The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-05-02
CHAPTER NIL.
ONE MELVIN FEA RED.

,roII assured of that fact rs he would
have been had Melvin told him so. ie
knew. on the contrary. that he was go
inc to III Jenkins place. why he was
going he did not know further thaI
that he knew the new stranger nae
something to do with IT,
The important Information poSSrSSe'
by little cotcric at BrckcttS NIL
concerning Melvin had not r"achc'
Jonathan Turner. III iact, and Tor
wonder, it had not spread beyond IN
few persons to whom sam Morgan ha
related 1t that night at Hicks store.
The reason it had not spread. ana IN
only reason doubtless, was aurihutnhl
to Hicks. With IN eye single 10 puS
ness he had seen q likely chance [
turn n few honest dollars only If the
would all keep quiet and patIrn'I,
await the development Of events. FAX
ing the others fully into his confidence
he had said:
"If that fcllcr's done Som"thin "rct
full for which he has 10 hid" ont from
the law--whlch, Of course. he has or
he "0"''' 80, -, a,,.,,., ,,, r,r
him. ir il ain't out already. Now, most
giner'ly when q reward is "h"r'd tAa1
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81 '''.e ''!"N f"'""'\' hHW"N"r. hut he
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"''' '''''', w. away from 'he
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l., $780,, .N'"H P''cc' anu
va "' ,'".'' '' y" '"''' ''al he mao
HU", H '"' u MS '"''".>'S were correct
WIS "'" d. 'H' laSt men IN the
""''' Nv "'N'' '&." I" meet or with
"''' IL, '"'' seek Il conference.
, H''N III ""I '''d Mrs. Banks, he
,'''' '""'" u" III" "i a human being.
=" '''' '''"' 81 quarrel ne had shot
"""" "nH instantly KILLED a young man
',r r'' ''''""d' tie Justlhcd him
'I , 'o' ''' act OH the ground that he
,':'" "'''" III sell u"t"nSc, and In n way
- ,'',"i was 'Tu" Just at the time
Va, Wv "'''''h II WAS merely a question
hoa w. w.. 'V,!,H ".n nFe INST, and If Melvin
,"I., ."u 'o' hl1'ed he would have been
n.a. h"1' on Tue other hand, Melvin
.vsi'"'slnle tor the misundcr,
oro,na 49, ''' .,'"'e''aho was seeking to
,,S,' '"v nohor or his sister, whom
W,hiia g, ''"d ,,,I! pesta!ea'
ho ,1 -n.,''" ''i!eht Justify his act
n.or,a p"o''r opAhlo1I nor the courts
'"'u '"''i! IT, SO he hcd from tho
pe'ne " escape arrest. Having met
-'ou''a p"hhs ana learned to love hcl
,hn,eS. no sne @ was siri at school, his frs
noue w. u. i'c, he Dcsan his flight wa
sn o. ne'e ,e Ioulo pe near her. Tina