The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-01-28
Going Back 10 Georgia,

SAEGr pLuNKETT.
Going Back 10 Georgia,
met q sturdy-look;ng young farme:
canning out OF the Texas aud Pacifc
ticket cliice yesterday with ticket in hiA
haud. When he asked me to lend hir:
ny ycrcii for moment it furnished ne
an opportunity to draw him ilto con-
versa.on
''Going home 10 spend the holidays %
| asked.
'Yc:, sir, lie said, as his eyes geare1
with JOY. "Yes," he continued, Il am
going home in the morning-back to
Georgy. l came to Dallas County fifteen
years ago aa.l have been wor!iin' hard
ever sance. rra got uc $ good farm now,
b9t times IS awiai iarei and money is
5carc4r .han ever sced it aiore. Five
years ago besir TO think about going
back &c see tie old io!;s-paw and maw
is sget;ing ole now-but somehow or
other didn't think 1 vas able and [ put
it of, wailiu' for better times. l thought
sho' that I was goin' last year, bat cotton
got so low I couldn't afford it, so l put it
eff until this year. Well, sir, cotton is
lower now than I ever seed it afore, and
it keeps getting lower snd lover. So
this year | allowed that if waited till
next year l mought &c! nothin' for my
cotton, and then | couldn't 60 at all"
81 cxrcc. you will have great time,"
l observed.
ayes, sir; will be the happiest man
you ever saw. caa see my ole nanny
nov settin' down at light b. the fire, aud
an ole hickory backlog on tue dog irons,
knitting some socks Tor sister Jinnie's
children, and paw, he's smoking bis ole
pipc and they arc talking about me
coming home. Lord, just to hug my ole
mother a.ain-it makes me feel good to
think about it. Aud to see that ole
house where I uster live | remember
how uster lay awake Of nights and look
out the winder at the stars and think
about comm to Texas, and now | lay
awake of nights tninkin about home
Thinkin' about the ole spring down the
hill and the gourd hanging on the rock
| can see the old Path jus! rs plain as if
/ was there now Wonder if things have
changed much around there, anyhow? ?
Wonder if paw has ever fixed the old
raster gate: When gi, back Pm going
rabbit hunting aud 'possum bunting. ]
know where all the rabbits and 'possums
are I'll git there in time to help at hog
KILN. used 10 do the riddin' when !
WIS boy, and when got bigger paw let
me scrape Bu, yon bet Ill get lots OF
souse and iver pie, and nav cooks back.
bone better'n anybody | ever saw. They
made q plenty of 'simmon beer, too, and
that's the best stuff ever drunk, except
the water out Of tha! Old spring.
Then I'll 60 over to Shady Grove
Church about mile and a half from
home, and see where my sister and two
brothers are buried. Sister died lust after
! was born, snd my brothers, they was
killed in the war. Upstairs in the closet
is two gray jackets and two old muskcts
that's been there ever since can remem'
Der. When | was little fellcr | recol-
lee! seeing my mother going to that
closet. Every time she'd look at them
old coats she would down ard cry, and |
uster cry, too, Just because size did. l
expect this will hc the !asi !imc III ever
cit to sec tie Old folks alive Maybe
next year lwun't make any difference
whether cotton bring good price or
not. Goodbye. >ir, here's your pencil"
Tie last reflections brought q sad ex-
preston to the young mans face. II
eyuect This will be the last time l'll ever
get 10 see the old !olks alive" lie said.
Al, yes. The hairs on those aged br0~s
are now very white. Eaiie: au:i mother,
si;!iHs a:o"n, The hcavihstone, look back
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