiit."
They obeyed him; and Jacob in
spected the splits.
"Dese two, Polly's and Nancy's, will
do berry well; but Kezzy, yours won't
do at all; so pack and git a pigger one."
The timid Kezia obeyed.
"Now I will take off de shpell, od-
derwise dey would not enjoy de rides
Pm apout to gif dem. But it won't
pc long pefore dey will pc as lifely aud
as full of def1ement as effer, eff sum-
tink more is not done. Now pc shtill."
Jacob walked slowly to and fro be-
fore his victims, muttering words. He,
all at once, lifted his arms above his
head and closed his eyes. Then the
convicts groaned and fell to the ground
OH their faces. Jacob approached them
With his opened knife, and split wide
open their clothes, so as to expose their
backs entirely.
Now, my peiuffed wife and darlin'
dorters," exclaimed the gun-smith,
with patriarchal loftiness, ''go up to
desc men, and in de shperit of purity,
shtrike for de honor Of de fanilyw
Thus harangued, the woman walked |
with firm steps to the culprits, raised
high their hands grasping the weapons
of digracing punishment, and waited |
for the word.
"Forty-nine shtripes, each one dish
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