The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-11-06


waiter will serve you if you'll take
seats" was the smiling answer. Then,
looking to her right, sho was annoyed
to sec that the two strangers had halted
at the doorway and were iDtcntly re-
yarding them. 900 these men look
| like friends Of your coloncPs ?" she
| "sked.
Mr.. Dillon whirlcd on his spurred
heel and glarod in the direction lndl-
Gated, for something in her tone and
manner told of vcXation. Thcrcupon
| the two vanished; he of the teeth hur-
riedly, he of the curls with lelsurcly
swagger
Counting the cash after supper she
came again upon The one iiVc-dollar
blll. 1t was new and crisp and issued
by the First National Bank OF Sacra-
mcnto, California. The lcrryman came
to her with the mate to II and asked
for change.
81 know where you got this" said
she. "What time did you take those
| two strangers ovcr?'
"Didn't take any over. Bill lloman
paid me some money ho owed me-
said he had to change it for some fcl-
| lows whose horses he'd shOd."
That made two brand new iivcs
within an afternoon, and Mr.. Sands,
the clerk at the cigar counter, had an
other. He had sold the pair Il dollars
worth OF cigars
1T was twillShl "hch Sle reachcu her
cottage home on the hrlSn'S overlook
ing the Missouri. II was ai'cr
O'Clock when, supper over, Shc coulo
bctakc herself TO Il n'llc power IN inc
Shrubbery tha' Jlm hild puli' ioi hcr,
spot she ioVcd ana VISITED almost
every night OF hor me- one was just
ABOUT rlelhS 10 Sc"'lS "'ch l'ioools
! whcn she near" men NoiccS'
A pathway parallel with the river
ran along the bluff Just under the hedge
OF rose and currhnt bushes, but il was
seldom used except as shortcut from
the ferry landing to the southwark
skirts of the town. Village boys pat
tered along there barefoot, but seldom
anyone else. Aud now these words,
though in low, cautious tone, fell on
her car:
"l tell you thGro'll be plenty of time.
She amt due at Santcc until 1910, and
|, ) lo''l ,l'lc current ihey,H IL or'lt
uo"h 10 "'isrc we want lhcm IN TWO
houIs easy
'Dama .ha' 'orV, Srowlcu announcer
voice, 'hat somehow nad Il familiar
rlng. "lt'S nasty thlng TO have to
I'ho so cioSc 10 lhoSe lclio"s.
"C'oSG' "ny' us SIX miles below
lnal 10 SKINNER bar. move on, man.
lhosc horscS' IL oc nelShihg ilrst thlng
you KNOW AND that was all.
FOR weeks IL had pcen hcr custom
since Jln's promotlon to Big Hank's
engine 10 listen lor 53l's powerful
whls'lc, rouslng the echoes lar down
inc valley, before she dropped of TO
Sleop' rms night some strange dread
,'ossessca her as shc went 10 her room,
a'IhouSh her mothcr had laughed at
hcr Tears and her description of the
conversation, insisting that it was only
sololers smuggling Whl>kcy. Bul Mel
ho coula not forget the words. She
sat at her WINDOW, wa'c'' III hand, lis
'ehihS lot inc llrst distant echo OF the
"hislle, put though The night was still,
no oreczc a5tlr ana IL was 1ull time, no
10000 w ''A' -NNN "A-A'o'I'
Lighting lamp, she picked up a
book that she he'd been reading during
the morning at her desk, and as she
opened it two or three newspaper clip
pings caught her eye. Idly she glanced
at the first:
cit ia three months since the daring
hold-up OF the $. u. express at Rose
vile, and the rnglcadcrs are still a
large. No doubt exists ,hat FloS ,
Raymcr, Curly Floyd is the man wht
shot Messenger Thornton, but thc dis
gulso Of his confodcratcs seem, t.
have been complete. Thornton WA
only able to say before his death tina
the confederate was 1.-the, slender an'
had teeth heavily plugged or cappct
with gold. Engineer Morris is on th'
mend. Not dollar Of the lost none,
has been recovered"
"Curly Roberts" and a confcdcrat,
who was 1.-the, slender and--thos'
teeth! Nellie Fcnner was on her fec
in an instant, her eyes dilating. Every
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