The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-07-28

A TRAVELLER IN THE CUMBERLAND
RANGE HAS TO PROVE UP.

Ing tp'-Crim IossiDiHties OF nelnk
Shot Before Identification. 8
As was to take u short cut over q
spur Of the Cumberland mountains in
northern Tennessee hired colored boy
about Is years of age to go part of the
distance with me. He had solemn,
serious look, and soon discovered that
he was philosopher. | had been told
that there were moonshiners in the Cum
berlands, and that tho chances were
would be stopped and sharply investi-
gated. When ready to part from the
youth, asked:
"Do you think I'll meet any moon.
shiners?''
dat depends, sah"
son what?"
"On whedder somebody hidin' behind
de bresh or rocks doan' pop you ober be-
fo' you kin meet. If be'un's gun hangs
fah yo'un will probably meet"
1t was hot day in July, but ! asked
him if he thought the weather wonld
hold, and he looked at the sky and re
piled:
"Doan' want to say, sab. II you
should hold. you'n wouldn't give me no
credit; and if it should snow, you'n
would cuss me all day. Good day, sab.
Keep to the right arter you cross de
branch. IF dat iloan' bring you out. den
cum back an keep to de left"
had gone about mile when the trail
branched. ard after debating the case
took the right hand again and went
forward, with the comfortable feeling
that had half of II big state at my per-
sonal disposal to get lost in.
IN A STRANGE PLACE
The path suddenly ended, and about
that time a mountaineer stepped from q
thicket on my left and confronted me,
and inquired;
"Whar' from, strangerT
told him
"What you'n doin' hyarT
"Traveling,"
"Look hyar!" he said, as he came near
er. "You's kin either prove up or ye
can't"
That's &C.
"You's either all right cr you's cum
fussin'."
"Well?"
"Kin ye prove up"
"I'll try"
"Then walk along"
He walked beside me, or behind me,
through thicllets and over rongh ground
to a shanty just at the mouth of a ravine
There was a man, a woman and boy Of
II there, and my nose detected the odor
of still The three people mentioned
stood at the door as we came up, and the
man queried of my conductor:
"Who's he'uny
"Gwine ter prove up.
sat down on rock, and, leaving the
boy to watch Inc, the other three with
drew few yards and held a consulta-
ton. This lasted about five minutes,
and when they returned the man who
had captured me said:
"We 'uns is agreed on it. You's either
revenue or not You's kin prove up or
ye can't"
Can any of you readY' asked.
I'VE Kin or we can't" replied the
woman. who was smoking plug tobacco
in a clay pipe.
"Well, perhaps you've heard of - at
Monroe!"
1--WE mought or we moughtn't." re-
piled the husband of the woman.
PROVING Up.
well. here's line from him. Ii
you are moonshiners you have sold him
whisky, and know him to be all right.
Here's my card, here are letters addressed
to me at Monroe, and you can overhaul
my knapsack.
They couldn't read line of writing.
and put up a job to catch me. After
consulting together bit the woman said
What did you say he'uns first name
was-George or William"
"Neither one; it's Henry"
"And does he'un live in a single or
double log housey"
Sin frame house.
(Which eye is he'un blind inT
Neither one. Come, now, he's big.
feshy man, wears long whiskers, is bald
on top of the head, and has front tooth
out. His wife is a little cross eyed wo-
man and has two children"
That settled it, and was at once given
bite to eat and told to make myself at
and pins and needles for the woman, and
the present of harmonican set the boy
wild with delight.
"'Sposin' you'n had shot he'un down
thar suggested the woman to my cap
tor.
"Then he'un would hev bin dead, Of
co'se," he calmly replied.
By and by the men went up to attend
the still, and the woman unrolled the pa
per of pins to the last row, opened the
paper of needles, and, placing the two
spools of thread beside them, she called
to the boy;
Danny, cum hy'ar."
"Yaas."
Look in my eyes"
"Yaas."
'Is | flighty?"
'Skeercely, ma'am."
"Well. rze either fiighty or the richest
woman on these yere mountain, an
wish pop woa, hurry back an tell me
which!"-De,lo., free Press.
Til other Tbing,
An Iow4 lu.tice of the peace didn't
actually fire man $ll for declaring
that the world was fat, but because hs
knocked the postmaster down for insist
Ing that it rss pund. 1t was narrow
escape, thou, and the defendant WA
cautioned ~ look out next time,-De