The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-10-25

and started on our way, and when
about half way up the mountain we
ran into wa>hout which threw our
engines flatrof their backs; the next
moment a dash for the windows, and
out went our passengers. But, fortu-
natcly, no one was hurt, and we were
soon on the move again, for we were
soldiers and nothing could stay pro-
grcss. Another mile put US on top,
and TO our great surprise, on looking
at the watch, we found it to be eleven
0 clock. Seeing that it was impossi-
bic Tor US all to stay together that
night, "Bail, with little } D., were
left to take care Of the good women,
while Walter and Claude went back to
the foot o! the mountain to assist
Reid in protecting the local freight,
for in it was our rationa, bedding and
mule feed Tired and wornout with
our hard day 5 ride, with the moon
beams Iuivcring through the white
pine, and under the song Of whip
poor-will we were soon in the land Of
dreams
The next morning, as the sun was
showing himself in the East, we start
ed at the foot Of the mountain to gain
our friends at the top, and by nine
o clock we had succeeded. OF course,
after Il night Of separation, family re-
union was celebrated when VIC were once
more together. Our little rough cx-
pcricnce only served to make US more
ccnding in each others fidelity for
surely every one did their duty in the
hour Of trouble. After an hour
drive We came 10 the home Of Mr.. Will
llcinchal, whose good wife gave us the
use OF her stove, and now for the first
time since leaving home, We sat around
the table cnjying an old-fashioncd,
/ home made breakfast Of coffee, biscuit
and streakcd gravy. Feeling much
better after our nice meal. we were
anxious to be off for Sapphircc, our
next camping place. Our drive to
this place was very pleasant one in
deed, for it was the first road that we
had Travelled that really looked like it
had been worked with Anderson Coun-
ty convicts. We had looked with
pleasant anticipation to our visit to
the much talkcd-of little Sapphire,
and our imaginary picture was by no
means ovcrdrawn. AS wc crossed the
beautiful Horse Pasture river and
hove i'll sight Of the beautiful little
place our verdict was that we had new
or set eyes on a more lovely spot.
Surrounded by pretty mountains, the
grounds bcautilicd with shade trees,
flowers and grasses, with the squirrel
running on the fences and the birds
singing among the trees, such place,
1t seems to us, queen might envy
II was just the place where the tray
clcr, in the midst Of the beauties of
nature, with pure mountain air to
breathe, could rest his weary form.
We remained at this place until Sat
urday, and of course we learned as
much as possible everything we could
concerning the places We visited while
here. Sapphire is owned by rich
Northern concern known as the Toxa-
way Company. They own here in one
body fifty thousand acres of land, and
on it they have established Summer
resorts, out of which they are making
their thousands of dollars. Thus,
again, We see the shrcwd Yankee, with
his big capital, coming into our beau
tiful Southland and investing it in
way that we Southerncrs would never
have thought Of, and yet we marvel at
their great riches. We had the pleas
urc of visiting the old corundum mills
and mines here. The mining of the
corundum was carried on extensively
here for while, but the depreciation
OF the value of the product caused the
work to be abandoned We also Wis
tied the Marshall Garden of the
Gods, SO named from it's resemblance
to the real one so much talked of, and
also from the old lady, Mrs. Marshall,
who owned it. We boys enjoyed q
night of sweet rest after our romp
around Sapphire, but we cant say so
much for the good women. We will
let Mrs. Duckworth give their nights
experience. Suffice to say, though,
there some heas in the mountains.
| Well, it was our aim to make Sap
phire our turning point, but the good
mountain people prevailed with us to
extend our trip as far as Toxaway, or
better known rs H,gback Mountain,