Evening journal., 1900-02-28
COLONEL. JESsUP

The sharp sound OF horses hoofs
ringing against the level, sun-haked
Toad rouse Mandy Jessup from
state of hopeful abstraction. and lean
ing from her low seat in the door she
shaded her eyes with her hands and
peered anxiously out up the winding
path
A young man on stout cane tac-
Ky" Creole pony parted the bushes
and alighted without a word.
We'll RiahT interrogated Mrs.
Jessup: then rs he shook his head de-
jectedly. "sho'ly they ain't goin'---"
"laln't any use wastln' yo' breath
questionin' Man," Amarinh interrupt
ed sinking into the chair his mother
had Just vacated. they air goin' clear
against u.s.
"Well- calculated Mrs. Jessup with
Indignation as she hung 'Riah's hat
on a nail In the whltewashed wall.
well, we'll. an you ar ole Zach Jes-
sup's own gran'chile by his second
wife-why ther amt no jeslis In Mis-
sissippi II the Flyers can't see with
one eye that MS all yourn"
IL was kinder hopeful at fust, but
soon | saw ther wasn't any chance
FOR me: Judge Gary Is all for Cunnel
Jessup's claim an I'm no wharf
'Rlah. f'you had a leetle change
ter slip inter the jury's hands you'd
git thar too" inslnuated Mrs. Jessup.
"Lawsy. how you skeered met she
ghrleSed as Amariah's cilnchcd fist
came down on the table with n
crash
Don't say any MOI I've got no
money. an II | had 'twould never 20
dishonestlyl This little shanty Is mean
enough" looking sadly around at the
dirty walls and wretched furniture,
but IT'S come by honestly"
You're right 'Rlah. an don fret
'bout Llssyl Theirs ez good fish In the
river ez ever was caught; II she's toe
fine for yo' place why the's the Spin
ner gals Is handy an'--well. | never
II he amt gone of In the heat O. the
| day. as Anariah impatiently jerked
his gun from the rack. and pulling his
rlouch hat down over his eyes. hur
gied away from his miserable home
/ which resembled chicken-cOOp sci
up on pegs TO avoid high water
He pushed through the bending
canebrake. cracking the fallen stalks
under his feet roughly tearing aside
Ait IlllrNlONN Atu anu NiAAOM NAuiI
that clung 10 him. Needless OF thu
gray moss that brushed his cheek al
he passed under the water-Oaks. ant
the wild ducks that, frightened by hi
footsteps, flew up from the swami
with hoarse cries.
The ripple and splash OF the rive
tapping against the bank, reused hin
from his abstraction as bend In tn
willows brought him close 10 the gold
en- Mississippi rushing down to Il
death In the great seas.
Across this arm Of the river lay th
Jessup plantation stretching far on
into the water like the finger OF
great hand and half hid by the ran
growth of moss-covered trees he coul
catch n glimpse of the once stated
home OF the Jessups-now grim an
deserted. with It's acres OF untillc
land lying fallow the year round
pausing a moment 10 look at IL
spot where his brightest dreams ha
been centered and where now lay Il
+ grass grave Of his dead hopes. n
l young man turned resolutely ava
. | Following the narrow path on top
e the high levee for some distance.
! then took n road 20 his right viii,
I wound its way through a dense fore
: and was soon lost In the gatheriI
/. gloom.
\ Colonel Jessup of the hill Jessun
I so called because his neat white CO
tage was built on a green mound, 81
r on his gallery. from which a fine vie
/. could be obtained Of the Jessup pla