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THE . ORECiON SUNDAY JOURNALS PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 22. 1908. r . m i r-rt . , D tirnntj r 1 ale cf , I rcachcry i ; and Crime From" Facts Col- GRAPHIC SUMMARY OF THE HA;RGiSsI?ElJIJ lected fortLc New York Times Character Tl'j Sensational Drama Record the "JudtfeVA Political anJ Judicial Bom tte Mountainous Countici of tne Blue Graas State A rnm th New Tork Times. CKORS th river from, and Indeed almost within eight and sound of the new mad grav among the periwinkle and rhodod. ndr.n 'tM of the Hargis burying ground. f tie brass blind at the Jackson skating fink wan crashing out "Waiting at h ( Church." while hand crossed end elai.l Tor hand. Jackson youth and Jackson lieautjr, the one puffin a cigarette, tin other chewing a wad of gum, rolled . found and round together ovr the ,' Klartngly new p'ne floor to the rhythm tif the gay, mock mournful music hall melody. Though the rink now running 1 n 1 blast it had been lead than an hour ' Sine til- morning nn, breaking ' through a vent cleft rTrr the mountain " weirding dose about, fire) began to ' ' shed, not to nay waste, lla flood of grlory upon the sordid ugliness of the new Utile Kentucky city, i But then the newly incorporated, like the newly rich, must needs take It pleasure violently and lu Urge chunka; '. and the city of Jackacn la very nowly f Incorporated. - Perched high ur In the fastness of the Allegbenh , In a region long in 1 aoresslhln to th Influences of clvlllaa v tlon and only witliln the last few year r brought Into rellroad communication with the ro.it world outside, the crude ' little settlement aceme to threaten " very moment to fall apart and roll ,' down the laurel grown mountain aldea, go Inorganic la It devil-may-care aya teni of muddy alley aud muddler streets, with loos Jointed and slat- ternly wooden etructuree. : " Where Hargis Ruled. 1 . Ixoking up t'io ateep Incline leading ; from the rink, by courtesy Mo In atreet, "unpavpd, like every other, and hock ' deep In the mud now ((teaming In the warm sunshine, one could aee pig rooting In front of "Hargis Brother' Mammoth Department Store." while directly oppoalte several cowa. lean and big eyed, gased placidly acroaa the threshold of the little courthoue which the same Ilargla brothera and their little bloody feuda have made historic; one gentle creature, a little more tn ciuleltlve than the others, having wan dered around to the rear and pushed lier mealy black nose between the bara of the Jail wlndom-. that tail which the house of Hargt and ita feudal eneml alike are only too familiar, and where that gilded youth, young Beech Hargis. was this morning languishing for the murder. In a drunken rage, of hla father. Three daya had passed since the long funeral procession had moved slowly flown the mountain side to lay the body of James Hargis in the grave. Iuring those three daya all business liad been suspended, me easting rina hud been shut up. ita noisy brass band silent- Closed, too, either by dlctatea .f partisanship or of policy, had been very store, from the rival emporium conducted by Judge Taulbee to the lit tle bakeshop of a woman widowed by a Jlargla bullet Burrta'" of Dead Feudiit Even Bam Cockrill. the sworn enemy fit the liargls clan, had the grace to am traveling over thla distance between m. the toll bridge and "Orannle Hargis' rlose hit poolroom. . residence," that rude, four-roomed log The, American flag, hung at hair house where the old clan mother lts mast on the halyard over the court- lamenting the last terrible tragedy were atlll further disfigured with gnaat- t behind Itedwln and dictated his y crayon pnnraiis or ma riargises ana every move, una nay, incited by liar the same cheap chromoa I had fouud gls. Redwlne made an adverse ruling; Jn the hotel narlor down tke street. - which so Incensed the malorltv nf n ' ' The windows, gulltlesg of curtalna. delegates that, drawing revolvers and n boasted the extraordinary elegance of making , great tumult, they started to I Insldo abutters, the upper swtlons of gtampede the platform, lledwine sUrt ? which, thrown open, allowed the sickly ed to run, but liargls caught htm siT and now fast fading winter sunlight to knocked him Into his seat. ., J fall In and display as the most conaplcu-, t "But theyU kill me, Jim,' If I gtay i ous piece of furniture in the big room quoiea saying. , . a great modern carved bedstead, elab- "Yes, and I'll kill yoy If you dnl orately dressed In a lac counterpane, ; " bo" ' bloody Breathitt li ..in. f... ni , nn.,K ouoted as renlvlnr. w.. w . Anyway, liedwrim stayed, and. need, i Shows JSouthern Ho.oltalit. ' !" '"" r nd r , . lnn onjecuunsDie ruling sioou, willy- Mrs. Hargis dropped her spare frame UY- Ooebel waa nominated and Har ... . " . . .... sis became more powerful than evar. into a mil low rocKing-cnair. ana. 101a- - H nad himself chosen a member of ng her thin hands across hei black the Democratic slate central cotnmltloe apron, looked at me Inquiringly. In i"uen,cr,. no "Jftchtd r . throughout the state, an Influence her manner, even Irj the midst or all whlch on various occasions was wielded the horrible tragedy sne nas isoeo ana vicanouaiy tnrougn tins same man Ked Is now facing, there was all of the wine, who now leaned upon hi front house door, had been Indeed a flag of upon ner lamuy now lei ine Vruoe for the Harglsea, the CorkerllU ror go with me In Imagination back and the Cardwells, and consequently a to the town of Jackaon. where I had 2," "7 -7.... ..V.nii ra- spent the two previous dsys studying the people there and the psychology ...llent re-ulta that 'notwithstanding the tho feud which for years has made talners and vassals; and with such e f MHVt WM -Wf m Mf , v-''' ; HTOM . MM W W ' . ... ? i .- iv... ,,-- a Ann rrnr,. rrr.m vsst section of the state notorious and the feudal mountain counties had turnd tho Influence of which has been felt, ut to the "buryln-. " not a shot wua politically and socially. In every county 11 red In Jackson that day. and avery townahlp of Kentucky. And now, the prescribed period of rlrlo mourning having elapsed for htm Reason tor Fighting Spint. who had been alike Its chief Judiciary. Its political boas, its feudal lord, its Two words will suffice to explain the . most publlo spirited citisen now. on initial motive for this fued spirit, and ,, thla the morning of the fourth day after tho. words the onan aeaame to nractl- that great pageant, the greateat that lnof8 wwa' open sesame to practi Moody Breathitt county has ever seen, rally every social phenomenon and inon Jackson had awakened bright and early Ktroslty on earth, are heredity and en ' J1o resume the even tenor of Ita way; vironment. . albeit Jackson's way haa long since Jackson, that Ugly little soml-barbar--erned-for the ambitious little county 0U1 settlement across the river from -. . Meat a no less sonorous and solemn the Pan Bowl, represents a most inter j, pobrlquet than "The City of Sudden esting and concrete example of atavism . jjeath." . .... . or reversion to a type of civilisation So much for the writers Impression- out ot Whioh the rest of the world had jstle view of the feudridden mountain emerge ten generations ago. town that has Just witnessed the cul- i other words the blood of the Boot- y mmaiion or a series 01 iri!ra. wi.iun 1Un Highlanders from whom the Ken- illmou'T.nd onuTarSlv?rldmandtOT- lYcky nwmMvmmr derives his pedigree, necessary to sav .hut he is utterly de- " 5 f? n . K.ntucVv the breeding rierc.e', clannish, feudal blood, the ele- vold of any Bene of humor. i.iali tnd h?ml of the edd Xrellng "lent Qualities of which have been Thu taht made a deep Impression e?1!? wS?ld flntfa place on the ?ltl "fffi.',.tJl? pqn me when, on the day previous I ,; - i . - ua mvom, j va. mo juw mi wmji, aejv- villi Af Tna fAlirrnnilla fi T rv In nniHI II I?. .ii L'S. HLLi," Za nesses in whioh their lives are spent twrmlsslon from Judae Taulbee to visit Pwt of the state should bo engaged In llglous ardor, while in their husbands 1 til m I nuaa n m 4 hiiiII1iia4 n tlila . . ' i . il. i A a. . . It km x 1 a m 1 . vou i ,""",.""""u"'u iJeecn tiargis in the Jail. en- d,y- U a5e,n.,t.8el.fKnow p.r.1ci?ei? f The courthouse, as aln 1 rted itself In the Scottish high- historic in the Harcls-i tise your small boy's geography and iiot'your own. With your nnger y wUl follow the north fork of the K : t nc k t river as it winua iiiruuxa nits . i. i !l,n- Lin?u,,UlL!..co",nt?" .Jll Charlie and the border wars. Political ?oaa of Region. traditional iioaplUlity of tho southern- gate an any ordinary villager might at er, whether of the mouutalns or the th end f tho day's work. In all "rural simplicity she asked me A,tornty for Family, first thing If I wouldn't "lay off my As I approached he levelled a pair of things. Thev tay when Judge liargls ,j, was brought .ie dead she carried on 8,eely' coIdlv amaplcioug gray eyes upon like h madwoman, but now she spoke me- his jaws shut with a click, and ths mercantile business, the answer is and brothers It manifests itself in duk alreadv stated, la because It is the surest way to wealth naclty and irritability. hi,niM in ik. u..u.Ci,Mif.,iilaril. and that the social station or ths vr.n f Indeed. It Is not iinHMlhla In Immine . . , i... i . l. .... , . . . . . .... the days of Bonnie Prince ,11 f cud. Feudists havVSeen killed merchant la here an una.sallable'one. the feud spirit existing among a people Vhleii shrms the very ner.onlfica- . "! "W ,l"?f "T .t0..BtP time ant time naln 1n the courthouse rreciseiy as me iammany politician n wnom me sense oi numor nas ueen tlnn u ... imuu uniBiiutiiouB- I have spoken several times of the anH in A. Is Interested In the saloon business the developed. inaccessibility of the mountains where have been killed across the street mountain politician is Interested In the In a few minute more the door "A body sort of gets used to things, ly upon the gate latch and held it fast. .1 r ' . . V, . . . . i. i i In rAjanrinaA tn V. lntrAlii.Hnn , . 52e JS?1 PepP'?,,1 been born and w(th bullets fired from the courthouse buying and selling of dry goods and opened and the Judge entered, a big. u waBn t as sudden as it might have "plf Judge Redwlne lost no time in ex- Tou will look for a particular spot " hTn V,,"1." " ir.w., ' iI1. f,l"e".5n2 Xr r T" -boon, either, for. lye always expects P"?":"? MB . . oV"1 In Breathitt county where this north For Instance, take the county seat of T. ... o r on In Immense trade, both wholesale which in any other Mirroundings might B"euim?":VKl?, ,n,.mL.,!"d "y DRDr rSwrt. ir tlrula riv" w nnH.AlnlnM ,MM& W wvM... n ....II Tt .V. I.. . lA.fl nnA Tt millTAI,. .Aim ."! . nF:kk (!!.. f . " ...... , . ,j vuukiiiiiih - - . "u ioioji, hoi uuij in oicttnini cBUBir, - he-uA thef it Miiiri ha iju..i, ih.i Bra io euner age or would do it." uriou.iy enoiigh. fork ktf the river already described. Thla as "the City of Sudden Death," Jackson ' little peninsula constitutes what is ha as yet no undertaking establish ;' known as the Pan Bowl, and has been ment. , prince time immemorial tho birthplace , and breeding piaoe of the houise of Country Almost Inaccessible. liarda. It is likewise their family burial ground. l-ess tnan 60 reet wide at its nees of news- wlthout re- sex. tlinueh n moun- At this lunclure the door nuened nn1 "'neei Dorn and bred, there seemed to a young woman burst In. It was tho through his veins another strain daughter, the nnw taught., nf ,n or blood from that of the typical Ken- house of Hargis and her mother In- . ",. "V"6"8 regions. Here was no troduced her as Mrs. Hogg, the brldo "?,, w, " Ppecl. J'trt words bitten nnnn itolf .h.mlv maktnir Jackson, which, thoush onlv nnntalnlna- aJmost a loon, and there you will find imiroiwii. lut Naturally, then, one did not look to n u mo surrounaing counties. vu" ,. n..i .u.n. tumosc loop, ana mere jou wilt xinu Jarge aection of country, comprising all ... " ' , . It Is said that the Hargis concern For never make the mistake of sup- he town of Jackson, whence James of Breathitt county which alone la Iln1 anv ordinary hall of Justice, and alone doaJ a wnolesale trade amounting poalng that the clever politician or Hargis ruled as absolutely over the 17 larger than the state of Rhode Island o when, climbing to the court cham- to 1800.000 a year. If Jackson were not magnate of the mountains Is any slouch. ,ig counties compoHing the congresslon- and three or four surrounding counties Der on tho second floor, I passed little a 'dry- town, and if this section of l clothes-, of excellent material and 1 district as ever did any feudal lord which far exceed It In area. ,, - .n,i .nfi. j . Kentucky were not vehemently preju- m. no 'doubt, by a flrst-class tailor of the middle ages over a much less Until j2 y,ar ago there was no rail- KruP men talking politics and feud dlced aftlnVt Mioons in anv form ,n Louisville, where men of the Judges extensive territory. road to Jackson; the nearest railroad gossip In the corridor, the while whit- certain percentage of Its leading citl- class are wont to visit three or four Just across the river from tlffe little Ktation waa at Lexington. 88 miles away, tllng away with their Jarkknlve at gens might, it is true, be engaged In ,""" ,n n course of the year, wero ioi mat stands ror jacason you win see jnow twice a day a locomotive with one door jambs, window sins, wainscoting, the sale of rum rather than gingham lUHl uincienny m ampi, ma nai whh " ' mn .umnt-. weaker women murh i,,.. T.ih. . nv ru,r,in.,.i. .hirh i in ni n,.. itinr .m ih. k. ir, ,.t o ,,.ti v,in .. . ITL ' giugnam 1 t -fnrientrv old. to t.r( nlm him a. and her daughter, the one rural and un- . women sucn as Judge Taulbee almiut an island formed hv th. rtetour ntlll. rlesnitn the fact that It is knnwn nl.. r.f wnml T whh not an verv much rn.'i..b k.i .v,' ' n.. man rich and important enough, to wear, sophisticated in her apron and sunbon- i".wrl "J1" l,c" 88 Jmes liargls : r- - . ' . ------ . . : , - - - , vu, vvtvivi whim i n nn njijuuin . ,. , .... . , . .. .. . , . . ... whh lammm inr . , , . . l i . . ... . i . ... am nn wmiifi ni fiiiniii I'vnr.'KH it u ii v 11.1. nun v r t iiiiiuiiH.iin 1 1 mn inunnn. - u. . snopping nour in jacKson, i round tna r. ihil AthV. "J" "."'",.". ixor was i even very muen Burprisea store filled with little groups of women, t " , ivITiXT, wnen, open hi me aoor oi me court, all dressed In cat co and wearing sun- . .v j.... . .j....... ,,u n, un h t f ,h i . ii, ij0 i , ,'B . rlrnnnlm a ould (if tohncrn from hla fnlr hair curlerl and nrrnnmH in a tnar- inannarn io ine 1 l,v 1 , X uiw inro,iim jwubi UUIIURIH. HIIQ All IJUKI1V aiNIUlSHinc nfl " ' w . . - .. . " . " " . r ' . . - ' 1 " 1 holding court with a soft hat von the tragedv of Beech Harals' rnaktna moutn to ine rioor, proceeded to cut runy ana wonderfully made pompadour, ack of the Judicial head and alighted Many of them were mountaineers. The nt"er rm tue great plug on the her Jaws working rhythmically over a wine up here in these fastnesses, who seemed to have learned all the up-to- Hernara so oonsum- wlthout so back of the ludiclal head and aalsrht The nearest hearse is 93 miles awav. ciaar between the ludiclal teetlT. Nor mi. leu and th n-r tnm. nn counter. . wad of chewing-gum Coffins are bought and aold in the aen- ws I surprised that all the litigants, had lumbered in from the hills wera K'ance was - inenai) anu goner- nun ner peacn-oiossom skin and her off like pieces of steel, in sham, clear more curious antl- r.l""'.?,1.'0"- Hr?. WB"n hlnt of hum n tuti'JUi nun- t Ia j 1 1 1 . . , . " ' between the mother LlLiT-J1 anc" W,th an'1 . dfere"ce.., I 1 1 1 . n.i. i i . i i . ... i.P . uub uargin rnigni, ann inueea niuvs1 i ner l, 1 1 1 of.j ,,n .... u i . ; 1 1 j .r I " 1 in" niniiimin ID inB WUmDII lOlK even of his hereditary enemies were those nf n. r-nvalfni. a Vnl n.iu Ik. a . nun itLiiiuuif ,iuage jtieo "Which, continulnir thus for more than , t following the example of their Judge, hitched to th row nf nnt i,AMn,i k ous, as is the glance of any Kenlucky flplicate aquiline features, she would half a mile, middnnlv hroailens like the erttl Blor "u sugar Hhouid be smokina. too. rnnrthm... nankin th in ti.i. gentleman and Judge when a woman have been a beauty In a aunbonnet and Sl ... , . ! eorge bowl of a long handled dipper, its and chewing tobacco and the calico for What was surprising, though, was the husbands had In ail probability come cnmetf to ask a favor of him, and I apron like her mother's, but as it was mltL Lt i I?.i?rn " vn n.l a half miii-n of e.lrmimfer- hla -wifo'a Th.r. a r nature of some of the offenses on the in tn .(. knew before he SDoke what his answer she and her entire nersnns lit v wora Hi. """"'j '"a.1. went away ence elrt with laeaed rocka and sheer hearsea in bloodv Breathitt ennntv. and calendar for trial that duy five casen The mnn'ntnlneer who liv. oitMn would be I little dreamed, however, tinetlv "out of drawlne." much as asking the iUftlon. .. Iireciptces. Pan Bowl farm, so called, there are no hearses in any of the sur- of shooting at a mark on Sunday, three walking or riding distance of a court- f tn diction in which that answer The same thing Ja true of the moun " VUUIUIUIDB HU All ftUh IlllliirHUflUli; n" IUU1IU1IIH UVUUIIWI. AI1U WHJ . DGCliUKn "Jifll " " v HUli.f in 0.1WO.a in IUIG. . ( ) P J W H V S I ' I ' I V. WW . w.. . I ( 1 ,1 . v;, p. !! 1 II II J. . I I'll VnilllUf. IIIHHIl t " tural fortress, with the rushing watern there are no roads In any of these coun- shooting craps, one case of using bias- as a litigant, to be sure, but because it "I done tole that Jailer to let you civilized people out of them In a slitglo " m.t 4Kb Va 1 1 1 .Irv hAnMth aa u anrt of Hah rtn whlnh a hoaraa rif anv nlh., nhpmnua laneiiaire on fllindav: all nf fa fin nf tha faor flvar.lAn. r v.1. . . In tn aaa VOuncr t-fftrfl-ls ' a far aa T ha o-anaratlnn Rugged Ancestral Home. And now my long walk to visit Gran- "I done James Hargis was worth more than n,B Hargla at Pan Bowl farm, with a voum Hariris. ' fa ) stupendous moat. wheeled vehicle could he hauled. which wero summarily dealt with by row, colorless life, precisely n the concerned, he drawled out. ) No highland chieftain ever ensconced If any one doubts this statement let fines ranging from 15 to Z0. weekly visit of his wife to the "stn"' tole him I hain't got no ob.it ' himself in a more Inaccessible strong- him try to hire a horse and buggy in . "Kvery crime in the calendar is swift- Is hers letting a lady into the Jail Now, lfMt for that part of Kentucky. His chll- t imnt mu,.j r- n i Tu , hold than is this homestead of the Jackson, aa I foolishly tried to do, and ly and Justly penalised in that strango "Lordy, Lordy! wa'nt It terrible!" one was a man. It might be different; hut. dren had every advantage which the H,mo" completed, following tho line Hargis family in the fastness of the he will discover that even a buckboard country, nave the crime of murder and thin gaunt creature was lamenting to being you're a lady, and from the press money and more or less limited lntelll- of tlie Uttlo narrow gauge railroad i wildest region in, the Appalachian is as impossible of materialisation in assassination," a well known Lexington the clerk as she chewed Judiciously at it's all right" gene of their father could give them which the Harglses several years ago mountains. Jackson as is a hearse. lawyer told me when a few days later a scrap of dress goods to see if It was I did not see young Mr. Hargis, how- and yet afUr all they have both re- l"1"' through their land to carrv tho ' And hither, to Pan Bowl farm an l There are absolutely no wheeled ve- I related thla Incident to him. "You all wool. ever. For while I was having' the fore- malned mountaineers. Just as their fore- timber from their logging camp down to the 'burying ground of the house of hides save ox carts in this unique town, cannot shoot at a mark on bunday And his poor mother. It a her that's going conversation with Judge Taul- fathers for generations had been 11,0 valley, I have come at last within Jlargls 1 was bound on this clear mild and people who would travel about the without being arrested, and, arrested, "urely betwixt two fires now, for bee, the Jailer had received explicit In- Beech Hargis was bound to be a 'feud- 'Pht of tho old homestead where for February morning. country must do so either on foot or you will be thrown in Jail unless you nvent I often heard Mis Hargis say struotlons from the boy's mother and 1st. and worse than a feudist. 'Since a generations the Harglses have been f Acroaa the river, as I stopped to pay muleback. ,. pay your fine. iSdHhSn,yboly kUltd ih vJim Sh. from hla counsel, Judge B. D. Redwlne, little boy he has drufik his "moonshine'' r"- rnv Denny at the toll bridse connertinir Now, a country with a toDoeranhv "Nor can you play poker or Indulge spend the last penny he left her and tho tn lat nnhndv n under snv -..m. ,i,iu ,,.., v. It is hnm.iv .,t iii u Hhe Pan Bowl with the town, there such as this muHt needs have offered in any other form of gambling, even children to hunt his murderer down and gtancea. his father before him had don and Place, set uoon a little knoll In a raat . . ...... without making a drunkard of - htm. cornfield. Out of the big stone chlm- Visit to HarglS Widow. either. "pys at either end the blue smoke is Thean n.nnlr. mo., , v... .h.t . mon ih.n.h Miitil.. ru.-t TJ x . .... , . . ""f . aiiierence oe- "". "'".." 1 "P ine rise oi fn.m the h rhLX e,i J E uYn ,hiT . n, wBi io gw n po-Hiuie, a rescina- tween James Hargis and his son the B "una leaaing to tlie gate I not ce the" fK? n IWMdtl ma"y SS tpeoeSurT & "But you don't think they'll hang him. J-, of thla order that a few m.nutes -'5. XtZYVXo CllM ffiPBd.r&M!Si. hunted for generations in the aKe-lonir for vour crime, it will not cost you do you?" asked a lugubrlous-looklns: later found me ringing the rusty door- ?rJ!ilZrlL behind tk. u T 01 the h0U8e ana wmow oi me ncnesi man in had no work for his living, while his son inside the gate lilac bushes grow In or, ior mat matter, na" never earneo n penny in ins lire. vmmpo on eitner siae, and skirting the loiole bearded cliffs, which at the water's edge and half way up the mountain aide were clothed with the dark- green of rhododendron and of fir. Iiasned a ounuing giiiier rrom tne inuucerueius 10 ine early scot- in ine seclusion or your own nouse ana '" iuu. Anu now uiai muraerer tha iisn inuneers who setiieii hr lata in amnns- vour intimate rriends. witnout mma out io oe ner own ueecn. me e.Rmecnin ceniury. Delng arresiea ir louna out. A Typical Mountaineer. "How much of a walk is it to Mrs. . liargls bouse?" I innocently asked he uunieo ror generations in the age-long for your crime. It will not cost you do you?" asked a lugubrious-looking laler xuna me r Jacobite feuds saw in these mountain a penny of fine, for murder and assaa- elderly woman. "Just so they don't bell of the wldo fastnesses, full of dark caves and cav- sinatlon are the only crimes In Breathitt . 7 2.. ,.,v Breathitt eountv ems. Just such a country as they had county that are not. finable." him! That would be terrible, for rea5t l.ft Khlnd thorn 1-v,n f. . u ....... Y,m'A h.n. .k.... nliilit,, H..l in OUinMUWrn l fate keeper, a blue-eyed, gentle faced young mountaineer of the rare type which John Fox Jr., has so beautifully and so Justifiably Idealized. He bit my penny, dropped it in the till and looked at me out of his gullelexs eyes with a look that was' half aur iirl, luilf resentment. ."lOU mean, Grannie Hargl' rsldence. J reckoli." he aald in his slow, musical Like Fierce Scottish Clans. drawl. left behind them. The fact that thev could barely coax a meager livelihood Test of Social Standing, out Of the shallow subsoil on the hill- bvwm '" he'd hava no chance or mlahtv llttla ln "outneastern .niucity, and the po- w nan i asaen permission to see ner J'41""'" wbik leaning to the door are ,ulcal D08a OI nfa cwn vast congres- " " noaweu iou crept in ine wnnerea staiKs or last summers to have God pardon his alaa In such a sional district. deep set black eyes of the mother. It bleeding hearts and hollyhock. At the ahnrt t m. hafavlvt nla trial and tha dav t . . . . . , l ii. . . . . k. .tpnffvl. ( a olmnl. .. . i v . i An. . i . . ... side, and ravines did not deter them in But back to the iudge and my errand of the hangln'. while If they'd only t4VhliSi. i' '"aa forward natu?!' 'be ween courTesv' XI awav at "T n,hPn nnTthT filtfia inr"i in5tea'i to the courthouse. . The man I recog- 'pin' him he'd have a chance to get his bankment back of the store, pigs were wfthln her gates and the dictates and when I Inquire" for-Jtfrs. Hargis she rf-s ned a. the Jailer whom I had called le he was in the rg and C0W8 Wttn(ler.ng .if Sw tho i! M dm,t " here ann'; vn.L MXh7L, i?,iS A few moments and the door was o!y I promised Judge Redwine I but Orannle Hargis does, if it be her yer another voice as a slight figure turned opened by a tall, gaunt woman dressed wouldn t let nobody in." - after. ' she proffered with the utmost around, disclosing under that bonnet a deap Stack, cal el and wVaVlng a b?a?k n Hv w?y ack. 3 the hotel 1 ftw hospitality in her toneT and then bade sweet young face, but one which, like calico sunbonnet. The faci w- 5 Judge Redwine leaning upon the gate in me enter. ' " n 9 an in otners, seemed never io nave ..mB .h) ,irthi. front of his "residence." which han- The rnnm w. .t.nn t... ... n.j.. V. . ' ' iuuiimiiiiiH,u , , w .lniAot -ni,.i . , , . -1 " iiiiu wan mitn- any respect from eettlln of the rich valleys of the Ohio and the Mis slsslppi. upon previously tiptoed forward and learning my errand, suggested that I coll ucon Judge Taulbee at his "sto," at 4 o'oiock fn the , afternoon. Court would adjourn at that hour, and after o - . - . u I A , i. wuuin uir uuru bl ii n. l iiuui, o.iiu kilci i i. .. . I v. i I j iuiik. v ii. ii. mn iiuroti i: uuniunRnnn . . . .. . .,u ivmn " r. i t- 11 1 imo wm.h mi(7 i i And tboh I remembered that in Jack- AC'UU, moun" that the Judge would be found waiting S"W" ZV 5cLeoa vou remember tnat 1 on tne ""men in Judge ?'na .M1i7fl"L,?5?ltevtl,ai h0"- ParIor- lnln-r6dm in one. A great -ou all tPople of any social standinir tains and their people convey the indel- on his customers. - JVft tC "mJ& ivTabourhoMye? Taulb'8 Te- Frot" mortg thit ile.T'n Jl nf thbf am.Tw f.6. "i? Srf v1urne(1 ln "ho w,de chlmneV a jj lrvI ail ,n. v.a'J80.8, b,ln reidence'S.n ibe impreselon of a bit of Scotland Consequently a few minutes before d "y mlt'er And H wag liJ cluster of lugubrious women one T could l!st 8h tn T nu.viUfnlc Si1 br,g,t rK. apet. covered the fiooiv fl,d. Vv??' WhRt ,,""U,JI, moe cur,ou!, transoorted . that hour I walked into the Judge's S'ktSer that BeeSh equally bright chromos hung on thJ1 that the recognixed title of the dow- trk p n , iU ,t "sto,." which Is an emporium for every- ow-Il that'i i rirtt S olol? still an- ttrA anymore woe or come throurh SiZ ' b 1 for JOV?rnor of wa.ll between somber family portraits V Jf-M nti"8lJr lB8l't01 upo"' 18 The Pology of the average Breath- tnlnK from a garden'ralte to a papir ot, P'.oUran volcV ' rm much ifeJril mon recent sorrow toan any of Kentucky, i -cheap crayon, and the furniture v. a; thf? of vrannie.' itt -county mounUlneer and citleen cf of pins, and from a cuspidor to a dinner they'll hang him Th flriDturi dn them. v . i all that -could be desired in the w4y of i llaatOy correcting my mistake, I sue- Jaclieon 'is eminently highland .Scot- set lain ter an eye .and Pa to"h fe? So I was quite unprepared, when I Makes Goebel Governor. bright varnish and much gingerbread: fhan'that awaaV-rhf sm-rtiV Fiercely clannish, ready to shoot While In no wise comparing in extent ' tooth flawiM th7scr"ptuVs do say to seelrs. Hargis, to have he? - It v Jamag Hargis who took him Wrk" tha.a1n?-mJat?nRhat frn J"". wk' at the droD of the htlt' P' of the or magnificence with the "Hargis broth- also 'the way of the transgressor is answer quietly and very simply that she ' . ,7, ,1 lm n t c o ' and interpreting that from what 1 had blackest treachery in the wagina- of his er' mammoth deDartment store." whlah "a,V"' in.rUr ia . th wldow 0f the mured f and -down ther with a solid tenth congres- Come of Spartan Stock. , , IllWVf VVU www - UUIUVIII iril'M rand afi raoaM nn t l-i a aauaa Hal n a. Hons, aa meaninr anything from hTf ".'r..;."" ,"",rrr"""T''u." " .!t.. .?rilr Jr ui 1 n "TO .,.!f. .0A .,es2 ... 'T.?;.,... -f"'"'" 1 . m io The woman, an ancient servitor nf th. I iia ti k .iv'a lunrfiev I aikad : wu .wivj, v at rnjuji s jjiuuwjjuij ui uio nuiiu, lunn- women, as it is iiaewise me aeynote or .?.,UU,J'F i:""J aw' H"J visit- a gla more than to any other man Goebel , j : r, . ' JVi Jhh ndJbiaainv lon f!! th8 f88",1'?8 the most deeply and sin- ture and aewine machine trade for all the men of the mountains, was an abso. while, I followed her IP oeful figure Into f7ku nomination wi?In . . T led. me through this room and -I L-'ronl m thV muniinMe fdnt!t cT.r,fy r11lou ?' and what is Breathitt county, still the Judge's "sto' " lute deficiency of any rudiment of hu- what I later discovered to be the draw- owe his nomination. When a man, waa ,nt0 anothei.( th8 btli chmrnber 0 th, I . ' , or. ww kn Taaa Mn hl weiru paraaox ne nas a re- represents a iiuurismng ousiness, w in mor. One leit as one jooKed upon their mg-room. A sort coal rire was burn-,w"",lcu lur Jim nargis tur- .... other who ant with rnidd kj the liarrOW rOCKTi P .between the BPCt for the letter of thelaw and ordar Ita half dor.en rlrk huailv anc. n ana. hattha nrara hum aVanlntaln tna- linnn tha ha.rth h.alH. '.i.hl kA an Knn v i- j f ,an , moiner, Who -SI WltH folded hands , ytishlns; .torrent . of n . Kentucky on such few other American citlaens measuring ofjf calico, weighing butter eu hr '' r --..'. . .. ever entertained or dream of entertain- and sugar anl counting- eggs LhTO 'Ax,aw.nhiUUl lnl.-.- .... ,w.- '.,. v v .AoPatlng tWoouerr a. to why the of their manifts a tendency paratory to churlng: - vu iuuwi, wiu uu vo ih juu aaa yonuoa pwas, ui uug nvvf n?tiviy aoa to great morau anu re- faces that they were born absolutely Jng upon the hearth, beside which wag nished the man whom he had created looking meditatively Into th fl!- un, .iiivw. . ... ' w. ...a, ,,au u.i- wii niiwiii any i.ni uia.l t'lafl IlKe ner dnUKnier-lnvlaw In Mm In them this characteristic, bv reaaott rled In from the kitchen to heat pre- was Judge Redwlne. br black., she had substituted for a During . that stormv convention tha The walls, hung with dark, ugly paper, boss of the tenth congressional district V '. '" " '. . .'.'.'. ..'.' . '-.-..'' V .'' - ' . (Continued on Following Page.)
