Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22
VOL. LXVII.
For Love, Liberty and Honor.
BY w. S. SNYDER

By w. S. SNYDER.


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Four o'clock in the afternoon. Peo-
PIE ';ho. were going down Cort-
landt. street stepped quickly 10
one side. These who were
coming up did likewise This ac-
tion made q free passageway for a
man who was fastening at the top of
his speed to the ferry. When he came
to where another street intersected
Cortlandt he lodged in and out be-
tween the wagons with surprising agil-
ity, and without rerceptibly slackening
his pace.
He was a peculiar-looking man.
Scarcely five feet tall, with shoulders
Of the breadth Of a large and portly
man, a large head, SGT upon a thick,
short neck, derby hat two sizes too
large resting on his prodigicus ears,
and exposing a broad, bulging fore
head; small at The waist, with slender
legs bowed almost to defor.nity, and
toes that lapped over each other as he
raa, he attracted scrutinizing atten-
tim. S---
Some Of the people who made way for
him stopped and gazed after him ur-
Ill he was lost to sight by the filing
up of the gap which had been made to
let him pass. Even the stalwart pc
lsccman, who carefully guards the foot
steps Of the almost constant thronS OF
pedestrians to and from the ferry,
momentarily relaxed his vigilance, as
the dwarf shot By him, and rushed into
the ferry house: If the people who saw
the dwarf had suspected his errand he
would have been surrounded as by
mob.
He passed the. ticket punchers be-
fore theN.had time call upon him to
halt By. the time they thought Of
their duty. the dwarf was tapping
man on the sim. This man stoou
near the gate leading to the boat,
which was just coming in.
The man whom the dwarf tapped On
the arm was fully six feet tall He
was dressed in the somewhat worn and
ill-ftting garments of laborer. Over
his right eye was a green patch. His
beard was two days old, and he had
touched his face. His slouch hat was
pulled well down on his forehead.
The dwarf spoke to the man as he
turned about and bent his head down
ward
"But I cannot come, Jimmy" he
said.
Again the dwarf spoke to him in
whisper Then the two turned away
together. They went directly to the
Sixth avenue elevated station, the
dwarf walking behind. When they
reached, Twentyeeigh,.h b street 1t was
dark and rain was falling. -, 81, -, -,
They Meat -lg.slSly ard "a f.sa,-...e4..
here they turned up town,
walked a few minutes, and the .dwarfs;
companion paused. When Jimmy
came up he said: -
"You must go in.@ ~ - -. ~ -
"But cannot, -.s 5i4as-s
"She is waiting for YOU"
The man went up the steps, reaching
the threshold just as the door opened.
He stepped inside. The door closed.
Jimmy waited until he heard sob just
rs the door was closing. Then he hur-
ried away. His work was only partly
done.
He walked briskly, and in a little
while ascended the steps of a residence
on Madison avenue. The door opened
before he Lad touched the bell. He
went inside and young woman closed
the. door. The dwarf followed her up
one fight OF stairs into sitting room,
which was evidently her own. When
she had closed the door she said: :.
"Well, Jimmy?
"He is with his mother
Thank you, Jimmy. You may go. :,
When the dwarf had gone the young
woman stood looking apparently at the.
figures of the carpet at her feet. But:
if she had ever known what the fig
ures were, they were then as far from
her thoughts as the date of the dis
covery that the world was round. This.
young woman was Elizabeth Dalow.
She was not beautiful. Her face was
too strong for beauty. But novice in
character reading must have seen that
she would be impressive anywhere.
Passing into another room, she
quickly returned in a macintosh and
was ready to go out She passed
quietly down the stairway, opened the
door gently, and moment later was
walking swiftly down the avenue.
Later she passed up the steps where
the dwarf had left the man with the
green patch over his eye. The door
opened at her touch She, too. was
evidently expected. An elderly woman
conducted her to room at the rear
of the hall, smcthering her sobs as
>they went Eefore she touched the
door knob she turned in response to
hand upon tcr shoulder. Elizabeth
spoke-only G word:
Courage"
Then they entered the room. Both
stood looking at each other. The eyes
of the elder woman were suffused with
tears. those of Elizabeth we're filing,
but her face was no longer stern.
Elizabeth spoke:
"He is here?"
"Yes."
Shall i see him?"
"Yes''
Mrs. Julia GAYLORD was GO years Of
age. Her face was sweet, pure, woman
ly-such a face as a boy who loves his
mother never forgcts, rs man in
stinctively trusts, and is better for the
trusting, as her husband had been, and
who had died leaving smile in return
for q kiss thai had oDened for him the