The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-07

he wood jest have to go an see fur
his self, fur l had never spent any
time there and didn't no anything
about the place only what I had
been told.
/ told him ! was sure he wood git
good treatment, but / didn't no any
thing about their rules an regila-
tions. Purity soon street kyar
come along, am tuck his suitcase
am led him to it. lie walked about
half bent, sorter hoped an' held his
hand TO his side as if in pane.
| helped him on the kyar, placed
him in the kecr of the coniuckter.
tcllin' him to see that the yung fel-
Ter got the proper transfer an got
on the rite kyar at The transfer sta
tion.
Well. about too hours after that
the yunw frller dashed in here like il
tornadcr, barc-hcddcl, his cote in
WON hand am his sute-casc in The
other, the SWEET jest porin' down his
face am his izc bul.in' in terror.
| lie grabbed me by The arm, cxclaim-
in: 'Cptam, oh, Capt.! can taey
al est me?' sez |. "Wcll, I lv>'t no: ::
what nave YOU done9' He was tremb-
lin like a leaf an was turriblc cxcit-
ed. Scz he:
"Capt., I'll make eileen brest Of
the hole thing: | III tell you the hole
truth SO help me hevcn Then I I'M
plorc you far my mothers sake to
help nc git away frum here quick !"
I begun to wonder if he had artilly
committed murder, an' glanced
around to see If officers was already
after him, but | saw no:lc. So 7 scz
to him:
"Wcll. yun@ fcllcr. tell me yorc
trubble am then T'll see if 7 can help
you out any way. just 90 ahead now
am tell me all.'
"l.ord have mercy ON mo Capt.. I
icct cudn I stand no Sich luin'S: m
pore but IN onncst. so help me! I've
been razcd by onncst parents an
taught 10 walk in the path Of vert"w.
cawSe' the way of the tran"resser is
hard. Ever day I pray lead me not
into temptation an the trap got
into otis by me! Well. | "ol to the
horSpittlc an was carried to room.
am The first thing node fore the
l., IN, ~ I ~
seen in my life. There t but
wnl cheer in the room but | offered
'cm lhatan' tol 'rm | was glad TO
sea 'cm. which WAS won blamed lyc!
7 wondered what in tho name Of COM
mon SenSn they had com" in there
fur. Grcwhiz! Capt.. I've "ot five
sisters to home an airy won of 'cm
wood dy dcd before shc'd 90 into a
man $ room like that. Well, Capt.
This here's the :tratc truth Pm tell
i. y,i- ;'.'' won of tn:mcl down
tIr N;r"r ON the bed. am thc others
tick hold o. mc---I'l sware it am
Kiss. N's Bible on it--an' pulled off
my cote IN wcStrot-an '-an an
--oh, I hate to think ii Of them. pur-
tv Gals but it's sn--thcy started to
take Off my britchcs. too! 7 backed
up in won corner an told 'em ia
90 to blaZrs first ! They tried to ont
do me but | showed 'em an pushed
'cm an knocked an kicked til 7
got Il chance to grabb my cote an
Sute-casc am | tore ouian that orfnl
place am tuck down The rale rode
hard as I cul clip it, Captain Far
rell laffcd harty over the mcmery.
ScZ he: ct don't think I ever was
ticklcd so over anything. 7 told him
he WAS safe an tried 10 uuict him.
Tn" dncktrr sent 10 The dnro' an
tried to Get the frllcr back TO thc
horSptilr, $aNin that be must b,
operated on for pcndyscclis. "Pcndv-
Scri:s he han"pd.' stormad the fellcr.
60 feel we'll as I ever did in my life -
lIe shore was happy when ne shuck
'Columby dust from his feet an
boarded the trane fur homc.' T
thanked Captain Farrell for his en-
tertainin' an soon was on the trame
. comm home to Jeems. Peggy is
back keein' house.