Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-08-09

"That's q old Yankee army ouercoat."
Its all I'VE got to say today. I've
got to blow few blasts at the post
Office an stick up the flag" He
stepped to Buckley's desk and leaned
on 1t. Il wish, George. that you was
out our way to make Jen behave his
SELF"
drinking again p George asked, with
q smile.
"Yes, an that amt all; he's got every
moonshiner over thar down on Inn.
He informed on some Of 'em while he
was out o. his head an now thars no
tellin' whar it will end. Somebody shot
at i'm while he was in the field tother
day-some skunk In the woods, afraid
to show hisself."
That's pretty bad" said. George
alphabetically. Jeff ought to be
more cautious"
As Truitt was leaving, Mrs. Hillyer
waddled in, her gray shawl wrapped
tightly round her body.
"Come fer money to run the house
on" she said, with laugh. to her
husband. NO, thank you, I won't set
down." she added to Kenner, who was
Offering her his chair. 'The truth Is,
I'm goin' to steer clear o. this house.
Mrs. Dugan says all the reports In the
town git started among you uns.
Eff she knew l came here she'd lay 1t
on me. l thought fer while, after
they lifted her quarantine, that she
was goin to do different but she's
| wuss AN ever. l sawed 'er of short
yesterday, though" Mrs. Hillyer
laughed heartily. "You know, Mr..
Kenner, she's got one tale that she
tells over an over constantly. One Of
the longest winded yarns you ever
heard, about how she fust got &C
Quainted with q woman she met by &C
cident. She forgets she's told it twen-
ty times, an jest takes 'er chair an
begins to unwind. So far nobody hain't
been bold enough to say they'd heard
1t before, but when seed her a-comin'
through the gate yesterday I told Hor-
tense eff she dared to spring that old
gag on me ag'in I'd stop 'er ef it
cost me my life. l thought Hor-
tense I'D die laughin', fer Mrs. Dugan
had no sooner n set down than she be-
gun to tell about how she fust met the
woman. Well. I'd made my bet, an
I wasn't goin' to be beat. Hold on
said L; right here want to tell you
some'n, Mrs. Dugan-some'n powerful
quar- about me. l believe, on my soul,
I've got second sight Second sight,
says she, in her mean way, why, /
didn't think you was quite old enough
to have yore second sight I don't
mean that sort O. second sight says
1; but I've noticed sometimes when
body would begin tale could see
clean to the end of 1t long before the
end was reached. Now says I, see ef
amt right; the next time you met
that woman was at the county fair,
whar she tuck fust prize on her patch
quilt an with that finished out her
yarn, as pat as ef it was one q my
own brag tales. Lord, wasn't she hot!
She got as red as ripe tomato. !
wasn't goin' to tell that says she; I
remember tellin' you that. I was goin'
to git round to some'n else; but, since
you are so almighty smart reckon
I'll 60 on about my business an with
! that she firted out o. the house, an
kicked the dog as she went by 1t on the
porch. When a woman's mad enough
to kick a dog her dander's fyin' in 'er
eyes," Mrs. Hillyer laughed as she
thrust her red hand from beneath her
shawl and took the money the mer-
chant was giving her. Don't git mar
rIed, Mr.. Kenner," she said. "a wom-
an will either keep yore nose to the
grIndstone with 'er mouth shet, or talk
you to death-or both"
Kenner smllingly walked with her
to the outer door. Il was Jest avon
derin', Mrs. Hillyer. what you think
about Georges case with that highfa-
lutin Virginia girl. I'm interested in
that boy, an It looks like pity to me
to have i'm lookin' in that directon-l
mean jest that particular direction
II know what you mean. Mr.. Ken
ner" = the woman shuddered in the
keen, cool breeze-"but do you reckon
rs any more'n frlehaship onshis sideF
That's what I'm botherin' about"
answered the eottS Sn buyer. II don't
let on to George, Of course, but I've
been watchin' him powerful close. He
wants everybody to think him an her