The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11
SHATED 4 DEAD MOONSHINER.
Tho Sob rendered n Travelling Man by the
Friends OF the Dead SGau.

FTbVA tHt NVt'AtS st"'fs A'fNAft
at was in Tennessee, said the travelling man.
lit happened, on one OF those back country roads
which I was travelling on my way to a town
where | had a fino list OF customers. The night
was closing in, and | was wondering how long
it would taSe me to reach a place where | could
spend the night. | knew that / was among tho
moonshiners. for the jug on a stump with the
money under 1t was in evidence along the road.
had no thought Of being molested in that coun-
try, whore the only warfare is against the reve-
nue. officers, and no one would have suspected
me OF completely with the Government
"A alight noise startled my horse, and [
leaned out of the buggy to look into the cham
Der OF a revolver. Al the same time ! saw two
figures, one on each side OF me, and checking my
"'Weli, gentlemen, what is your will with
"'You can imagine my surprise when a boyish
kin you shave yoprselfr
without lowering his revolver. he looked across
me to his pal on the other side.
".He.uns will do Jim. Hop In an Ill lead
Having made up my mind not to be dragged
of II any such isnG faa no sb manner nea said: ,
must give up my lite, as | am unarmed. II It is
~ Yer won't be killed nor robbed nor nothin',
II yer don't try ter give us tne slip. Shet your
mouth now, mister. an you'll know more right
Two must have gone . mile before we came
to q turn iu the road that brought us out in
front Of "a cabin much larger than any l had seen
that day In my travel. A woman stood at tho
"'Hey Yer foun' somebody, boysi' she asked,
anss! !Ssn norm. an, he'll do til. Job IN ,,,ok
N'T wondered II was to DO compelled to muir.
der some one. The boys were beardless noun.
ssin iG ThsT tn them mao 10 "i be- d isspe asaRe OFTEN but /
II was shown into the cabin by the woman
one Of the boys following with the revolver,
scrub oak. saw a figure stretched on a set.
Ito, and the idea flashed into my mind that l
was %is sta Sn, for as aHSsIr' man. ,h.U,n tn ox.
plain, when tho woman cut me short.
"'Sou uns I'D a been tew latO CT you lns
hey, done, .YeF SEQ. we uni Is a Eoin tow hev
an we wanter how the ole man shaved foh the
fust time, an there amt a man nowhere aroun'
as ,. iRsv Ssva nisfslf OF OF sfG esIiSs yv flss;' cam, owe,
not fancy The idea Of playing barber 70 a dead
SountoRance and tangled gray heard Of The de-
U %sSidu | liz, felt Ioo 8 mort @ore 0 Iikee ' = %.!3ai ,l pride ain h
spirits that would have killed mo on an ordi
| With a feverish and hysterlcal alaority. This
was in part due 70 the close proximity OF the
I had the old mounteineer shaved the revolverG
were laid aside and I was treated with the ut
most hospitality. The work itself had no,
been half as gruesome as had Imagined, and
had 10 tight a ludicrous temptation to Poul
Judged by the family lingo-thGt l wanted tc
ask him to look IN q mirror. Idoclined the 70,
. jug OF moonshjne whiskey, I was set In thu
right road and permitted to leave.
II found Il true that In all that communit,
only In Difference TO a within Of the old noun
t~aineor, expressed on his deathbed, that Ia
was made such q curious exception. I did no
mention my part in tho transaction until ] wa
far beyond that county line, for I was not sur
again demand my ~Aervieea. and another SAiea
UAn has that ToatS