The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-03-21

turned with his family he found tn,
meat, -four and skillet were in place
and they moved into their house ant
went to housekeeping, and were
there when Uncle t,Johnnie and his
wife returned.
[ will have to 90 back Hand tell
how Jeff got lost in the snow storm
while he was going with tho OK cart
to Mack Abel's for his family.
That morning when he left Mr..
Cauthen's with the oxen and cart the
clouds indicated snow and before he
had gone far it began to fall and soon
the road and wagon tracks were hid
and nothing but the opening in the
trees were left to guide him. Finally
he came to creek. He knew he
had crossed no stream!in going there
and he must be lost. So he returned
"A short distance and and drove out to
a house and called. A lady came to
the door and told him how to got to
Mr. Abel's. Thanking her he drove
off but soon drove up to another
house, as he thought, to got further
directions when lo!and behold, the
snme lady came out again and he
knew her and she knew him, but he
had come up on another side of the
house and did not recognize it.
Giving him directions a. before he
thought he would make it all right.
SO he struck out and it was no time
till he drove up to the same house
again. The same lady came out
laughing and said: you're lost
again" .Yes man, it seems l can t
get away from here" JEFF said to her.
She told him to come in and she
would give him a map of the road
and he couldn't get lost. She took
a fire coal and made a map of the
road and told him it would guide him
80 he wouldn't get wrong. and off he
started to find himself back at tho
same house in very short time.
This time he told the same lady who
had given him directions 80 aften not
to tell him that route any more but
asked her if there wasn't another
road, pointing in different direction,
that he could take so as to not 20
back the.same, way. She told him
there was blind path which led
through The large body of woodland
that would bring :him out into the
road at we'll which The remembered
passing going upto Uncle Johnnle's
a few days before. At last he started
on the new route and hadn't gone but
Il short, distance whom he come to a
gully waist deep which he drove over
and was soon lost in the dense woods
among the bending TENDERS weighted
down with snow and ice. Here he
came to a standstill, and in the dis
tance he heard an axe. Calling on
the man he asked him how he ceuld
get out of there. "How did you get
in there?" asked the fellow with the
axe. The fellow come to him and
with his. axe hacked down the bend
ing timbers and lot them fall out of
his way, and soon he found himself
out in the road at the we'll, then he
knew where he was. He had no
further difficulty in finding his way
back to Mack Abel's where his wife
and children were glad to see him.
In the subsequent chapters I'll give
some army "reminiscences which l
hope will be interesting to our readers.
in the meantime l respectfully ask
any and all of those who may have
Biographical sketches of any soldier
Or citizen or anything connected with
the var or war time to send me for
publication as these "reminiscences are
tntended to gather up all such un-
written matter as will be of interest
to our readers and useful to the future
historian. Many noble men and
women figured in these times and
wrestled with these difficulties of
which the world is not worthy and
whose names have long since been
forgotten. Let them come IN for
Recognition even at this late day.
( 'CT6'bs continued.