The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-09-20
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An Adventure With the Blue Ridge
".iOD ODnSEiHerS.

With !hr words, "Iards IN ana SUI
"nur,'!" shsruiy Spok"n ny lnc Rjri.
'ach Oh us simultaneously and from dif :
fereit points of the Compass confronted
ne astonished men, both of whnm, on
he impulse of the moment, and follow
ing the Instincts of a second nature ac-
quired by constant association With
danger, with practical celebrity flashed
their pistols in the bright moonlight.
"rhrow down your weapons AT once.
we've got you covered and will he com
,elled to force your submission if YOU
make it necessary With these words
# caution drew Dearer the men, fol
owed by both Matt and Joe, each with
niStOis ready for action at the SllghteSi
demOnStrati0n of further mischief on the
,mrt of the desperate characters facing
us Busbee was not slow in grasping
The situation and at once dropped his
revolver to the ground, the son reluc-
tanlly and sullenly followed suit
Hello! Captin, how air yer? Yer
-oIter tuck me by surprise, but now that
know who yer air be glad 10 see yer
What yer be arter down this erway ter
uite, il l must be so bold to J. quire. -
1t was thus th3 old mau greeted Us,
Violently resolving to make the best Out
# an embarrassing predicameut, and no
onger fearing trouble from either of
them we put up our weapons ard claSped
hands rs if we We're the best of friends
rhev made no objection to the service of
he warrants, but wnen luform 81 that It
was ouI duty To seize the wagon and it's
contents, as also the team, the e.,ier
Busbee said:
''Caitainly, Captain, thar stands Lher
wagon ali [ recon Yer eau take it, bu'
Hadn't learn that ther revrnnos had
ncked a lew pervsion onto the revenou
,ct so Il feiler can't move his bees with
pnt violatin the cussed rev-noo i.v"
Bees" | repeated in astonishment,
"why what do you mean by hauliirg bees
.pout at this hour of the night?"
"Thev lie wild mountain m-s Cantiu.
md It's RISKY business to hau die ',m ~
any time. Thay's more rank piz-il in
thrr tail of one Of them than the b. IL
hull grllon of blockade liker.
While the old man Was thus explain-
ip~ I approached the wagon for :. ci
examination and found there We're four
or tiv" bAe-S,andS arranged in r...:ul.,"
order, the opening in each Stand being
securely plugged with fragments o, cDtr
felt til" weight of one a4d at once cnr-
:luled that 1t was too heavy fol is re-
nuled contents. and was cpnvlncrd that
the staud contained the whisky irr
>hich we were looking. nlId that the u:d
man iIol'ed tn escape puilShm-nC by rr-
sorting 10 his uIna trickery. Thus
reasoning aid secretly congratulate
my elf upon my penetration. | told Mtt
Sprawlvy 10 mount the wagon and b 1T
o,en the heading f On' Of the sta tl.
BuShee protested most earnestly hut this
only served 10 more thoroughly cJuvii,"e
me OF the correctness Of my susptcioitS
Selecting tn" largest and heaviest SO :!
Matt struck its head with great to-..-
using large stone for the p'irp,se I e
wood was splni-red tn pieces, TIL. sto,r
falling inside the box Matt thrust his
hand into the opening but Instantly ..ni
with a quick exclamation drew H. on
He sp;ang from the wagon at IA sing
bound and wildly reaching for his II t.
Uegan regular Indian war dar CT in tn.
middle Of the road was .lst ahnn1 10
enquire the cause of his uf!seemiy CO.
duet when l felt something hi mr jp,;
below the right eye followed INSTANTLY ny
\ s-nse of pam so sharp and penetrate.
IS To almost knock me Off my feet az.
L
ad b eli shot. Again felt It. fir-T q
one hand aud then on the other, and A.
iast | realized the cause of Matt, o.
ruiiar antics. We were covered fr,n
head to heel with old Bnst&-,.'3 ID ZAi."
nees. Waving all preiminaries CIR.
monies or otherwise. l hopp II ont !
joined Matt in his dance, which bV rh :
time embraced every feature of the tin ..
honor, d plantation breakdpwn." Wait.
thus busily occupied | SAY Bu4b+'e az
his son hastily wrap themselv, in shper!,,
evidently at hand for the OCCASION,
spring iato the wagon and drive cl 81 ro
the side of the road and dump tn.
b'Irated bne-stand into thu bushes 6Iluw.
This was folio ed bv u lively scraulbiu2
i'll the brush and a voice loudly excla M
ing:
so, yer devils! off yer varmen's!
Wild cats, wi cats. be g,Sr!." an
A. Kemp emerged from his hiding p &C..
with "A rotary motion, like a wiud-u,lil
"A hnrricane. Crossing the road lir di.-
in a druse lhi:krt of rhod .ir.
~ -. chs a1d raDit progress CO..
tini'ing audible for quite u distance do
The Iu'an
Af:ei freeing Ourselves from The iit'.
oests, Matt AID | frurd our way 10 in
p &c" wher. We had left CuT hbrsas which
ae were Xlad - find uuiIs'u; b.d Ina
few INMATES W. VIZ" 'inel nv .Im B.r'
who, seeing the daugr; in time. ..a
aim st entirely ESCAPED From hi~ sai-
de , inch Jo" produc-d n Il tsk of brad
which VIZ freely nsAd EXTERNALLY ~ ii bat.
for on: woudd5 and internally as al All
tidnte tn II. poison which had been So
freely anu fo!cib!y injected in our s.
tens
From .Ioe We learned that Busbe. u
his son. after Kidding their wagon of tn.,
eecaplnI bees, had driven up The m ,u,,-
tain as fast rs the nature OF their team
would permit, and We're doubtless by
his 'im" safely on the other side.
And Captain" Joe continued, Il