Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-08
GENERAL VIEW OF JACKSON.

jou-n at that hour. and after thai the
Judge would be found waiting on his Gus
toners. Consequently, a few minutes be-
fore that hour I walked into the judges
"sto.'' which is an emporium for every
thing. from a garden rake to paper OF
pins. and from cUsp.dor 10 dinner set.
While in no wise comparing in extent
o. naagnifcence with the ''Hargis Broth
ers' mammoth department store. which
in addition to general commodities also
enjoys monopoly of the comm. furniture
and sewing machine trade for all B-eat-
htt county still the judges 'sto repre-
sents q Furnishing business. with its half
dozen clerks busily engaged in measuring
OFF calico, Weighing butter and sugar ana
counting eggs.
Anticipating the query TO why the
big judges and political bosses OF TINS
part of the state should he engaged in the
business. the answer Is because
1t is the SurcSt way 10 wealth ana tnat
the social station of the great me?chaht IS
here an unassailable one. Precisely as
the Tammany politician is interested IN
the saloon business the mountain poll
tician is interested in the buying and SELL
ing Of dry goods and groceries. i ne mar
gis brothers anu Judge Taulbee have Tor
wears carried on an immense trade. both
wholesale and retail not only in Breathitt
county. but in all the surrounding couh-
ties 1t is said that the HarSis concern
alone does wholesale trace amounting
dry town, and if this section OF Ken
lucky were not vehemently prejudiced TO
saloons in any form. a certain percentag"
of its leading citizens might. II Is true, De
engaged in the sale of rum rntner IMAM
Bingham and tea. but not otherwise
Four o'clock being the fashionable shop
ping hour in jackson. ] found the store
filled with little groups of women. an
dressed in calico and wearing suhponhets:
and all busiy discussing the tragedy oil
Beech Hargs making Many OF them
were wives of .moultaireers. Inc mules
and the OK teams on which they mao iui.i-
bered in from the hills were hltched 10
the row of posts behind the courthouse,
fanking the jail. Their husbands had in
all probability come in TO cote: Inc
mountaineer who lives within walking OF
riding distance of courthouse is al
ways in cote" Not always as ntl-
CANT to be sure but because it is one OF
the few diversions of his narrow. colorless
life. precisely as the weekly visit OF ms
wife to the ''sto' is hers.
.Lordy. Lordy. want it terrible" one
thin. gaunt creature was lamenting TO the
clerk as she chewed judiciously at scrap
of dress goods to see If it was all wool.
And his poor mother. It's her that's
surely betwixt two fires now. for haven't
7 often heard Mis- Hargis say that If any
hody killed her Jim she'd spend the last
nennv he left her and the children to hunt
mis- murderer down and hang MN: Anu
now that murderer turns out 10 NC he'
own Beech.
do you!" asked a lugubrious looking ell
derby woman. Just so they don't hans
him! That would be terrible. for he IL
have no chance. or mighty little. to nave
God pardon his sins in such snort time
betwixt his trial and the day of the hans
in. while if they'd only pin him ne u
have a chance to get bis SINS "asheo
away while he was in the pin.
Yes, but Mis- Macleod" broke In an
other voice as slight figure turned
around disclosing under the bonnet a
sweet young face. but one which, like an
the others seemed never TO nave Know.
what mrth or happiness were. But ME
MacL cod you remember what the bioie
saws about honorin yer father and yer
mother And It war his own rather tha]
Beech Hargis killed.
Yes that's right" pped still another
solemn thin voice. M inucn a ne ssv
! AN eye fer an eye and tooth Ter
tooth likewise the Scriptures do say also
the way of the transgressor IS haru.
! The dominant keynote of these women
| as it is likewise the keynote of the men
of the mountains, was an absolute den
cheney of any rudinent OF humor. One
! felt as one looked unon their races thae
! they were born absolutely mirthiess. IN
their sex. manifests a tendency to melan-
! choly and 10 great moral and religious
ardor while in their husbands and Droth-
ers il manifests itself in pugnacity and
irrtability Indeed, il is not possible to
imagine the feud spirit existing among
people in whom the sense of humor has
been developed
In a few minutes more the door opened
/
man. with jaw like a bulldog and the
air of enterprise about him which in any
other surroundings might lead one to mis-
take him for prosperous millionaire from
Bread street. For never make the mis-
take of supposing that the clever politi
elan or magnate of the mountains Is any
SLOUGH. His clothes, Of excellent material
and made. no doubt, by a first-class tailor
in Louisville, where men of the judges
class are wont to visit three four times
| in the course of the year. were just suffi
GENTLY il-kempt, his hat was just suffi
GENTLY old, to proclaim him a man rich
and important enough to wear. as he
would no doubt express 1t, anything he
d-n please.
I stated my mission. and the judge.
dropping quid OF tobacco from his
mouth to the floor. proceeded to cut an
other from the great plug on the counter.
! His glance was friendly and generous.
| as is the glance Of any Kentucky gentle
man and judge when woman comes 10
| ask a favor of him, and knew. before ho
spoke what his answer would be. 1 little
| dreamed however of the diction in which
! that answer would be expressed.
Il done tole that jailer to let you In to
see young Hargis, g far as be concern
ed" he drawled out. II done tole him
| hain't got no objections TO letting LADY
into the jail Now, If II was a man il
might be different; but being you're q
lady. and from the press. it's all right
What paper did you say you represented?
The Washington starr I'm. I don't
think | ever seen that paper. Published
in Washington. I reckon? I'm, No. never
seen It. Weekly. I reckonc No? 4 daily!
Well. WELL.
/ did not see young Mr. Hargis. how
ever For white l was having the fore
going conversation with Judge Taulbes
the jaler had received explicit instruc-