The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13

white vyorn,.n were lrjfn..vyn the ,nath[.4s
of diectrII,,f,e ~, ,,pr,,t, r-rf7rs ,,.er.
nrinoi,iva vi thera MAS 81 arrl.or ma
macy and a closer frt.rro.rs. fefureer
tbs v.bt,ts. md Inc bl4c,,s ,l,an tl,ar., e,-,.
ygi,l he agafn The, fought fr..ireutl. and
were emily alfle Of s,va,,ar,. ft. ,0e ~,
Tho q. nor Tn ,,b.. .. MAJ, ~ ,,,,,r-, No.
the victor ALWAYS IN che end. huf t3e XII
fir on The surf,c,. at least hora rt1e
malice and having lem krn.k.l 5o...p
arose with some admiration i'm his beor,
for nc man Who rad ,hrastgd lin,
Sixpence had fought with his tri.e ana
bacn conquered. md c.rpn.,feI -, crir's
and had been protooilv punisbad for a
Far from suiJxipg over his ,1isfort,fD.s he
WIS posseseed Win "a spitlt If ras-,-.t a.,
the invaders Of his country. The oDI,, nm.
The negro ever sirhs is vyb.n Ne ,- So. ~
was white sixpeoce wished "a rarl ana
so often. and initiated the white pe,nla 50
earnesilv mai save when he tbrueI ne
broadly laughing face AZ a n, rro, he ~
convinced that he was rrettv nearly white
ono man however We his 10, bf
master. his damieod-tbe warden.
His attrac .ons were such as 10 7,,r,, T.,
hin, Derb4ps "a dos, rul ta "a ,,,1 ,nr...,
ed SixpenCe ike n dog. Ills accornrifsb-
neuts aDpealod 10 mo convict lie u,as !,
crack shot with rc,.olt.,, ,,- rres. h, -
daringlv. he could throw, an aesaeai AZ
well as cfxnenc.. b,n,ee.f and be bs5 ,,,ss.
t,ar.ous povyers over ,e5, a7a irll which
awed SiyDepce cro.,cb NO En- q corner of
the office De Jouob ,vss an Afrilr.nleT.
his father Ind hon a discbare,.i t,,s,isb
soldler-bis mother M ot-e I'm lie ta1
won his ,yar8,psbi,, l,, f,,,f,,,,,, e,rb,
ing in mo terrtt,r,, and
hy The reznrct bts ,,,o,yees
gained for him ar,one Tho rati,-oI ME
sulIen reticcnco 'nJ e,I,l.1a,, fnrtas I,ad v,l,7
him enemies. never nod AZ, ma ,,,,, r,,,,
doglike affection for him afto,. ,n,lein(r
him at first i'm The s.ov, ,,,o,,er,e,7t If tho
mon hs draegad from, hin, a faalino az. na,.r
akin to regard as il that Of a eobool bulIv
for the small bo,, whom he dafl,, ,hraeaes
but whom he viii allow no othar ia tbreat-
en-. 1t was the privi,aga ia select from tho
convicts a personal servant and he cbosa
Sixpence even taking him away on a
lonely hunt even trusting "a hin, 70 safely
Guide him homo after a debaiicb
PeriodicalIv he drank and in evcass NOT
in the ial nor in The village but in a lone
" roadside tavern some miles away Tben
for months he was suUenIv abslenioYs
cruelty strict and unopproachabIe six
pence welcomed these intermittent fren-
Zies of the warden with elee for in them
the mans nature swung abopt and he was
boisterouslv ioviai Then the T<amr beIl
high his head. and was filled with pride
because of the great cordtalitv and friend
q
utterly unsonhisticated and faithful hack
These outbreaks lasted about two davs;
then the Kafir would lead his masters
horse home the warden sloucbfnp heavily
in the saddle Reverence affection for
something however moor The idol is good
for man. savage or civilized. The raw
Kafir in his grail roveres nothing. loves
nothing. Therefore though such prison
life would have degraded white man be
w q he
learned to love. He became human.
After such a debauch. one night when
the sun had gone down, the two went
homeward The warden was singing. and
abusing Sixpence, who tried to sing also.
for not keeping the tune They made
horrible noise. a hoarse and hideous bel
low that spread far from them over the
veldt, until IL seemed to disturb the solemn
echoes of the distant grimly darkening
hills, and silence, above the plains, the
geutler voices of the Southern stars Six
pense had his share of drink, ana IT took
but little OF that to turn his foolish brain.
The moon, also, was not yet risen. and,
for these reasons, as they passed along the
trek and were unaware of all but their
own discordant music, a man stood in
front of them and blocked their path be
fore his approach was noticed. 1t was the
resident magistrate, an English civil ser
want, just out and patron of the warden.
1 ne ldiNtts W neH ne saw WHO stopped MN,
strove to sit erect and proffer a salutation,
but the effort only unsettled his balance,
and let him tumble sprawlingly in the
roadway. He looked up in an almost So
Der spasm Of shame and by starlight saw
duskily the gentlemanly face of the magis-
trate looking down upon him with deep
est disgust.
"Again Mr. De .Joupb -, tho bieb on
cial said coldIv ON snite Of warninss,
This 10 Too had II is innossil,1a mo- tbIs
can % on r"
De Joupb stsgSered 10 his foot sul,ar1,,
"Do as vou IKE +" he crted s,Ili,IIt, ~
con,t sion If I've bear vy9,1er - ~
iaiI for 1,eors epd no man ca, saw ! bo,,a
NOT done INV dutvt,
81 Grant II" tho r,,sistrat, o,,.,,.o.-,,
alroost comfy, "T gran1 a. l,,,+ +lts -, -
NOT 90 on 1,ou l,nou, :,
CPS oct 10 ca on II can't 10 .4,,,,..,
10 Won tbinls 7 bava,,t Ntrta1 sooP A,,
,,,y,seIfo,, ~ stop
The moor wretch tbr,,st hts f,oo eou.,,..
q, from ~ tbo othor,s ,ri ~
drew hecl[ win sb,d,7, F,,, - - u aDe