Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-20

out of a breakfast deliberately eaten
in a cafe next door to the Bayou State
Security.
What would I do but finish my job
on the Julie?" he said, pushing the
theory to it's logical conclusion.
The mate shook his head. "Ye
needn't do that; the cops might be
coming down here and running you
in again. How much pay have We
drawn"
mot any,"
McGrath took a greasy wallet from
his pocket and counted out a deck
hands wages for the trip.
"Take this, and I'll be getting II
back from the clerk. 1t might not be
good f'r we to show up at the office. "
Griswold suffered a sudden return
to the meliorating humanities
| "I've been calling you all the hard
names could lay tongue to, McGrath,
and there have been times when I
would have given the price Of good
farm for the privilege Of standing UP
to you on bit Of green grass with no
body looking on. I take it all back.
You say you haven't forgotten; neith-
er will I forget, and maybe my turn
will come again, some day."
go along with you," growled the
rough-tongued Irishman, whose very
kindness had a tang Of brutality to it.
IF you're coming across the naygur,
Nose, anywhere, sind him back and
tell him I'll see that he gets real mon
ey f'r helping us unload. on with ye,
now, whilst they're catching up with
yer runaway cab"
Griswold went leisurely, as befltted
his theory, and upon reaching the
levee, turned aside among the freight
pyramids in search Of his confederate.
Now that there was time to recall the
facts he feared that the negro had
been taken. He had secured but a
few yards start in the race, and his
pursuer was white man, able to back
speed with intelligence. Griswold had
sickening fit despair when he con-
templated the possibility OF failure
with the goal almost in sight; and the
reaction, when he stumbled upon the
negro skulking in the shadows of
lumber cargo, was sharp enough to-
make him faint and dizzy.
The negro did not recognize him at
first and was about to run away, when
Griswold shook off the benumbing
weakness and called out.
TANK de good Lawd! is dat you
all, Cap'm Gravitt? rs dat shuck up
couldn't recognize my Of nanny!
TEX dishyer cunjah-bag O. yourn TO
1 gwine drap hit. Hits des been
bu'nin' my hans ev' sense I done TUX
out wild it,"
Griswold took the handkerchief
bundle, and the mere touch Of 1t put
new life into him.
where's the fellow who was chas-
ing you, Mose?" he asked.
Use new gwine tell you dat; no.
sub. Las time I seed him, he's des
t'arin' off strips up de levee after tur-
rer fellah."
What other fellow?"
The negro laughed and did double
shuttle at the mere recollection of 1t.
"Hi-yah Turrer fellah is de fellah
what done TUX my job. Hit was des-
away: when 1 tink dat white man
gwine catch me. sholy. des drap
down in de darkes' cawneh I KIN fin;
dat's what done, yas, sub. He des
keep on a-goin', spat, spat, spat. and
when he come out front de Gineral
Jackson over yondeh, one dem boys
what's wukkin' on her, he TUX out, an
dat white man des tu'n hisself loose
an mex his laigs go lax he gwine
shek 'um plum off; yas, sah!"
Griswold suffered another lapse into
the humanities when he saw the list
of participants in his act growing
steadily with each fresh complication,
and he said, I'm sorry for that,
Nose"
New you min bout dat, Cap'm.
Dat boy he been doin' somepin to mex
him touchous, 'less'n he new TUX out
dat-a-way, no, subj"
Maybe so. Well, we can't help it
now. Here is the twenty I promised
you"
"T'ank you, sub; tank you kin'ly,
Cap'm. You-all's des de whites white
man ev'. knowed. You sholy is"
What are you going to do with
yourself, now?" Griswold inquired.
who, me? rs gwine up yondeh to
dat resteraw an git me de bigges
mess O. fried fish can hol'-dat's me,
yas, suh."
"McGrath says he'll pay you levee
wages If you'll come back to the boat
and help get the cargo out Of her."
Reckon I amt gwine back to the
Julie; no, sub. Dat'd be gittin' rich
too fas' for dis niggeh. Goodnight.
Cap'm Gravitt; an tank you kin'ly,
suh."
Griswold went his way musing upon
the little object lesson afforded by the
negro'S determination. Here was
fellow man who was one of the fee
blest of the underdogs in the great So
cial fight; and with money enough in
hand to give him at least a breathing
interval, his highest ambition was a
mess Of fried fish.
The object lesson was suggestive, If
not specially encouraging, and Girls
void made a mental note Of it for
further study when the question of
present safety should be more salts
factorily answered.
(To be Continued)
Southern Handled Millions Safely.