The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-26

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snatched up my hat when leaving the
cottage. and as there Wa nothing in
MY dress tC attract Alteration, and
had no reason TO believe laat | was
known personally to, or wanted by, the
police, | thought my safest plaza would
be to go boldly ahead,
After | had walked a mile Or so, |
met a black bearded man dressed IS IL
for bicycling and wearing a cloth cap.
"Can you tell me- he said, politely,
which is the shortest way 10 u house
called Heath cottage, in the occupation
OF a Mr.. Hall?"
mo" | replied, Il can't"
"Then you are a stranger IN this
neighborhood?" he asked,
I'm a stranger to you" said, curt
ly, resenting his inquisitiveness
Il see. Then when you said Just
now hat you couldn't tell me my way
TO Heath cottage, you meant that you
didn't want to?"
III you like | answered. Take II
either way, It's none OF your busi-
ness"
"oh vac Il 10 d" wos hi, an hand re-
rlv 81 harmon IN ina , nolira officer
va, Goa ,r5 eb,lt how, to ,,,ubla
Won IN ratprn win mn. os far as Tar
borough"
Thon bo hurs, i,,o , Io,gh nn,n,t
,rsot y,,rseyf Nnmhsr seyon ! oplv
wanted +, sotisry nvs,,r I'm, Tho dis.
a,,iso uos all rirht and n certainly
soors "a I've GO since van dhir1 roaog-
,igo ,,,r chter ana I,t, hos, "
ava ,a,b ,o Ia, surnriso - I s,ta
,~,o,Ir, and l,,lirc rathor f,,Iish
uora n,ya n, a hit 90 , frieht into tho
h,rg,ip raro,,iya Won now eas,lv
o,on.b mn 4, meet ,,ou coming in
mic Jire,ttnn and IN a disp,isn uyaa
o,o,.,h to do,oiyo ,rv ana How an
81 dia ,,,, n,oro,n :, =, tho ,iray
yn,, ho,ar,t hoo, int, mo cot,ago
a,ot, s,,roIy,r
"ras,est tbi,g in ,bo world NV dear
sonou bo s,id Hcb,ly "Nv mot,o
4. .Ai,yors Lo rronarad for an or,or-
,o,o,,, vybo, ynr s,w ma Int coma
% riu,tss 400 Was weoriny a nsn-
no. ,rd s,it no,t ana ,ropeors mr.
NV o,nthos oro an m,do with two sides
"A tbar, Tboro,s ,othlng urue,ol
about tbis c,,,t T., tboro evcopt that II
Il, b,tt,roa otoso os all NV coats ara
put ~ vow ,,rr q i,sido o,t e. would
ha no,nor.ord.saI again ,rstead of
hI,,a aar,o oI,,ou, ,,oor e,oop4,gs
Instead ~ soots aud tbo orro roouont
,f NV ow,, hv which can cbanya
,ro,,sar, ir,o L-riol,o,hocIors Il, sl,,,ta
ord ,yorts g, polI mot ,birL NJ not.
nnting n ono day rho heard and tho
ann onrry l., ,ny n,oyot ca noda n
d,o.rin ROM, ~ Tho Grst soclrd,d
nloco o,mo IA and horo I nm yery
,p,,ob At your ,oryioo
"Now rnoL hare Nnubor Soyo, F." ha
want -, changing his tona ahr,ntlv
az elinnod ocross tho ao,ds \, iptorcont
Won becauso wo,t a Word with Won
rbis conron 10 a~ottinr rh,etly ,arca
va, ,,a I ard th,hhooL c.n w,rL To-
ro,ber all rIoht hut tho otbnr twn ara
siurly doodboods porbo,s ips my
fouit I hogir IN ~roaliyo that ga.
mistaken In thinking I could handIe
the team as Number One ana That
man was a nositive genius His organ
izing mower was marvellous Tha six
of us worked together II him like
oarsmen in a boat. There WAS no
ms and put ont his men when he had
any little scheme on like n rsntoin
nIacing his tenn in the cricket field
Now evervtbine,s CHANGED ono m
two of lis bring the brains and do the
work and the rest inst look nm and
take no risk NOR mart In the husinasa
eycent sharing the prnHts TIA NOT
like the same thing # used 10 be. Yon
weren't n member of the syndicate in
those DAYS Then n was n mower In tbe
world Then things were MANNED and
carried ont on a bip scale Number
One was n penius and worked the six
of us for what we were worth az that
we were all like 80 many wheels In one
big perfectly acting machine. Now we
are inst a gang Of vulgar criminals
with nothing in comper hstyoon -,
eitt,sg. N NINA n methods excon, tbat
wa abare tho ntn,der alto Tho svr.
dtoato has enc 70 rtaoaa siroa ~
.htnp. 49, La.L. a-.,, -
Nllfl . uChAIIs l. llDbBht l. tDiIn bIfU
into his shoes, and take II uD and carry
1t on from the point he left 1t at; but