New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-21

tnC PunteI tucle to1u I'd
creek about milo distant could be safely swur on
the back Of mule and be would ferry us over in thai
mcnner for far confederation Tho temptation
Of swapping 200 miles for 50 very great and We rode
down to the stream to reconnoiter 1t was fully 900
Yards wide and the current was running like time.
Cobc thought the longest wGy round the shortest
wev to Congress, but / decided to take the direct
route and risk the crooks Agreeing TO tcke charge Of
nv trunk and to meet ne in Savannah Cabcn turned
about for the up.country whc l. gripping OF my nm.
der garments end tying them to my shoulder mouuteo
the mule, and breasted the swift'fowing wators o.
the K.cafoonce. Igct safely over, and. walking On
about mile come upon planter who kindly gave me
lift to the Relay Station Of tho Stage Company
Of.tem secured conveyance the Muctalee. another
creek about three miles beyond Starksyile. Arriving
there found 1t swollen and furious a. the Kicaioo'
nee and none Of the planters in the vicinity willing 70
risk mule in attempt to cross it, was ponderiDg
the odage MAIZE haste slowly. when the thought Of
, boat occurred to me-
I,o ono yere bouts hes or knows bow Ter build
one sold the planter TO whom made application
.But YOUR negro boy here build cofn;" Che vac
lrst driving the last nail into monstrous large oneT
IL no cau do that 10 can builds boat; III allow him
hov'
~ doant bliove he kin. stranger; be ne'e, ~en'
mogo'n a oofin.'
".weu, this is nightly Ike a boat; what win you
tae FOX III
1.-THE old oonnn orter to be buried terday-the 'ac'
OF she's bin bove ground too long arcady-ous
ye want /. rich. bad reckon sc lin have 1t 'u D"
dollals' ct was worth about fifty cents}
"'How deep is the streanr
"''Dout ten foot at the deepest
| "'Wen rive me some tar, and long POLE. and the
money is yours
"Carlking the cofin with tar and como strips OF old
bsggng and mailing clea. across its middle for sca'
dyes.cd myself OF my clothing 70 he aIle to SWIM mof
freely ia ccee OF shipwreck end launched my oork
on tie Mrckalec. I got on swimmingiy TIL
.clcbod the middle OF tie creek then, the carren'
caught the conn ard carried ne ct least Two mhes
down tie run to where utng bank he'd made STRONG
eddy in the stream Floating into this whirlpool the
coffin beccn sailing round end round. and kept On seu
inc round and round for full hour despite tie united
efforts Of tic role and yself to eXtricate IT, hsh'
was coming o. and staying there after dark vcs tnas
NJ. 70 be though. Of I was not more than nun
ared fest from STORE so resolved TO attempt swimming
a, clothes my shoulder with my eus
penders as had done when Iswan he mule iowe'eo
myself into the stream and at the end Of
cfer desperate effort and OF twice giving myssc
up for lost reached the land"
AN whot come On the coffin :" asked Iom.
II don't know. It may be there yet"
I II reckon It ar" he replied dryly.
; Then YOU don't believe the story"
Wal. stranger I kin gwoit all 'cept tie swinm'n'
? Tic nan CO te,npts ter swim ore o them runs
. wien they's CD. ar uther ran'ankcroas 1904 u
0 a--Yapkee, an some reckon one bout the same q
{ tothcr."
WAL Tom. knew when was whirlins about IN
Q that coffin that I was rant,nkerous fool ana
|. y,,tpe 10 boot. However. thestory is true
4 And how lid Cabcl get through inquired 'n'
par,on. ,o,.
"Aforys-iors other mishop- Preached Ogethorpc 81
D the end o. seven days from setting out snd iounc
C.s quietly picking his teeth on the porch OF the nOse
lie he'd been there Just long enough to eat his onnei
80 YOU see the longest way round the sLores' ~o'
% TO Congress- after Az
y "Iudin ter frcshets. stronger" said Tom' m'no'
!. IRE nv I'm We had onst in Pladsoc. whar"---
Br. tie other stories that Tom told. while Trey misn
further Illustrate tie bread native huror OK the SCUM
and tho, SHIFT Il exaggeralon which IS 80 ipo''an
in IL and Ia tie Southern character VII they not feeI
I iii the war Is over. when you crd l. reader. may
Q net feel that we wasting Idle tales TINE enc
i though. to-. she I'D he giyca 70 our county
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