Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-09-04
from the Southern Watohmau.1
Ghost Story.

y W00ulauu sVeuUTy, uuiesS uc DC Iamlllnr With
The almost iutormiuab!e forests aud swamps
Of tho sea coast. Immcnsc tracts Of land,
wonderfully fortilo, but still covered with The
original growth Of cypress, oak, magno.in, Ec.
IN Spring, the air iJ loaded with the amo
exhaicd FROM athousand flowers; thomagnolia,
with It's sweet, yet powerful fragrance, mcos
you; anon il is displaced by the odor Of the
many varieties Of honey suckle--again, the
yellow jcssamine, with its sweet perfume ga
lutes you, and this glidss almost imperoepti.
bly, into tho most delightful OF all, that of tho
sweot bay--whioh fills Tho whole stmosphere
and induces u luxurious ftoling--and this
again by another, until she air almost becomes
oppressive with its very sweetness. NYithiu
these swa'aps, in many places, tho saalight
never eators, SO iminenso is the growt!,--so
oxuherant is tho foliage Within thcir depths,
muo! Of the hsrbagc is grcon all tho winter,
being so thoroughly protected by the leaves.
Upon tho borders of those swamps, feed the
gNino which III years gone by afforded the
planter and his friends many hours of pleas.
ure. There the Rcd Deer 1--we, aid rear thoir
young Turkeys Cal, bo found by the IN srost
tylo in hunting, while Woodoock and Snpe,
aud smaller ga,ne abound TO suoh an exteut as
to almost be Incredible
In sports such as thcso places furnish, tho
aohool-boys of tho low country spcnd thoir va.
cations. think none but boys raised on the
sea coast know the pleasures Of life; and if
Editor thinks ] can mako little incidents
which remember, interesting to you, pro-
pose to give you the boacit Of thom In 9th.
or words, to take you with me Oh all nv fish
ish and hunting excursions, so that you may
enjoy the pleasures and be FREQ from the dan.
gers OF thcm.
l'cS mo Introduce to ,ou now, all my com.
panions. Mac and viii, brothers; the first,
two years Oldest, with ear, white and red com.
ploxion; brown hair, beautiful blue eyes
JUDGED q worry handsome boy, butt for tue fow
frccllcs Oh his face. VIII, dJr, skin, hoayy
oyo-brows-long, black eye lashes, from which
looked the brightest Of dark blue eyes. Ho
hid Ia li:s!e stoop i'll his Shoulders, which guvo
him look of oorolcssncss his saoo had
gsatle look, but with it all, about his eyes and
mouth was a look, as if no would 90 DANCE
rou'i If pressed I'd such WAS his reputation.
DioI Mol, In appearance, was like the latter,
but s.raigl-s az Oh Indian, aud full Of life
Hast, Stspheo b., by f;ar sto,,ost of all, about
the same ago, fourtoan having been in
ursd 10 Tho sports of country life, was strong
and showed his conciousnoss of it in his bright
eye and elastic stop. His companions showed
that slioy knew his physical superiority, by
Keeping cut Of his reach in their boyish fro!-
les. These four boys were, aftor night one
moonlight winter evening, riding home after
n doer hunt, on ponies called Marsh Tack
'es'" Thoy wcSc sure-footcd, spirited, and
not afraid of anything. AS they rode at a
gal!on through ono Of those swamps which
have dcsvibsd, their horses hooEs scarcely
ma'i"g sound, as they sun', fe.look deep
al the sand at cvory stride, suddenly every
hofsc siicd and stood like astasue every mus
Gle like . whip-cord, heads up, ears pointed
eyes staring, nostrils dilatnd, all indicating
gscat fear Oar boys had been very quiet IN
thc.'ap:d rilo, for those vino hunt all day arc
too tired to engage ia usc'css conversation. A.
Surprised at the suddcaress Of the stop, which
however, did not anseat ono Of our riders-
.hs|io,' says Stephen, what can bo The
row; mover know Flora (ls pony) to scare
before"
~ don't know" said Dick, but my horse
almost knocked my nose of as he threw up
his head Can any Of you SEQ any thing?"
Mac No, but supposc the FOOLS oot