The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-01

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- Peril ~ attorney. whose profess
oopnal suceess had always been pre-
eorious. received those few clients
No came - him for consultation. The
iowyer'o none was Walter Hackley.
~ 10 waesbetter known a. Clayheel
Aeeklsy. beeAuss he never wore socks
- his baFs ankles were tanned to
u hue % fivsr-hank mud.
His featQfss were wixsned and his
sgss shiny. He vas . coward and
an intriguef b nAtiirs and inclina-
st1en- u VI logical enough that when
~ verdict. Of the directors table that
nod Anss Hsvey was . nuisance al.
tired. dovt tAe line the persons seek.
ing native methods Tor abatine the
neisancs pAould come to Clayheel
uhcklsy. HN
One day a August this attorney at
, Nv. toestK4r WITH Jim Fletcher and .
itchy you(l who en1cyesirths distipc-
TN Of holding ONCE IN telegraph op-
sator at t1e Peril station, caucused
together insHackley's dingy room.
In IL df1lh Of Bad e.Anse Havey this
o1o saw e1oint advantage, since the
eoating ofsruch . nuiaanss would not
g unrswafced.
~0satls1ben." said the attorney. his,
v1sened fdep WORKING nerveusly. sthis
1osinsss - need to be expeditions
QUlaunsus$it reQuires IN ita nature.
- ~ exp91itious. A few moro fail.
ne sn4 ~ are done tor" 80
We'll ten .us how ye aims ter do
hiks growIGd the telegraph operator.
~9n1 y1(opnsr has the idsa." replied
~ hwysS impressivsly. quite the
NIT idsa- How many men can you
trust on Job Ike this. Jimf"
"a many - - needs" was the con
1deat resj 9hse. "A dozen 9 . score
: they're wanted" y =.
~Encush TO make it sure. but not
40 many" urged Hackley. I'VE
should set = day precisely % the court
woah ct . day for-er-an execu-
ooa. Ths: force you send out should
simply stay, on the job until lit's. done.
y Anss Havey can bs got alone. 30
0uch the better. But above ALL"
1he lawyer paused and spoke with
his most ,forceful emphasis: Don't
last wound this man. See that the
thing is finally and dehnitsly settled"
I'm b tners myself" Jim Fletcher
assured hin. -Now whom II this day
goin' ter beY~
This b Nondays" reflected the at-
sornsy. There n no advantage in
DELAY. II win take q day or two to get
ready. Let the case be docketed, az
might say-for Thursday"
sss
Anss Havey had gone to Lexington.
Never again did he mean to hold
against hinsslf the accusation Of "the
unlit lamp and the ungirt loin." He
knew that abe loved him. '>-'" .''
In Lexington he had bought q ring
and st PERI he had got Q marriage IL.
csnse. His campfollowing days wsro
over. He had ono youth. and he knew
that II his enemies succeeded In
their designs that might at any mo.
nent bs snapped short with sudden
death. II did not seem to him that one
of its golden hours should be- wasted
As no came out Of the courthouse
with the invaluable piece of paper in
his pocket two men. seemingly un-
armed. rose from the doorway of the
store across the street and drifted TO-
ward their hitched horses.
Young Milt McBriar hnd ridden over
% Peril that day with several compan.
Ions. and Anse Havey went back with
them- So Il happened that quite acct.
dentally he made this journey under
escort. The men who rode q little way
In his rear cursed their luck-and
waited. And. though they iurked IN
hiding al that afternoon near Anse
Havsy's house. they saw nothing more
Of their intended victim.
:. Anse was keenly alive to each DAYS
impending threat. and when he
recognised the face Of jim Fletcher I'm
Peril. % he came through, he had read
mischief IN the eyes ard recognized
that the menace had drawn closer.
SO. when he was ready to cross the
ridge to the school. he obeyed an old
sense OF caution and left his horse
saddled ut the front fence that II
might seem a. II he were going out
but had net yet gone.
He had sent q messenger for Good
Anse Talbot. and the preacher arrived
while he was at hts supper.
Brother Anse." he said, I'm goin
% need ye some time betwixt now and
midnight. ! want - to tarry here tIi
! corae back"
Whats the nature Of business ye
needs ne fer. Anse7" demanded the
missionary. II hadn't hardly ought
Ter wait Thar's child ailin' up the
top fork OF little fork Of Turkey-Foot
srosk." ~,Aa-4i4,r. ,'1ss&aiys
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