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

there and knew what train they would
stop, / would take 1t just to gee the fun.
The idea of two men attacking the engi-
ueor and fireman and conductor and bag.
gage men and e1prssu men and brakes
men and porters and messengers ard
subduins them all and pAralyzlng q hun.
dred passengers and taking all their
money 10 to me one Of tho grandaat and
most extraordinary performances In the
world and T waat to SEQ just how it is
done and feel how man feels while it is
going on-don't your" "Not much-no
I DON'T" said +. ri don't see any fun In
it, nor grandeur; but 1t lu certainly very
extraordinary. There Is not car full Of
passengers on sny western train that has
not got halfa dozan loaded pistols In it
perhaps 4 dozen either in hip pockets
or grips and why uomo fellows don't
squat behind bis ssst aad shoot the rob
Der before he gots to him, don't under
stand" "Paralyssd." said Grady, "the
| very audaclty of tho thing paralyzes
them and I want 10 realize It, want
to try some sudacity myself. I would
look tho fellow right Ia the eye and
smile and say Ny friend, lots oompro-
mise this buainesa--leps divids-you
! take half and I'll take half and I'd look
30 snili.g and unssrrlHsd that be would
pass on. Don't you know that when three
| Of the commune wont into Rothchild's
bank in Paris, during the revolution, and
demanded hi, money under the cry of
liberty, equality and fraternity the old
Jew never quailsl nor trombled but
said how much money have I got7' And
they aaid, forty millions Of franca.'
That is right Raid be, 'aud there are
100000 people in France Then he
threw three francs on the counter and
said here are yours-tell the rest to come
on and get theirs. They took them
sheepishly and went out. Now nobody
ever stops to talk to theae robbers or to
reason with thea but they become par
alyzed and surrender. I would like to
meet them and try a few broken remarks
upon !hom. They are desperate fellows,
no doubt, but they are men like we are
aud have thsir good points. Jeae james
was no brute; he had some chi7alry
about him and if he had had fair
chance would have made aplendid citi-
zen. I would like to command regi-
msnt of such men in wRr-wouldn't
they whip as srmyH" NO." said /,
"thoy wouldn't make good soldiers. The
best soldiers VS. had wsro men who would
not rob anybody, nor impose on anybody
nor bs looking out for su lnauls. They
were men who were more pssceable than
quarrolaoms. Tho fellows who went
about with pistols in ,hoir pockets before
the war dident mako good soldisrs and
they lodged every battle on some pre-
text" Henry pondered awhile and
said: "Maybs you are right, but I would
like to be on train when it was held
up"
Grady had great admiration for hero
ism Of any kind whether it was in Will.
liam Tell or nowsboy-whother in 8
gsnerl or pugilist, or an outlaw. How
eagerly he used to listen 10 the story Of
Forrist with bis 300 mon following Strait
with his 1900 for week and overtaking
him near Rome aud demanding his sur
render and compelling 1t by lis audacity.
What hero ho rasdo Of Lewis Graves,
the saloon koper, at Romo, who jumped
into the swollen river and saved poor
boy from drowning when nobody else
dared do 1t
But I am nos going to carry much
money on shn nAn-nobody does now,
except tho express md there is no more
dagger in Texas Than in Alabama or
Florida. There is not as much down
South as there is North and Wost
I believe that the hard times have
done their worst and better times are
coming Cotton going up and politics
will soon suhsde and the Third Party
vanish away and if we do elect Grover
Cleveland aud put Mrs. Frankie and
Ruth in the while house We will see the
dawn Of a new era and everybody will be
oalm and serene. BILL ARP.