Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-04-17
Was a Smart Man.

the woods. trying TO avoid tue water
that was rapidly rising, came to a
small knoll almost surrounded by the
flood; and on the knoll he found a
tall, lank fellow, sitting on log.
The stranger, delighted at seeing a
human being, ran up to the lank fcl-
4 low aud exclaimed:
81 never was gladdcr to sec man
in my life. l have been in these in
fernal woods nearly day and
half. My horse and ! went down
with a caving bank; managed to
save myself, but couldn't save him.
Now the question is, how arc we
going to get out of this internal
placer"
"Don't know" the lank fellow
answered, swallowing" his tobacco
about in his mouth.
"Why, don't you know the woods?"
"Wall, did know 'cm putty well,
but the high water wiped all the
roads out. Squire Blunt, that lives
about fo' miles from here, knows
ever inch Of these woods, water or
no water, an l reckon he mout tell
us how to git out"
"AlI right; but how can We get to
his house?"
"Lcmmc see. Blame cf know,
but cf we was over thar we'd be all
right"
THAT may be, but the question is,
what arc we going to do about get
ting thcrc?"
"Don't know. | mout fggcr it
out, but never was good at 'rith-
mctic. Ef Brother John was here,
he could tell us how to git thar.
John is a powerful smart Teller"
"Wh"rc is your brother Johm:'
'Don't know whar he is by this
time. Seed him about ;hrcc hours
ago, lloatin' down through the tim
Der on a log. Must be putty nigh
down to the cutoff by this timc.'
Iook here, the water is rising,
and this is no time for foolishncSs.
See, we are entirely surrounded"
eyes, that's so tsquirting stream
of tocacco juice through his tccthD
Reckon wen halter wade"
"Do you know aplacc where the
water is not very dccp?"
"I did know Yesterday, but the
water has riz powerful since then"
GLOW long have you been sitting
here ?"
''Sct down here this molni,'.
Come out to look for the COW an
got tirs.g, an my plan is ailus to res,
when VI 1hI / git itftiired. have hcarn it,
read outcn thcSS H.:hal z GOOD 4.
many men die fr"f. ovcrwork, an
scnce then am mighty par,icklcr.'
"But how do you expect to get out
of this place"
"Don't know exactly"
"But you've got to know pretty
soon, for don't you see how rapidly
the water is rising?'
eyes, 'tis comm up right pcart.
You air stranger down here, |
reckon"
Yes, haven't been here but week,
and if the Lord will only let me get
out this time, III never come back
"What did you come down fur"
81 thought that | wanted to buy
land"
"Wall, il that's what YOU want |
kin let you have a mighty fine piece.
Raise n bale an ha'i to the acre"
"Whcrc is it -
"Don't know exactly where it is
now, but when find it you can have
it cheap. \ few days ago it was
right over yondcr about three miles.
Amt a better watc"cd place nowhar
round here. Water about ten feet
on it now"
81 don't want any navigablc land:
but say, show me how to get out of
these woods"
"Don't be snatch"d, an mcbby we
kin strike up trade after whilr.'
81 am not in trading humor Jus,
at present. What | want now is
dry land and heap Of it. wonder
if | can wade out through there 2"
"l reckon You can"
"I have half Il notion TO try it."
"Bcttcr make it a whole one"
"Pll do il. don't care to stand
here till the water comes up around
my neck. Wcll, goodbye. II YOU
want to stay here and be drown, y it
is no fault of mine"
$50 long" the lank fellow replied
splitting through his teeth.
The stranger had wadcd about
thirty feet when he lungcd off over