The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-18


children. a man in that country
who isn't at tho head of family at
25 is counted an old bachelor.
THE wlFE's TRAsIps
"From tho day Little Bill was
locked up that girl camo twenty.
seven miles to Groenville every Sat
urday night and won't twenty -scvcn
miles homo every Monday morning
Juggling her baby in her arms. Sho
did Little Bills work on tho farm all
tho week and trampcd down and
back to spond two nights and n day
with him. Most Of tho timo sho
walked. Sometimes sho got q lift
along the road in somebody's wagon
or buggy, but it wGs generally case
Of walking and never MUD tho
weather. Llttlc Bill was in iail six
mouths court sits only three times
year and be got postponemcnt
the first timc-~"ni through tho last
Of spring, all tho summer and the
first Of winter tho jailcr heard the
girls timid knock at tho door Just
after dusk Saturday night and found
her standing with her baby in her
arms, Il big sun bonnet covered with
checked linsey WOODEN on her head,
and wearing II shapeless dress of the
same material. You know what Il
sun bonnet is, don't you. Well, she
mover said anything, for these noun.
tain people are taciturn us Indians
wth strangcrs-jnst bobbed her
head and waited to be led up to Bill's
cell. Lot into his cell? Why, Of
course. What do you take the
Greenville Sheriff for? Keep Il girl
away from her husband after she'd
walked about twenty sevcn miles
over mountain roads, carrying II
baby, too, to SEQ him9 Why, i,
would have started a riot.
"Monday morning just before day
the cell door would rattlo and the
jailrr would let Mary and tho baby
ont and go back to bed after the Girl
had nodded good bye just az sh,
nodded 'howdy.'
"At tho trial tho evidence WAS
mighty strong against Bill. Th,
court room was full of Towards and
Mary and hor baby sat on back
bench all the thrco days tho case
was on and listened. Mary hcarn
Bill convicted and sentenced and
never hlinked her eyes or shut her
mouth-just sat and looked and list
oned like she had nothing to do with
it. reckon sho was doing some
thinking, too. After tho trial she
gathered her baby up in her arms
aud left. Sho never tlinched and
neither did Littlo Bill.
"Thcy tool; m appeal, Of course,
and got stay Of execution, but
things looked black. Litllo Bilrs
w'fo kept on walking in Saturday
night, walking out Monday morning.
CHANGES COSTUMES
"Ono Monday morning tho taller
heard the usual rattle at ;ho cell
door, found tho usual figures wait,
ing, got his usual nod Of farewell
and opcned tho door. His attention
was attracted for moment by tho
stride the bearer of tho baby had,
but he reelected that a woman with
twenty seven miles before her could
not stop to study grace and went
back to bed. When he went up
stairs at breakfast time, two hours
laler, ne 1ohnd IN Little Bills cell
L'ttl" Bills wife, looking sorter
ashamed, wrapped in Little Bills
blanket. Just flicker Of shecpish
KIND OF n grin came over her face,
but except for that there was no more
expression in it than usual.
"Littlo Bill had stopped Mt q
friends house, left tho buby and his
wlfe's dross and sun bonnet, and duo
out FOR tall timber. Catch him. Civ,
q mountainecr and q Howard two
hours clear start in that country an(
catch him? You might as we'll tr,