New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-21
DOWN SOUTH.
MORE WAITING FOR ALrCK.


We wcro left much TO ourselves and went 10
sleep IN my chair and dreamed that fell from my
seat directly across the andIlons. like lores'icH
When awoke / forgavc the negro for having gone 70
sleep standing Tho rcdbd futtcrcd a good heai'
and once, when we not looking. cat tipped
over the cage, the door ncw oren and tho bird new
3 ont Our host YVES prompt in his action. lie was
standing by the outor door and he banged It shut,
after having first dexcrously kicked the cat out Of IT,
Then we all set TO work to catch the bird But this
IS ono OF the Of human Intelligence ana ag'y
which cannot be described. We caught the bird aitcr
half an hour during which time all customers were
barred from the store and all persons prevented nom
lnquirug for letters at the post Office aSnuraiis We
made a good deal of noise in our PUSHES here ana
there in the room, and knocked down great
many things some Of which would bear KNOCKING
down. as rolls Of jean and some would hot Dear IL
as piles Of coarse crockcry and several lamps We
must have made strange sounds, and these sounus 'o
gcthcr with the fact of the doors being bolted' very
reasonably attracted anybody. white or black VINO
anywhere In the vicinity. As was dartng rouno
the place IN pursuit became rrlta'ingly conscious
that a number Of boys and three grown men were
holding on By the high window casing In some way
and gazing through the glass absorbedly. Hnc"
also that they occasionally gave details OF wha' tncy
10 people below them, who heard but coula not
sec. Sometimes boy emitted sharp. prolonged
yell after OF us had made particularly wonderful
lurrh ] learned later that not of the spectators
happened see the bird and so they had no way OF
accounting for the antics they were witnessing ihey
simply knew that two unknown women had arrived
by train from sparanburg, had gone to this STORE ana
that the sorckceper had fastened the door previous 10
combined attempt on hts part and on the part OF inc
unknown women 10 climb up tho walls OF the store
When the bird was in its cage again orr host hung
opon the door There Immediately entered large
man, who looked sharply at our red ana perspHihs
faces. Behind was small crowd Of biacks anu
whites Among them I recognized al inc peopie
he'd seen at the boarding house, and never ss" suen
horror upon any cOuntcnances as was upon theiS'
knew that they were thinking with terror that we
had been beneath their roof, and With thanlnulness
that not there now.
Tho largo man said pompously that he was airao
we had been very disturbing the peace anu II"
sincerely hoped would not do 1t any more. iho
storekccpor looked confused, but he tried to take mo
matter jocuarly and replied that he hoped so TOO
but that folks had 20 make some hind OF row "heh
they we're chasin' after cussed ledolfd
The large man repeated the words :" Redbrd
Chasiu' - in voice rather incrcdulous, ana ookeh
scrutnizi.!y about him. The crowd which was nliing
the store also stared with tho same incrcduity, anu
with faces that were gradually growing disappointed
A woman in a very deep cape bonnet bonnet which
makes face look as II # were at the far end OF
cavern. pushed her way up to tho spokesman and
said something to him. lie coughcd and hestated, but
at length looking severely al the soreReeper, nc sa'd
that an esteemed fellow townswoman had Suggested 10
him that at OF the strangers now present was
a maniac: that she had escaped from an asylum IN
sparanburg, and that it was dangerous TO the puoic
welfare to allow her to be at large.
"In fact.n he said, suddenly relapsing into con-
versatonal tone Mrs. Williams here says her boy |
saw one of these ladies 90 up the sido OF tho mousse
In way beyond any one but crazy woman
Oh SQUIRE that's all bosh.7 returned OH best ana
protector If you've ever tried ter kech pi'.' F"'
ID at 1-Ir.
church,
There was the bird in It's cage, looking tired ana
CONQUERED It seemed he piece of circumStantia
evidence that had great weight with the people no"
present. but It evident that they were sorry To
give up the belief that female maniac, possibly TWO
of them had bcsieged this portion of Ashevie Junction
Whlio tho assembly was dispensing, with many sus
ncious looks back at Us, some announced that |
!1ick In sight.
We hurried to the door TO see a rafting surrey |
drawing near The vehicle contained boy |
who was leaning forw ard anu lashins the horse. IL
turned out that the delay at when 10 one "oh"eie"'
had been caused by discovery at tie moment of
harnessinG that the rim OF of the hind wheels |
Was so nearly detached that even North Carolina |
bow could not think Of starting with 1t In that condi
ton The wheel had been without tire Tor some
time previous.
Ack mad taken OF tho rim completely before leav-
Ing home lie explained to us that the process had
been a longer Job than he had expected Tor, though
most Of the spokes had been loose as water, some
Of them had stuck So. he reckoned he never should
Kit ,em pounded OFF. But he had an he made no |
doubt but We mousht git ter MIR. Ayers llst as the |
surrey was. lie had Zen rechonn' heap or times |
ter gt a tire on, but he hurried ne hadn't had |
no chaucc.'
so VIC went humping along over tho wet state road
Tie wh.cl that had no rim was on the s'uo "heie
AmaDcl sat, ana she sad she was so aDSOrDea III "aSn
lug the spohes como round and IN Wondering why |
thy did not fail that sno mad no Thought Tor tho
beauty OF the country.
NIck vas a,one on the front seat; he occupied |
in whacking tho horse and In pulling on tho lines;
lie about thirteen and looked AS IL nc hau "orheu
too hard and as II life were rather tough thing 10
him. doubt II he had ever really known that me |
mountain were about HIS home. How oouid nc |
know that lived in the lDdSt OF 9aamy 80 sreat
that men and women gladly travelled hundreds OF
niles lust 60 look upon # The hills stood, the streams
rushec-what did he care After a long silence. dur.
Ing which gazed at tho encircng mountains, at
ne r.,n, and falling stretches OF Old fields" that
arc good for the eye II not for asrcu,uie, at al inc
new and beautiful aspects whleh hd'"rc wears helo'
we TUNED again TO orr driver. . 49,.
We began to question him. We asked him about
his horse which he said cost bis iaihcr TWO hundred
dol,ars Int vas worth three hundred nom that
moncnt ! am ericved to say that We suspected every
word that Ack said. II soon. 10 our deep anxiety,
began TO be borne in upon us ,has nG Ia hp pa W
Aver lived five miles away, In Limestone township
Thus far no Two persons had agreed ABOUT inc as
lance Alex asserted stouty that he knew "N'ry
inch and that YOU couldn't fule him on these yer
pnt when we left the public highway and entered |
one OF the paths that twist and inersect among the
woods on these mountain slopes. we almost gave up |
all hone of reaching anywhere.
Fvcry few moments Alick would turn into another |
cartwsy lashng and pounding along over the dread |
fu paths. . 49,, |
we seemed 10 getting nowhere, we fanccd that our
driver began look anxious. Twice he hnd taken
what he acknowledged must be the wrong pain, and |
was Obliged TO back ont Backing out OF a very |
narrow dcepruted way, in wagon whose wncels
slonn of tho great Appalachian range, is not conducive
10 camncSs OF mind.
When We questioned our guido and driver concern
Ing this often repeated process hc explained that he
ala II eos hurd ben many roads shet urp sence
he thur last
In truth we had passed many openings across |
which landowners had thrown large pine branches to |