The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
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which being translated means
/ Justice. | regarded this as an
implied treat, but seeing others
with whose history | am ac-
|quainted come and 90 without
being molested, concluded that
the blind Goddess was sleeping
and ventured in. / hurried past
1.-THE police Office as | feared they
would see and recognize me,
also knew that j. r. Patton the
tax gathers sat in the "gate
way" and that | was in arrears
| for God knows how much. My
seeming discourtesy was only a
matter of precaution and With
out malice afore thought"
In the corridor I met the
handsome and genial janitoI
| (than whom the county never
had a better William Henry
Harrison Carter, and expressed
a desire to interview him He
said that if / wanted money tc
help buy a mule, he was not in
lit. That, that gag had played
out around the court house.
ted him it was news wanted
He looked relieved. / asked
him if he thought 16 ounces of
silver to the dollar was the right
proportion, and whether he
thought the Spaniards would
eat us up it we were to recog-
nize Cuba. He said his home
was lover yonder" and that he
did not bother about such mat.
tiers. That his business was to
jani.or the court house and
watch suspicious characters.
The latter remark was made in
such way as to make me re-
gard it as personal, a ID I left
him.
Next / encountered Col. Wiki
erson of the Registers office.
esquire Billy" was not in The
venerable Colonel was reading
The Caucasion. He asked me
without looking up if I wanted
a license to get married. I told
him to look at me, and say if
he thought matrimony possible
in my case. One glance was
sufficient. He said, not unless
the woman was bllnd and had
no friends to describe me to
her. l asked him to explain
the meaning of the phrase mid
die of the road" He said il
meant for me to go to the mid
die of the door, keep walking
until reached the middle OF
the street, and then keep going
until | struck Canada. | went.
Next | turned up at the Treas
urer's Office and found Mr.. Hol
loway in an excellent humor.
He offered me a cheroot which
l accepted as a pledge Of good
faith. / asked him if he had
seen or heard Of John Pope late.
ly. This reused his dormant
energies. With flashing eyes
and arms uplifted he cried out
no. Said Pope could not stand
a sedentary life, such as office
work. That his health was
bad and he thought an ocean
voyage until after the election
woul | do him good. ! am as
sured there is nothing personal
between the gentlemen.
! next called on Judge Chris
tian and asked him if he
thought the Country was safe
He said so far as he was con-
cerned il was perfectly safe for
the next two years. That his
term was only half out, but that
be sympathized with the other
boys.
Next, l advanced to the
sheriff's office, not without some
trepidation however. | was re-
assured by the genial smile
with which Sheriff Rigsbee
greeted me. Ross and Crump>
Ter viewed me with "a critics
eye" while Jailer Teer handled
his keys in a way that made me
nervous. Rigsbee declined to
be interviewed on the ground
that he and TX. Sheriff Markham
had both agreed to "say moths
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