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

/ - -. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES <AN
..cAt the close of our FIRST interview, on
Tuesday afternoon, he accompanied nv com.
panion and myself to the foot of the noun
tain. Before we had reached that point-
however, aud while We were sauuterinn
quietly along the trail" we were suddeplV
saluted with the summons "Halt and sur
render am revenue officer" which pro.
ceed from the bushes on our right. At tho
same moment the sound of horses feet was
heard IN the road in our front. and for q
moment thought | was about to have an
experience had not bargained for. Tho
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 the humorous
unpleasant ones had just felt in nv mind
in view of an anticipated skirmisb. Tho
newcomers brought the information that n
squad Of thirteen "Revenues" had inst
passed down the road, mile or two distant
with prisoner, friend of -Rcdmond's in
charge; that they were in search of Red
mond himself. and that they had divided
tor the purpose of cheating up" the neigh
borhood. Some of them might be expcc.
ted any moment at the house nearest to ms.
(wherc had left my buggy) they said,
and it was advisable for us to keen n sborn
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. bv
another route than that by which VIC had
come, to the mountain. sEwas quite i'll by
this time, in censeds st6St Spoeure to the
hot sun, and o" the unwonted and excos.
sive exercise I had undergone in climbing,
but after supper started again to find him
WHO CAN STAND THIS SORT oFLIFE?
1t was so dark under the trees and in the
hollow of the hills that 1 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 deeper and
deeper darkness until We came to the an.
pointed rendezvous. Here one struck n
match and lighted a small hand d.lamp, and I
learned for the first time that Redmond had
joined us somewhere on the way. We
found seats on the ground or on rocks and
roots OF trees as best ws might, and sat in
silence around the Pickering light while
pf6vIusd ror nin mad bfoeSht bsih af fettIe the
of coffee at the risk of my neck, but he
':never drank Coffee" he said. Meat there
was in abundance, but he barely tasted it.
"lt 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 a mar
row circle of dim light, hedged in by
thick darkness that might have concealed
1 M shppdredt enemies within as many feet
rom che 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.
tend seemed fraught with danger, and We
looked in each others faces with feelipos
not unlike what we might have experienced
had all instead of one only been under ban
and expecting betrayal and death. DEALING
vollcy out of the night at any moment! It
could not have been worse had We been ON
the frontier and surrounded by hostile In
dlans. NOT were those feelings confined tn
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: "There is not one man in ten in this
neighborhood, be he guilty or innocent, who
will sleep in his house to.nightw "And
you say true" echoed every voice but mine,
within his hearing. l, too, learned it's
truth in part before many hours had passed.
THE RAID AFTER GARY.
reminded Redmond of my errand and
his promise-to tell me of his "raid" after
Gary. at was not my DOING" he said
81 did not lead the party, and at first re-
fused to go with them They said thew
had gone with me when needed them.
and now refused to help them when thew
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. l said to them.
He has done nothing to be killed for
this thing of killing man won't do but I
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 withe on him., (i e., whip
him. This was distinctly understood be-
fore We ctarted We did not chase any
reveane officers, but vent directly to Garys
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