The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1863-07-23

i fpsrHtsSa But tho facination of r
I Hfsae clpdestine fun ou.wejehed- all on,
[teafs. whsB, perhaps,. u swe could have
i gotten lease, we should .bsve stpdied
long before taking snoh journey afle,
fui&lyt. ls,Sst - ~, :r> : II -, & -
We had walked along some f,me in
si9encs, having come, as i supposed
/ three or four miles, when Frank, who
va. aetlpg as oar ghide suddenly halted
! saying .essSS - $.f~5.h .H,-. =, D. . ..
~ Stop a moment, L. think we are
fwtong. / don'l remember passing tha,
house before" pointing Done just BY
The roadside. -. -, :
+ . Esctiis, boysr said. Tom Elliott
lNI think FraHk .is fooling US, Iadon',
believe be- took dinner with any old
maa with: four nice Daughters" - -
-. Perhaps l didn't, and may hive
dreamed it," replied Frank "but
don't think it is a Joking matter to get
leet-fohr miles from camp, in the night g"
:" Suppose We inquire the way al this
house," said Sam Collins. = -
Agreeing to this, we went 10, the cato,
aud sent Frank in toinquirc the way to
the house we were in quest Of. lie
knocked once, but there was no answer,
he knocked again, when some one
raised tie window and said:
9 :" We .aint got no apples, nor no
honey, nor noSbotter, nor nothing at all
to sell; nor no eggs. nor chickens moi
lber, "and shutting down The window
with slatn, retired. =
|, This not being cxac,lysthe informa,
lion Frank wanted, he knocked again.
fbdt with nosGceoss., Ue essay ed Ecai.
and again, but the inmates were dumb.
and he was about 10 giVe.up liz despair,
when Tom ,EIlioft said. ~.
"Boys, ist's go 10 and give them. q
few blasts with our horns; HsH wnger
,that will bring them ou,.p -. =
We followed Toms suggestion, and
with success. The man Uf the house
canfe to- tie door, and nske,t us what
wewanted. When we told him" A." +"
said he, F" Thought il was some troub-
leso,ue soldiers again. Trey are com
ing here all u.e ttne,' day nnd~ni;ht,
mauifing five have anything in the
way. .9f ea,abies to sell, ard nearlv both
er ouf,iivas out Of us" Fe then ttil4
US the way, aud we, having apologiz,,d
For. interrupting- him at that time Of
night, and tl,anked him for his iulofMa
lion, went. on our way as directed. and
a walk Of half an hour brougiI, us to
the house we were in quest
:, Ofconrse. they had all retired at tho,
late hour. II being near midnight. } but
we Thought we conld, remain outside
and play for them until they should lie
ready 70 receive us. - Afier serenadmr
fifteen Or twenty minutes, we received
an invitation 40 icome into tie house,
which we. we,e sbyq no moAns Glow in
accepting. -.v-- .....
/. Soon after, we had seated ourselves.
tho young ladies', fonr in, number, came
ia; and The old gentleman having iafro.
'daced them, Frank doing the same for
ps, we were soon rs familiar ms h we
bad been old acquaintnnces. To.say
that We had q good time, docs not ,suf>
ifciently express it. Indeed. IA Tom
said wo had aegreat time. Ogrniyb.'s
amusement will always he remern6ere,l
as one Of the green spots Of soldiers
-. Aqer near two hours had passed
away in fun and sfrolie, The hldy Of. the
house Invited us. into another room to
partake Of some refreshments she had
prepared for us. / shall not tell Mia,
we, had = lest il: should cause he reader 8
mouth TO waies, in these times of tcunh
besf, and corn dodgers ; suffice il to say
TINT for those living on, tho course fare
OF the soldier 1t was. prineely feast,
and we helped ourselves with no spaTing
hand. =. .. 8
sspper disposed of, after few min
= tes further chat, we concluded il was
lAae To- 90. ss II would soon be day
ligbs and we must be in camp in ,imt
tto2 beat yepeitic.. So, after anothe,
piece or two Gom, cur baud, bidding al
: goodnight" We turned our faces 10
fward camp feeling amply repaid for al
difficulties fenc6unterea In going or, re-
turning. Arrived at The lines. the nex
ques,ion'was howto get in, aswe knew
the eoup,ersigp was out and, without il
we couid not pass. -. ,.. y ;. 4, :, g.
s. Let's try to- slip. by. p aaid Tom
"the guards are generally asleep sbou
| this time Of night" = =, =, = -.
/ Following the Suggestion. we crep
| along with as little noise as possible
and we've nearly across, when -.
I" Halt P' cried tho sentinel, WHO Lac
just then discovered ns. "Who. comes
there lp"-.Js -A.-s.>,.sFs, - -. ~
+ s" F,iends, without the eountersigu,'
| 4answered Tom. = -, .te...,s.'.s,5I =.
5@Losk hsrA, my friend, capt You !e
US pass we hsye been out serenadins
some ladies; yoHc can let Us pass 70
! their sskes.s ~ !, =: = .a6ll..' ,-'lz W
t@I cant 1et syou pass without th,
eountersign. Il must obey my isslruc
u tions."was ths reply. = I ;, ~ ,
4 But II ,you don't let IA h, we, shal
be. found out. Z You cs,iaipiy don't wisl
/ b hase'a fellow soldier pupishsd wins,
u - 49, hsy- 80 ,ssf