The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-04-25
"Humph! What kind Of looking MAJ

"Humph! What kind Of looking man
was he?"
"Putty slick loOkin fcllcr-sOrter
young, sortcr tall, sortcr dark, sortcr
slim an sorter clean shaved. mOught
"a found cut more bout him, but you
know I'm pow'ful backwards bout
askin questions an 'pcared like he
didn't keer bout answcrn what | did
ask"
"IIow came he TO tell you that lie had
come down here to prospect for miner
alsY'
"Why, we got to tallin an runnn on
bout one thing an another, an up an
mentions bout you a-bcin ycrc, an he
asks all bout you IN bout what you
was doin ycrc. When l says you are
ycrc a-smellin round for mineral,
says, "rhen l reckon want to meet
that man, secin's we're both on the
same line Of businrss.' That's jest
how he come to mention his object In
comm yere."
Melvin was silent long time and
deeply thoughtful. The coming of that
stranger annoyed and worried him
Turner's description OF the man.
though vague and general suited very
much TO the description Of one hr did
, not care to see, the brother of the
| man whose life he had taken.
The claim Of the stranger that he
| too, had come there to prospect for
| mineral made his appearance all the
| more alarming to Melvin. for no one
| knew better than Melvin that no cap
| italists were going to waste money in
useless prospecting In that section
| That claim would do very well. he
| thought. to fool the natives with. but
no one with ordinary business sense
| would believe ii for q minute.
He was half inclined to leave the
| Ridge at once, and had II not been for
| Mrs. Banks he would have done So
| lie felt that even at the risk of his life
| he must remain there until he had sue
| cccdcd in gaining one more Interview
with her. Strange how weak Il man,
| strong in all things else. can be when it
comes to woman and love! by and by
Melvin broke the silence by saying.
"Iou said that man was here today.
SO presume he is not here now?"
"Lord a-massy, no! No, stree! He
wanted to stop, but we had no place
for him less we put him to sleep with
you, an we lowed we'd best not do
that, seein's you are so doggoned par
tic'lar."
"Tm glad you came to that conclu-
| sion,' Melvin replied, "for certainly
should have objected to sharing my
bed with any one else"
"Thats the way l figgered It. You
seem to be bout rs sQucamish an ex-
actin as the fcllcr that stopped down
to Squire Bceson's oncet. Ever hear
bout that chap"
"GueSs not"
"Waal, sir, be was q good un shore.
Reg'lar blame crank, as the fcller says.
Got mad cause the bed fell down with
him in the night an he had to sleep on
the Goor. Squire explained to him that
1t was all jest accident, an you know
accidents will happen spite of any
thing, but that feller was so doggone
unreasonable that squire's explanation
didn't satisfy him. Next mornin he
got madder an wet hen cause while
he was eatn breakfast cat jumped
on the table an snatched the meat
outen his plate an run Off with It.
Squire ketched the dad burned cat an
took the meat away from 1t an put it
back on the feller's plate, thinkin nat
rally that he done all anybody could
expect Of him. but he found he was
mistaken. Feller, std Of thankin
squire, r'arcd up an said he want goIn
to stop at no sich place. Squire, in
co'se, feels hurt to be talked to that
away after all his mains to nIooao CO