The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-03-16
written For Cecil Wing"
YNLoSE to the road & tall lean lank
looking individual stood in the door
b. OF the cabin and accosted us thus =

OF the cabin and accosted us thus =
Il say stranger, have you any tur
aacker" We produced our plugs and sup
al ed his want of the indispens able. His vile
vas busy working with a couple of rae
.aons, perhaps for the ncNt meal, while three
title children stood nearby looking on at the
performance We said to the Nimrod OF tn"
woods, lit is very evident from the look Of
.hings, you follow bunting for living
"'Ycs sod he, have been at il for twenty
'-wo years We thought 50 by the amount OF
skins that were fastened up ~ the 'abin to
Try. We called the children 10 Us wishing Il"
give thHm dime apiece. but they were too
sack va-i to take it, We handed the dimes
@ .Do man to give to tn" children, but not
ale OF Us would care 60 swear he ever gave 1t
20 them. We left him aud pushed on ms W"
still had six or eight miles to gphetore reach
AZ our destination. After hriyin: and eros
ny u third stream. rhr"e Ggalt"r- Of an hour
1rcught us TO the inu' If j'n. highest III punt
TN, Wuero the state ROAD ,rHt- through to
Tennessee and 10y the way RI excellent one
3Ut very step until you raarr Ii" summit of
.le first mountain, then your way is II Zg-zag
vat and in until you get lowu "a the other
side, when you gain the heights and start
Gown On the other side you can look around
sud for miles can see no other timber hut
large white pine aud hemo H. trees The
white pine is Of a good qualify. aud the
umbrella tops plainly tell thai this timber Is
-ery valuable, as this WAS oar mission TO
COX ut this timber aud determine its quality
sud quantity. Many Of the white pine trees
would cut five siEtceu-foot logs before touch
=ug a limb 1t began 60 grow dark and houses
u this region are very scarce. We hurried
along a. fast as possible, and it finally grew
@ very dark we could scarcely find our way
Ne at last saw in the distance n gimmernS
fight. which proved to be small house on
he edge OF Il large sheet OF water. We felt
IS though we had come to the last end Of the
cGad. 1t WAS half-past eight O'Clock and as
sill as DEATH the light We hPd seen had dis
appeared from the window, and all around
vas darkness ] told one of orr party to hail
he house, which he did by yelling ut the
.op Of bis voice, hello hello After some
-wo or three minutes II woman came to the
io0r. Ne asked her how far il was to Mr.
H&lmer's. and how We were to get over the
gv&ter. She replied, "about mile on the
lther side Of the water you will again strike
rhe Tennessee road he lives one mile below,
you can ir, 70 through the mill dam, it is not
.teep.' We started after thanking the woman
.Ir her kind information. W. crossed the
lam with but little difficulty. found the
Palmer House. all within and all without as
fark u ink, and a threatening cloGI hanging
Tver Us that was liable to break at any
Homent. We called as before hello hello ,
IoilO. hello four or five times. We con-
GUIDED there were no occupants within. so
we determined to ascertain the fact We
made the mountains ring with hello, hello :.
aelio again ana again. and finally Il young
man made his appearance bearing in his left
Iand a candle. He did not utter word, but
armed aud went back into the house. as we
supp ed TO come around aud open the large
gate and ,e, rs in. We waited some minutes.
aeloed again and finally Il tall woman
rearing light made her appearances We
-Gld her as we had the boy. that we had
seen sent 10 Mr.. Pamer's to stay all night by
SIR. Williams of Wainsvtlle
She was about TO so in the house without
answering a question but we said. ''can we
stay here or not. we wish to see Mr. Palmer
concerning the timber in the valley and buy
some of it, il we can bargain" She hesitated
moment and said "Mr. Palmer il not in
10 is up in the mountains making speech to
the school commissioners. but | guess you
can come in" We asked her what time her
husband would be likely to come home Her