Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-06-13

STUCK between their legs to the cabin.
Wal, stranger" remarked the appari-
ton, rs soon as the noise of the dogs had
somewhat subsided. "been ri,her much
skeered, Iguess Them dogs are sum on
strangers, for 'taint often they git sight of a
feller, only me, the old gal and the babies.
But come on, stranger, and let's git to the
house, for Bets-that's my old lady--and
the young uus are most dying with kuros.
ity to see you"
was still sitting on my horse, and at the
kind invitation of The hunter, touched him
up gently with the whip, but il was no go.
Both whip and spur began to prick and lac
crate his flesh, but rs though spell had
been put upon him, lie stood like stock
or stone.
Why, what in the name Of all that is
good and holy, what is the matter with the
horse ?" | remarked to the hunter.
Wal, stranger, it's nothing but them
bar-skins They don't look mighty nice
swinging backards and Gorards in the wind,
and the ra,tlng is monstrous skeclful to
boss flesh, and no mistake"
Bear-skins ! do you call all them bear
skins ?"
e Yes, sir. bar,skins
What J all Of those black objects | see
swinging from all those trees bear. skins %
Nothing else but bar skins"
How many are there ?" 1 inquired.
"Oply forty-three."
FoIty,thrcep "
Yes. sir and every one of them killed
this fall BY my own hands, and NJ mistake.
But come, stranger, and let's go to the
house, for tell you. Bets that's my old
lady--and the young uns are dying with
kuiiosity to see you"
But the horse my good friend, The
horse; don't you see be will not move a
peg ?"
Why, stranger, jisi tie your nose. wiper
over his eyes, and stuff some leaves in his
ears, and III bet the liver of four year old
he thathe'li move off as quiet as lamb. "
The experiment was tried, and sure
enough, sight and hearing being shut off,
my horse moved quietly forward, and in q
few minutes we reached the hunters enclo.
sure, where, according to bis instructions, ]
"hung my critter to the fence corner" and
followed "mine host" into his cabin.
| entered avery small log house--about
twel I've by sixleer--and so low from the floor
to the rafters, that | had to stoop my shoul-
ders In order to protect my head from run.
ming in contact with the beams of wood.
There was" Bets" the hunters wife, and
the young 'uns," to wit, six ranging from
shock headed boy, through whose hair a
comb had never passed, Of about twelve
years Of age, to the pulling babe iu the era,
die. I have run The gauntlet of public
scrutiny in my day anG time, but never be-
toro hho a"to tho ~. thet snrA Then fixed
upon me.
| !" Bets and the young 'uns" for ten long
minutes Gt seemed an age to me) after we
had entersd the house, Fixed their eyes will
permanent, steadfast, unwinking gaze up
on my person. They viewed me from heat
to foot. They divided my body into part,
and sections, like gardener would plo
Of ground. / became an anatomical sub
siect coming under the scalpel Of seven pal
of glistening eyes.
where upon the face of the airth did yol
come from and where are you gwine to 2
" Madam" I replied in the blandes. anc
most urbane manner, "my name is Dicker
son IA misnomer; came from Morehoust
Parish in Louisiana, and am going to sett',
in the State of Arkansas, for the purpose o
practising law"
Law! you alawyer ?"
Yes, madam, have the honor of be
longing to that profession, that has given L
the world some of its brightest ornament
and"
F" Hold right there, stranger" spoke VI
| the huntpr Unnpo of uou. h;f,l,.,;r "A
here. Me, Bets. and the young 'ms, ain
got no larnin', but when you come to ba
larnn, | am sum. and no mistake baint
Bets ?"
"Wal, SIM" responds Bets, "if yo
amt got bar sinse and bar larnin, then there
no use tryin. But stranger amt had no sup
per, reckon"
No. madam"
" Wal, then, jist wait little while, an
III scare you up sich a supper as you ney
er seed in all your born material days"
In the course of fifteen or twenty mir
utes, Bets had set the table, cooked tn
victuals. and announced supper.
Now, stranger, you sit down righ
thar" pointing to u wooden stool by tn
side of the table, "and pitch into that bs
meat"
There were four dishes upon the tabl,
In one was "bar meat" fried !; in the secon
was "bar meat" stewed in the third then
was "bar meat" rolsted; whilst the fourt
had "bar meat" broiled.
Well, thus passed the thoughts throug
my mind: here's bea' meat enough and /
spare, but where is the bread and butte
} and coffee and milk?
I helped NV ,,Iuta 10 eS>voo of ~ .>t, .