The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-03-07

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behind them. ~ They looked and who
was it but Bob Howell. Riding up
to them he told them that he had
concluded to stay with them let the
consequences be what they may, and
so the three journeyed on together.
Night came on and they stopped and
fed their horses and got supper then
renewed their journey, and surc
enough when the chickens crowed for
day next morning Jeff and Billy
Hughes landed at Mr.. Daniel Gall
mans in the fork of Pacolet and
Broad rivers and Bob Howell was at
his home too.
Not knowing what had taken place
in their absence Jeff and Billy
Hughes hid their horses in an out-of.
the-way place and secreted themselves
in an old broom sedge field in sight
of Mr.. Gallman's home where Mrs.
Hughes and children were staying
where they could see what was going
on. Mrs. Hughes soon found out
where they were and made arrange
ments to take care of them without
creating any suspicion until they
could all make arrangements to get
off together. They lay in the broom
sedge all day, their horses already
being provided for. While they
were in the broom sedge they saw
negro man on MIR. Gallmans place
coming directly towards them. What
were they to do? What was he after?
He will find us out and spoil our
plans were all the thought of
moment and the solution was, if he
finds us out we will have to kill him
to prevent his telling it. But fortu-
nately he turned his course and all
things passed off without further
trouble.
AS soon as possible Mrs. Hughes
packed up her goods and got ready
to join her husband on his trip. They
procured a wagon and team and
started for the west. At Atlanta,
Georgia, they took the train for
Selma, Alabama, thence by boat to
Mobile, Alabama. Before leaving
Atlanta, Ga, however, the ticket
agent there volunteered some good
advice to jeff to look out for pick
pockets-a matter which Jeff thought
very little about or even thanked
him for-but to his discomfort he
found by the time he got to Salem
he was relieved of $235 in cash,
nearly all he had. However, he got
to Mobile and finally to New Orleans
where he found himself without
money and long ways from the end
of his journey. In a strange place,
a thousand miles from home with his
wife and children to care for and no
money was enough to crush the heart
of almost anybody else except jeff
Hughes.
A boat was getting ready for
a trip up Red river to Jefferson,
Texas, and Mr.. Hughes had his
things q, we'll as wife and children at
the wharf ready to take passage on
the steamer, but no money to pay
the fare. Calling to the Captain who
was great big six-foot Irishmen
(and as wicked as sin could make
him) he asked what the fare was to
Jefferson. AS soon as told what he
had, his wife and so many children
together with so many trunks, the
Captain of the vessel told him it was
$25. Jeff told him he was going up
to Jefferson but he hadn't the money
to pay his fare. "Oh," says tho
Captain, that's your look out and
and not mine" Jeff says, 81 know
that, sir, but I'm going all the same"
The boat was filling up fast, passen-
gers were going on board paying
their fares and everything seemed to
set against the prospects of Mr..
Hughes. The Captain asked him
again. "What are you going to do,
my friend?" 81 told you I'm going
on your boat, sir, to Jefferson and
I'm not going to beg my way either.
I'm not that kind of a man. Two
been unfortunate and lost 1886 in
clean cash and can get no more until
| reach friend at Jefferson whore /
expect to get relief" Continuing
jeff says, 81 have my wife and
children here and 1 have in my
trunk splendid double barrel shot
gun and here's a pistol that I gave