Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-09-12
IN A FIX.
IA Large Party Of Bathers Left in
a Bad Fix by a Flood. ..
Louisville Commercial.

Last Monday an excursion left this city
for Henry county, that was destined to
meet with many strange adventures,
The party consisted of about fifty young
ladies and gentlemen well known IN soci-
ETY. here, and were In charge of Mr.. and
Mrs. d. II. Castlebrougll aud Mr.. and
Mrs. George w. Gist. One OF the young
gentlemen described the trip TO Com
mercial reporter last night;
awe got off the cars nj New Castle and
started down in wagons to Drennon
springs. We had hardly reached there
When It began to rain, and we all hud-
He'd into aud old chapel. to wait Till the
rain was over. Presently The sun came
out bright aud warm, and some Of the
bows proposed that we have aswim, As
the young ladies did not care to so we
left them In the chapel and started off TO
the creek. don't know the name of
the internal place, but the rain, which
was rather heavy, had made It rather
deep. We didn't hang our clothes on n
hickory limb, like the girl IN the song,
but wnded out In the middle Of the creek
and / I'D them carefully on big Hat
rock, where they wouldn't get wet.
Then we started IN for II good old time.
We splashed around In the water Jump
Ing aud swimming about for half an
hour or more. UnConsciOusly we got
further and further away from the rock
where our clothes lay, nor did we notice
that the creek was slowly rising. After
time We got tired Of the water and
started for our clothes. We wNddcd
down the creek and the winter, which
before was Just above Our knees, now
covered Our waists. We looked for the
rock, but could 500 nothing of Il. One
of the young men, happened TO look
down the creek, and away OF fifty yards
from where we left our clothes, he saw
n pnrt Of his under-chothes floating on
| the stream. VI.
"Ihen we knew what had happened,
aud the nature of our calamity struck
lls with full force Here we were with
ont clothing and without any visible
means of getting anything to put on,
Fncnrly ten miles from any town, aud
with thirty pretty girls to take home
What In the dcvl were We 10 doY we
asked. II WA ont of the question ~ 70
tho young ladies IN our ilX. We
cOnnldn't stay whCfe we were. We
! couldn't walk back TO New Castle With
out clothing S0on some one suggested
n plan. We were tn draw lots 10 see
who would 20 hnrk IN the girls. A line
Of trees SOME ten ~ fifteen yards part,
extended up to whore they were. The
man TO whose lot II fell TO see the girls
was TO crawl along from one 10 another
til he came within halliug distance, tell
| sAuI LAT
back to town and scnd VA help. We
had Just about decided on this plan when
the enemy ontAanked US. Half n dozen
Of the young ladies got Il into their
hea,la To 10 on m exploring expedition
aud sauntered OF 10 the right and lef)
OF the tress A snake couldn't craw
between the trees that these girls couldn't
sec. We began to get cold aud wer,
huddled altogether IN n bunch, ant
every time the brcoze struck our bodies
we shlvcred dsmally.
"Just vt this time WIN Capllnger hap
pended along, aud We told him on
trouble. lie volunteered to help us
lie started Off to the girls and gathered
them together. Then he broke the new
10 them. Most ofthem laughed I'LL the,
cried, aud then, AFTER y short consulta
ton, they agreed 10 help Us. The,
said II would be foolish TO leave us there
all night tell they got ald---the best plnl
! would be 10 get some Of their clothes
we have plenty OF undeplothes ant
things said pretty little girl, blush
v ngly, The girls all went Into the ole
chapel aud began 10 decide what artioleI
they could beat dlepense with, On,
young lady contributed her oycreklrt
another her Wntlcrakirt, and a third hel
immRcnlntely white pettlcUnt,, BesldeI
this ihero were dozen other artlclei
that wouf name, aud some that cam
name. When the girls came out, they
/ handed the things 10 Mastorson aud ht
cnrfled them ovef 70 NJ. hardly knew