The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-01-29

Seefss Nsvns ssekS
Aelhs scant wslceme Of his greeting
you1b Milt McBfiar stlfIened Z little
fSoo3 head 70 fot,t. though hs had not
ontt1Datsd any great degree Of cordial.
III climbed the stils and walked
e6solD the moonlit patch Of tramplei
cay - where the girl stood leaning.
voAt tkneed' Will. night. against the
ught>d frams Of ths door.
~J>bs he said slowly % the boy,
Who'll he'd stepped down into the yard.
~hoV ar YET" Then. turning TO Dawn.
Win HE lat In his hand. he greeted
hee oEaisly.
n Brk ~ con Of the murdered man
Mood e(j11 aAd Sigid and rspeated In .
hard voice: what ther hell does ye
want hyaffs
II come over hyar ter see Dawn"
t'vas ~ ealm rssponss. and then. a.
the girl eonvuIsively moistened her
~ llps with her tongue. che sew her
hrotAsr's .AAnd swsep under his coat
40 come out srippins . heavy revol
t voS.
ssb had never gone armed before
4 thAk night when Fetch fell Now he
IVES never unaxmed, .k
-Doat Jsb!s she screamed IN .
efonoport Of alarm. % che braced her
!. ~ and summoned strength to seiss
~ hand that held the weapon.
Jeb ehcok her roughly on and
vheelel again to fnce the visitor with
tho nreeaptlon of Z sids1ise leap. He
1ad t1pecto1 that the other boy would
- that moment Of interference to
eray,. - oNn WEAPON. bat ths. young
HcHfiar wns stapding In The same It
t1tulo. holding biz hat In one hand
While hs rsassursd the Girl. h.
cnt free Davn; lnAr. 1ain't noth-
~ nr WORRY about" Ne aid: then,
Ao1n9 the brother. he went on "a !
veise Of cold and almoss scornfsl com
-T{cs Aa,ss shsr ar.. tim. y..,. s..d
Pe eoFost he sights of . gun. u Il.
-vlAaH doss - mssnfs The othsr
MI fEee VET bsick.rsd and he low
80 ~ uu1rle with { senss q sudden
= / issssd SSoss - ~ oid ia bob
4 1CeC fseGoe tol1 - . passsl Of liss
ebeo1 1me. ~ bow ~ come acrost thsr
ridse sas ~. ! reckon I Kin guess
4, sEnn. xAok of hiti- Jeb stood With
- 3ln1e1 now hanging q Ms side.
4 X - ~ eyes stiii siowsd the frs Of
ut this." young McBriar went on:
u3ut GOT NO gun O. me. amt even
6btsa jackknife. Iowed that 70
tnought " right smart incensed at
~ comin' hysr anil come without no
rSapon o. vHfpooe. Ef 70 hain't
eketre6 of - when I'm unarmed, I
!ss1pn - M get your own gun back
- 1fe1eash sioxly followed the
gqetestioa. anl thsn coming forward
vntv ~ twe boys stood. eye to eye,
n ia - .delibsrat0 accents: II reck-
q - dont low I'm skeered Of ye."
n rookoa not" Young Milt's tone
vo9 alnost ohesrful. II reckon 70 cir
jeset about n much skeered of me "a
a. ,of you-an' th,st amt none"
What does - want hyarf" persist.
q Jsb. -
II wants arst to tell ye-an' I hsin't
never He'd tor no feller yit-thet I
dou't know nothin' more about who
kilt fetch than yon does. II did.
"a, hslp me God Almighty. ia tell ys.
! Aain't tryin' ter shield NO murder.
en-" $50.
& There vac . ring of sincerity In thu
lads vc:ce that carried weight even
into the bitter skepticism. OF Jeb's
heart-s skepticism which had refused
- believe that homer or truth dwslt
est Of the ridge.
reckon. ef that's true" sneered
the older boy. "thar's them In yore
house thet does know"
At that Insult it was Young Milt
whose face went first red and then
very, white.
rhet calls fer y fight. Jeb." he said
with forced calm. ri can't harken ter
.shinss like thet But FIRST. I wants ter
say shis' come over hyar ter tell ye
thet knowed how ys felt. an thet I
didn't see no reason why you an me
mad ter quarrel. come over hyar ter
see Dawn. because promised I
wouldn't try ter see her whilst she
stayed down at the school--sn' be-
cause ] wants ter see her--an' lows
ter d. hit. Now will ye lay aside yore
gun an 80 out thar In ther road whar
hit hain't on yore own ground. an let
me tell ye thet ye lied when ye slurred
my folks?"
The two boys stripped on their
coats In guaranty that neither had
hidden weapon. Then. while the girl,
who was really no longer n Girl turn al