The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-10-07
GM Aemurratr Sta,
"THE TALKix'EST MAY,
he Could be Recognized Wlthou, . p.
ssnal Description.

u had gone up one fork Of fl,
mountain road and it led ne ,n "e
a lille enclosure with a loo maa o
ing house in the center and a des
ON brldle paths leading ou, of;,,
then went back to the main roal
and up another fork, and this ,imaa
went into n stable lot, with tb0
proprietor of The place sitting ON
The fence.
Good morning" | said. ..c.,
yon tell me The way 10 PincLem|
"Cour,e ! KIM he Responded
DO Yer wanler go lhari'
well. yes, thought | would il
| could,"l admitted.
Easy ez IalIin' off a log.n ho
said, getting down from the (encs
All right ; tell me, and m ros
Did yon notice about whar Won
lef' the main road a teller plowjn,
over on the hillside r.
81 saw u pillow wilhh mule hitch.
ed TO it, but no man."
Course not he's the ~lazies,
orneriet cuss in the country. He',
sleepR in the shade this yerv
minute. That's his wav. ue'.
been a.plowin' at that ar field fer
six weeks. Man comes along with
a jug Nv liquor an axes him to 70
li-hin', an he draps the pillow and
goes. Mother one wants him to
go huntin', an off he goes. Then
ef Their amt nobody axes him ter
go no place he goes ter sleep any,.
whaI in The iurrer that The fit takes
him. 'Can't git apast II shade to
save his durn skin. lie"
"How about that road r. said,
breaking in on him. ,
"Ez | wuz goln' on TO say, list
acr0st from whar you seen The
plow, the road goes off to The right.
You take that an about II quarter
Nv a mile down thar, you come to
two men build.n' a post an rail
fence. Man owns half that field
is IA wuthItss cus.. I've been ar.
ter him Ter two ye'rs to 90 harves
with me in bulldin' a fence. but he
won't fetch 1t. Says n post an rail
fence is too forrerd fer these parl:
an III skeer the bosses. Won'
build nc fence at all, iha,'s whats
he matter with him, so I've got ll
do it in self-deien,e. Nelghbor,
like that amt no good TO il man
an | wish tn thunder The choley,
err something r other would carry
him off. But, 1t won't. Decen'
men like me never has NO luck il
his durn country, nohow."
"You say the road | begaI
when he stopped.
Vas, the road forks ag'iu dow
thar an you bear to the left !e
about half er mile, tell yuli see
hewed log house on a raise. We
man live, thar that is purtiesl ,hin'
III this we're county. I'ma wlddel
er, but she aih'i p,rikeler on tia
pint, am ct you come 'lcng thl
away atoul next spring lookln' le
the road, you'll be mighty likel.
10 find ne on that raise. Got
wife Nv yer owng he inquired
breaking in on himself sudden,
Eyes, and she's down to Pinch
en-" said FATHER sharply. "lhu
is what | N. gong there Ter"
No, you don't say I" he eyclaim
ed with much interest. IL calkel
late eZ how a man ~ rides eZ like
~ a crtler eZ that un yer on n
hev powerful good.lookin' wifi
Ain'l sheS'
Eyes, she is petty fair 10 loo
at replied, hlushnhg at the III
truth, for didn't have any wifi
and she wonIdn't have been a
l'inchem il ! had had one.
Thought so,' he SAID !; "bnt I
bet a hess she amt finer'n that u
I'm squnlln' at
SPY tins time it occurred TO m
that | had struck the "lalkin'es
man on the crick," of whom | Ia
heard, and | began to hedge.
"Well," | said, "l'm comm
back This way with her and We
compare. Good morning." an
Pm shot i'll didn't ride off and th
man utterly forgot TO give me ar
other word g. instruction as
how to get to Plnchem. | foun
that oul by waking up the Ina
aSIe0p hv bic plnw