The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-11-17
DOTE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
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abvul sattiday mite
deer eaditor:-dix sonly is doin this
hear ritin hev not bin too emmy
feet bal gain sents mi las letar,
kanadie en- lesly hev plaid a gainl
ct greanvil sents then but wuz at
the kounty fare mi mule whut wuz
to ride got sick ct the stummick en-
WIZ unaibel to atind ther fare so i
he'd vary lital fun
so hevin nuthin els ter rite er-
bought i hev put mi zen in the han
Nv dix sonly en- asst him to discrib mi
trip ter ther mountings this hear las
sumar, in the fust plais vii say
whut a mounting is ez a whul lot Nv
your reeders like alan mercanty mai
not knoa jus whut it is nevar hevin
sean, wun excep in gografy wei
mounting is hi bodie of Ian cum
pleetlie surrounded by valies At a
destince mounting is part of the
ski but when you git in um tha is
part ov ther Ian but you cant sea
EN- fur wun a nuther. Mountings
wear maid fur cenery en- ter maik a
fcaler feal umbal when he looks ct
EN-. whin you seas CRATE pillars Nv
clouds lyin on mounting en- reechin
up ter the ski you kindar feal that
a mounting are the feetstule NV the
Maker but you air mistaken spose.
but foalks oughter be mite guide in
ther mountings fur we is told that
moasus got ther kommandmints up
thar. en- airbreham went up on wun
Nv them, the hiest bleeve, to sac
rerfist isisk sit is sed; en- ther
divil tride to tempt ther savior in
wun Nv EN-; en- moasus en- illus pear
ed ter the postles in um.
whin wint up ter ther mountings
fealt es eff iwuz leevin wurdlie
things benin me; but i wuz in nifty
bad kumpny ter hev sollum fealens
fur long becais i wint along with Jim
bradlie, renoc bradlie en- bi-now-pa-
later Kar en- we heddent got ter ther
fust turn on the mounting til they
said whar are the muneshine hous en-
whar are ther mounting dew we
wuz ridin in wife bradlies ordermore-
bill en- hiz boi billie wuz drivin it en-
i knode thet mrs. bradlie wanted no
dew on that air mersheen en- she dint
wantid it run by no muneshine EN-
i sed so. wei j think ther wuz
sum misttook maid in taikin thet boi
billie erlong. becais he jes wud turn
up ct the timb whin the croud wuz
big huff.
whin you git in ther mountings
they don't look like tina do whin you
is still in sc, but tina is plinty ter
sea fur pote liket mea. we crost
streem bigar then long cain that
cum glidini down in a valie betwixt
two CRATE big mountings, en- which
leeped ovar a rock en- fell down 40
feat er moar en- then kept or humpin
it, en- ther wautar as it went dash
in on doun wuz ez cleer ez spring
wautar en- it ruined ovar the rocks
en- undar the bridges er fomin en-
splashin til it wuz outer site erddnd
ernuther mounting. while wuz
muzin on all ther butifull ceanery
up hear hid erway frum the bizzie
wurld berlow, Jim bradlie sez wud-
dent thet be fine plais ter put a
mill, en- he cumb purtie neer knockin
all the potry out Nv me which is in
me, en- maid up mi mine rite then
ther wuz no uste ter tri ter look ct
a mounting with propar dignity in
emmy sich ov croud; en- the fac is
that that air felar Kar kept talkin
soa mutch erbought that air mount
ing dew till bimeby mi one mine
went lital wais toads it.
we KEEP er goin in that air order
morehill till we muster bin bout nine
tie miles frum Erlaslier en- iwuz
wundern if them fosks up THAR
knode emmy bodie doun in our kountie
en- axed the furst man sees if he
knoas ennybodie in abvlll kountie, S
en- he sez yes, i knoze wife aching,
sharly line en- renoc b@adlie which is
now with you; scanned ter me that
all Nv them he'd he'd sum deelins with
um frum the waigh tina talkt. wun
of them mounting men sade ter mea
that sharly line en- renoc must hev
dun sumpin turribul doun the koun-
trie to hev the guvmint punish them
by maxim them poor out perfectly
good Ticker en- sea it run off doun ther
n, o,,p t;porc which bo .oJo ,,o;J 81 ~ ,1,,