Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-06-01

the adventure, will try and relate it in his own
zone night" says Ned, "we stopped on or
about the South Carolina line, afore day the
Squire walked me up: says he
"Ned Nedr
jumped up thinkin' somethin' was wrong,
and just as did so, thar was powerful flash of
Eghtenin' which made ME feel quar-; always
was afraid of thunder and ightenin', and the
Squire, say he:
"NedI'
"Ser," says l..
"Ned," say he the hosses is missin."
Mssin p ses l.
eyes," ses he, sand wantyou to hunt 'em." !"
Well. hated nightly to start of, and it a
Eighteenth and thunderin' So and it in the dark;
but was ashamed to say was afeard, so just
afore day broke, | fixed up and started off in
tother direction to hunt the hosses. Well,
went on thinking where the hosses could be,
and how it could be supposed could find 'em
in the dark and athinkipg too suppose Ishould
come across jack-o-ne-lantern, and be carried
by it through grave-yards, briar-patches, logs
and swamps, and should be lost and starved to
death in the woods by myself; when Hooked up
and day was fairly broke; was nightly rehe-
we'd at this for never was afraid of any thing
in daylight, so went on lookin' for the hosses,
and called 'em-coap! coap coap!-and whs-
ted for 'em, but could hear nor see nothin' of
y The first thing knowed, seed one of the
biggest white houses ever had seen, with
powerful great clearin'- barns, and stables, mig
ger houses and palms all around the house, all
as white as snow. So thought I'd 60 up and
ak about the hosses l went up to the big gate,
it was at the road bout seventy yards from the
house, but didn't see nobody at all. Well, I
didn't know what to do, begin to feel all was
not right, but couldn't git away. Howsumever,
so it was, stood thar calling the hosses, coap!
coap! coap but didn't hear 'em nicker. Well
the first thing l knowed, seed nigger come
out to the side of the pailins, and there he was
peepin at me, and peepin' at me.
Wont you come in ser" says he.
Being always bred to manners, thanked him
and told him yes.
Z" started very yearly this morning. started
afore day, out huntin' my hosses," says I.
He never sed one word, but rather grinned
like
By thist,he sun was up, and VIC had got to
the ho-ASlly it was a fine 'un glass. win;
:uoSs! brick cbimnies! piazers porticoes sich
as you see in Nashville town: think-ses-I, am
in luck not having the least idea of what it
really war, and what war to come. BY this
time could see the heads of several niggers
black, and some mallatters, grinning at me thro'
the glass windows; but I had no suspicion; d
big old yaller feller opened the door and bowed
mighty polite.
"Walk in the parlor and take seat sir" ses
he.
thanked him and told his yes. aIhad STAR
ted gerry yearly this mornin'. had started
qtore day out to hunt my bosses" But as to
| the place whar he tux me to, which he called the
paror! The walls were as white as could be
all around the windows hung curtains red and
| white, with brass bands to hold 'em back; and
there war fire blazin' away, with two great
brass FIRE dogs, an brass thing round the fire
too keep it in l reckon. And there were cloth
thing on the floor, and bigger nor any blanket,
| and pulitzer nor any saxon show you ever seed
an tables war pure 'hogany.
Well, jest as ware gwine to set down, a
little oman came to the door and in the sweet
est voice you ever hearn ses she:
"Wount you walk in an take some breakfast
sir"
felt sortrr hungry. an thanked her and
told her yes; scs /
III started uery yearly this naornin' started
atore day to liant my bosses.
So followed her inter the next room an my
eyes thar was only two white 'uns, a man what
looked about 25 or 80 years old all dressed in
brod cloth, standin' up with his hands on the
back of a cheer, up to table, an a nightly
young 'oman the putterest you ever seed, dres-
sed all in white, an the gentleman, as took it
for ses he
"Take cheer Sci" just as perlite, "au take
breakfast, expect you are tired Tor somethin'
SOY
Ipulled off my hat an went to lay it down,
but one of the niggers, who had q white cloth in
his hand, with apron on tuck it from me, an
never seed it any more. So thanked the gen.
tie man las thought,) an told him 1 would as
Ihad started verg yearly this mornin, 1 started
gtore day ont a huntin' my hosses" At that
minute the gentleman sneezed, and the lady
she stopped down sorter an the niggers begun to
snigger the quarest you ever hearn. Seeing the
lady still kept her head down, thought some
thin was under the table, so looked down an
saw somethin' white in her lap and thought it
was my handkerchief in course nothin' war the
matter, I just poked itin-and poked it into my
nocket about this time the lady looked nm and