The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-05-29
BY THOMAS
p. MONTFORT

horon to mr. y rnw things torether 10
,.o,7,e,,,,,,.,a ,,nt ,n Ioa ,,o,,o ,nto
thnso woods witn IT., ann ohnut tho
,i, ,,lN ,'iui,, ,.t 1 I'. o,o',,nna
and ,hon hoh hisonnnorod To romom'
t,,rob oi.a tho tnrnnt ho hoa r,oho tnnt
H., T., N., No,,. ,,.i,ao,naI, d.
noi,,rn ihosn thIngs omd notina pon,.
.hnhovior hr uos uuicl onourh to sus.
moot thn trr,h p,in Inf firm no soid.
"pon was ANYBODY suspcctcd Of kin.
I'm NrlyiuY"
rho old man hcsitotcd still hut 0no,.
lv he rcplicd.
"'rGnr mourht n boon Sim. yos. Pm
arcnrd thar mought n been. But
Sim. | alu't never suspcctcd nobody"
81 know. Pan. But who did the 9th.
crs suspectr"
Aroin Sims componi,n leaned oopor.
" forward and seemed to await Pap's
reply. After a short pa lsc the old man
said slowly:
"You know. Sim tbor's allus some
people .cudy TO suspect anything bad
of n body If they've rot n ghost of
reason. lies go on home. Sim.
guess YOU must be tired an hungry"
NO, Pap. not now. You must tell me
thc truth"
ooh. Lord. Sim, can't tell you no
more"
"Ycs, you can tell me who was sus.
pected"
"Pd ruthcr not"
Then It's true. Pap. 1t Ia me?
Pan remained sI,ont
"TnII mo" Gin, i,.istoa ",s :. ,n
"rm ofcord sn Sim, vcs In, ofo,-d
thor's somc rs thinks II w,s Won INT
| don't thin,; If"
Sim b,d known who+ u.os oo,,,r,
but pans admission rns , hord ,In,,.
for nil that Ills bn,d Iroonnd ana on
| oynrnssion of hilton MIN c,r,, o,.n. Lis
! fcoturns Pan sow ,rd ,r1orston1
and. placing his hand ON SIM shnul,
| dor s,id c,nsolirrl,.
"Rut dnn.t hJinvo II Gin, a., NO
bodv'l ever mako mo h,Iiovn - ror q
| MINT, I. :, =
Biblcs-ncycr"
Tho old mans oct ana v.or,-. a., ci,,
good. It was - rrrot comrn,tS ~ I.rov.
that he had ono trun rricnd -, lr,st
81 know Pan" ho s,id .tb,t am,
alwovs trust Won yor.u s,on, ~, ,,,a
to tho last"
! ."rh,t,,, .,o. .,u CT
know You're NOT ruiltv"
"An thor's others" Sim so,d
"Thar's Sam Norg,n ,,u Ioso, pn,,
erts Thcv.u uovcr hrioro mo o,iIt,,
either will tbcv p,na"
Pan was scriousIv trouhlod o,a no
| sh,,,,,,. '''e" anu h'
"Slm," he said az know v,r rrs
must be tired an HUNGRY ro,s 90 on
homo an fall, ,rtcru,rd,,,
NO" Sim replied ~ want 70 know
the truth the whole bitter frutb So
Sam an Jason blicyc mo rui,tv of snch
a terrible crime rs thots"
"I dunno" Pan answered mrhor
| don't want tn hJiayo II Sim ,.ro,r
| they don't want TO bliovc r."
"But they do" Sim so,d with q s;,h
| Of resignation. "Wool eo No q Sn
| Louccsy"-
pan roiso1 ni, ,,o,, ,,,
| beam of pleosl,rc linhtod his f,oo
"No, Sim" he lntnrruntcd "1on,t ro,
saw that Ioucosv don,t hrio,n :, Nv,
| nc,.or ho, ,,,,io,.,1 :. - III,
heard Won accused sho cola - as -
| uo nm sbo,s stunI, =, - fn, =, va, T."
to this"
"Thank Godw Sim cr,od forvo,t,,,
"If she don,t b'liovo q don,t ao.o
what onvbodv olso thIpI,sn
"Shc don,t Gin, I,n, tout, w !,
Gods truth Sbn don.t A. no Vu ,no
said onouoh for t,is ,,,, we 'e
bomon ~ . eo VII
Hut Sim did NOT oro a -,
horom. doonIv ,horotte,,, '' Ia" ~.
tie no soid. " '''' W. N'''' III
~ don.t know rho+ ,oa , ,
nut, ""o" "nal h"u pest 90.
mo tbot oon,t toa. ~ un.N pee'cu "
If ston horo 1,iI ho nn.a, 10y Wy ''e"i
In his oxnitor,o,,t d., e,o
forgotten this hnt no knon, - ,,,, U" m'u
If sims nrnsnncn ,n tho ui,,aaa "nS noaa 49, ue
known no worId nontnI,,,, n'"so pecalhe
ana thon u,o a,o,a ,".' W 'iicS'eu'
state prjson wouId No do,,h. ,n.
him '''0' await
"Vor ,,o5 no..
til night" no said onY,oWsIn n.,'a un
owov ono,n Tno. % anAiousiy' a., .' theh so
do now" '0' '"''
But Sim doI,,,orotoa
said SLOWLY. '0's ''ine' 'hen
"ltovho ro,,,o ,,.,. ~,
know. A BODY nav no vol, ha % dons