The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-05-22
1FHE PATENT RECORD. Baltimore, h1e

"Don't see how he goes bout maxim
that out"
81 don't see nuthcr, but that's his
talk"
Flows Sims woman a-doin?"
"knder porcly. guess. She amt
livin here no more"
THAT SOP"
"ics; she lcft the fust of the week"
WIZARD she goY
"Down to the county seat"
whats she 'lowin to do down thar r.
"Shc reckoncd she'd git into some
work OF some kind"
"An Jest bout manage to go through
everything she's got"
"She ain't got nothin."
"Aint? Why, been hcarin Sim left
her all the land an everything"
"lic did, but she won't tech It."
Won't! Why, say, what's the rea-
SON.
".~c lows It's his'n an she amt no
righ, to live 1t up. Says mebby some
time he'll need it,
"Wnal, I'll be smutchcdw
Then | guess she kinder wanted to
git away from here anyhow. That
bout her an Melvin started u good bit
OF talk, an | reckon she found 1t want
none too pleasant a-stayin here"
Naturally. How'd she take it bout
Melvin bein killed? Did she carry on
much!"
nary a bit that any of us seen.
Guess she behaved plumb nice"
"lpid she come to see the cawpse?"
Hicks hcsitatcd for an instant He
knew from Pap Sampson about that
night visit, but he had promised to
keep 1t n secret.
'Waal, I didn't see her come" he
said. ANY YOU fcllcrs see her Gomez"
They all shook their heads.
Some folks lowed she'd take on a
heap over him an mebby give Sim fits
too"
Lord. she tuck right off for Sim.
She jest acted for all the world like
she kecred more for him than any.
body"
1T would "A been moughty good
thing If she'd "a tuck Off for him soon.
er std Of foolin with that other fellcr,
a-gittin him killed an putin Sim into
this mess"
IL reckon that's so. III, but I amt
never blicvcd I,ouccsy Banks aimed to
DO nothin wrong. She was jest sorter
thoughtlcss, guess"
No, sir; It's jest like I've said time
an ag'in, Jake. Whenever you 90 nm
send gal Off to them doggone colleges
you Jest naturally spilc her for all time
TO come. by gosh. you jest as well
thke her out nm knock her IN the head.
That's all in the worlds the matter of
Louccsy Banks"
"No, l low her an Sim lest naturally
didn't suit"
"Co'sc they didn't after she'd gone
oowh thar an tuck up lot OF doggono
TOOL notions. They'd "a suited well
enough II 1t hadn't been for that she
lowed she'd got to have one Of them
white shirt fcllcrs or she couldn't ncv.
er be happy. It's that dad burn college
done it all"
still, Ill, edIcation's pow'ful good
thing"
Not for gal It amt"
"Why"
Waal. she nint got no use for il. nm
It's jest plumb shore to make a fool or
hcr Lord, man, even, don't need so
awful blame much edcation to git on
all right"
You think so?"
i know it. Take myself, for in
stance. aln't never had no edlcation |
to speak OF, yit see how sot on to that |
jury that time. managed bout run.
min that court jest as well as any OF |
them fcllers down thar. If feller's
got 1t In him. he can git up I'm the world
even if he amt got no book rarnin."
Lord a-massy," Turner exclaimed.
'speakin bout settn on to a Jury
minds me Of somethn."
What Is itT Jason asked.
why, II Sims ever ketched they'll
have to git jury to try him, an dun
no bat likely enough I'll git chance to
set on It."