The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-05-22

"Id Say't.'
"Ycs; he got SOD he didn't pear to he
satisfied no more, so yistcdy he packed
p an put out"
"Wa'n't satisfied with the CONNER.
datlon you give him?" Turner asked.
"Thcm fcllcrs mostly amt satisfied
with nothin."
"Oh, 1T want that, guess. Least.
wise ne never made no fuss bout his
'commcrdations."
What allied him, then, You reckon"
II dunno, I'm shore. Jest seemed to
"a got sortcr restless an uneasy an
couldn't he still nowhar When he
WANT asleep, he was all the time NOV
In about. either trapSin round over the
woods or else walkin backards an for
ards across the yard. I've seed him
walkn out thar in the yard for hours.
ICSt goin to an fro, to an fro, till 1t
wore me clean out. 1t got sos he done
Ii of nights jest the same. an lots OF
times I've walked up way long towards
morniu an seed him at it. Then thar
was II kin OF skccrcd look In his
eyes. an at ever little noise he'd jump
an look round like he'd been shot.
uSNtI Stt llobttN w ilNt il' h'b''
by grab, it was funny, want it?
Looked that away to me shore"
what YOU reckon was the matter of
him. lIii"
Il aln't no notion, Jake"
IL bet it was that murder done it,"
Sam Morgan said. Don't you nll rcck-
Oh it was?'
Lord, don't see how that murder
could "A had anything to do with it,"
| Iii replied. THE murder want nothin
| to him noway, an he didn't know Mel
| vim nor Sim Banks nuthcr. Guess he
never see nuthcr of 'cm less he see
Melvin that day he was lyin here n
cuwpSe."
"IIe did see him that day" Sam said,
IAN he acted sortcr Quuirc too. | was
a-watchin him when lie went UP to
| whar the cawpsc lay, an. for all he'd
been so cool out thar in the woods, the
second his eyes fell on that dead face
he turned right white an put his hand
up to his heart, then looked round
| right quick, like he wondered If any
body'd seen him. Guess he must bC
one OF them kind OF people that's easy
tcchcd by anything like that"
Must be if he done that away" ole
| Iii replied. MY skin, it don't make
no difference to me to look at dcat
fcllcr. an I'd Jest as soon tech him al
| not"
Lord, Iii, not if he'd been killed."
EYES. sir. even if he'd been killed"
"By grab, | wouldn't. They say /
you tech n fcllrr that's been murdcrct
that away he'll come to you thrr,
nights hand runnin and stan by you
bed an look at you"
"Wondcr if that's so?' Jim Thor
asked.
by grab. they say it is, shore, an
can tell YOU right now don't want n
dead fcllcrs pcstcrin round me o
nights"
Lord. yOu bet | don't. don't wan
nothin to do with them ha'ntS an fix
ins, an | amt never goin to tech nC
body that's been killed. you bet, eve
If they never are tcchcd."
"Shucks. you frllcrs don't know wha
you're tallin bout. Say, you all jes
wait till you've seed dead men as Nv
seed 'cm. lyln round on n BATTLEFIELD
Jest cvcr'whar" Thus spoke Ebeuczc
Sparks, the warrior bold. "Lor
Almighty, I've fit into many a battl
whar men were jest a-drappln a
round me so thick that couldn't NOV
thout stepDin on lot OF 'em. Nj
land, want skccrcd Of tcchin 'cm, II
they never come back OF nights to pc.
ter round ha'ntin Of me, nuthcr."
1T want that away that time whc
you went into Hicks cellar to whu
the battle. was 1t, Ebcnczcr" JaSo
Roberts asked.
EbcncZcr flashed angry.
'DOggonc 1t ALL" he cried, "ain't
never goin to hear the last Of that da
burned old cellar? Ever time mer
tion any word bout when | fit int
the war some blame fool has got to &
to work an drag that dod blasted oil
cellar in.'
"Waal, we want to show intrust |
your war record, EbcncZcr, an that
the only battle we ever see you fight IL
so that's all we got to speak bout"
"Waal, you needn't poster 'bo,
shown no intrust, then. I'd ruth,
you wouldn't"
Say" Sam Morgan called, 'don
you reckon Sim Banks has Il ha'nt?"
"Of co'sc he has" Thorn replied, "al
say, fcllcrs, | bet it posters him jeE
awful"
'To be Shore" Turner agreed.
"Spcakin OF Sim Banks minds me {
somethin," Iii said. Reckon ain
none OF you uns hcarn nothin OF Sil
sence he went away
Mary word," Hicks answered.
"Quaire them officers don't find OF