The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-06

Tripping out an oath, the last not
common with mellow Eaton abides
Pegs wrongs. He should have killed
a man or two by now"
Sir returned the General, coming
from his reverie with a kind of snap,
''sir, no man since Catron has been
known to speak a word. Besides, my
cabinet men can not go trooping off
for Blandensburg at any price. 1t is
one of the drawbacks to a high posi-.
ton of state that it chops ones hands
off at the elbow; duels are no longer a
question"
Il do not see it thus" retorted vi
ciously.
you do not? Look on Aaron Burr
deserted and old and poor and dying
in New York. He came down from his
vice presidency to slay one who had
maligned him for years. And there is
his reward
What do I care for that?" cried I.
eff it were for Peg I should leave a
throne and perish poor, despised and
all alone but 1 would strangle the
throat that spoke her wrong"
"Ah! if it were Peg!" And the Cen
eral, now alert and wholly Of this
world, gave me that narrow intent
glance 1 resented among the flowers.
What might have been uttered next
was cut short by a messenger on the
door. He brought word from Noah;
he had just come to town, and since
it was turned late he would defer his
call until the morning.
Lets have him with us now" cried
the General, briskly. II shall not
sleep for hours; and you, 1 take it,
will stay awake in such a cause?"
II would stand sleepless guard for
weeks if it were to defend Peg" said 1.
Think now and then, my friend, for
your own defense" The General said
this with a look both quizzcal and
grave. Then, without pausing: Write
Noah a note in my name" While I
scrubbed he walked to and fro. IT
must ever ask you to write for me,
since l am so unfortunate as to deny
proverb and be one whose sword was
ever mighter than his PEN
In the hall I discovered Jim, and told
him to depart with our message to
the Indian Queen.
Course I'll nacherally go, Marse Ma
jor," said Jim, but 1 was jes' waitin
to see you-all, an ask how soon you
reckons Wen go caperin back to Ten
nessee"
why" 1 demanded. what has made
you so soon homesick.
ut amt that, Marse Major" and
Jim gave to his words melancholy
whine, but we-all can't stand d'place
yere. For a week Jim was as happy
an chirpy as a drunkard at a barbe-
cue. But since you locks that closet
do, Jims sort o. been obleeged to buy
whisky for himself; an what you
think? They charge Jim 5 cents a
drink for whisky that don't cost two
bits a gallon all along q Cumberland!
They's shorely robbers, an they jes'
nacherally takes Jim's money off him
so fas he cotch cold"
go on, you rogue!" said I. Here
is a Mexican dollar to bolster your
finances. We're not yet bankrupt,
Jim
Noah came to us shattered of travel.
and with the high riding boots he
wore on the road. I took a deal of
pleasure for a buoyancy / observed in
him, since 1 read it as a sign of whit
est promise. Nor was 1 to be cast
down from that hope.
You are to know" said Noah, turn
ing to the General, that 1 was two
days before your letter with the Rev.
Ely. In the first of our conversations
he held his head loftily in the end,
he came something under control.
Your letter much dismayed him, and
after that his courage ran very thin
indeed Now he quite agrees he knew
nothing, and was wrong and false in
all he wrote. I dragged him to New
York with me. l have Mrs Eatons
innocence here, in these papers" Noah
laid a sealed package by the Generals
elbow. They were from the Rev. Ely.
as well as from the folk of the hotel
wherein that Ely said Peg lodged.
They are oathmade; they prove Mrs.
Eaton chaste as snow"
"And how did you make conquest OF
this Ely?" questioned the General, his
eye gratifed and spirit mate for
Noahs.
THE power of the press, should call
nI rI1 tow "
hath mighty distaste of unfriendly
ink. And I'm all editor. That was
it" went on Noah;"I showed him what
might be done. He should stand in
the pillory of my types for the rea-
sonless defamer he was. Then the dog
trembled and came my way with meek
ness, asking what he should do. 1 an
swered much like the monks with the
wild Clovis, Bend thy neck, proud ST.
cambrian; adore what thou hast burn
ed, burn what thou hast adored! In
short, l demanded a letter of retrac-
tory amends to the President; and also
that he name his fellow reptile, whose
infamous word he claimed for the
truth of his scurrility"
And who is hep" demanded the Cen
eral, as warm as ever / saw him.
BY some virtue of telepathic sort, l
read the answer before Noah uttered
1t. And why had l not guessed before!
The secret one so falsely in the ear
of the shallow Ely was none other than
the unctious Rev. Campbell.
Continued in Next Sundays News)