The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-12-21


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Speaking of whisky, sud the coal
alsing-a captain he is, too. by lite
whisky nearly killed me once. twas
! this way. Up In the Allegheny nouns g
aims have a sumRer home. 4 am foa "a
of shooting, as you know. One stlfn-
imerI was of on a hunt. and ny
man had got a long way from my
mountain home. We were trying 10
Epet over the mountains to join Coz
/ C.--,4wJo had been shooting down.
j the mountains for three days on tlIs
.Iother side There seemed to bss no.
trails ia that parsof the countr arld'
we stumbled about aimlessly for q
long time But finally we struck q
rough path and pushed ahead. Coming.
lout of ti,icket OF a sudden, saw that
which made me say somet thing nders
my breath. 1t was a thin blue curt OF y.
smoke. rising straigh t8up along the
1 mountain top. Sa sing nothing TO my
man pushed ON, and we soon came TO
Ia cabin at the edge OF the wood n
the door stood y woman. a ba by ~ sfeTs
arms. She was extremely civil
4 she eyed us keenly llf fttsr she hald y
recte,d US on our way looked bacssi
and could still see her gazing lsatsn VIZ
ttaft sr us.
iced not tell you much q bon + tho
sjjresS Of our him t. save ozly Fer
4 Hearing thee woman and her CHI ssi
sacautioHe1 my man TO say moth sabons
4 sW hat lie had seen, for thss IL btue sslloke
j nnean on one thing "a Still an lscit
4 4 IdaistA
hres years lbsry q was ing- IN
I:fls priy teofffee IN Pitts nrgh when q
! moilf, saineer sent IN. his name. &
y WHAT cansI ofor you2' I said, when
4 he came In.
6 Nothing, he answered. 8 Just
came iii tell you something am
just Out ;o prison. want 10 con graf
ulate you; Sir, on being alive $
Isl baga to feel nervous anil wished
some one else was in the room: IS,
80 II oy IS tsilat?' asked trying to-
appear calm. -:
Three years ago., he SAIL YOU
I were riding oyer the Allegh and
Istopped to speak to a woman with a
baby IN her arms.
Yes / said, recalling tall =
I've, days aftersthat, said my Wis
! itor, 'aLslit,d States marshal. came
down on rue and arrested me. Then
sworc TdeiSl yousoa sight
g ~ ait minutes'I cried.
1 a.sNos he sid. waita minute for me.
4 when gotta sentence of three years.
swore the first thing / would do when,
I / got out would be to kill you. Wel,.
you sec, I'm out.
ss.Hais a.ninute, cried again, now
4 convinced that would have to fight
] for my life.
No. he repeated, wait a minute
i flor me
aaWcli,' / said, swinging slowly
4 around in my chair and getting ready
| to.spring upon him when he should
z move toward me.
Well. he replied. my boy was sick
4 when gotfout, and so i went straight
! home to him. md wandering around
your place up there, came on Your
overseer, and he told me That you had
cautioned him never to say a word.
So when came back here i went to
4 the revenue Office, and they told me
4 yeu had nothing to doSwith my arrest
FssosI say Iseongra tulats you on be ing
4 alive. 4:
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sllfui1y. .Isutsssay ]. added; les-rne talk
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80 Ne dom To 1 boat such things. ;
11Ssaid the moons 1i ne !. wi Tia a dry little
Elaugl stole euts Of the room,
4 rning ito ssa
I'D slhe chuekled
4 hen he sgttss lucky for you my boy
was ~ -,
lhe capita throsg gittsl /; his
ssifsstory, but here vas Some thing else:
4. sspaper man.