The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-07-19
9AN!UNExREoTED, SENSATION.

:. tAe VIC cioSe VI our HrSt interview, on
Tuesday afternoon, he accompanied my com.
panion and myself to the foot ofthe noun
tain. Before we had reached that point.
however, and while We were saunterinn
quietly along the "trail," we were suddenlv
saluted with the summons "Halt and sur
render | am revenue officer" which pro.
ceed from the bushes on our right Attbo
same moment the sound of horses feet wos
heard in the road in our front. and for n
moment thought was about to have nm
experience had not bargained for. The
voice was that Of one friend, however. and
the horse which quickly came into sight was
bestrode by another, wherefore was spared
any further sensation than tho numerous
unpleasant ones had just felt in nv mind
IN view OF an anticipated skirmish. Tho
newcomers brought the information that
squad Of thirteen "Revenues" had lust
passed down the road, u mile or two distant
with prisoner, friend of -Rcdmond's in
charge; that they were in search of Rcd.
mond himself: and that they had divided
for the purpose of cheating up" tho neigh
borhood. Some of them mi ght be cxpcc.
ted any moment at the house nearest to us.
(where had left my buggy,) they said,
and it was advisable for us to keep sharp
lookout. A sharp lookout was accordingly
kept, but Redmond accompanied us to the
house and remained with us, and night had
set in before he left US, and returned, by
another route than that by which VIC had
come, to the mountain. I.was quite i'll by
this time, in conssda s6S6 68f 3Sposure IN the
hot sun, and OF the unwcnted and excos.
sive exercise l had undergone in climbing.
but after supper l started again to find him.
WHO CAN STAND THIS SORT LIFE?
1t was so dark under the trees and in the
hollow of the hills that could not see NV
hand held within an inch of my face. NV
guides seemed to know the way by instinct
however, and one of them taking NV arm
they led me by devious path which seemed
endless, and only to lead into decpor and
deeper darkness until We came to the ap-
pointed rendezvous. Here one struck n
match and lighted small hand lamp, and |
learned for the first time that Redmond had
joined us somewhere on the wav. We
found seats on the ground or on rocks and
roots of trees as best ws might, and sat in
silence around the flickering light while
Sfsasa EsS@Sas aass aa ypySs Aas
of coffee at the risk of my neck, but he
"never drank coffee" hc said. Meat there
was i'll abundance, but he barely tasted it.
sit was very seldom that he ever touched
it." He appeared very thoughtful and
spoke but once or twice during the rcpast.
Once he said to me, "Who can stand this
sort of life? 1t is enough to drive an in
nocent man to do wrong"
THE SCENE WAS IMPRESSIVE
and gloomy enough. We sat within mar
row circle of dim light, hedged in by
thick darkness that might have conaaalsd,
M hundred edsssnauaiessawithina as many feet
from Jhe lamp. The trees seemed to be
whispering secrets to each other or warn
ings to us, and the leaves looked strangely
as they reflected the light from their under
sides. The air was heavy and oppressive,
rand seemed fraught with danger, and we
looked in each others faces with feelings
not unlike what we might have experienced
had all instead of one only been under ban
and expecting betrayal and a death. dealing
vollcy out of the night at any moment 1t
could not have been worse had We been on
the frontier and surrounded by hostile In
uiahs. NOT were those feelings oonfnod to
that little group out there in the Forest
1t was shared in kind by every household
for miles around us One of our partv
said "Thcre is not one man in ten in this
ncighborhood, be he guilty or innocent, who
will sleep in his house tonight" |" "And
you say true" echoed every voice but mine,
within his hearing. |, too, learned its
truth in part before many hours had passed.
THE RAID AFTER GARY.
I reminded Redmond of my errand, and
his promise to tell me Of his "rad" after
Gary. at was not my DOING" he said
81 did not lead the party, and at first re-
fused to 60 with them. They said they
had gone with me when I needed them,
and now | refused to help them when they
needed me. So | went. Gary had bro
ken up still and behaved badly, and tho
man the still belonged to collected the crowd
and went to thrash him. said to them,
He has done nothing to be killed for
this thing of killing a man won't do but |
will go with you, if you wish me, to get
satisfaction for cutting up the still They
said they did not intend to kill him, but
only to put the witbe on him. (. c., whip
him. This was distinctly understood be-
fore we started. We did not chase any
reveane officers, but yont directly to Garyis