The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-09-19

WILLIE BEFo' sUNDowN."
good clothes, and thar wouldn't be no.
body to talk about bars and wildcats
with me, and I'd be as lonesome as a
sick coon in holler tree. Then thar's
the old woman. If she went along with
me, they'd make fun Of her, and If she
stayed yere she'd be all alone. I'm fur
moonshine whisky, as yo' all know,
but can't take no office
"They purtended to give in at that,
but what did the critters do but put
me up to be voted fur when the time
come, ana the fust thing I knowed l
was 'lected by 400 majority! When 1
heard the news, I told 1t to the old
woman and said:
Waal, what am gwine to do about
It? I've either got to hunt fur q cave
and hole myself up or go down to
Nashville
"'Yo'll go to Nashville says she.
"'And what'll yo' do?
"Tn go with yo'. I've bin thfnkin'
this thing over, Zeb. Thar is sich a
thing rs Providence, and Providence
appears to have picked yo' out to go
down to Nashville and keep them crit
ters from incouragin' the revnoo ag'in
moonshine whisky. I don't know how
yo' ar gwine to do it, but as Provi-
dence has helped yo' out when yo' was
tackled by bars and wildcats and roar
In bulls it will help yo' out now. When
we once git down thar, Providence will
pint the way, and we will foller.'
Il felt purity skeery about it." said
Zeb, "but the old woman talked SO bold
that made UP my mind to give it a
try. Heaps Of critters come around
and Encouraged me and offered to lend
me money, but didn't borrow dollar.
CooIs and possums was plentiful that
fall, and I sold 'nuff pelts to pay our
railroad fare down to Nashville. We
didn't hev very good clothes, but when
I spoke to the old woman about it she
said
"'Zeb. we ar jest poor and honest
people. We amt gwine down to Nash
vile to swell around, but to be very
humble and to do the best we kin.
Wen jest put on our Sunday clothes
and let it go at that. Tf anybody don't
like our looks. they kin look the t'other
way
"Waal, VIC started off one day and
got aboard Of the railroad kyars.
was leetle narvous, and the old wo-
man braccd her feet and hung on
with her hands, but we got along with
out any calamity. In about an hour,
when she dared to open her eyes and
draw her breath, she says to me:
Zeb, how many houses hev yo'
seen since we left homer
More'n a hundred saysI.
"'And how many people?
More'n a thousand.'
Shoe! Then we nIust hey got clear
around the world and back home ag'in.'
when we got down to Nashville,
thar was so many people and so many
houses and such a movin' around that
L got the old woman behind me and
prepared to fight to the death, but not
critter laid hands on us. Some Of 'em
laughed at my cowhide boots and some
OF 'em grinned at the old woman's poke
bonnet, but everything was good ma
tured. We went to tavern to get
board, and when the old woman sees
the carpets on the floors, the stuff
cheers standin' around and the lookin'
glasses as big as q tablecloth she turns
pale and puts her arms around me and
says:
"Zeb. kin now see why thar ar 30
many sinners in this world. II q crit
ter kin hev all these things, he don't
keer pesky drat about gwine to
heaven. I'm afeared we'll be bad nun
to steal hawgs in week.
Thar was good deal OF wInkin' and
smilin' around that tavern" said Zeb,
"and was skeart and mad and nary
Gus all the time, burt ! hung on and
said words to brace the old woman up.
At the end Of three days the iegisla.
shur opened, and had to 90 up to the