The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-22


white and black. dwelt On
Dukes creek, Il mile from
rr~.xt store Tall gaunt. reserved in his
-s.~Srs vet civil "a department toward
x, - VAS much respected by his neigh
-. vho several times, against his will,
- .tscsed him 10 the state legislature.
q. act often went 10 the village, I'VE
-st~s distant. except upon business or
.s.sed monthly Sunday meeting days al
snoash he was apt On Saturday evenings
= AZ or walk 10 Hines and spend an
-, n 70 In chat with others resorting
stere mainly for gathering neighborhood
neS&
=. cae Of his two nearest ueighbors. JEFF
49, Xattles. a big. rudy faced, twhat
49, eaiiedt shock-headed man. who man
ssrd somehow, despite his pack Of half
So~eu hounds Of low degree, and the
Astsf. fl1ey impaired. to live Ia some sort
q fsstIou on farm Of seventy acres
sio.ende the captains estate. His con-
,srf With the hard WORK of his wife and
shHir children tmos' of whom were giris)
,-hn we're old enough 10 deiye like she did
~eil> he sauntered about with his dogs
"a ahotsun was such as 70 disgust BY
kaetcr TO the degree that he seldom mem
,ssred his name. and when II was called
X another usually ayersed his at
1erfion tram the speaker and at the
Ara pause In the conversation started
aosns other theme. His contempt was
Yat b. Watsies. who used. particularly
vfff MS next neighbor. to use words re-
ssrded by himself as pointed and foreible.
ACap'n Byneton think hisseIf way UP
vsndsr above me because he have mig
ssrs and 7 haint They's other men in
~ nedehborhooc that's got mighty nigh
much as he has that treats me respect
ak,e enough 10 ieastwise occasionally
swap few words with me, If nothin' else,
aheuf crops and the weather, and askln
Nov families L. But he. when he look
Al ne at all. and IL he speak to me at all.
Il look like he have contemp for sech
= me- and say. Well, Mr.. Wattles.' or
Y3ood day. Mr.. Watties.e and then pass
On Fact H. that man act to me ike ne
dIln't think one single speck more o me
thsn Niger. and not as much as he do
D. Dan--thats his foreman. No ionger'n
I chuesday OF last week, were a-settin'
q the fence betwixt his woods and my
aid. a-resttn' from hunt been or for
eauirls. when on 81 sudd:nt ! heerd talkin'
nda' on jes' like two gent men white
loshs comm along the path, and when
fhey got nigh enough TO see 10 ard be-
hold. II were nobody but Cap'n Byneton
asd that rascal Dan. him on his horse
nd Dan afoot with a gun on his shout
der A niger carryin gum II made
~ very blood bile And az they come
9 they was talkin' together ekai like I'm
tAIkin' ~ you this minute. Dan givin' In
iii opinions, and his master listenin' like
Il we're all law and gospel, and actuIl
heerd him say. Dan. believe you're
nght I was mistaken; go on and do
scccrdin to your own Judgment. And
when they come up where | were. Capn
Byneton said. .Ay? Good mornin'. Mr.
Wattfes.' and he rid on the same as II
had been simple nobody. although he
Cd pause long enough TO hint that some
body's dogs have been among his sheep.
and he said, In them polite ways he's got
thata morn aggravaiin' than IL he'd come
cut with It pint blank. he hoped they'd
stop II. And there iny my Loud-thats
my squrl dor-and there stood Dan a
hessfn' Of II all And 1 made up my
Mn6, the first chance 7 git. I'll give that
niger whaiin' what I've had the sperrit
10 do ever sence he been prowltn' around
the ailye o my prop'ty with ii gun. and 10
eApw rap'n nyneton that Tn ngtn sich
mites IN niggers for him TO Insult and
TN to run over me IN that kind o style
I'm a-talkn' this 10 you Jim. at the same
time KNOWN you're monstous friendly
With him and Mr.. Fletcher and them Kind
SIGH as you and me- and | often say 10
myself how Il come that Jim Kea,in
hains learn, that this il a free country
for white folks. and act accordin'. Yt, |
suppose everybody Amt the same. not
bein' made So In the heginnin
The person TO whor, these words were
addressed was James. called by every
body except his neghhar, Jimmy keat-
ms He WAS handsome. rather small.
ehatiy. energetic, good manager az his
little property. cheerful. innocentiy sspir-
tnr ana thoroughly honorable Except
Wssiies. everybody loved him. despite
this mans charge that little Jim Keat-
tn was always tryln' Ia get bigger than
klss@it." Jimmy was like three-fourths
81 the middle class of rural Inhabitants
IN Middle Georgia that had entire respect
and some reverence for those Of superior
wealth and culture who deserved them.
easily recognizing that, IN matters affect
ing the common veal, upon these depend
ed their main reliance. II was At period
when. as IL always does in early settle
ment on the border az civilized end bar
earous existence. ratrician rule By almost
universal consent obtained. Occasionally
one Ike Waitlea u4orose ard enNious
from childhood . hshtual fault finder In
MS family. ara everywhere elSe, rsoathcd
BIS discomfort Wnttles imagined that he
mad much contempt for Jimmy Heating,
Who With himself WAS sansiwiched be
tween Capt Rvinston on one side and on
she ether by MIR Robert Fletcher. 81 not
CUTE. huf nearly. equal rank, because
Jimmy never complained - his condition.
shieA he Was always improving. aod
which be ho0ed - make satisfactory IN
'lsses AZ lease. for his posteritN. With his
esa wars ARA that ~ a couple - negroes
bestowed bv his wjfs's father re had
$ PAID fer his small farm, and net let his
Ismsly have every comfort. and not y few
inexpensive luxurlsa People smiled at his
readiness fav large words. ana Others
sometimes not quite snuslv fitting IN
Fiaees where r. rllt thetn. hUt shey rec
oShises these is entirely harmless evi.
srneer ~ hts honorable ambitions Roth
~ TIRE house - WattfeS more often a.
aas Own, or sNnlan here. AS Gn this occa-
snh. nj their aa1aiusns gauce. rs had
listened With nueh patience 90 complain
sass N which os'ra~tnuallv were words ir1-
s7estlns against h}~ nsanhou5+ >oS and
zen Re drew 2 lsr,e breath. Vet hs hoTe
a'Hse n here ~ H~elaE able saGD0 SHN e.
Wy WeattleS Hut sra tx him 81. Capt
csssgfon LAD s. ,lstnseset ttsn. AMI pro
v1s~s te heir hi,n raise the money when
ses Waite wo@ld IA! somewhat fTaml
Nr sxtfsvagast Nr{so he WAS asA,ng
M Wstti%s s9iG re as for you IN,
nnesen tNnt An . kaurkis~ - a'ap's
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