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The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-28

great to give me pleasure, and no toll
too irksome If by it she could serve
me. verify believe that she loved rne
better than my own mother did. But
somehow ! never liked her. l was al
ways afraid of her, and instinctively,
even in childhood, / recoiled from her.
AS l grew older that feeling increased.
until her very presence was intensely
hateful to me. l fought against it,
under the consciousness of my obliga-
ton to her, but there 1t was.
couldn't get rid of it."
know just how you felt" I broke
in; II felt the same way myself There
was something weird and uncanny
about her; unwholesome-that's the
word 1 want"
Yes" he asented, that's a good
word for it. An unwholesome in
fiuence seemed to go out from her in
some way. l found as / grew older
that her own people were afraid of
her, on account of her power to con-
jer' them"
ITO what?"
Confer. or conjure: bewitch. They
considered her a witch, hoodoo doc
tor. Now l suppose that you don't
believe in anything of that sort"
well, hardly" / laughed; neither
do you, or any other sensible man."
Don't be too sure of that. There
was a time when / didn't; when /
! laughed at the whole thing just as you
are now doing. But now"
But. man alive" l began.
Never mind; let the argument go
for now, and let me get on with my
| story. AS | was saying, this feeling
| of repugnance. of aversion for Marin
Lie increased as ! grew older while
on the other hand, her affection Cor
and pride In me apparently increased
/ also. My mothers death seemed "a
make closer than ever our relation 10
each other. ] was her onlies' chile.
and she WAS my onlies' nanny she
was fond 81 saying. After / finished
/ college, and began the practice Of law,
! broke up my home, and took
/ bachelors quarters, fully as much a.
/ get rid 81 Marin i.ize as for anything
elise 4 bought little house for her
I in the negro quarter, settled an
amount upon her sufficient % satisfy
her every want, anG congratulated
/ myself that J was a. last free from hey
I uncanny compeniOnEkip. But ! didn't
+ know her. Never q day passed boz
/ she appeared "a the door ~ nay oNlce
With hef smile and her inquiry How :
ma honey fhif fac mornin'P a matt
tered not Fhe Naf there, ~ What
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-28
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY DECEMBER %, 1902.

was doing. In come Marin Lie
even into my private office, if 1 were
not in the outer room. Again and
| again, / told her that / was busy, and
| that she must not disturb me; but It
made no difference: next day, there
| she was. One day the climax came,
/ and in sudden anger l told her to get
out and stay out; that l didn't want
her around; that l wished to heaven 1
might never see her ugly black face
again as long as 1 lived! There's
gratitude for you, considering all that
she had done for me and mine!
"A triffe ungrateful, it must be adj
mitted," said l meditatively but emil
nently natural. Think | should have
! said the same thing myself, under the
! circumstances. What did the old bag
say?"
Nothing for a full minute. She
simply stood and looked at me as if
she were trying to take it in. And l
can tell you in that minute l saw my
self as several kinds and varieties of
things that creep and crawl and are
mean and lOw-down generally. But 1t
was too late; the words had gone forth.
Then she began to speak, at first in
low, passionless voice, which gradu-
ally rose in gathering fury until ii
shrieked about me like a winters gale.
80 yos tied OBJ seem oil mammys
urgly brack face, is yo' honey? Mann
my, dat TUX yo' FUN de doctah's hans
when yo' was bon; many, dat rock
ed yo' to sleep on her bosom a-many
an a-many a time; nanny, dat has
glib her life to yo', and wud hab sold
her soul to de debbil fur yo' sake!
DON wan OF nanny, 'roun' no mo!
Wush to hebbin yo' might nebber see
her agin as long as yo' lib Well,
well, honey. yo' sh'll shorely hab yo'
wush. Yes, an ebbery udder wush
dat yo' make-on'y 'cept one. 'Cept
one. no! hor she chuckled hoarsely.
'Wush fur whatebber yo' like, honey;
it's boun' to come. Cos why? Cos
de conjer's got yo', honey; de conjer's
got yo' Oh, it'll use yo' well, nebber
fear; it's gwine t big yo' ebbery wush
yo' make cept one; yo' needn't wush
to git rib OBJ de confer, COS yo' cY mt
do it, Cyant shake it off nohow. 1t
stays whar it's put. Ho! no! Wush
away, honey! Dar'n be somebody else
a-wushin one OBJ desc days, an dey'H
git dar wush, too. Good-by, honey;
yo'se gwine to git yo' wush. Yo'n
nebber see OF Marin Lies ugly brack
face ag'in as long as yo' lib; as long
as yo lib-min dat! Reckon yo' will
after yo' die, do Marin Lie kin
wush Good by. Ho! ho! And with
a laugh like a wall of a lost soul, she
was gone"
Cheerful pom m Y word! 1 suppose
she was back the next day, thought"
II never saw her again."
well, you had good and cheap
radiance"
I'm not so sure of that" he said
in a low tone, as though speaking to
himself, rather than to me.
mot so sure of it? Why not?'
you forget her parting gift?"
Erred Robertsl" / sat bolt upright
in my hammock in very amazement.
"You don't mean to tell me that you
take any stock in that old hays hoo
doc nonsense
What if l should tell you, Jim, that
l not only believe in the fact of the
hoodoo, or CONFER as Marin Lie
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AN ORIGINAL ELOPEMENT.
CONTINUED from Page 22.l

rected at me. 1 had nothing to say.
/ had done my work according to his
orders. Then he walked off without
another word and left us there alone
That was not the last of it, however,
The next morning 1 was called into
Henderson's private office and put
through a series of questions that
would have done credit to a criminal
lawyer: but when 1 left his august
presence. Jacob Henderson was no
wiser regarding the matter than when
/ came in
He also had Nick up before him
and asked him a few questions, but
the honest fellow knew no more about
1t than | pretended to know, So on the
whole, Henderson got but very little
information from either of us.
A few days later l met Davis on the
street, and as he came up and shook
hands with me cordially, he looked at
me strangely.
Ned" he began, perhaps you don't
know it, but you have won that girls
everlasting gratitude, if not to use a
stronger expression, for what YOU did
that night. 1t was close rub
though. She told me all about It be-
fore we got to Hampton
at seems that the old man. is only
her guardian, after all Her parents
died when she was a child and She has
lived with him ever since. He was de-
termlned that she should marry old
Bailey, who owns the biggest half of
the road, but she objected, and as she
had not lived quite long enough to he
her own mistress-she was few
weeks short-she couldn't do any bet
ter than to run away.
The danger is over now. and she
can choose for herself. Better 60 IN
and see her, Ned. She's stopping with
friend. Here's her address,"
1t may be quite needless for me 10
state that / took Charles advice and
FOUND time to go and call upon Grace
very soon after. There was something
IN her brown eyes when left her thar
encouraged me to call again and Of
While Jacob Henderson was st,u
turning the adjacent country unsida
down In search OF her, quietly mar
ried her
The 'old man" was angry and nro.
fane when at last he heard OF IL ana
the part ! had played, but he passed
over traces personal fortune without
protest. '''VN'
Ihat was my last run on an engine
although strange 10 say. neither Nick
nor Charlie Davis We're DISCHARGED ~,
the part they took IN my little elone.
menl They never heard anytbing
tnfther regarding the matter. but
WAS Immediately notified thai sp,,
services were no longer Required"
- no" Grace has al the affection
ihsi J once feit for my engine. ana In
llgt ethsf lote besides, but Il h MOI
haf what she deserves. NV
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a casual mention by mutual acquaint-
ances, had kept us informed in general
as to each others course and career,
but we hadn't met since school days
until a month ago. Long treatment
of other folks nerves had somewhat
shattered my own, and l was taking
an extended vacation in a journey
around the world Imagine my de-
light to run across Roberts out in that
fascinating region, east of SueZ,
where the best is like the worst, where
there amt no Ten Commandments,
an a man can raise a thirst"
He had come from nowhere in par
ticular; was going nowhere in partic-
ular; simply initiating a certain dis
creditable parsonage mentioned in the
Book of Job, in going to and fro in
the earth, and walking up and down
in it, That being the case, wouldn't
he join me in a trip / was projecting
across the Arabian peninsula, with
horses and guides, from Alden, to Bas-
Yes, he would, and he did.
So there you have us Nothing re-
mains to be said in this connection
except the little that Roberts told me
about his life since our separation.
He had studied law, and practiced for
q time with success in his native town;
but, coming into q large fortune-how.
ne OldD I Say-he nau gwen up work,
and had passed years in the gentle
and delightful vagabondage possible
only TO those who are long OF purse
and short of family responsibilities
and obligations. He had never mar
ried: his parents We're long since dead;
he had been an only child: even Of
uncles, aunts and cousins. with which
every properly constituted Southern
family is abundantly supplied, he had
none. He was curiOusly, almost pa
theticaily. alone IN the world
Il verify believe" he said one day
with a reflective smile. that there is
not a single human being with one
drop Of my blood IN his veins. 'L'etat,
c'est mos am the Roberts tree,
root, trunk, branch and topmOst leaf.
When the Great Woodsman gets his
work in on me. there viii not be- 30
much az a tHlg lef" 70 my remark
about the distinction ~ solitude. be
answered, without a smile this time.
IN may be distinguished. but it's d bit
lonesome AZ times. just q hit lone-
j wa the evening ~ the seoona
eet after shat Roberts himself refer-
tfH ~ thf meter. we had MADE
te''bi tptfn epr dinner, ana were nov
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MARIN

"Jove, isn't it hot? I say. don't you
wish you could see a real old-fash-
toned New England snowbank just
now?"
No I DON'T"
The answer was sharp, blunt. ex-
plosive: it might have been offensive
" so, if the heat had not tempered
ones ouarrelsomeness. As it was L
looked in lazy amazement at Roberts,
stretched in his hammock. What had
/ said? What was there in my inno-
cent, if slightly inane, suggestion to
provoke such an outbrust?
whats that for, old MANI" I in
CURED at length.
Whats what for?'
THAT rough, touch-me-if-you-dare
way of answering a simple question
why" he began in a hesitating
sore of fashion. Il didn't know that
there was anything out of the usual
in the way l spoke. l suppose that L
must have been thinking of something
else and spoke out without realizing
what / said or how / said it.
He was lying, of course. l knew 1t,
and he knew that l knew it. There
was some strong, cogent reason back
of that "No!" which shot it out like
a bullet from a rife. But if he didn't
choose to give it to me, couldn't
exactly force it from him. one can't
well fight his friend for a mere mat
ter of accent-particularly when that
friend is the only white man within a
hundred miles.
But though closed the incident lin
gered in my mind. I found it curl
ously impossible to forget it. 1t was
not that 1 was hurt or offended at the
curt reply to my question; my feeling
was entirely mpersonal-simply
strong curiosity as to what it was that
prompted such a reply. 1t came back
to me again and again, and there was
the tone of a hooking demon In it,
saying ever: Don't you wish you
knew the riddle?" l thought of it in
the night; l thought of it many times
during the monotonous march next
day / began to be initiated by It's
reiteration and persistency Curse
It'll" / said, angrily, Il won't think of
IL again; it's sheerest idiocy!" But
there was that little demon, see-saw-
ing back and forth with his Internal
question: Don't you wish you knew?
Don't you wish you knew"
l thought back over Roberts life
what ! knew of it personally and what
he had told me-for possible clew
We had grown up. together in a pleas
ant little Southern town, which now
wears a spruce dignity as a thriving
city After the college period we had
drifted apart, he into the law and |
into medicine, and had lost sight of
each other. An infrequent letter, or
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-28

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The Chatham Bank

LEOPOLD ADLER, President.
FRED. w. CLARKE, Cashier.
solfcits the accounts of individu.
ais. Arms, banks, associations md
corporations.
Liberal favors extended to corre-
spending banks, as our unsurpassed
facilities for collecting insure
prompt returns.
BUYS AND SELLS FOREIGN Elk
CHANGE, WRITES LETTERS OF
CREDIT AND ISSUES BANK MONEY
ORDERS PAYABLE IN ALL PARTS
OF EUROPE.
Interest compounded quarterly on
deposits in the SAVINGS DEPART
nIENT.
Safety Deposit Boxes and Vault.
for rent.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09
SaIutatOrian and vaIedictoran
Chosen Yesterday Afternoon.
Mr.. Harold Amoss vaIedictorian and Miss
Ruby Meyers Elected Salutatorian
by the Glass.
PROGRAM TO BE ARRANGED AT ONCE.

The class representatives and those
who will appear on the commencement
program were elected yesterday after
noon after the schools had been dis
missed.
The voting was spirited and all the
SO members of the class with the ex-
ception of one wanted to appear, and
therefore the election was an interest
ing one. There was little trouble ex-
perienced. however, contrary to expec-
tations, and the following is the re-
suit of the vote.
The class representatives who are
elected by the highest per cent made
both in scholarship and department
and Mr.. Harold Amoss secured the
first honors, that of valedictorian, and
Miss Ruby Meyers secured the second
honor, that Of salutatorian. Miss
Lora Brandon wns elected to give
away the spade and the following are
the remaining eight elected to appear
on the regular program; Misses
Maggie Street, May Davis, Ida Leake,
Pearl Boyd, Emma Neihsus and Irene
Allen and Messrs. George Poage and
Frank Davis.
The program will be Immediately
arranged and the subjects will probably
this week be assigned. The. class in-
tends to do the schools honor and to
accomplish more than any predecessor.
The place for holding the commence
ment exercises has not yet been select
ed but the pupils have settled on The
Kentucky and this will probably be
the place although the board has this
in charge and it is not known what
its intentions are.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09
NOT ALONE.
MANY OTHER CITIES ARE TO
HAVE NEW Y. NJ. O. A.
BUILDINGS.

Paducah is not alone in her effort to
get new Y. NJ. c. A. building.
In addition to Lexington and Coving-
ton, in our own state, there are other
places in which the project is being
enthusiastically advanced.
Waco, Texas, is to have . new build
ing for the Y. NJ. @. A. her business
men say. Waco is imbued with the
Psducsh spirit. They say they want
building to cost $4,000. They'll
have it.
in snail Eastern city where a
determined effort is icing made to Sc
cure home for the youth and young
men of the city this sign is conspicu-
ously placed: "A $s5. 900 building is
to be erected on this lot. Contribu-
tions Solicited from all friends Of the
work" When the sign was put up
about one-third of the amount needed
was in sight and no open canvass had
been made.
Savannah, Georgia, will have a new
building for the Y. NJ. @. A. A few
determined men believe il to be ne
cessity, and the people will second
their efforts.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09
IN STATU QUO.
CONTRACTORS SAY THEY HAVE
MADE THEIR LAST PRO-
POSITION.

The strike situation is the Same to-
day as yesterday. The carpenter con-
tractors say that while they would not
refuse to negotiate again, they have
made their best and last proposition to
the union men. This proposition was
rejected, and negotiations were ended.
Both sides seem firm, and it seems
that there will be no settlement of the
trouble now without concessions from
the union men.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09
SUPPORTED BY THE CITY.

Mrs. Bette Burns, widow of 923
North Ninth street, gave birth to a
child this morning which makes seven
she has and both the. mother and her
children are and have been since they
came to the city several months ago
supported by the city. She came from
Poplar Bluff and is in destitute cir
-cumstances. The case is one the char
liable people should look after.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09
SCHOOL CENSUS.
IT IS APPROACHING A CLOSE
Now-MoRE WORK YET,
HOWEVER.

Census Enumeration will Baker, who
has the first and second wards, expects
to complete his part Of the work of
taking the school census today. He
has already secured in the first ward
about 1 800 names, and about 500 in
the second. He was an enumerator
when the recent city census was taken,
and says that the growth in popula.
tion in the First ward since then, not
quite a year, has been remarkable.
The other enumerators will not be
through for some time yet.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09
Quite Number Of Delegates Here
Attending the Meeting.
The Opening Session Last Night-Thls
Morning Largely Consumed by
Routine Work.
FINE ADDRESS BY DR.. DARBY,

Inc Mhyutiu ifcro1'eiy VI the
Cumberland Presbyterian church con-
venod for three days session at the
Cumberland church last night, Rev.
]. O. Reid calling the meeting to or
der in place of Moderator kirkpatrick.
detained by illness.
Rev. b. wrenn Webb, Of Mayfield,
presided as moderator until the organ
ization was effected.
The acting moderator spoke on THE
New Creature" during the opening
service.
Rev L. z. overly, of Fulton. was
elected moderator by reclamation, and
the meeting adjourned until this morn
ing.
Among those here to attend are
Rev. J. V. King, wingo; Rev. ]. ID.
kirkpatrick, Oakland: Rev. Il. II.
overly, Fulton Rev. d. wrenn Webb,
Mayfeld; Rev. J. II. Galbrecht,
Pryorsburg; Rev. W. 7. Milburn,
Pryorsburg; Rev. NJ. ID. Jones,
DEXTER; Rev. ]. N. Russell, city;
Rev. ]. W. Fooks. Mayfleldi Rev.
t. Rudolph and Rev. Samuel
Rudolph. Oakland. and Rev. J. Q.
Reid of this city who is stated clerk.
Tho elders here are p. Il. Byrn,
wingo; ]. IL. Andrecht, Peach Grove ;
]. II. Little. Palma; Robert winslow,
wingo and Messrs. Cement, of May
field. Pittmsn and Windsor, of Dexter,
and Goodman and MoAllister, of West
KentucKy. Mr.. Ollie Roper, OF the
county, is a candidate for the ministry
and L. c. Rice of the county for hcen-
tiate.
The morning session Of the Presby-
terry opened with about fifteen newly
arrived delegates mostly elders but
among them were Rev. W. J. Darby,
OF Evansville and Rev. J. II. Miller,
Of st. LOUIS. The work this morn
ing was mainly regular routine such
as the reading OF communications and
the reference Of the same, and the
hearing Of reports and other regular
business of the Presbvtery.
The feature of the morning was the
address by Rev. Darby who talked On
"Our General Benevolcnces.
DIR. Darby is the general secretary
Of the educational society and his ad-
dress was one Of the finest ever heard
in the line. ON which he talked. His
delivery is excellent and his artioula-
tion perfect. IL is pleasure to hear
him and his address will long impress
his hearers. He will leave tonight for
Sturgis, where the Princeton Presby-
terry lie now in session, and talk there.
This afternoon the regular routine
work was continued and tonight the
address by Rev. Miller will DO the
feature of the evening session. DR..
Mi Her is representative of the board of
missions and WAS for years superin-
tendent OF church extension in Ten
nessee but for the past two years he
has been the secretary of the board of
missions.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09
MORE OIL ExcITEMEN T.

Bartonsville, KY, April 9-Gusher
No. 80 flowing 1000 barrels of oil
daily, has been purchased by the Ian
caster oil com rany for $780, 600. Oil
has been discovered on the Baugh-
mans farm tea miles from Danville.
A big strike has also been made at
Ragland Field. which is control ID
by the Guffey and Galley company.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09
SENSATION AT DANvILLE.

Danville, Ky, April 9--Thero is
another sensation here over the find
ing of baby on negro's doorstep.
Tho grand jury is expected TO indict
several persons in connection with the
affair.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09

Charles Reed. colored. residing at
Ninth and Washington street, fell
from Broadway street car Mt noon
in front of tho sleeth drug stor and
broke leg.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09
IN CONGRESS.

Washington, April 9--The house as
committee of the whole heard Will
lam Alder Smith speak against cut
in the reciprocity bill.
The senate reported favorably the
house bill on Chinese exclusion.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09
FOR A DRUGGIST.

Ni. 7 NJ. Voolfolk, son of Coun-
Gilman Ed voolfolk, of the city, is at
Louisville being examined before the
board of pharmacy of Kentucky for n
certificate.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09
A SEVERE COLD FOR

The following letter from a. j..
Nusbaum of Batesville, Ind, tells its
own story ~ suffered for three
months with severe cold. A drug
gist prepared me some medicine, and q
physician prescribed for me, yet did
not improve. | then tried Foley's
Honey and Tar, and eight doses cured
me-" Refuse substitutes.
]. @. GILBERT. 1.ul
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09
TO PREVENT FURTHER
OPERATION.

OPERATION.
Louisville, April 9--Judge Miller
today granted an injunction against
the Kentucky Bond Saving company
to prevent its further operation.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09
TO BE MADE A TERMINAL.

Livingston, KY, April 9--Living.
ston is to be made terminal of the
new l.. and 7. line from here to At
lanta. -.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09
MAY POSTPONE.

Frankfort, April 9-Tom Campbell
is on hand but the Howard case was
not called today. II may be post
poned.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09
CHILD BURNED 10 DEATH.

Irvine, April 9-The young son OF
A. J. .shrivener was last night burned
to death in fire which destroyed the
house.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09
Judge Pratt VIII Take Charge Next
Saturday at Frankfort.
The Howard Case Nav be Postponed
Chinese Exclusion Bill
Reported.
BECOMES ATTORNEY
GENERAL SATURDAY.

Frankfort, April 9--Judge Clifton
J. Pratt, by agreement, will succeed
Attorney General Breckenridge next
Saturday. Judge Pratt was restored
to his Office some time ago by the court
of appeals, but owing to delay in the
courts the restoration mas not been
prompt
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09

Louisville, April O. Colonel Blan-
ton Duncan of the city, died at Los
Angeles, CAL, today from diabetes.