Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-10-26

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The trrc;eh fairly shook as q horror
stricken.
rreternatural gravity on his round and
glowing face. and following closely.
with the peculiarly stiltsd yet dignifed
walk peculiar 70 his kind. was a dark
skinned half caste boy. He wore a large
cotton shirt about two sizes too large
for him OF q most stTocious blue pat
tern, moleskin trousers. and a great
gaudy print kcrchies tied round hts
neck and another cncirclins his brow
and hair. after the fashion Of scniciv-
ilized blacks Judging by hts manner
be looked as much myGll as any pure
bred black fellow. The approach q the
two was the signal for break in the
monotony of the proceedings
"It's Sevile and his Ahsaloml'' re-
marked Young stockman. who had
hitherto preserved silence. IN an awe
stricken voice When shall we the
meet againf'' some one asked in tragic
tones. but with a nasal drone. "Shure.
now, he's broth Cf bhoy as you may
well be proud Of. Savile. and. faith but
doesn be take after his fatherG'' an
other said with a broad hrogue. But
Savile pushed his way 20 the front and
did not seem 70 hear these iuvidious
remarks. which We're. however. quickly
suppressed
The police magistrate. who had been
intent on reading some papers in front
of him. suddenly looked mp and caught
eight OF the remarkable figure II the
half caste.
"Helloi" exclaimed that surprised
worthy Whats thisg''
Now. rs Savile at that precise mo-
ment was admiringly contemplating the
form of Samson who had az once as
sumed begging position right in front
of the magistrates table. thinking that
something was required Of him-he at
once replied with an air Of proud pro
prietorship:
''Samson. your worship.
"Humphl' remarked the magistrate.
who had not observed Savile's mistake
and never lost his little opportunity.
"Seems to me that he's profited by the
lesson taught his illustrions namesake
and doesnt I intend any Dclilah 10 get
at his locks -
As the court. with the utmost good
nature and most commendable policy.
roared again at this sally Savile felt IL
incumbent on him 90 smile "A sickly
smile. although he could not see the
point of the joke.
After a few tochnicalities in regard
to the mode Of procedure had been dis
cussed | represented that n the half
caste had been brought mp principally
with the blacks and could but imper-
fectly talk English. il the bench permit
ted. would question him through ~a-
vile, who had special knowledge of his
peculiar pigeon English. and thus the
possibility Of any misunderstanding
would be prevented This was agreed
upon. and Savile was sworn in as in
terpreter
In the scene which follows il viii
therefore be understood thatNhe ques-
tions put 10 the witness by Savilc were
first communicated To the latter by me
The half caste stood with hrs back 10
the court. facing his interpreter. | no
ticed he had all the natural good looks
Of his kind the handsome Caucasian
features and the large dreamy. dark
eyes which seem 60 speak Of "a soul that
Is. alas. too seldom there. There were
doubtless many others present besides
myself who Thought him a handsome
youth. although his skin was darker
than half caste's generally IL. and the
red cotton kerchief tied round his head
gave him "A bizarre appearance.
what ~ your nameT' asked the
magistrate. forgetting that he had
sworn an Spterpreter
"Name u longin to me- Freddy. the
boy proudly replied
Have you no surname. my lady
If ne had asked him this in Greek. Il
would have conveyed just as much
meaning to the witness
what name that young man Jab-
BERT" asked the puzzled half caste.
turning 10 Savilc for an explanation.
The troopers promptly suppressed the
outbreak on the part ~ the spectators.
and the magistrate. who was no longer
young. did not resent the imputatian
concerning his years Savile explained
''He has lived mostly In the blacks
camp your worship. lRpologizo for tho
witness way of putting things may
say. your worship. that all along he's
only been known as Freddy
"Ohi Then Freddy Is your name
remarked the magistrate. Then Yen
must understand my lad. that you have
to tell the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth. and II you say
what is not true the great God win
cause you Co be- burned In the big fire
when you die Hold mp your hand
The half caste held upa brown hand
But u was here decided that the youth
must not make a mockory ~ the oath by
taking Il In tho regular way The mat
ter was compromised by Freddy saying
earnestly:
Freddy baal CANNON. Me uavey big
fellow master put him alonga fire be
longin 10 dcvil-dcvil s'pozin he hurt
IN fellow haal bin do any harm =
That's good You can proceed " said
the magistratc "Oh. by the way. you
want 90 confront him with Mr.
Smythe1"
the witness Is examined. % admitted
In spite of an infatuation for French
poodlcs and predilccti0n for paper
snakes and Chinese puzzles Saviie sS
hibitod an astute presence ~ mind
WINS wondering how Savile had
managed To- pick mp this boy and what
the result of the examination was u b.
seeing that Norah Mackenzie had seem
ed Co expect such important issu.s from
II. when ms attention was attracted by
the respectable and v-racious Mr.. Dan
iel Smythc This worthy was truly MT
in "a proper condition to give evidence
Ia n court ~ Justice He glnred fnrtive.
Is round the tent as II expecting D. find
some one at his elbow whom hc did MT
particularly wish o. scc This incited
several ~ tho spectators a. pass jocular
but unhnd remarks. which were onlY
put a stop to with difficulty When he
cnught sight - the half caste. ! feared
ho would have another No and that the
case would have 10 b. again adjourned /
Tho wrctchod ~ H-skipper n the keteh |
Alacrity fairly shook AZ n horror strick
en- II he had seen tho ghost ~ rome /
one whom he had murdered. he could |
not have betrayed greater fear AZ for /
the half caste he slowly turned his great /
dark eyes upon him. and. as II smythe |
bad been some animal fascinated by the /