The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-09-22

n;es last wear and she and Miss Gun
ton give Eddie a dunkey that 5 been
monstrous help to lis.
And here she gasped for breath,
and as she gasped we looked around
upon the seven other children who
had all drawn near. They were good
looking, and comfortably clad in gar
ments that were never made for them.
The oldest was Ettie,a pitifully hunc1-
backed gift, and the second was kdd1e,
strong, bright looking boy OF
twelve.
We said: Mrs. S., where are the
other six?' "Oh, the three Oldest
they'se gone out to service, and three
of 'em, you see, is dead. FREDDIE, ne
was the oldest; he would been sew
enteen. but he burnt up; he ke;ched
afire and burnt up. They all pick
blackberries and blueberries, and TT
tie she rides down on the dunkey what
Miss Spaldin and Miss Cunton give
Eddie, and sells 'em; and the old man
he works roun' the hotel for the COM
pany, 'ceptin' now, when he's across
yonder a hoppin' his father to cut his
corn And here she gasped TOR
breath again, while little Barton
French, whose name had been given
to him as a reward of noble charity
done by the original bearer OF the
name, tugged at regulation bottle,
half-full Of milk He looked exactly
like a very young weasel.
We said: :"Have you cow, Mrs. S?
mo, we hain't nary cow and just
had to put him on condensed Qeavlng
off the word milk.) Condensed, HIT
costs money"
Then we said, full of philanthropy
| and benevolence, not of officiousness
| or railery: "Mrs. S., are you going TO
continue to have them-babies?" She
answered in an extremely spright-
! " manner: "Well, seem like I'm goln'
to have 'em as long as I can walk"
Then we said to her with genuine
and plying altruism: 'SWell, Mrs. s.,
why don't you stop walking for two
Or three years, and then you might
get our of so melancholy and moi
some habit. We strongly urge you
to at once give up walking for term
of three years, if not forevcs" "
At this she laughed very gai!y as
# no wave Of trouble rolled across
her breast-and we joined her and
little Barton French in their long
descent OF the mountains, we helping
bv turns in carrying-toting-llttle
Barton.
And our altruism was warmed into
brighter flame by perceiving that lit
tie Barton did not seem to find any
difference between our warm bosom
and his mothers.
A Distinguished And Beloved South
Carolina Marylander.
It has been a real JOY to us to meet
here Col. and Mrs. David Gregg Nc
Intosh. of Baltimore, or rather OF
Towson in the further suburbs OF
Baltimore. For days we noticed two
| superlatively high-bred and distinnuish-
ed looking elder people, man and wife
tho lady still beautiful. The gentle
man turned out to be Col. David Gregg
Mcintosh, of the widely known and
honored Darlington, South Carolina,
family, he whose brother lives in Our
Newberry, whose nephew practices
medicine in our Columbia.
This is the tale. Ii is a little 70
mantle. At the close Of the War-or
more probably some time before the
close Of the war-young Mcintosh,
the brave and chivalrous South Caro-
lima soldier, wooed and won Miss Vlr-
ginia Pegram, one OF the famous
beauties renowned when Richmond
was the capital OF the Southern Con-
federacy. Capt. Mcintosh brought his
lovely bride to South Carolina to
cast in his fortunes with those OF his
beloved state. but the horrors OF re-
construction bore so heavily upon the