The Hickman courier., 1869-03-06

come to mud i lie right lathe middle
of the road-wagS Sns hadto gee or haw''
around it, but l seing horseback, could
split right throtkh it'll Well l must
keep straight on, ind I'd saen- come to
an other left hand, then an other WHICH
was left, but l would takethe right,
and go up hill. and on, untl came to
an old field--go right through this old
field, and up an other HILL tlKn down an
other, across little hollow, wnd around
tbs ridge-'tain tur--turn g the right,
aud you will soon come TO little new
ground-' bacco -patch-and..w hen YOU
get on top of the hill ahead of you, look
across a skirt of timber and sOu will see
"a big cotton tcood tree thg's IN the
yard where he lives-Mr Con-
| told him believed / would stay on
the public road, and risk it.
IF you do, mister. the hnk's will
raise that horse, sure -
then told him, would say him TO
60 and show me the way. HI couldn't
didn't have tifao, it was Citing late
| told him | wou give him a dollar to
go with me where could see hat "cot-
ton wood tree, that's IN the yrd. where
he ives-Mr Cox"
. sGreenJacks
'Yes. lie would do it-is WASH t
but mile no how And we started-he
leading the way. Il really seemed to me
to be two miles to the top of the hill
where could look scross a skirt OF tim
Der and see the big cotton wood tree. =
''That's the place, he said, pointing
IN fhof Airo,sfna E.N : Ill
greenJacks I"
IL paid him, md bidding each other
good evening, We separated; but had
gone but short distance, when | recol-
ec.ed that l haC neglected to ask hin.
Mr.. Cox's politics. 1t was too late now.
however, to recal him, as he left me in
a swift gallop, 10 | rode on, hoping
something in ths mans appearance, or
the house would Indicate my prospective
hosts political complexion A half
miles ride after leaving my guide
brought me in full view of the house,
"with big cstton wood tree in 4 e
yard"
" Mr. Cox is Abel-be lives in Ia
,ohite house !" [ sab to myself whenH
rode up TO the Cite. l hailed andb
woman came to tAe door. She was 4
elderly looking woqA sn-large aud fieshE
aud very red in the ace. Probably Il
had been cookingAr the fire. l ~
her in the blands ee possible, I'd
little wearily, thai had rode long way
that day, was tired and trave-worn, and
would like to stay all night, if she
pleased. l started ind so did my horse,
Il. Il. I 4.
harsh, and cruelty metallic . Whar
you gwine ?" / told her g Whar you
from? told her WHO'S you?p l
told her, and repeated my earnest sohci-
tation to stay all night " don't know
as to that | don't know you, and so
many strange people are provlin' round
now in these here war times. assented |
to all she L. and repeated hny desire
to stay "teIl, nx.ean ride
=, =; i =, :; J; :;
told iisr of courssisS 70 i Teonsflza
if the road straight ahea eseesto the 6e'
lster, and being told it I'D, | urged ha
jaded steed forward. sladsto escape en-
/ sharp, grating, metallic voice l col
gone but hundred yards or so, ter
n | met the old man returning from de-
"paster," with the . kows." l in IN
iuced myself, and supposed he was the
Cox. He said he was. l then in no
ned him that 1 was very tired. hav sal
rode many miles that day, and that Sc
horse was considerably tagged in los
and u craved of him lodg- ~
e. .ba ,,icb ba diJ, nc
Nv; it was very W6gerous times, andf J
one knew who bey were ia king no
and L seemed % be riding a uery an
horse and therN Nupon, followed very ne
r the same quest ms propounded b1 tn;
wife, as l judge the woman at tn me
lse, to be. 1 wa very pleasant AM
i In answering ~ Cox's numerod
stions, and it wal finally agreed ot go
part, If l would risk eUerytAing,
,ht stay l thanked him very warm me
for his proffered hospitality, and hin
ting down led my horse, walking in
hSMr Cox after the " kows" Now,
vas still of the impression that "mine clio
t tcas Southern man. Every CHI
az about the place denoted a we'll
10 farmer, and then he lived in ur'
lie house, which, in Tennessee, so CHI
as my observation extended, was 4
lost an invariable sign that the own CHI
politics were of the same pure com
and / supposed, and
ught very reasonably, too, the same Tor
e would hole good just " over the
;. True, rebels might, and did live
houses that we're not white, but the ke
er party seldom lived in one that was rel
white house was almost sure to be pr
i Radical And there, then. was
hing in the appearance of Mr.. Cox
ticularly offensive to rebel instincts
had no hang-dog, wanting to-get- an
~ look-there was nothing sinister or
ulsive in his features plain. honest loo
king farmer, little turned of forty, L {
| in his shirt sleeves. Therefore, be- ba
ing Mr.. Cox loas a rebel, l felt no
itation in asking him as we walked br'
ng after the g kows" what politics he
e He turned sharp upon me, and gu
lied: COZ
am for my government, sir = al
[ was taken little a-back, more by his lst
nner, however, than by what he said,
his reply was no more than any pru 1t,
it pan would have given a stranger l
those days" Then he asked me my
at my politics we're. told him, g sta
) for nay government, too Now Dr
Sc ambiguous answers elected nothing are
'itive or definite asfo our respectiEd
itical proclivities, t.r there were two lty
hebangs in the cd ntry protesting to ne
governments IT, still believing-5paa'
'oald believe Mr.. OK was rebel, Ifwi'
div declared m 4,aif one-hintinor wit