Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-22

| want to knew. George
We'll. will tell yau. VI. Hillyer
! 10 NcH know What is the hardest thin
on earth to bear: 1t is to he insulte
grossly i"sultef!. by y RAN whom yo
cant strike" Buckley then told al
that had taken place betw him an
Tclfare
| He -: id that to YOU" cried the old
man. Yes. know what it would
mean to proud Sperit like yore'n. nv
boy. III, its smoi; awr;.l ;wful. He's
/ cowardly dog but That don't make
YOU feel any better. Men in the northern
states don't unGerst" nj how we kin
feel as we do on that line. but it's bre
in the bone with U.S.
Hillyer suddenly turned from the
room and went downstairs. His wife
heard him going out at the gate and
called to him from the veranda but he
walked on without needing her. At
the street corner he quickened his step.
going faster and faster till he reached
the warehouse. He saw kenner and
Hanks in the Office. but he passed on
to Georges room in the rear. There OF
! the table lay Buckley's revolver
Thrusting it into the pocket of his
short coat he hurried out at the side
door and went up the railroad to the
Johnston House. Going into the Office
be approached the desk and asked the
| clerk for Governor Telfare.
He left on the o'clock train this
morning. Mr. Hillyer" said the clerk
| "He had MS call him at T.
Gomez" The old man stared blank
ly.
YES. he got off. but he'll he bac
! next %rn',;iH. He cnsa'eal the bee
] ron::l N ,hp house aa' cave orders th.'
i il v':ss not 4 i,e nscd by any ona else
Gene" Hi!irer 1"-ncd and stare
| away ainllessly In The hall lcadin" +
| the street he was Let Ivy Kascon
| rrli;t. who stopped linn
Say. ol. man. what's the matter:
Sic" E;;t1'':.or stare IT hlo. bit mad,
70 renl" Look v c"e whHt ails you
anrs'".: The old soldier placed his
| Land on the merchants shoulder and
| turned him inio a vacant room on the
side Of tie hall. a room used by com
mcrciai travellers for displaying their
wares to the village storekeepers
Hillycr sank into chair and groaned
I Truitt heard some one passing in the
| hall and closed the door.
| 81 know some'n's wrong" he said.
| 'Some'n'S wrong when deacon in the
| church an a man q yore stamp goes
ronnd White as a grave rock with
IA caliber gun in his pocket an his
teeth ehatterin' on as warm day as
this is.'
Hinyer told him what had happened
to George and his own failure to meet
refare. He told it in an unsteady
vGce his lips quvering as he spoke
Tnen with his head down. he added
''Bas. yon know l split human blooo
thirty year ago. I've prayed all then
9ears to git God to blot out the crime
an yet. after all that. if Id a me.
lTelfare just now. IL reckon. eff he
Aadnt apolo":::'ed to that pore hoy I'd
a shot i'm dead in his tracks l was
ell upset about it Oh. my God. I'm
as bad as was away back when was
young an hot blooGe,!'
Truitt shrugged his shoulders. ''rhen
| reckon it's better fer all concerned
that Teifare Went off when he did
Now. look here. old nan" Truitt bent
and took the revolver from Hi!'yer
and PIT it INFO his own pocket "Yo're
entirely unti: led 10 run round with !.
loaded gun in yore pocket You TAX.
my ADVICE an 10 back to yore store
I'll tell you what RI do I'll study
over this an try to come to some con
clusion what's best. then. II! come
down an see you. I'm interested ip
George Buckley. an don't you let thar
slide out O yore mind in yore excite
ment. He's been friend true an
tried to me an mine, an I'll stand to
i'm or die. Now, you go on to the
warehouse"
"And when will you be down." asked
the merchant.
".Jest as soon as l can see some way
out O. the difficulty said Truitt
evasively. Il tell you. you are too ex
citable-you go off half cooked That's
what got You in the trouble that you
say has worried you so much. Why.
y
now, you'd "a done it too quick to've
had any fun watchin' i'm squirm. I'G
ruther see dern coward that's wrong
ed me or mine beg fer life AN to see
i'm die We all die-thats common as
pig tracks i'll wet weather, but only the
dirty sneakin' towards is afeard of it,
You go on now: we are a-losin' time.
I'll come dOwn--I'll come down. |
amt no anarchist, goin' round KILN
big men in office. but that feller's go,
to be tended to, an Ill study up
sOme'n'.''
When Hillyer had gone back dow
the railroad to the warehouse Truit;
sauntered into the hotel office. What
time does the next train go to Allan
tn - he asked
There's another on the Southern in
ten minutes" answered the clerk
ITO BE COntinued.)
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