The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-10-12

| there and knew what train they would
stop, I would take 1t just to see the fun.
The idea of two men attacking the engi-
nesr and fireman and conductor and bag.
gage men and express men and brakes.
men and portsrs and messengers and
subduing them all and paralyzing hun.
dred passengers and taking all their
money 10 to me one Of the grandsat and
most extraordinary performances In the
world and want 10 see just how it Is
done and feel how man feels while it is
going op-don't you~ mot much-no
I DON'T" said +. ri don't see any fun In
it, nor grandeur; but 1t ID certainly very
extraordinary. There Is not car full of
pauaengera on any western train that has
not got half dozsn loaded pistols In 1t
perhaps dozen either in hip pockets
or grips and Why some fellows don't
squat behind bis Esat sad shoot the rob-
Der before he gets to him, don't under
stand" "Paralyzsd." aaid Grady, "the
very audacity Of the thing paralyzss
them and want to realize 1t. want
to try some sudacity myself. l would
look tho fellow right In the eye and
smile aud say Ny friend, lots compro-
mise this bu,iness--lepa divids-you
take half and I'll take half,' and I'd look
SO snilirg and unterriaad that be would
pass on. Don't you know that when three
Of the commune went into R'othchild's
bank in Paris, during the revolution, and
demanded hls money under the cry of
liberty, equality and fraternity the old
Jew never quailsd nor trembled but
said how much money have got!' And
they said. forty millions Of francs
THAT ir right said be, 'and there are
100000 people in France Then he
threw three francs on the counter and
said here are yours-tsll the reat to come
on and get theirs. They took them
sheepishly and went out. Now nobody
ever stops to talk to these robbers or to
reason with thea but they become par
alyzed and surrender. I would like to
meet them and try few broken remarks
upon them. They are desperate fellows,
no doubt, but they are men like We are
aud have their good points. Jease James
was no brute; he had some chivalry
about him and if he had had fair
chance would have made splendid citi-
zen. I would like to command rsgi-
men! of ouch men in q war-wouldn's
thsy whip an armyf" NO." said !,
"thoy wouldn's make good soldiers. The
best soldiers We had wsro men who would
not rob anybody, nor impose on anybody
nor bs looking out for an inault. They
were men who were more psacsable than
quarrelloms. Tho fellows who went
about with pistols in ,heir pockets before
the war didsnt make good soldiers and
they lodged every battle on some pre-
text" Henry pondered awhile and
said: Maybe you are right, but I would
like to be on train when II was held
up"
Grady had great admiration for hero
ism of any kind whether it was In Will.
liam Tell or q newsboy-whether in a
general or pugilist, or an outlaw. How
eagerly ho used to listen 10 the story Of
Forrist with his 300 mon following Strait
with his l 900 for week and overtaking
him near Rome and demanding his sur
render and compelling 1t by His audacity.
What hero ho made Of Lewis Graves,
the saloon kOper, at Rome. who jumped
into the swollen river and saved poor
boy from drowning when nobody else
dared do 1t
But I am no. going to carry much
money on Tho hA;n nobody does NOM,
except the express, and thers is no more
dagger in Texas Than in Alabama or
Florida. There is not as much down
South as there IL North and West.
+ believe that the hard times have
done thoir worst and better times are
coming. Cotton is going up and politics
will soon suhaide and the Third Party
vanish away and if we do elect Grover
Cleveland and put Mrs. frankie and
Ruth in the white house we will see the
dawn of new era and everybody will be
oalm and serene. BILL ARP.