. Famous adventures and prison escapes of the civil war . of the table-legs overturned the swill-pail that thelong pent-up storm burst in a torrent of prospect of spending several days here was a verygloomy outlook, and the relief was great when it wasproposed to pay a visit to Neighbor Case, whose housewas in the nearest valley, and with whose sons CaptainSmith had lain in concealment for some weeks on aformer visit to the mountains. I was curious to see his^sons, who were famous outliers. From safe cover theydelighted to pick off a recruiting officer or a tax-in-kind collector,
. Famous adventures and prison escapes of the civil war . of the table-legs overturned the swill-pail that thelong pent-up storm burst in a torrent of prospect of spending several days here was a verygloomy outlook, and the relief was great when it wasproposed to pay a visit to Neighbor Case, whose housewas in the nearest valley, and with whose sons CaptainSmith had lain in concealment for some weeks on aformer visit to the mountains. I was curious to see his^sons, who were famous outliers. From safe cover theydelighted to pick off a recruiting officer or a tax-in-kind collector, or tumble out of their saddles the lastdrivers of a wagon-train. These lively young men hadbeen in unusual demand of late, and their hiding-place A HAKD EOAD TO TRAVEL OUT OF DIXIE 283 was not known even to the faithful, so I was condemnedto the society of an outlier of a less picturesque Bishop was a blacksmith, and just the man toforge me a set of shoes from the leather Neighbor Casehad already provided. The little still-shed, concealed. PINK BISHOP AT THE STILL. from the road only by a low hill, was considered anunsafe harbor, on account of a fresh fall of snow withits sensibility to tell-tale impressions. So we set upour shoe-factory in a deserted cabin, well back on themountain and just astride of that imaginary linewhich divides the Carolinas. From the fireplace we dugaway the corn-stalks, heaping the displaced bundles 284 ADVENTUEES AND ESCAPES IN THE CIVIL WAR against broken windows and windy cracks, and other-wise secured our retreat against frost and ensued three days of primitive shoemaking. Asmay be inferred, the shoes made no pretension tostyle. I sewed the short seams at the sides, and splitthe pegs from a section of seasoned maple. Rudelyconstructed as these shoes were, they bore their wearertriumphantly into the promised land. I restrained my eagerness to be going until Mondaynight, the time agreed upon, when, my disabled com-panion no
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