Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-13

e0lEPR0MISED. !
"Yes, said Miss Isidora Ives, the
Tower is mine still, and I intend to
keep it, ( Everything else they have
taken away from me, because some
loggeEheaded .-old ancestor of mine
signed his name to q deed John B.
Robinson instead of John G.. Robin.
.son.... as Z one letter of the alpha
bet could make any difference! I've,
!, ,Hofpatisnce with people! The, majesty.
Z OF tie law, indeed! Pshawp'
- sBut if the rest of the property be-
longs to your Cousin Robinson, so
does the tower, suggested Mrs. Mil
tI,can't help that, said Mis- Isidora.
Here; .m,- and here I mean to stay,
law :or no Jaw I, it,,,,,..j} ~
3:.s Mrs. Milroy opened her weak eyes.
Feeble as kitten herself, she could
scarcely comprehend such valiant re-
solution in another.
s.But if they come here with the
sheriff, and posse comitatus, and
writ q, f his lhsbeas corpus2" she fall,
tered. M -, J., sy.,,,t. ,.,,f -.
:slla Then, said Miss Isidora, 'they'n
have to clear out again. Common
sense is common sense. The house is
s nai6e;, and I mean 'keep'it. I've got
new bolts and bars to all the doors,
. and i keep a kettle, sof> boiling water
on the stove night and day, and my
friend, Mr.. Jeffreys, who is clerk in
law Office, has given me the hint never
to let in man with bag"
Why not ?pbreathless questioned
.Donss yod see" said Isidora, snap
pishly. because it will be full of
slaw papgrsiI Writs and summonses,
Ind All that Sort Of thing"
ohi'' said Mrs. Milroy. :.
lhe:Puwcr-was hers, and the tower
.ste aneaftSte Sleep And Rebecca,
!: hs5ss little naid, was stricken with
6brsathIess admiration for her warlike
s. sButy .of COURSE ma'am,' said,
: Rebecea;; s.nobody can stand against
4 the law" -s..-.l.-
'tI'll see whether they can or not!"
said Miss Isidora Ives. tBe sure you
keep the kettles well filled, Rebecca,
and dcn't let the fires = out day or
night - ..e
And whenever she received through
the mail letter with legal appear
ance, or an envelope crested with the
firm address of Messrs. Tape & Str
ingham, her cousin Robinson's
lawyers, she invariably poked it be-
tween the bars of the CRATE, and
smiled yindictiyely to see the blaze.
,tt.1What are ne to do with such a
case as this?" said Tape, when he
heard all this.
Put in q sheriff's officer, at once, %
said Stringham. The woman is r..
trespasser, and has been all her; life. z 2
~ I. mo, no! 8 said MI. Tape. bland
sIy. She's a woman. 10 harsh mea-
sures. Ills Gideon Robinson's ex-
press iaiunctien that all courtesy be
shown to the defendant. Well try
something else before ne proceed to
extremities. -
And enc pleasant October afternoon
when the air was all blue mist, and
le settingssun shone as if through a
medium Of Opaque gold, the landlord
of-ths Foplady Arms came putting up
the hill with a stout pleasant-faced
gentleman, and rang the bell, which
echoed like .doubles chime through
the tiny tower.
$50 awayl' said Miss Isidora, from
the window, spying the tops of two
hats. &
..oh. ma amp squeaked Rebecca
over her3shoulder, ''shall I get the
gun?"
p ST beg pardon, ma'am, said the
stranger, "but-"
"Go away, I say" sternly repeated
Miss Isidors IEes. "Rebecca, bring
ipGRas keftlss III have you to UNDER
stand that I am not to be trihed
But by tl.is time mine host of the
YepladyF rms hdd stimultaneously re-
,coYered his breath and his presence