The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-09-21

I generally cast down, as mules arr
when their kicking days are past
Though there was a prospect fol
i them of fodder and corn, not ths
} giIost Of trot appeared, but they
meandered slowly into the yard
where our own horses crowded to
gether under the shed and gazed
inbospitably at the newcomers.
/" Have yon had any supper 2" ]
Inquired of the teainster, Ms he
came Into the house with his blank.
cts. ..aF. -t,a '' 80,
Waal, now you mention II. ]
raytber think not, and / do feel Z
heap hungry"
] managed to get him cold bite
and and q glass of toddy, and as he
whipped out his short, black pipe,
and moved up to the fire, lie began
to thaw mentally, as I saw from
the gladness in his eve, and physi.
cally, as the steam from his clothes
attested. I was alone that night,
and glad to have company. IRad
a good. view Of my guest how a
short, thick.set man, with 4 shock
OF a beard, bronzed face, where it
could DO seen, and sharp, gray
eyes. A soldiers coat, ,nncb too
large for him, was his upper gar.
ment, the only apparent addition.
al vesture being a pair of i'm.
mense boots. ..- -, -. .r.t..,F.|
i like that liquor O. yours" !" he
said, after a time; cit ketches as
it goes down. How long mont
you have lived here r. 80
"Only q year." / answ wered. 90
Between the wreaths of curling
smoke he scanned me closely. and
again Inquired. .s. '....
80" Where mont We hail from % -
o." A great distance f DIN here
from Maine" ''''
! " From Mainei You don't say
sol I'm from them parts myself.
1t seems kind % good to meet a
fellow.nationer in n furrin land.-
Hows all the folks down in
! Maine 7" -.@a. 'e..' !.
| About rs usual, I fancy. But
how did you get out here ."
| Give made a long trip of II, on
bet. If you dofl't want to turn in,
I'll tell you all about il. It kind
o drops the tailboard out of a fel.
lers feelins to strike a man from
the same deestrict.n gs..
Assuring him that should en-.
JOY his confidence and his story
having mixed another stiff 'un to
take out that last patch of cold -
he related as follows: --.,. ..... .
"The first of it was, me and the
old man had a scrimmage-not a
fightin' one, mind yon, fur /
wouldn't have hurt a hair of the
old mans head for g,ld but 1 was
pesky tired of farmin' and pIow.
in, and hog,killin' and such like.
and was a bound for to 90 to sea.
It's Gurus, a fellow never knows
the right side of his melon till it's
too late: but that's the way with
all on us; and knockin' about in
the world just pulls the husks off
the cob, ard shows ye what's what.
Howsomdever, seein' as how I was
hankerin' to go away. and as ME
iia Pritchard had married that
city chap, and as the old man said
shouldn't go, / was more deter.
mint der than ever. There was n
circus coming along to our town.
and me and the other bows was
kinder handy-helpin' water the
horses and doin' chores for the
men--and we got into the show
1t wac the fust time ever see n
circus, and the baud, and tho rid
ers, and the beautiful woman on a
calico horse, was too much for me.
partickly after / was lot in TO the
Livin' Skeleton and the Fat Lady.
30 l made up my mind to run of
with this show, and / marches ND
to the boss and asked him If lie
would take me. what can Won
do z says he. tAnythinp,' saws I :
mostly drive WELL SAYS he,
Il want a boy to drive the wagon
with the ceptre:pole, and I'll try
yon.' And I LETT the old house
and all ten years ago, and Pve nev.
er seen 'em sence."
The thinking man paused a mo.
ment, and then proceeded:
a" 1t was Dan CastelIo's Circus
and you know it was a good
show--but il was hard lines for
me, and the beautiful woman
didn't look SO beautiful every time
L see her afterward. and we rough
ed it al! the while. and I shouldn',
have stuck to it, if We hadn't been
travelin' Wet. I tlonglt if ]
went fur enough L might get ID
Caiiforny, where the gold was
CROWN. How about that gold y
A grim, peculiar smile fitted
across section of his face
and ending In a sueer, Lost Itself In
his shaggy beard. ~. -.