The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-02-20
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Deer sur, don't reckon wood
ever bothered yu any tnore with my
riien but fur the happeuin Nv sum-
thin what | felt like I ort III make
publick. You no thxta CRATE many
ycrs ago n,an by the name Nv swift
diskiyered y very rirh silver mine
SUI, whar Ia Kentucky. but sinse he
dide no body has ever bin able to find
It. but fiucc gold aud silver hws
bin found at Dorsvn every body IL
certain that tho Swim mine 10 snin
whar In these durgili hills. - <
But to begin al the fust, | was up
iu your town lryin tu git tu see that
10 Clark u yit pHy fur that colt Ma
Indy let him have on credit, when
| happend tu meet u fine lookin man
that looked tur the world like sum
body that | had seen. So | aIcd him
Il A .ha,icnt icon him sum where.
Wen expect yn have, seq he, Iur |
nv been ,hrrs several tinics. Yes, srz
|, kinder stamped whist mous yer
name be1 James, ser he, kinder sirai'
enIng up; Jsssy james al yer service
srz hc. Wheir no scd that my har
kinder raz, d my hat on my lied eiur
eud zee As plano a. cud be that he was
spotin me iur sum purpose. Well ]
lett towm ~ vnce hot skeerd, but
iident ieei easy aud | dident care tn
let him no which way | lived either.
WoIl tu make o short tail long bout
three weeks afterwards, 1 went over
" old man Juncr's tu borrcr sum
hour, iur ye see we was looking iur
cumpany. We'll when I went In hoo
wss scttin up atwixt two Nv Juuer's
gslls but that same Jcssy Jaines. II
akeri me 90 IA toe that karicler IN
our beet that i'jist tuck out home aud
iurxot the hvur clare. = Bout almiIe
rruIn there met that Roy goin tu see
Juneris gsE, So l told Roy who was
III June re aud how he had skeer,i 'tne
and 30 on. Well yu SEQ Roy is bed
| ly ma-hrd on one Nv the gals 80 he
sed lie Lident care il old Nick hissell
was there he was gyen tu. 81 next
day Roy was over, ~ our house and
sed that feller was jist fooIin me bout
who he was aud jist told INC his
I,ox sad Js.sv' lanes wa, dsd, and
his na,nc was Dick Pcco. lie scd he
was se,tin to his (Roy's) gurl like al
the world, cortin poetry aud sich like
Well. sez I, dog on his pictu.; lie
M" ~, slserd ma 10 ,le,h: besides he
"ads ~. fnrgit ,he fIo,r. mn muthe,
,iLa m ,ucl mv ,nts rap on. accouuI
~ its-.Alsl. than i have no doub
I'm, T Sn.iI nv found t6nt Jo ClsrL
Sss .. 4 ~ : az MAJ 'colIiif Il hniin',
Tr s"r IN, chan. Woll ROY VA,
md st',,e. n nor ,nuidrr. on accouu
| ,v~ Nm 3a,,e saI 'oUtg hhn1ouu,T Sc
ss.n Il .esS Thai Il told, Row that
rn.,sss ,r,cL that wool make Nm
ses,sa n r,arvIn Sez 10 Row,
trc- MAI .vcrvbodvl iuya MUMMY
- s.,o cir Mir. ~ one side ana lei
him that ~ have ,liscos cred 4 cav
,h.t, u nj, nv nure siIver. Saad tbn
sw;,,,s mama ~ fc,,t inthe rocts in
Ma aud HAT xu Ere aslser,ajn tl,n
n Il ,hc~ swif, nina a, ~. are TIA
Ws.v h.d a,li,iie iamb. hui vou arr
s,rsid W. ~ m III vhcre ihe silver, i
~ s,co.rs ~ \ svhc ~ sb,sti anuea,.
ov.rv s,."sp AMI ',sll. bi Nm IA n IN
sw,. ,,s,,' sv M ,,,.,,,v,,,,, ,,s y, can denon
On @ - - mn TlIS
Wall, Roy met him tu MD ma,
lJnmsr,a m trw dnvs apd, ihrv i,
| fhS mcyt TUESDAY 10 exn,ors.the cav
and vii the munuy. We'll, on Tue.
dav wen, over N, the cave with, M
ax;,s and ,hinys m make a yho,
as,sr Ahout 50 feet rom m
mnu,h 1. sten of or hole about
fee, deem wall. / made the gho,
an,an anne skir,s and a cotton nile
snd fas,snsd 4 sfjck right over N
nil nil and uut 4 striur over Il. then tic
n,,c and tn the plost's lad ana pt
hah,vd some rocka Win The oil,
and ~ + cnaId null Inc vhost up slclr
Thsd made II Mont 4 feot losg. Al,
. ,url cow.a ned ana horns fur ii
, hadt T. telI vou n Looked ike oil
Nil, shnra sufr fop i fastened
n;,ch,orr in i,s hanfis Ind a abe,
rnmna mo AMI. was fixed of, like
, yhnsr M walt hadn't sot tl,el
: mora ,lan a our when / herd Ro
"nd pocs ,alt,n' herd Row an
now whe, ,he ybost gits arler us y
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