Evening star., 1896-03-28
FOUND. THE WHISKY.
The Somewhat Unusual Experience of
u Revenue Officer In North Carolina.
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The Somewhat Unusual Experience of
n Revenue Officer In North Carolina.
Sp.keville, N. c., Cores Phila. Times.
A remarkable story has just come to
light, in which figure moonshiners, a reve
nue. officer, "a beautiful mountain maid,
cupid and bicycles.
In the summer suspicion which the rev.
eEne department had long entertained
ripened into certainty that there was an
illicit still somewhere in this vicinity which
was producing large quantities of "Moun-
tain Dew The local officials being we'll
known to the Inhabitants, the department
sent here young man from New York, one
Jack Dickson by name, whose instructions
were to ferret out such information as he
could get. while apparently occupied solely
in fishing. hunting and otherwise passing
months vacation.
The program was duly carried out. Dick
son hunted and fished and kept his eyes
open. but not even Whit could he get of
the forbidden liquor.
Naturally he had to seek his information
with the utmost care, and fearful of arous-
ing suspicion by direct inquiry, he confined
his efforts principally to keeping his eyes
open and his mouth shut.
On day, nearly two weeks after his ar
rival he took his fishing rod and journeyed
in a direction not hitherto taken. Trying
many mountain streams, he caught few
| fish, but his spying efforts were as vain
heretofore.
Evening came on, and not knowing his
whereabouts he was delighted to succeed
| in getting out of the underbrush onto
wagon road. Undecided which direction to
| take, he paused by the roadside a moment,
when an appa1ition darted around the bend
| Of the road which fairly took away his
| breath. A bicycle in this wilderness, and.
| what is more, ridden by most attractive
| girl! She saw him, of course, and as he
| admitted himself to be lost, she directed
| him how to reach her fathers farmhouse,
| vt<y dol sS,x, eto
| all the free good-felowshp for which our
| girls hereabouts are noted. Then mounting
| her wheel, she sped away, while Dickson
| hurried behind.
The farmer insisted upon his staying all
| night. and he did So 1t was a case of love
| at first sight Dickson being an expert
| wheelman himself, was captvated by the
| beautiful mountain rider. Moonshiners
| We're forgotten in the next few days. With
in week he had his own wheel sent hither
| by express and was more than pleased to
comply with Sallie Newmans laughing or
| ders that it must be kept at the farm.
| Every day they went out together, starting
from the farm in the afternoon and riding
through the leafy byways, frequently stop
ping at the residence of Sallies aunt in the
village for supper, and then going home in
| the moonlight
Weeks sped away, until one day Dickson
was rudely awakened from his dream of
bliss by peremptOry order from Washing
ton to return home. his mission having
| proven frutless Sadly he started out with
Sallie for a final ride. All unconscious OF
his woes. Salie, twitted him upon his
strange silence, and then challenged him to
race. Away she sped, and he sorely
tried to keep at her side. Neither noticed
the fragments of pane of window glass
dropped on the road by some uniucky farm
er until too late.
Hold on.our tires are punctured." shout
ed Dickson, jumping from his Wheel "by
the great horn spoon. what's that" he
aCded, gazing with amazemcnt at tiny
stream CT liquor squirting from both from
! and rear tires. 4 moment later the whole
situation fell upon him. "Oh, you little
moonshiner," he murmured, and then h,
: let his wheel fall. and sprang to catch Sal
lie. who had swooned.
, For six weeks the valiant Dickson hat
, been assisting unawares the moonshiner!
| by carrying whisky in his pneumatic tires
inserted at the farmhouse and deftly re
moved by Aunt Jane in the village.
; Did he arrest the guilty maid? Not much
He resigned his position and married her
l and the happy pair now live in Philadel
: phia, where they are often seen on tan
dem in the park.
1t is scarcely necessary to add the tire
3 are now inflated solely with air.