The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-11-13

stop her, so they sent three deputy
sheriffs for Betsy. The deputies had
the good fortune to find her on foot
and very near the South Carolina line,
which she knows perfectly well. When
she saw the three deputies coming she
knew they were not friends and made
a bold dash for the line. AS a
sprinter she is a success and her run
ming was like that of the Grecian
girls who competed in the ancient
Olympian games. The deputies did
give chase and dashed across the
State line, coming up with and taking
hold Of the stout and charming Betsy
about 100 yards over in South Caro-
lima.
Betsy was nearly out Of breath
from the run, but had voice enough
left to give a signal, which brought
out of the thick bushes nearby five
tough looking moonshiners, any one
Of whom was ready and willing to die
for Betsy any time. Betsy had a good
sized revolver slung about her waist
and very poorly concealed by check
cred apron, but her moonshine friends
made no concealment of the pistols
which they had in hand and while
they fingered these they parleyed
with the OBTAINING deputies, letting
them understand that they were will
ing to pay cash for Betsy's appear
ance at "co't," and that they were
"willin' to put up $25 in greenbaeks
if Betsy could be set free now and
pear at Columbus next term"
The deputies thought it wise to
temporize and decided to take the
cash which the moonshiners gallant
ly put up, and Betsy retired with
them, looking back archly at the off,
GERS, her charming eyes sparkling
with defiance and the roses in her
checks deepcned until they were like
peonies. Her face was framed in a
pink sunbonnct Of the type which is
worn on week days by all the noun
tain girls.
There were three indictments
against her, but she contrivcd, on one
plea Or another, and by means of
tremendous lot Of swearing by MOON.
sinner friends, to get the cases con-
tinued, always putting up a cash
bond for appearance. She thus invest
ed 5000. Then the attention Of the
judge was directed more particularly
toward her and he found the extent
of her work and the damage she was
doing in parts Of two States, in her
open violation Of the law. She must
have felt in the very air something
was wrong, for when the judge took
his seat on the morning Of the fourth
day Betsy failed to show up. The
judge passed bench warrant for her
and she was found at Ehe home OF
a moonshiner not far from the lit
tie town, brought back and tried and
the judge decided to make an exam
pie Of the bold young creature by
sending her to Jail at Columbus for
four months.
The moonshiners were simply para
lyzcd by the sentence, for some Of
them, in an outburst Of admiration,
had said on the third day that she
would "come clar' and that "no
jedge an no jury can tech her in my
min'.' But Betsy had not quite reach
ed the limit of her resources. The
Jail at Columbus is an old-fashioned
barn of a structure three stories high
and of brick and is generally slimly
tenanted. 1t so happened that when
Betsy first entered its walls man
was there on his way to the peniten-
tiary, to serve twelve months for the
practice Of the gentle art Of man.
slaughterihg, he having in some kind
Of mix-up slain fellow mountain
eer with a knife and "gettin' Oft
light,' as. the other side Of the case
put it. Betsy was put on the second
floor Of the Jail, this prisoner, whose
name is Chalmers, being on the floor
above. A rather rude flight Of steps
leads through the second to the third
floor through well-locked trap-door
Of wood
The weather was cool and there
was fire in Betsy's room. She did
not feel equal to the task of getting
out Of jaid upaided, so she sought the
companionship Of Chalmers. They
talked to each other, commonplace
while the jailer was anywhere within
hearing, but business when he was
out Of the way, the business being