The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-07-15
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Yes, th3s final, Nh. Hillyer. wish
Il could hetyou. butI can't. I'll settle |
Buckley's hsh in.aRout two minutes |
after giIhini a a'souhd lecture. Right |
now the otdeyir would cut the throats |
Of severabf the states witnesses If |
he was a4bertyp
'"Then j go back to the store an
| tell the py," Hillyer sighed as he
moved to'he door, dead look of dis
+, appointn ht in his eye.
AS Hiyer was making his way
| through |he courtroom to the outer
door theyvife Of the condemned man
Preached ut her hand and stopped him.
She hadclutched the toll of his long
frock cot.
! 81 wat to speak to you," SHE said
"Go aha i. I'm goin' outside" He
led the wy down the stairs to the yard
below .ah then paused to hear what
! she had , say.
! 'T seedyou invite the judge out" she
began. Il suspicioned you axed i'm
to mak&t u fMe."
Eyes, hats what called i'm out fer,
/ Mrs. 81 Hckley," the merchant said,
looking down commiserately on her fat
/ figure tothed in dingya black calico,
"but 1t fasn't q bit o. use, He's made
up his hind to send the old man off
for five tears."f
! The wpman nodded slowly. :;.;"Well,
reckon lis MS. good as we hn'6StHetp
she said EFF it had been q fine. George.
would 4 had to pay it, an I'M agA'
that PROPOSITION He's workedS hard,
to mako his little starts ain itsain't.
i right fersim to have to give it up when
>~Mr Hihyer, I've heard that pore boy
beg an beg his pa to change, an co
4 he's predicted this thing once he Sers
fifty times" ,,lwo>na:
! Il knew that, too" replislg, -,
chant, with dark yea the mer
George is jest so sA sA,iateG ffGwn; v'aot naS, nu
expects to make !, he'd sacrifice all he
to avoid the ds/,in the next ten years
He holds hig Sisgrace O. the sentence
folrs IN tow,A own with the biggest
Won know #, I'm this is simply awful
Hooded @ s how some o these blue
this" families look on a thing like
tAS mos,p ,phart as sensible as they look
ley plale.asa. ngs,~aretaSteffu aS I uSn;t see NO
use in humorih' 'em. They may know
mans thief, but eff he hain't pub.
licly branded they don't care. But
David has broke the law; thar amt no
change to be made in i'm, an I'm agin
lettin' 1t hamper George, no matter
what these shallow minded aristdcf6fs
think. WHAT'S botherin' me is aif8ff59r
thing" g Z
You say it is, Mrs Buckley" And
the merchant stared expectantfT.
Yes, Mr.. Hillyer. George haint got
but weakness. an that is, once in
a long while, when he is In despair,
he will take drink to drown his trou-
bles reckon he hain't fetched a drap
but once since he's been with you"
AN that was the time they threat
ened.to jail yore husband fer pennin'
up Wilson's hogs, an' we succeeded in
squashin' the charge"
| Yes, that was the time"-the oIf.wo,
| man pushed back her gingham poke
bonnet and looked straight into MHI.
yer's eyes-"an' am anxious tt .and
out eff this thing has made hinf,~
mot yet, Mrs. Buckley" HYhySr's
voice had fallen very low; It .w(iS al.
most husky: "But I've been that t,afeard
1t would start i'm off that haiatbeep
able to sleep at night. He's in.anawfs8
state O. mind, Mrs. Buckley, an when
go back an tell i'm the Judges de
cislon don't know what he'll do. A
fine piece o. metal will bend lest 80
far an then it'll break" ~ l,Se-
The old woman nodded again slowly
and then said: "Well, I'll go back In.
side This Is new wrinkle on me.
It's considered right an proper fer
folks TO go to the grave with Their kin,
an reckon thar ud be talk eff I shirk.
ed hearln' the sentence, but tell George
I'll come down to the store after
awhile"
"All right, Mrs. Buckley. I'll tell
'im"
AS Hillyer turned toward the gate
to reach the little street which stretch.
ed out, lined with cottages and brick
law Offices, to the red brick freight de.
pot ut the far end, one of the loungers
on the grass rose and slouched toward
him.
Have they sentenced Buckley YETI" |
he asked. "I'mla witness on that barn
burnin' case, an eff 1t ain't a-goin to |
be called tonight I'm a-goin' home"
IT'S next on the docket" the mer.
chant Informed him.
The man had another question ready.
WHATS cotton bringin' today?" he |
asked. "1've got big white bale ready
fer the GIN"
Seven and three-eights," answered
Hillyer, and he walked on. On the
main thoroughfare of the town he had
to pass several brick stores where the
clerks and merchants stood amid the
heaps Of their wares on the narrow
brick sidewalks. and many Of them
asked about the Buckley trial. HilIver