The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-19

blacksmith shop, w,sen-d0 Lawd
save me!-yere como Of Massa Waite.
q ridin long on q cream colo'd pinto
Just as much alibe a. ebber he was.
Yas. sab: he's whiske was blowin'
round. an could eben yeah him
crssin' he hoss. when he done shy at
q man what got up sudden like from
q cart-wheel he was settin' on. done
took one look at dat secon' fellaf, and
seed 1t was dat black debhle from
down Carson way. Den ducke6 inta
de blacksmith shop out 'er sight
sho' didn't want Mister Hawley to git
no chance at dis nigger] sho' didn't"
Did they speak to ooe another?"
Keith asked, anxiously. Odd you hear
what was said?"
"Sho' dey talked. Massa Jack. I
sorter reckon dey was dar for dat
special purpose. Sutt'nly, sah. dey
went right at talkin' IKE dey had
somting on dey minds. o. Massa
Waite was . sittin' straight up on de
boss. an dat black debble was q
stsndin' dar In front ob him. OF
Massa Waite he was mad from de
nrst Jump Oh. an I could heah most
eberyttng he said, but Mr.. Hawley
he grin do same way he do when he
deal faro. an speaks kinder low. De
Oh man he swear nne It him. he call
him eberyt1ng-s damn liar. a damn
scoundrel-but Mr.. Hawley he Jest
grin. and say ober de s~Me Ding"
What was that, Nebr'
"Somting bout q gal, Massa Jack
--an' . law sultan how de Oh man
better settle up wtdout no nghtin'.
jest didn't GIT de- whole oh It. he
talked 90 low like"
What did Waite sayf"
We'll. mostly hs lest cussed. He
sho' told dat black debble bout what
he thought ob him. but he didn't neb-
Der call him Hawley-no, sab. not
once; he done call him Bartlett, or
someting o. odder like dat. But he
sutt'nly read dat mans pedigree from
way back TO de time OF de food,
reck'n. An he done swore he'd ngat
tor whatebber 1t was. papers or no pa
pers. Den Havley. he got plumb tired
Oh dc or man sweaEin' at him, an Ire
grabbed . pictsr out ob he's pocket.
an says, Damn you; look at dat!
What kind 0b q hght can y0 make
against dat faoef' Do o. man stared
a. II while, sortsr chokin' u2; den
hs say softer Ike: It's Hope; where
did 20 eb6er get datr and de black
debbie he laughed. an showed de pic
tor back into he's pocket Hope, HE'LL
he say. It's Phyllis. an I'll put her
before any jury yo're mind to get-oh.
I've got 10 nailed. Waite. die time"
Was that allf'
DE ol' gin'ral he didn't seem ter
know what tor cay; he done set dar
lookin' on ober do prairie like he was
clar fumegasted. He sho did look
Hike dat black debble he'd hit him
mighty hard. Den be says slow like,
turnin' his hoss round: Bartlett. yo'
ar putin up q good blu6. but. by
Cawd. I'm gcin' ter call 20. Yo' don't
get q cent ob dat monay less yo put
up do proof. Ill meet yo' whar yo'
say. but ef can GIT hol' ob some pa.
pers dats missin' I'll take dat grin of
20 face De odder one laughed, an
De or gfn'ra started TO- ter ride away,
den he pull up he's hoss. an look
back. 'Yo' sorter herd Wild dat kind
oh cattle. Bartlett he say. sharp like,
maybe yo' know . gambler roun'
yere called HawleyT De black debble
nebber eben lose he's grin. DO yo'
mean Black Bart Hawley?' OATS the
man. where Ia he!' Dealin' faro TO-
Mike Kenna In Topeka Q week ago
friend oh yoursT OATS mono oh yo'
damned business snorted de OIL
gin'ral. givin' his hoss de spur. Sho',
Massa Jack. he nebber knowed he was
talkin' ter dat same Hawley, an dat
black debble Jest laughed as he rode
or"
When was all this, Neb?"
Bout dc time yo all went up on
de hill. I reck'n. done como right
yere. and waited"
Keith walked across the room. Sc
lected cigar. and came back, his
mind busy with the problem. Hawley
had In some manner, then, got into
communication with Waite, and was
threatening him But Waite evidently
knew the man under another name
bis given name-and the gambler had
sent him Oh on false trail. The lost
papers apparently contained the sou.
tion To all this mystery. Waite be-
ifeved Hawley possessed them, but
did not suspect that Bartlett and Haw-
ley were the same person What
would he most naturally do now?
Seek Hawley In Topeka probably;
seize the first opportunity Of getting
there. Keith turned impatieuuy to
the clerk
ANY train running east?"
Well. they generally start one out
every day" with glance toward the
clock. long bout this time Maybe
It's gone. and maybe 1t hasn't"
II was already nearly dark outside
az the two men hastened toward the