Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-19


rae months among the mountainocrs OF
;,ntucky and East Tennessee vhere
la-rd stories OF the CLAW osters ipdeea
NAV psc1 a., -,
rr,s,s b.. ,hS,,'' Wsiu y,
u'' 'uoush hnNue the euort' ala
h't succeed IN finding one
While IN the foothills, about thirty milas
south OF Mount Airy. accompauled BY a
Guide. my attention una ottrac,,5 q, t,-,
MON ,,b,,-, .,,-.,.-. ..-s..'
... 'S"ev ',@''''vu 'nu''''Su
"e Unusual disease LAKE al the noun
lA'hseis' these men were lean and lank;
lut their forIns were STONED. their limbs
aitonuated aud their ewes IA dun as tho-o
~ i,od o,i.,,i ~. al, -1.,.5..,.,'.-
ill.,. -5,.., e', Amy no'
,ls cu'iae'eHsues OF the men Of the Blue
Nul6e' Inc eoior or these men was
sieHly, ashy gray, tho beard was thin and
struggling. and the hair suggested wigs OF
faded Spanish moss. DIopidatsd straw
No.. -. IT. ,.,',al.'. SUE"
l'al7, 49," sH''ts ana uuttorhut trousers
N'Ns'l'uleu tHu'r Nheie Htuie' me uthcr
nouh'alneers whom l had 50 far met had
shown all tho intelligence aud inqulsltvc-
ness Of the typical Yankee. but these mcn
neld themselves alocf and showed not the
slightest sign Of curiosity In myself or my
mission On entering into conversation
with them. I found their intellccts OF a
very low order, and ther vocabulary. witch
was like that OF tho other mountain mon.
exceedingly limited
At the first appearance Of these mon. my
guide whispered: "Thom's clay caters
but still was slow to believe that / was
in the presence Of the people OF whom
had heard so much,
The tender OF cigars, which 10 these
men were great curosi.les as well ns
Injuries, broke the leo, and succeeded m
entering Into conversation with the elder
] say elder" but there was really nothing
m the appearance OF either man to indicate
his age. They might have been brothers,
or father and son. and " either could have
told his age which Is doubtful, he might
nave passed Tor twenty or sixty, for tho
faces looked like death-masl,s. rather than
those OF living beings
"we-uns liycs up the orlck,'" raid ono
OF tho men IN reply 20 my question. and
he Indicated the direction by polptlpe ms
long arm with Its yellow. attrnuated iuFer
in the direction OF the mountain to tbe
right
''Is it far from herog" I asked.
did not expect a dcnnto anFwer for
even the most Intelligent OF he noun.
taineers have the vaFuest idea Of dis
lance, as measured by miles, To rim
place is fright clus BY" or II IA a .irJgbt
smart distance off After palpf1i NINA
during which he sucked at INA ci,rar and
strokel his chin neryously. az II making a
calculation, he drnwled out.
"Waal hlt aint so d for var
stranger har | eekon.,
/ confessed that / was. wbereunon bs
continued with IRA invarlohla Intrnii,,,tiaa
"Waar'-"we-uns lives np nlrb 10 tha b ep,
rlcan." 'IIf
'Uarrican" was now word "a mo ,s
asked ia meaning vhen tbe NAV rot,iiad
child fashion, = NF''NN'
'syvhv M ha-r,c,,,s ~. h.rr,,,,,n
certainiv vn,,id have hacn ~, Il, 4.
nnrauce mad nat No rt,Ida ,a,n.. ~ ~ "a ~. *
so a., int--a,,r,. ~, ~. .t NV TO-
Distrlct'' meant a plnee nsar ina hesg ~ !
Wy Ntielo inhny year4 ago hundreds
dsvi,,,c,t,,o b,,rri,,,', '''" ''''eu W
.,,vist IA 80, Az "a, a.. A..,,...,,.
ssi,s6 'S1 VIZ ~ 'AV ''A' 'Van
on -, -,,tt,t 49,, ,..,, L., At -. 49,, |
,,,,, s,d LIN NJ 80 ~ ,.iia M. ~.
w. ~ .u -. X Nu ss ,t s'Iohins OF tne
.sttft 49,. ~. tN, 49,, Ps'P'n~eu n'lli
tHtsst.r ~ g., ~ III. IA, ..
no., nne w. WV 20 ior hFinE was my
h Co.. 4u ~, w., 4, ,.,,.,,,,
~, ~, ' ,t, mn ~ Sspohu19u
s .,i ipI tne ls' unle gnahty srilie
nItteu onsF tne 1s4.u NAM, WINE ms
NDni panls", vi ~ 'Sl nsu Iemalneu teu-
w auu ~, t, a. 70 Wlat
ha9 ueen hain psvHo uto cleNllhg laugh
reasoning tnat thgAo men were not SEN
stNe' or paTt llllsl uanscrpus II any
thlnb niitut 1as oteuu.a tHeih' came az
IeCliy 70 tue Jun y, aeinh'
are you Gay salsrs .
Maai, ~. araNied me man We
uis y u,e.keu !" cut II "heh thar am
49,, e,,,ss., 80, ,tts t,,,,....,,... ..
me ihrob OF asHsht ! vas IN the pres
enee OF people Nhonl, all my me- mad re-
sarded as myths ami ae,ormined 70 ayaii
myself q me opp2T UNITY ny a study OF
the question from VrlH!nh sources Against
the Wishes o. my GUIDE VINO assured me
that the country IN me direction OF the har-
rioan was the most Sod foraaken on the
top Of the green GARTH determined to 10