The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-10-03
CHARLIE HARRIS, OF THE CONCORD IN. G.,
sUN-'THE MARX TWAIN OF THE SOUTH"
GETTING LOST.


than an hour and feeling that we were
lost we espied house about half a
mile distant in the center Of an old
field, and turned our horses head in
that direction. As we approached the
house, we were met at the bars 1--WE
always did hate bars) by three NANCY
bounds, an old cur dog, and bench leg
fee, that kept up the most homogeneous
barking that we ever heard. The bark
ing of the dogs brought to the door the
whole population of that residence
an old woman, younger woman, three
strapping barefoot girls, and five little
tow.headed children, who had just been
feasting on blackberry pie, their faces
presenting study for one Of the old
masters; -smeared over with blackber-
ry pie and thirty cent molasses. they
looked as if they were happy, if they
could keep the flies away. The old wo-
man, at our approach, seized rake and
making after the dogs, succeeded in
driving them Under the house, but did
not stop their unearthly barking. "Shet
up Tige, you old yaller whelp We;
abody can't hear their years. Mary
Ann, | do wish you would make them
cussed dogs hush up. can't hear one
single word the man says" Mary Ann
succeeded at length to quiet the dogs,
and we asked, in our politest way,
Madam, will you do us the favor 10 in
form, ~, tho n.arasf -,Vav ta uba
lives in this ncighborhood?" "Why,
man alive, which way did you come?
You're about fre miles from his house."
(our friend lived only seren miles from
town, and we had travelled more than
an hour from the main road land you'll
have to go right back the way you
come" We noticed black threaten
ing cloud rising in the West. and the
rumbling thunder admonished us that
we would likely get good soaking, SO
in rather hurried manner, we asked
"Will you tell us the nearest way, and
we will try and find it, ooh. ycs,"l
said the old woman, You will just turn
round and 20 ont through the bars, and
then go down the hill by the spring
house, and cross the branch below the
spring.house. and you will 20 up the
hill just on the other side Of the spring
house, where YOU will see left hand
road, now you don't TAKE that left hand
road, but jist go straight on, till YOU
come to the forks of the road where
one of them goes down 10 the mill. and
the other leads you down tn the school
house in the edge Of the old field:
now Won don't take airy one If these
forks, but YOU cross both Of them and
go on till YOU come To a hay-s'ack III
the corner Of the field. on the hill on
the other side Of the old meeting house;
there YOU will see two forks-onc 60
ing To the right and the other goes To
the lcit-now you don't take the right
hand fork, but You take the left hand
fork and go down that fork just about
a quarter or a half a quarter of mile,
where you will see big poplar tree
that has fell across the road with the
top sorter towards the main part Of
the old road that goes round by the
meeting house Now when you get to
that tree, you will see another fork TO
your left hand and one to your right
hand. You needn't take the left hand
road, cos that road was cut through
there, when they was hauling cross-ties
for the railroad; but don't know if it
won't be iist about rs near as the other
road; howdsomcver, You can take that
road and it will lead you out into the
old stage road, about mile. or maybe
mile and quarter from where You
first come into the road leading down
from the schoolhousc, on the other side
of the branch. Well, you keep along
on this road till you go through thick
city sort Of black, jackish kind of a
smampy place, where the path comes
ont Of the edge Of the woods next to
the old road where you will see anoth.
cr road coming down sorter torment the
left hand like, isn't in front Of where
yon crossed the other road, now you
mustn't take this road for it will lead
You down through the bottom, and
don't know whether you can cross the
creek since the last big fresh; but I'll
AK Mary Ann, she was over to at
a quilting last night, and maybe she
knnva "Narv Ann CON thu man croos