Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-08-13

llnsey, with high top-boots and a hat
that would have been curiosity any
where but in this region of monde
script headgear. And, by the way, if
some enterprising individual were to
make collection of the hats worn |
among these mountains, he would be |
sure to realize fortune by their eX-
hibition. / never saw two alike, nor |
any one that at all resembled any
thing ever worn by man in any civil
lied country.
The horseman was mounted on a
raw-boned nag; and as Re picked his
way down the rocky road he held his
reins with both hands, and braced
himself we'll back in the saddle as it
to help his steed to hold himself up
over the broken places. Behind him
was slung a pair of government sad
dle-bags, which showed that he was
the ubiquitous United States Mail.
=
As the mail-rider, was about to take
his departure, two newcomers appear
ed ON the scene. They were man
and woman coming down the road.
and, as they were fair representatives
of the country people of this region,
they are entitled to few lines OF de-
scripien. He~was tall and gaunt,
and clad in ragged home-spun, with a
+ full meal-sack slung over one shout
4 der and short stick supporting q
| bundle over the other He walked
with shutting, unsteady gait, as if
fatigued with long journey and un-
| able to keep up with his more ener-
getic companion. The woman was
: about as tall as the man, and equally
gaunt, but she came on with a firm,
quick stride, her limbs going at every
step to the extreme verge of scanty
cotton skirt that fell a little short of
her ankles. This garment was of the
precise color Of the road she travelled
and of a piece with the limp sun-bon-
net she wore upon her head. Her
, feet were encased In a pair of stout
+ brogans, which, with her naked an
kles, were so thicklys enerusted with
mud that nothing shorto of small del
| uge would restore them to their origi
nal condition. She carried sack ull
i, / der her arm, while from cord woune
: about her neck was suspended in from
l " IltI aAu seIiA lt4e 4lEA HkaiS~<' - S'S
/; step battered coffee pot AT he
back, dan Cling fromstheS other end o
S the cord, was the frying-pan in uni
i versal use among the natives. Eyi
e IDENTIFY they were on journey-lodg
ing in hay-ricks or the open air, AM
II With those rude utensils pfepar:n;
d their meals by the wayside.
The woman walked a few PAGES i
5 advance of.tbemag and as she cam
It nearer / noticed that-she~ had~-wel.
formed features, a wealth of light
e brown hair, and eyes dark, soft, an
o kindly, but with latent fire tha
le showed she might explode on occasion
k Still, about her mobile lips played
N smile which beto okened genial ma
k ure, capable of enjoying joke or
y hearty laugh on any reasonable pro,
is ocation. She WAS about so years oh
" the man nearer 40, aud they were ey
is IDENTIFY married. or at isas. mated q
ID ter the fashion of their class in tn
at mountain country.
ID / was spoculating upon the hsul
IL the wonaH would make in fashion
m BILE drawing-room aud whether 8 fe
v. / months among refined surrounding
lis might not transform. her into son
lis nearer sembIancc to . civilized bein
". when, tossing her hepnct back fro
Id her face and remnYing from h
nd mouth the small stick in use amor
en- stufdippers, she said to me, Kin
We tell me how we kin git oyer the Ivy