The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-10-19

surpr sod when heard his vpicc
! had expected to hear q tone lik,
the below Of n bull; but instedj
OF that bis notes fell Upon my ear,
llse tho speech Of u woman. II,
smllod as he spoke, AMI thought
10 myself how his appearance,
wonld deceive one. for in convcr
satlon, he seemed u different man
l informed him was pn my wa,
to Fosters mill, and should orly
stop long onuugh to rest my horse
and get some supper. lie gazcj
INTO my face for some moment.
without speaking. and finally said.
'Ah-ycs-humph.'
Then he turned into tho entry
aud called, Ike lko came IA
taIi srappng youth Of one or two.
and'twon;y- with rcd head, and
features such as belong to no one
hDut a child Ut my host. Ike took
my horse, aud Mr.. Groomc led the
way into the sitting room, rs he
called it. 1t was rough, but com.
Portable; and the furniture cousis.
ted Of u pine table. u mahogany
bureau, and -four long pine benches
which were set against the walls
There were no chairs, these bench.
cs being sufficient to accommodate
quite an aSscmblagc. ....
Groom asked me i'll woull like
something warm. | supposed y,
!meant whisky AMI | told him no
tle said Id better take n little 5
tw nd do me god. But | assur
cd him that lncvcr used it-that
felt better without it. ..t
But do YOU mean that you never
drink whisky he asked with Gle.
waited eyebrows.
Never tod him. ...
Brandy s'posc; or mcbby ralc
old ginF pursued my host.
no, | replied 'ldon't use slim.
Mating drinks at all
You DON'T burst from his lips,
while he eyed me from head to foot
'Wal, stranger, Id give suthin' ior
your pictur, to hang up in my
house. Never drink! How in
mercy's name dye live How dc
We contrivc when ye get wet and
coldr
Why said /, with n smile, q
t get dry again as soon as possible.
DRY my sakes | should think
}, 'twould be an everlastin' dry :
:. Never drink Wal-here I've
lived year in an year ont. going
on to fifteen year, an you're the fusl
man ever seed as wouldn't drink
|, n bit O. whisky on top of II lon.
journey fact stranger--'tis by
thunder y
Itold him thought it was very
probable, and he then went ont,
and | heard him leave the house.
In haitian hour my host came
and informed me that supper was
ready. lie led me to a hack room,
where II table was set quite respect
ably, the dishes b'ing ofblue war
I. and nearly new. He and Ike sal
Ilown with me, and as ! saw then
attack the various articles of food,
| telt assured that there could be
yo poison in them. The mea
consisted of boile potatoes, fried
!, bacon, and new wheat bread; and
t | did ample justice to the rVpast
, You think you must 90 on tc
| niaht 2 inquired my host while We
> were eating.
E Yes,' tod him q wish to So,
p nv friend, aud ] shall gain ogn
u siderable time by reaching hi
r place tonight
is he expcctin' yc!' Groom'
asked.
NO, | answered.
perhaps he doesn't know tina
: vo,'re in this section OF country Z
NO. he doesn't | said. . And
expected that my host would urg
, m. to stay with him.. until morn
/, inE so | had my answers all pre-
: pared. u,.,
! urre any such thing. On the con
, trary, he said he thought | wa
) wise in my determination. IL
|, wonld like my company, but
would be better for me to push on
| was quite relieved 1t wanted
! quarter Of seven when my hora
t Was brought to the door. too
! ont my wallet and asked what wa
Ito nav. Half a dollar. ] paid II
and then asked which was the mos
direct route. .--
.You see that big tree just oVe
the barn there 2
'Yes, | said. :,
Z 'Wal, that's right in the be-
! road. When you strike that yo
, can't Miss the way =
f 'But isn't there another ROAD =
/, one which follows the stream,
!. right down to the mills z J. asl
ed; for | had been informed by I'll
Young man who lad taken, chare
/ of my horse at noon, that Grooln'
inn was right by the very strea'
which gave Foster his mill powe
f and the road followed the straa'
4 direct. 90 h.-alel 'a....0.' p
fOh,' said my host turning an
looking off towards the strea,n
that road amt fit to be trayel'
+ now. Tother ones the best