The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-11
assured from the unyarying good report
had received from his friends of the
true character of the man. hnt the ex.

Perience was q novel one, TO say the least
was presently to be confronted BY on,
whose name had been long associated il
my hearing with all manner of treacher,
and crime, and at whose mercy I haf
now placed myself wis no other guar
antse Of safety than his good pleasure
was OF course unarL,e ed, (which fact hat
been assured by o careful search Of my
person at the foot Of The mountain, te
which ceremony submitted as q. mattel
of right and reasonable .precaution,) and
| there i was at iast-face to face with
"the dreaded outlaw"
FACE TO FACE WITH REDMOND.
The dreaded OUTLAW rose up to meet
me with extended hand and pleasap,
emile as I advanced, and after 4 cheery
Good morning. from him, and q sini.
lar salutation in return on my part, VIC
were introduced in due form. Shaking
! my hand cordially, he invited me to 9
seat beside him, on tho rock, with "a
smiling apology for tie absence of better
accommodations. ..%H rs
fThis gentleman has come three hun.
cred miles to see you Major," said Mr.
Fields. "He represents the best news
paper in the State, and has come to give
you an opportunity to say something in
your own behalf in answer to the charges
which haye been made against you."
IT em very glad to see you," he re.
piled, addressing me, "but am afraid ii
was hardly worth the trouble for you to
come so far to see me-"
do not remember what I said in re.
sponse to this modest speech so modestly
delivered. My amazed attention was
wholly taken up. with the unexpected an.
pearance of the youth whom Il saw be.
fore me-.
EEIrHER HOOPS NOR HORNS.
= I am; potsatsKberty again to describe
him, becanss iof 9 promise made to his
friends, before seeing him, that J. would
not do so. can only say, therefore,
that he looked to be indeed little more
than . boy in years; (he has seen only
twenty-three winters, and seems youthful
for even that age.) He is of slender
"build," and one of the hendsomest men
/ ever saw, i can scarcely refrain from
|su2porting this statement by presenting
my readers with q pen portrait at least OF
his face and graceful, active form; but
must fprbear, lest should thereby make
myself the unwilling instrument of be-
traying tim into -tiengcr. z Easz Ey SCI, So
however, that at, my earnest request he
HpsrI1itted me, to5 sketch his features be-
fore 0uristarting. ~The portrait was pro,
nounced q faithful likeness by those who
were present at our interview, and nv
Judgment above expressed has been con-
firmed by the few to whom have shown
it. /. -.
0aE OF TIE BEST FELLOWS TN THE
49,, WORLD. y5ss..5
sa sTenk s.s3ea manner. :..r,,c,ss,sa,s,s &c;
ing eyes, and moro than all his honest
sun-brOwned face and pleasant smile,
which no man could wear and vet be d
villain, inspired me at once with perfect
confidence, and placed me SO much at
ease that hazarded very personal re-
mark. 4 said. 'sYou don't look ike a
very bad man, sir" 81 don't believe .
sm one,n he replied. "I have only been
badly treated, and accused of many
things which i never did" ItHe 10 one
of the very best fellows in the world"
''a L is IS Claimed @ for him that. he can al
why's. discern between o friend and foe.
at sight, sbys looking into ,one'5s eyes.
Hhnself says she beliesesi hecan' read b
mans Thoughts. ] had not been very
long in his presence accordingly befoye +
noticed that he was observing my facein-
tently: Possessing in an eminent degree,
so far az he. was concerned at least q
e1S5sts 15ots, aeiitta aesitsteda not e g ivoh
hin, aanarely in. the eyes end snrnins,
my own lustrious orbs fuli.upon him, he
was enabled to gaze down into their
liquid unfathomable depths and read
!"friend" at their very bottom. The
search satisfied him apparentlv-there ia
mo resisting guilelessness like mine---he
banished sugi,ic;on and treated me
thenceforth with something more than
confidence so long as ] remained with
hi..4. ~ '1iT-{
a nEFREsHINd STREAM.
After few minutes rest we arose and.
Redmond showing tho way, climbed
around the mountain aide until ne came
to a particularly steep pisce down which
we stumbled and fell and scrambled and
slid after him, and got up and scrambled
and stumbled and fell again and again,
until we reached the bottom of d glen
where foot of man or beast hath never or
rarely been, iend where certainly depu.
ties cease from troubling and even. q
,moonshiner may be at rest. We halted
on the brink of falling foaming stream,
whose waters, clear as sir, ssveal ed the
rocky bottom as any depth, and cold ell
most as snow, presented us withdrink
sparkling as champagne and pure as
heavens own dew. Mixed with noun
tain dew, colbred like q rose with the
tonic juice of wild cherries, 10 constituted
q draught which might have been iikeri.
ed to nectar flowing, down from SOME
illicit still run In the private interest Of
The .COsla nm fhASS.i58, 1hA Ny,,s:, ,,,c,o1 "a
Olympus above. It was b singularly
wild aud beautiful spot, even lor noun
tain glen, and and any eleIaent Of romance
supplied by tha oressncs 81 the outlaw
In our midst whose somewhat picturesque
garb waBr .ot out of keeping with the
character of the eceRe. ~ Amid such sur-
rohndings the hunted outlaw told his
story whitolyee sat and listehed until the
setting of the apP behind the, mountain'e
crest and the approach of darkness ad-
imonished lis to return to the outer world
while as yet the devious path might be
safely traced. tl,sl
THE OUTLAWS TALE.
s9,, The outlaws tiaiie was 3 long one, and
was not completed in the first intefyieas
It will not be possible to repeat It in the
limits Of one letter. 1t was taken down
almost verbatim, in short hand, in note
book on my knee as ] sat by his aide, aud
will be given as nearly as possible In ais
own words. Leaning LIS gun against a
tree, but retaining hfs formidable side
arms and Keeping q bright eys on Suafd
the whilo, no began his story: Z
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