Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-05
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"I got a letter this morning from
Dorothy Randolph" said Shirley
iS"The Valiant Corporation is being IN
| vestigated, you know. and her uncle
had taken her to one of the hearings,
when John Valiant was in the chair,
From her description, they are
making it sufficiently hot for thai
silver-spooned young man"
81 don't reckon he cares" said Lusk
satiricaly. Nothing matters with
his set If you have enough money. "
The judge pointed with his crop.
'That narrow wagon-track," he said,
s'goes to He'll s. Half-Acre."
"Oh. yes" said Betty. That's that
weird settlement on the Dome where
Shirley's little protegee Rick Snyder
came from" 1t was all she said, but
her glance at the girl beside her was
one of open admiration. For as all
in the party knew, the lonely road
had been connected with an act or
sheer impulsive daring in Shirley S
girlhood that she would never hear
spoken of.
Judge Chalmers flicked his horses
ears gently with his rein and they
moved slowly on. presently coming
in sight of humble patch of ground,
enclosed in worm-fence and holding
a whitewashed cabin with a well
shaded by varicolored hollyhocks
Under the caves clambered gourd-
vine. beneath which dangled strings
of onions and bright red peppers. DO
let us get drink" said Chilly Lusk
I'm as thirsty as a cotton batting
camel"
"All right, we'll STOP" agreed the
Judge, land you'll have a chance to
see another local lion, Betty. This
is where Mad Anthony lives. You
must have heard of him when you
were here before. He's almost as Gel
ebrated as the Rev. John Jasper OF
Richmond"
Betty tapped her temple. Where
have All heard of John Jasper"
HE was the author of the famous
sermon on The Sun Do Move He
used to prove it by bucket of water
that he set beside his pulpit Saturday
night AS 1t hadn't spilled in the
morning he knew it was the earth
that stood STILL"
Betty nodded laughingly. "Ah re-
member now. He's the one who said
there were only four great races, the
Huguenots, the Hottentots, the Abys-
sinnians and the Virginians. Is Mad
Anthony really mad?'
"Only harmlessly" said Shirley.
Hes stone blind. The negroes all be-
lieve he conjures-thats voodoo, you
know. They put lot of stock in his
'prophecisms.' He tells fortunes, too.
SSH" she warned. He's sitting on
the doorstep. He's heard u.s."
The old negro had the torso of a
black patriarch. He sat bolt upright
with long straight arms resting on his
knees, and his face had that peculiar
expressionless immobility seen In
Egyptian carvings He had slightly
turned his head in their direction, his
brow, under its shock of perfectly
white, crinky hair, twitching with a
peculiar expression of inquiry. His
age might have been anything judg-
ing from his face, which was so
scanned and creviced with innumera-
BILE tiny wrinkles that 1t most resem-
bled the tortured glaze of some an
cient bitumen pottery unearthed from
a tomb of Kor. Under their heavy
lids his sightless eyeballs, whitley
Opaque and lustreless, turned mute
ly toward the sound of the horse
hoofs.
The Judge dismounted. and tossing
his bride over a picket fence, took
from his pocket collapsible drink
ing cup. "Howdy do. Anthony" he
said. I'VE just stopped for a drink
of your good water"
The old negro nodded his head.
Good watah," he said In the gentle,
uuavering tones of extreme age. "Yas,
Mars. Hep yo'se'f. Come fom de
centah. OBJ de yerf, dat watah. En-
dah's folks say de centah of de. yerf
Is all fab. Yo reckon de's right,
Mars Chammahs?"
Now, how the divel do you know
who I am, Anthony" The judge set
down his cup on the well-curb. I
haven't been here for a year.
The ebony head moved slowly from
side to side "Ol Ant'ny don't need
no eyes," he said, touching his hand
to his brow. He see thing heah.'
The Judge beckoned to the others
and they trooped inside the paling.
I've brought some other folks with
me, Anthony; can you tell who they
are?"
The sightless look wavered over
them and the white head shook
slowly. Don know young mars"
said the gentle voice, How many
yuddahs wild you? One, two? No,
con- know young mistis. eidah."
II reckon you don't need any eyes"
Judge Chalmers laughed. as he passed
the sweet cold water to the rest. Zone
of these young ladies wants you to
tell her fortune"
The old negro dropped his head.
waving his gaunt hands restlessly.
Then his gaze lifted and the whitened