The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-11-05
IN THE WILDERNESS.
The Old Man and Colonel Rollins
in 1t.
An All Night Drive and Its Wild
Incidents.
HOW THE NATIVES HELPED US oU-
Trip to Creednoor, Granville
COUNTY

County.
Some business of a very important na
ture called the Old Man to Creedmore
night before1ast. Wishing TO return yes
supposed, we went over land That is TO
say we did not go by water or rail. We
rode in buggy, Colonel Captain Rollins
| accompanied us-and st $50 we were
fairly on the way. Instead of going the
right road, we took a circuitous route,
such route as we might have taken had
we been escaping an officer. We opened
three hundred and forty y-seven gates.
We forded siXty-three streams. The
horse we used on this occasion and which
is not the celebrated office horse, was a
very stubborn animal. 1t would balk.
About every three miles just when Colo
mel Rollins was getting a move on the
animal it would stop still-kick the dash
board out of the buggy and proceed not
to proceed further. Colonel Rollins
would get out and build fire under it,
Instead of completing the journey on
time We were about as late as the noon
mail generally is at Durham. We got
into a dense forest. The owls hooted
were obscured and slight rain came on
There were three roads and they all
forked and We were lost. Tying the
horse the Colonel and the Old Man
started on melancholy journey-to find
an opening and a house or shanty or
anything which might contain human
being who talked our language. Robin
son Crusoe never felt more badly bored.
After an hours time we discovered a
gentleman who rose from his couch and
in very much dis ha-billy stood in the
cold air and told US the way. He said we
could not miss it. We started and found
the horse and took the road which he
said to take 1t led US mile and alb
ruptly stopped. Then we went back.
1t is understood that the Old Man swore
a blue streak that reached as far as Raj
eigh We yanked the old gentleman out
Of bed and insisted that he show US the
way. With ample torches and blaze as
big as comets tail we were shown the
road, aud the old gentleman said that
"any damn fool would a. known that that
thar road has been given over long ago"
, We explained to him that we didn't know
it. Then we struck river which had to
be forded The horse which loved to
balk also loved to go up stream. In
stead Of going across the river the
! horse started up the creek. To stop the
! horse would have meant to have balk in
the stream, so the colonel held her
! slowly, while the Old Man jumped out
OF the buggy while it was moving, and
! fell flat in The water. Colonel Rollins
he STOPPED the nag, and attempted to
rescue US from Watery grave. In the
snugGle We got Tie colonel down and
rallied over OF him and our coat got
c~ugh1 in a snag and neither of US could
move And we had to lie there until the
river run over us. After this we resumed
! journey and got to Fish Dam about 2
o'clock We raised Colonel Barbee and
! had him explain the way.
Proceeding onward, we soon struck
three more roads and again we were lost.
We suggested to the colonel that we
would go to the house which was short
distance, and raise 'em, and inquire if
they had heard from the New York elec-
tions, this being the morning of the 4th,
and the day after election day, and then
we would casually inquire the way.
| We got to the house, and in the savage
manners of the Wild and Woody West
we very gravely and politely exclaimed :
Good evening""
This was repeated and Colonel Rol
Inns yelled and told us to wait. He
came up and said that any fool that
didn't know how to address the natives
had no business to go any place alone.
And he yelled; "Hay-O."
And voice said:
"Who's thar"
And when an explanation vas offered,
he told US to go to hell that he want
showing blamed fools the way no whar."
We started some where.
But anyway. We got no sleep and no
rest and no warmth from 4 o'clock the
day before until we rolled into Durham
at yesterday morning, slightly disfg-
ured but still in the ring.
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