{"1": {"fulltext": "^iil\\nm", "height": "2926", "width": "2095", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "-r^ x\\nN^\\nS\\n-y^.\\n^i-\\n,0. o\\nr,\\n-oo^\\nx^\\nx^\\n1\\nv\\nv", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "X^-\\nJ^-\\n.x\\nA?\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-oo^\\nxx^\\nv.\\ns:^ A", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "SOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\nFLORIDA.\\nOWEN NOX. i/\\nBOSTON:\\nA. WILLIAMS COMPANY\\n1881.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "Copyright,\\n18S1,\\nBy Alfred Mudge Son", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "PKEFACE.\\nEvery book should have a preface not that it\\nadds in any way to the value of the work, but it\\ngives it an air of respectability.\\nO. N.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "COI^TE^^TS.\\nPAGE\\nCHAPTEE I. The Stakt 11\\nCHAPTER II. Savakxah 26\\nCHAPTER III. Jacksonville 38\\nCHAPTER lY. Jacksonville (continued) 48\\nCHAPTER Y. Jacksonville (continued) 52\\nCHAPTER YL Jacksonville (concluded) 61\\nCHAPTER YIL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Pilot Town 69\\nCHAPTER YIIL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Up the St. John s 76\\nCHAPTER IX. \u00e2\u0080\u0094Deer Hunting 88\\nCHAPTER X. Life at Enterprise 96\\nCHAPTER XL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Stranger s Story 108\\nCHAPTER XII. \u00e2\u0080\u0094The Wilderness 120\\nCHAPTER XIII. Deep Creek 128\\nCHAPTER XIY. St. Augustine 138", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "SOUTIIEEN RAMBLES.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nTHE START.\\nIn the winter of 1877 I contracted a severe\\ncold, and as I had always desu-ed to go South,\\npersuaded my-\\nself that I was\\ngoing mto con-\\nsumption and\\nthat my health\\nrequired me to\\ngo to Florida.\\nI consulted a\\nnumber of doc-\\ntors, and they\\nall agreed that\\nit would un-\\ndoubtedly benefit me to leave Boston for a while,\\nbut none of them seemed to think a trip to", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "12 SOUTHERN Il^\\\\3IBLES.\\nFlorida necessary; some of them even spoke\\nlightly about my cold, and after thumping me on\\nthe chest for a few minutes and listening for the\\necho, told me that my lungs were as sti ong as a\\nhorse s.\\nOf course they were quacks, and did not know\\ntheir business; so I put no trust in what they\\nsaid, but kept on visiting doctor after doctor\\nuntil I struck one at last who seemed to under-\\nstand my case. After going through the usual\\nexercises, he asked what was the matter with me.\\nI told him I thoui -ht it would be danQ:erous for\\nme to stay in a cold climate all Avinter, and had\\nan idea that a trip to Florida would benefit my\\nhealth. He said he thought it would be the best\\nthing I could do. I told him I thought I should\\nlike to go soon, and asked him if it would not\\nbe advisable to get away at once. He replied\\nemphatically that it would, and closed our inter-\\nview in these words: My dear sir, although\\nthere are no symptoms of actual consumption,\\nyet, as you already have a cold, and as ^an\\nounce of prevention, etc., etc., there can be no", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "THE START. 13\\nquestion but what a change of climate could\\nnot be otherwise than beneficial. Five dollars,\\nplease Thanks. Good morning\\nOn my way home I met Jack Upon\\nlearning of my intended Southern trip, he ex-\\npressed a desire to accompany me. We dined\\ntogether, and before we parted it was definitely\\narranged to leave the city on the following\\nThursday.\\nThe next few days were spent in buying a long\\nlist of things which Jack said we should need.\\nWe purchased all the books we could find which\\nhad anything to say about Florida; and the more", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "14 SOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\nwe read, the more anxious we became to visit the\\nwonderful scenes which the authors described.\\nAll of them agreed in one thing, if they differed\\nin everything else the climate was like one\\neternal spring. Fruit of all kinds grew every-\\nwhere, and was so jilenty that the inhabitants\\nwere glad to have visitors walk about and pick\\nit off the trees. It was a paradise for hunters;\\ngame of all kinds abounded, and the fishing was\\nmagnificent. I admired those books before I\\nvisited Florida I admired them more afterwards.\\nOne of them was a gorgeously gotten-up affair,\\nin paper covers, which reeked with illustrations\\nof tropical scenery. Some of the author s de-\\nscriptions fired us with especial admiration.\\nJack ahvays carried one of those books with\\nhim, and whenever we visited one of the places\\ndescribed, he pulled it out of his pocket and read\\nsome of it. I got so at last that I dreaded to\\nvisit a place that I remembered to have read\\nabout. I could tell when it was coming. Jack\\nwould grow restless, and say, Let me read you\\nsomething concerning this place, it is interest-", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "THE START. 15\\ning and then he would drag out some mfernal\\nmaniac s diary and commence. He never com-\\nmented on what he read, but would hunt soberly\\n,for the page, and then commence and read it\\nfrom beginning to end without a stop, without\\na smile, always the same drawling intonation\\nand maudlin expression, until the last word was\\nread then his face cleared, and a load seemed to\\nbe lifted from his mind. He said he liked to get\\ninformation about the places which he visited.\\nIt has been claimed that the English language\\nis inadequate to convey to the mind a correct\\nidea of an especially beautiful scene. I per-\\nceived this to be a fact; for the ideas which we\\nhad formed of places after reading those descrip-\\ntions differed somewhat from our opinions con-\\ncerning them upon our return home.\\nThe day soon arrived when we were to start,\\nand nothing unusual transpired in consequence\\nof the grand event. The city was quiet when\\nwe left. This was caused, I suppose, by our\\ndeparture being somewhat sudden, and its not\\nhaving got noised abroad that we intended to", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "16\\nSOUTHEElSr RAMBLES.\\nleave. Jack was in the best of spirits at the\\nthought of visiting a Southern chmate and en-\\njoying some of the splendid shooting he had\\nheard so much about. Our cargo of implements\\nand ammunition was safely housed in the bag-\\ngage car; and as the train slowly moved out of\\nthe depot into the darkness of the night, we felt\\nthat our trip had fairly commenced. We were\\nstill in a civilized country, so we slept well,\\nand upon awakening in the morning found our-\\nselves in New York. After breakfastinsr at the\\nUnion we procured a team and drove down", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "THE START. 17\\nto the steamer to take a look at the state-room\\nwhich was to be our quarters until the steamer\\narrived in Savannah. There appeared to be a\\ndelightful uncertainty as to the time of her\\narrival at her destination. The ticket agent had\\nsaid three days at the longest. I have always\\nadmired that :nan. I found out afterwards that\\nhe had been employed by that line for years, and\\nknew the running time of the boats by heart;\\nand he knew that the old tub on which he smil-\\ningly saw us take passage had never been known\\nto go anywhere in three days in the memory of\\nman. Last year, while they were taking up a\\nsubscription in aid of the yellow-fever sufferers,\\nI heard that this man was detained in a locality\\nwhere the disease was raging. I then withheld\\nmy subscription; but he came back safe, they\\nalways do, and during my last visit to New\\nYork I met him. He was as smiling as ever,\\nand actually had the audacity to ask me if I was\\nnot going South again soon. I did not tell him\\nthat the only thing that would induce me to\\nthink of it would be his funeral celebration. But", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "18 SOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\nI wander from the subject. The captain thought\\nto make the passage in three clays, if we had\\ngood weather. He had hoped to do that same\\nthing for years, and if he only lives long enough\\nhe may do it yet but not on that boat.\\nWe were to have sailed at three o clock in the\\nafternoon; but it was midnight before we cast\\noff and steamed slowly down the harbor. It\\nwas a beautiful night, but too cold to remain on\\ndeck, so I sought the cabin in the hopes of get-\\nting a look at my fellow-passengers. A number\\nof ladies and gentlemen were on board, and the\\ncabin presented quite a lively appearance.\\nPicking out a philanthropic-looking old gen-\\ntleman, I found a seat near him, and after having\\nglanced casually at the other passengers for a\\nmoment or two to give him a chance to open the\\nconversation, remarked,\\nFine weather.\\nHe dropped his chin, and looked at me over\\nhis spectacles.\\nYes. Going to Savannah?\\nI intimated that I was, unless the steamer", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "THE START.\\n19\\nstopped suddenly on the way, which I hoped\\nwould not be the case.\\nFme place, Savannah; lived there off and on\\nfor the last twelve years. Been there before?\\nIS o.\\nFamily on board?", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "20 SOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\n\u00c2\u00ab:n o.\\nLive in :N ew York?\\nNo/\\nBoston man, perhaps\\nBefore I could answer him, some good instinct\\nprompted the steward to ask if a valise and\\nshawl which were lying on the table belonged\\nto him and while he was describing the person\\nwho had left them there, I managed to slip\\naway unobserved.\\nIn the smoking-room I found Jack, who hailed\\nme with, Well, old boy, we are off at last and\\nafter delivering this piece of valuable informa-\\ntion, settled himself in his chair, looking the pic-\\nture of contentment. A slight rocking motion\\nwas perceptible, as by this time we were getting\\npretty well out to sea. Several young fellows\\non the other side of the room apparently felt it\\ntoo; for two of them grew slightly pale, and\\nthrowing away their cigars, remarked that it was\\nabout time to turn in, an attempt at sea slang\\nwhich, coming from their whitening lips, sounded\\nalmost ghastly.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "THE START. 21\\nAn hour later, when we descended to the\\ncabin, we found it deserted save a sleepy stew-\\nard, who only roused himself long enough to\\ninquire if we wanted anything. We made our\\nway to our state-room, and by careful balancing\\nmanaged to undress. Watching my chance, I\\njumped skilfully into the berth, taking all the\\nskin off my knees on a board which had been\\nplaced at the side of the bed, ostensibly to pre-\\nvent the occupant from rolling out, but in reality\\nto cause untold anguish and suffering to the\\nunwary passenger. I lay there gritting my\\nteeth, for I would not have had Jack know it\\nfor the world; but my feelings were somewhat\\nsoothed a few minutes later by seeing him, while\\ntrying to remove his under-garments, loosen his\\nhold on a hook to which he had been clinging,\\nand a roll of the vessel caused him to sit down\\nsuddenly, taking the stool with him. The upper\\nberth had fallen to his lot, and while climbing\\ninto it another lurch assisted him with a sudden-\\nness which was probably unexpected; for a dull\\nsound from above, followed by unintelligible", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "22\\nSOUTHERIi KAMBLES.\\nmutterings, convinced me that he was either\\nsaying his prayers, or had tried to butt down\\nli I\\nCaused Him to Sit Down.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "THE STABT. 23\\nthe side of the state-room, and was thinking it\\nover.\\nLife on board a steamer is necessarily monoto-\\nnous, and during the passage nothing occurred\\nwortliy of mention. Everything went along as\\nsmoothly as possible except the vessel, whose\\nprogress was anything but smooth. I believe\\nthe company expects three fourths of the pas-\\nsengers to average one meal a day, and are\\ngreatly vexed if the weather happens to be so\\nfine as to allow those passengers who are un-\\nused to the sea to take their meals regularly.\\nTo pass away the time the usual games were\\nindulged in, and the usual ennui was felt by\\neverybody except Jack. He had insisted on\\ntaking an extra sea chair along with him, and\\nI now perceived his reasons for so doing.\\nAlmost as soon as we were fairly under way he\\ncommenced operations. Jack s modus operandi\\nwere as follows: He generally kept his chair\\nand the extra one chained together, so that they\\ncould not be used by any one without his permis-\\nsion. After breakfast he promenaded the deck,", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "24\\nSOUTHERN KAMBLES.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0watching the other passengers as they straggled\\nout one by one, then* pale faces showing how-\\nmuch they were enjoying the passage. After\\neying them with a critical glance, he would pick\\nout the prettiest young girl he could see, and\\nthen walk deliberately up to her and offer her\\nhis chair. Of course this opened a chance for\\nconversation, and generally ended by the chair\\nbeing accepted, and the acquaintance of the\\nyoung lady formed. If she happened to be\\naccompanied by her mamma, he would offer her", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "THE START. 25\\nhis own chair, and watch his chance to get\\nhold of mine. His briUiant conversational\\npowers, as the girls have it, usually charmed\\nthe mammas, and after that the way was clear.\\nHe seemed to enjoy himself greatly, and became\\na perfect lion among the ladies. It was pleasing\\nto me, too, to observe the peaceful expression of\\ncontentment which overspread his features after\\nhe had told some more than usually outrageous\\nlie and saw that he was believed.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER n.\\nSAVANTS^AH.\\nOiTE morning when I went on deck, I found\\nthat we had crossed the bar and were slowly\\nsteaming np the beautiful Savannah River for\\nit is a beautiful river. Its clear water resembles\\ncoffee as much as anything else; perhaps it\\nwould be better to say that it resembles a weak\\nsolution of very poor coffee. On either side, the\\nriver was bounded by a thick growth of reeds,\\nand the only redeeming feature were the numer-\\nous flock of birds, which ever and anon rose\\nand fluttered about for a moment, filling the air\\nwith their fresh and varied melody. (Patent\\napplied for.)\\nAs we neared the city we passed numbers of\\nsmall boats containing negroes, evidently in pur-\\nsuit of the ducks and other water birds which\\nwere constantly flying about. All the passen-", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "SAVANNAH. 27\\ngers were assembled on the forward deck, enjoy-\\ning the view and their first experience of a\\nSouthern chmate. It was a beautiful warm day\\neven for Savannah, and the whole company was\\nin high spirits.\\nAfter we had landed and got comfortably\\nsettled, in a really good hotel, Jack and I started\\nout for a walk. Our first impression of the city\\nwas not as favorable as I could have wished.\\nEverybody we met appeared to have a resigned\\nlook of contentment. The city was as quiet as\\none of our ^ew England to-svns on Sunday.\\nAfter Avalking for some time, and not seeing any-\\nthing worth seeing, we perceived a female figure\\ncoming up the street on the opposite side. Jack\\ncrossed over and sauntered along with his hands\\nin pockets until she had passed. Then he re-\\ncrossed the street to where I was standing, and\\nas he came up I perceived a look of disgust on\\nhis features which was not there when he had\\nleft me.\\nI ventured to inquire if she was pretty.\\nApparently he thought this was adding insult", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "28\\nSOUTHERISr RAMBLES.\\nto injury, for he looked me straight in the eyes\\nfor a moment, and then fired out his words as\\nAn Episode.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "SAVANXAII. 29\\nthough a steel spring was concealed in his\\nthroat\\nPretty! forty years old, and cross-eyed.\\nThunder and lightning! talk to me about your\\nSouthern beauties.\\nI am sorry that your first experience has\\nbeen so unsatisfactory but still it was an\\nepisode\\nEpisode l^onsense Hyena is what you\\nare trying to think of; but I forgot you did n t\\nsee it as close as I did.\\nHe Avas evidently disturbed, and it was not\\nuntil we had returned to the hotel and had\\nbecome interested in a game of billiards that\\nhis face cleared, and he resumed his usual ex-\\npression of imbecility.\\nOne day in Savannah Avas all that we could\\nstand, and it was hard work to do even that.\\nIt was pleasant enough to feel yourself once\\nmore on dry ground; but we had experienced\\nthat novelty before, and wanted something be-\\nsides earth to amuse us. There is plenty to\\namuse a stranger in Savannah, if he goes around", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "30 SOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\nquietly and docs not try to do everything in a\\nhurry. A person may find amusement any-\\nwhere, if he only looks for it; and people differ\\nin their tastes. It is a fine place for consump-\\ntives. If they do not recover in a few months,\\ntheir mind has become calm; they do not dread\\ndeath.\\nAfter dinner we held a consultation, and de-\\ncided to start for Jacksonville that afternoon.\\nAccordingly, we procured our tickets, and shortly\\nafter were arranging ourselves as comfortably as\\npossible for the all-night ride before us. We had\\nengaged seats in the only drawing-room car con-\\nnected with the train, and it looked as though\\nwe were going to have a pleasant trip of it.\\nAlmost immediately after the train started, the\\ncar in which we were seated bounced around so\\nthat it was impossible to read without injury to\\nthe eyes so after one or two attempts we gave\\nit up, and fishing out a pack of cards from one\\nof the bags, we repaired to the rear of the car,\\nand bribed the conductor to bring us a substi-\\ntute for a table in the shape of a piece of board,", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "SAVAX^AH.\\n31\\nwhich we rested on our knees. The motion\\ncaused the cards to slip around and mix them-\\nselves up in the most aggravating manner, so\\nthat a very few minutes convinced us that the\\nwork was greater than the amusement.\\nJack was sleepy, and arranged himself com-\\nfortably for a doze,\\nwhile I commenced\\nreading again; but I\\nsoon gave that up for\\nthe greater amusement\\nof watching Jack s ac-\\ntions. He had leaned\\nhis head on his hand,\\nwith his elbow rest-\\ning on the sill of the\\nwindow, and was no\\ndoubt quite comfort-\\nable for a few min-\\nutes but soon the mo-\\ntion of the car caused\\nthe sharp edge of the sill to cut into his arm,\\nand he changed his position, but did not im-", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "32 soutiier:n rambles.\\nprove it. The sill was wide, and so to rest his\\nhead against the glass caused his neck to assume\\na position at right angles with his body. In a\\nfew moments this position evidently became irk-\\nsome, for he again changed it. This time he\\nmuttered something to himself, and sitting bolt\\nupright rested his head upon the back of the\\nseat. The jarring of the car soon caused the\\nscrew-heads on the top to bore themselves into\\nthe base of his skull in a manner not conducive\\nto comfort. After this he gave it up in disgust,\\nbut cheered up somewhat when the conductor\\npassed through the cars and announced that we\\nstopped for supper at the next station.\\nWhen the train stopped we left the car and\\nwalked across a platform to the hotel, where we\\nwere greeted by a woman who was standing on\\nthe porch Avith a vigorous salute from a bell\\nwhich she held in her hand, and which had evi-\\ndently been used as a cow-bell previous to the\\nestablishment of the hotel. Entering a large\\nroom we seated ourselves, together with a num-\\nber of our fellow-i^assengers, around a smaU", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "SAVANNAH. 33\\ntable, and a voluptuous female of uncertain age\\ndemanded if we would have coffee or tea. We\\ntook coffee; and right here let me warn all\\nfuture generations against ordering coffee on\\nthat road. Cofjfee is good in its way; but the\\nflavor of last year s beans does not improve it.\\nI was glad I tried it, for otherwise I might have\\nvisited that place in future years, when I might\\nhave been in poor health, and I shudder to think\\nof the consequences.\\nThey gave us eggs and some slabs of meat.\\nThere was some yellow stuff in a dish, which I\\nobserved several of the passengers putting on\\ntheir bread. I could not imagine what it was,\\nand asked the v. f. of u. a. to name it. She\\ncast on me a glance expressive of pity and con-\\ntempt, and explained that it was butter.\\nJack tried it once (once is not often), and after\\nlooking at it for some time in silence and thought,\\nremarked that some instinct told him that the\\nperson who prepared it was a woman of ad-\\nvanced years. I did not ask him to explain, and\\nhe maintained a mysterious silence on the sub-", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "34\\nSOUTHERISr P.AMBLES.\\nject afterwards. The cravings of hunger being\\nsatisfied, we repaired to the platform and walked\\nName It.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "SAVAira^AH. 35\\nabout until the conductor came to us and told us\\nthat the train was about to start. He then\\nhunted up the engineer, and as that worthy\\nentered the engine coop we climbed into the car\\nand made our way to our seats.\\nSoon after, being somewhat sleepy, we ordered\\nthe porter to make up our berths, and undressing\\nourselves we retired. I fondly believed that my\\ntroubles for that night were finished, but I was\\nmistaken. Lying upon my side, I tried to sleep,\\nbut as my head resting on the pillow did not\\nmove much, and as my body resting on the hard\\nbed did move a great deal, the position soon be-\\ncame irksome. The human neck is a gigantic\\nfailure as a substitute for a hinge.\\nDuring some of the sudden jumps which the\\ncar took, I flew up and caressed the upper berth,\\nand by the natural laws of gravity my return to\\nthe bed was more forcible than pleasant. Still I\\ncame to enjoy a Southern country, and I was\\nenjoying it to my heart s content. A minister in\\nthe berth opposite me was evidently enjoying it\\ntoo. I knew he was a nmiister, for he was", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "36 SOUTHERN EAMBLES.\\nsaying his prayers. He usually finished every\\nsentence with the name of his Creator. During\\none of the sudden jumps he got as far as Oh,\\nas he soared upward, and the word God was\\njerked out of him as he returned to his berth in\\na most awful and blasphemous manner.\\nI must have dropped asleep soon after this,\\nfor I dreamed that I was rolling down the side\\nof a mountain, and kept rolling, rolling, until I\\nbecame insensible. I was awakened at daylight\\nfrom an uneasy sleep by the jolting of the car,\\nand dressing myself, repaired to the back plat-\\nform. There I found Jack and the minister.\\nJack was smoking a cigar in a gloomy manner,\\nand seemed displeased at something; and upon\\nmy asking him if he had passed a good night,\\nhe merely snorted, and kept on puffing away in\\nsilence.\\nIt was early morning, and the dew had not\\nyet dried on the leaves. The woods on either\\nside of us glistened and sparkled as if covered\\nwith precious gems. AYe were passing through\\na vast forest of pines, and from the branches of", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "SAVANNAH. 37\\nthe giant trees hung great quantities of Spanish\\nmoss, giving the woods a very picturesque\\nappearance. Every few minutes we passed\\nalong the borders of small ponds, frightening\\nducks and herons from their hiding-places with\\nthe rush and roar of the train as we whirled by\\nthem. The morning air was fresh and cool,\\nand we enjoyed the view until Ave entered Jack-\\nsonville at a little after nine o clock, strange to\\nsay only one hour and a half behind time.\\nThe above seutence is good. Any one who has travelled on\\nSouthern railroads will appreciate it. Rush and roar of the\\ntrain is exceptionally fine.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER in.\\nJACKSONVILLE.\\nJacksonville, city of eternal summer, how\\nwe had longed to see it; how we had longed\\nto bask in its shady groves, and breathe its\\npure air Visions of sparkling springs gurgling\\nthrough the fresh, sweet-scented verdure, over-\\nhung by swaying palmettos, had haunted our\\nthoughts ever since we had left the IS^orth. In\\nour dreams we had fancied ourselves reclining\\nbeneath the shade of some sweet-scented orange-\\ntree, eating the ripe fruit which hung about us\\ngleaming like gold in the splendor of a Southern\\ntwilight, while birds of many kinds and bright\\nplumage flitted around us, filling the air with\\ntheir fresh and varied melody. I say we had\\ndreamed all this, and I do not regret it. It is\\nsweet to dream.\\nEntering a stage-coach, we were driven to the", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "JACKSONVILLE. 39\\nSt. James Hotel, and after half an hour s hard\\nwork, with the aid of quantities of soap and\\nwater, we nearly regained our natural color, and\\ndonning some clean clothes descended to the\\ndining-room, and had a really good breakfast.\\nJack became quite cheerful, and kept up a\\nrunning fire of conversation with an elderly\\nparty who sat opposite.\\nJust as we were about to leave the dining-\\nroom the door opened, and in swept a young\\ngirl, who was, as Jack afterwards remarked, a\\ntearing beauty, and knocked him all in a heap.\\nShe sat down at our table, and then commenced\\noperations to arrange her clothes in a position to\\nsuit her. First she sat down and gave her dress\\na pat on one side, to be sure it was still there,\\nI suppose, but almost immediately rose again\\nand settled herself in a different manner.\\nThis time she seemed to have hit it, for she\\nsmiled sweetly to herself, and after fidgeting\\naround for a moment or two became quiet at\\nlast, and stared squarely at me across the table.\\nBeing a modest man, I dropped my eyes. She", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "40\\nSOUTHERN RAIVIBLES.\\nthen transferred her attentions to Jack, who had\\nIL\\nA Modest Man.\\nbeen looking at her fixedly ever since she", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "JACKSONVILLE. 41\\nentered the room, his eyes having something of\\nthe expression of an animated corpse. After\\nhaving viewed him to her satisfaction, she turned\\nher attention to the waiter and languidly ordered\\nhim to bring an orange, and she would think\\nwhat she would eat in the mean while. As I was\\nnot at all anxious to see her devour an orange,\\nand as I was anxious to smoke a cigar, I left the\\ntable and the room. Jack followed me slowly,\\nand when we had reached the office said solemnly,\\n^^In my younger days I used to amuse myself by\\nstaring our old cat into fits. I could frighten a\\nbaby into convulsions in less than a minute but\\nI will bet my chance of wings hereafter that if\\nthat girl fixed her eyes on an Egyptian mummy,\\nthe mummy would have to cave m.\\nWe strolled past the garden in front of the\\nhotel and continued on until we reached Bay\\nStreet, which presented quite an attractive\\nappearance. It is broad and smooth, and is\\nlined on both sides by large, handsome stores.\\nA number of these stores are devoted to curios-\\nities, which meet a ready sale to tourists who", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "42 SOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\ndesire to carry home some little present to a\\nfriend, or as a memento of the place, and gener-\\nally prefer curiosities to anything else. Alliga-\\ntors teeth, stuffed birds, snakes, feather fans,\\nsea beans, anything, in fact, in the shape of\\na local curiosity is always in demand. The\\ndealers charge exorbitant prices for these arti-\\ncles, and get them, too.\\nJack stopped in front of a large, imjDosing-\\nlooking store, the windows of which were filled\\nwith curiosities of every description, and wanted\\nto go in. So in we went, and Jack with his\\nusual bashfulness stalked up to a gentleman\\nbehind the counter and remarked that Ave did\\nnot wish to buy anything, and that we only came\\nin to look around. The proprietor was very\\naffable, and told us to make ourselves at home.\\nThere were quantities of curious specimens of\\nnatural history and art, and I should have\\nenjoyed myself hugely rummaging about had i\\\\.\\nnot been for Jack, who amused himself by\\ntickling the monkeys, stirring up the snakes,\\nor picking up the little alligators and examining", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "JACKSONVILLE.\\n43\\nthem gravely when some nervous elderly lady\\nhappened to be near him.\\nJack bought an alligator, and so did I. Mine\\nlived for some time but Jack s met with a most\\nuntimely end. He was in the habit of taking\\nthe little fellow out of his pocket by mistake,\\nwhen feeling for his gloves or handkerchief\\n(when ladies were about) but one day he\\nforgot to take it out by mistake, when he", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "44 SOUTHER^^ RAMBLES.\\nhappened to be lying out on the grass, and the\\npoor Httle chap was crushed to death. Jack\\nmourned for him lono:. He said he missed the\\nfriendly squirm which it gave whenever he put\\nhis hand in his pocket.\\nWhen we returned to the hotel, most of the\\npeople Avere at supper; and as we took our seats\\nat the table, I observed a short, sharp-featured\\nman sitting opposite me, who had evidently just\\narrived.\\nAt the time of our entrance, a gentleman at\\nthe head of the table was talking to a friend of\\nhis, who was seated next the new arrival, about\\nthe Winsor Hotel in Montreal, and stated that\\nsome Americans who were there wrote their\\nnames on the walls. At this the new arrival\\nfired up, and remarked,\\nSee here, stranger do you mean to tell me\\nthat Americans marked up the walls more than\\nyou blarsted Englishmen?\\nThe gentleman remarked that there were peo-\\nple of every nation who sometimes did thought-\\nless actions without meaning to do any harm.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "JACKSONVILLE.\\n45\\nBut you said Americans.\\nThey certainly were Americans.\\nWell, that yanks the bun; that does take the\\ncake. See here, young feller I m an American.\\nMy name s Brown, John F. Brown; soap-fat\\nman; north side Chicago. Everybody knows\\nme there, me and Mr. Blank. You must have\\nheard of him. He s a flower, he is. He owns\\nfighting dogs and fighting cats and cocks, and\\nhas fast horses and a nice little girl. That s the\\nkind of a man he is, and I m his friend; and\\nthat s the kind of a hairpin I am. You swell", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "46 SOUTHEKIS KAMBLES.\\nCanada chaps think you can come down here\\nand blow about your hotels; but it won t go\\ndown with me. Why, I ve been all over your\\ncountry, and never saw a ranche worth marking\\non yet.\\nThe gentleman left the table, and Brown be-\\ncame quiet; but in a few minutes he fired up\\nagain, and looking at Jack, remarked,\\nWhen I hear a man talk that way, me,\\nit makes me mad enough to eat a couple of\\neggs.\\nWe saw that he was hunting for a new victim;\\nso as we had finished our supper, we rose and\\nleft the table in dignified silence.\\nAfter half an hour s stroll, we returned to\\nthe hotel, and passed the evening playing bill-\\niards, so we saw no more of Brown that night;\\nbut early the next morning we observed him\\ntalking loudly to the clerk. As we passed, he\\nwas saying,\\nI should like to know what kind of a hospi-\\ntal you call this, anyhow. That galoot in the\\nnext room was swapping coughs with the girl", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "JACKSONVILLE. 47\\nover opposite, and between em they raised\\nthe\\nWe passed on, and the rest of the speech was\\nlost. I missed him at dinner, and on asking the\\nclerk where he was, was informed that he had\\nleft for St. Augustine on the morning boat to\\nwake up the people there and, said the clerk,\\nhe can do it.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER lY.\\nLite in Jacksonville is easy and pleasant.\\nOccasionally, during the winter, the mercury\\ndrops to 30\u00c2\u00b0 during the early hours of the\\nmorning, and then the visitors don innumerable\\nunder-flannels, and howl about the lovely South-\\nern climate to keep up appearances. Every\\nwarm day that comes along, they hang their\\nthermometers up in the most sunny place they\\ncan find, and sit down to write to their friends\\nin the Korth.\\nHappening to enter the reading-room one\\nmorning, I observed an unfinished letter lying\\nupon the table, which had evidently been dis-\\ncarded on account of an irnmense blot which\\nobscured the picture of the hotel which embel-\\nlished the corner of the paper. It ran as fol-\\nlows", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "JACKSONTILLE. 49\\nJacksonville, Florida, Jan. 7, 1878.\\nDearest Nellie\\nI am sure 3-011 ought to feel bighlj flattered at receiving\\nanother letter from me so soon l)ut I have been having such\\na perfectlj splendid time latel} that I wanted to tell you all\\nabout it. It is very loarm to-day. I am sitting by the open\\nwindow as I write, enjoying the breeze, scented with the\\nfragrance of the orange groves. Don t it seem funny that I\\nshould be sitting here writing to 3 ou, with the thermometer\\nat 80\u00c2\u00b0, while ^-ou are\\nIt broke off abruptly here. She was undoubt-\\nedly a new arrival. An old hand would have\\ngone down to the reading-room, nestled up to\\nthe stove, and written, It is too warm to write,\\nand really this languid climate seems, etc., etc.\\nThey all do it in one way or another when\\nwriting to friends at home who have not enjoyed\\nthe luxury of a Southern climate. Some of them\\ncrowd the temperature up a little; but then, what\\nis the use of being mean about a few degrees?\\nJack wrote a letter home about a week after\\nour arrival, and I happened to enter the room\\njust as he commenced operations. He had evi-\\ndently been taking some violent exercise, for the", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "50\\nSOUTHERN^ RAMBLES.\\nperspiration stood out on his brow in beads.\\nThe window was raised about a quarter of an\\ninch (to ease his conscience, I suppose), a heavy\\nshawl was thrown over his shoulders, and he\\nwas writino: as if for a waorer. To crown the\\nwhole, he had hung his thermometer up on the\\nwall, with the bulb about half an inch from\\nthe table, and every few minutes he would take\\nthe cigar from between his lips and rest it\\non the table under the bulb. Whenever he did\\nthis, the registered temperature was something\\nfrightful.\\nWuiTiNQ Home.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "JACKSONVILLE. 51\\nI asked no questions, and he made no re-\\nmarks; but he wore a satisfied smile as he\\nmailed the result of his labors when we went\\ndown-stairs to dinner; and I could not help\\nthinking that if the orthodox belief is true,\\nand all a man s lies are recorded in heaven,\\nthe angel who has the contract for Jack must\\nsoon become a drivelling idiot, or take a partner.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER Y.\\nA WINTER may be passed very pleasantly in\\nJacksonville. One makes pleasant acquaint-\\nances; visits numberless places, many of them\\nworth seeing and many of them not worth going\\nacross the street to see; possibly the latter pre-\\ndominate.\\nJack and I enjoyed ourselves: the tranquil,\\neasy life suited us, especially Jack. The more\\nlazy the life, the better he was suited. We\\npassed our time riding, boating, and sleeping.\\nAfter dhmer we sometimes adjourned to the\\nparlor and sung awhile. We sung duets occa-\\nsionally, but not often, as it drew a crowd. I\\nwas once highly complimented on my singing.\\nIt happened in this wise: In the middle of a\\nsong a gentleman called who wanted to borrow\\nsome money of me. He listened attentively", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "JACKSONVILLE. 53\\nuntil I had finished, and then sighed, I could\\nlisten to j^ou forever. I lent him the money.\\nAs a rule, people listened to my singing in\\nenraptured silence and then went away. Some-\\ntimes the proprietor would hurry in and ask me\\nto stop singing, as there was a sick child on that\\nfloor. After a while I noticed that he generally\\nasked me to desist, and advanced the sick-child\\ntheory, whenever there happened to be some new\\narrivals looking about the hotel to see if they\\nliked it well enough to stay; and I came to the\\nconclusion that he wished to impress them favor-\\nably by showing his tender-heartedness and\\nsolicitude for sick children. I did not like him\\nas well after that. I do not like to see a man\\nassume a virtue to increase his business.\\nWe made many friends among the guests\\nof the hotel, and were constantly making new\\nacquaintances. One morning as I entered the\\ndining-room I observed a gentleman and lady,\\nwhom I had not seen before, sitting at our table.\\nHe occupied the seat next to me, and we very\\nnaturally conversed together while eating our", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "54\\nSOUTHERN EA^fBLES.\\nbreakfast. After leaving the table, I lit a cigar\\nand strolled np and down the piazza, where in a\\nLook at that Child", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "JACKSONVILLE. 55\\nfew moments he joined me, and we were chatting\\npleasantly together when I observed a nurse,\\nleading two children, who was evidently just\\nstarting out for a walk.\\nI said, For heaven s sake, look at tliat bow-\\nlegged child! Why, his legs are like barrel\\nhoops. Whose is it, do you know?\\nHe is mine.\\nOh I mean the other one.\\nThey are both mine.\\nI said something idiotic and tried to change\\nthe subject; but the conversation flagged, and in\\na few moments he excused himself and left me*\\nWhenever we met afterwards he treated me with\\nstudied courtesy, but there was a coldness in his\\nmanner which I could not account for.\\nIn and about the city there are a great many\\npleasant drives, and good horses and carriages\\nmay be hired at reasonable prices if you make a\\nbargain beforehand. Jack and I strolled over\\nto a stable one afternoon and inquired the price\\nof a carriage for the afternoon. The man named\\na price, but Jack interrupted him and said we", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "56\\nSOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\ndid not wish to buy the team, we merely wished\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^i:^ fe:rE|^U ^l\\nDon t owk a Glue Factory.\\nto hire it for a diive. It was lost on the native,", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "JACKSONVILLE. 57\\nsarcasm has no more effect upon them than\\nprayer. We did not engage a team then; but\\nthe next day I sent a boy over to the stable to\\nget ns a good horse and buggy. Tn about half\\nan hour he returned, seated in a buggy drawn\\nby an emaciated wreck of a horse, whose sides\\nlooked as though they had been passed through\\na fluting iron.\\nJack said, Did you tell him we wanted a\\ngood horse?\\nYes, sah, he said this was just the horse to\\nsuit you.-\\nWell, you go back and tell him that he has\\nmade a mistake in the parties we are not the\\nproprietors of a glue factory.\\nSahV\\nShut up!\\nJack was evidently annoyed, so to save trouble\\nI climbed into the team, where he followed me and\\ntook the reins. We woke up the wi^eck, and\\nafter dusting him with the but of the whip for\\na few moments, induced him to jog along at a\\nreasonable rate. Poor fellow, he was so thin", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "58 SOUTHEKIS RA^IBLES.\\nthat his l)ackbone rattled at every step; but we\\nenjoyed the ride and the exercise.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "JACKSONVILLE.\\n59\\nAmong the j)laces in Jacksonville well worth a\\nvisit are the tobacco factories, where a large num-\\nber of negroes are employed in manufacturing\\ncigars. Their singing is well worth hearing. We\\nhired a number of them to come and sing to us in\\nthe evening, while we sat upon the porch of the\\nhotel. I shall never forget the evening. It was\\na bright moonlight night, and we had been listen-\\ning to their rich voices blended together in the\\nsimple harmony of the negro melodies. For five\\nminutes every one had maintained a perfect\\nsilence. No one wished to speak. All nature\\nseemed at rest, and the peaceful stillness seemed\\nHome, Swebt Home.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "60 SOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\nharshly broken by the sound of the human voice.\\nSuddenly one of the negro tenors commenced\\nsinging Home, sweet home, while the others\\nhummed an accompaniment. When it ceased and\\ndied away, more than one young girl slyly wiped\\naway a tear which they should not have been\\nashamed of; our hearts yearned for our loved\\nones at home, whom we were not to see, perhaps,\\nfor months to come.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER YI.\\nI\\nEvery day we heard people talking about\\nthe wonderful shooting which they had had in\\nsuch and such places. Their stories were so\\nlarge that hefore I visited the wonderful spots,\\nI thought they were stretching the truth a lit-\\ntle. Afterwards, my impression remained un-\\nchanged; but I was told that the year I was\\nthere, game was scarcer than any in the remem-\\nbrance of the oldest inhabitant. This may have\\nbeen so; at least, as I had no way of disproving\\ntheir statements, I gave them the benefit of the\\nponderous doubt.\\nStanding on the wharf one day, I saw a poor,\\nbroken-down old man, whose white hair and tot-\\ntering steps gave evidence of extreme old age.\\nAs he passed me, I observed that he was fear-\\nfully cross-eyed. His otherwise fine features\\nwore an expression of peaceful resignation, as", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "62\\nSOUTHERN EAIUBLES.\\nof one who had lived a good and true Ufe, and\\nwas ready to die, when\\nhis time came, with\\nperfect trust in his\\nCreator.\\nAn old pilot, with\\nwhom I had been con-\\nversing a few mo-\\nments before, touched\\n\\\\j me on the shoulder,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J and said,\\nDo you see that white-haired old party?\\nI do.\\nKinder cross-eyed.\\nT noticed that he was.\\nKnow who he is\\nXo.\\nWell, ten years ago he was one of the smart-\\nest pilots in the place but he had one bad habit,\\nand that was lying. AVe all tried to break him\\nof it but it was no use. AYhy, he used to com-\\nmence light in the morning, and we did n t mind\\nit much, sorter white lies, you know but", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "JACKSOin^ILLE.\\n63\\nas the day wore on, he grew worse and worse,\\nuntil towards night, if he happened to meet you\\nalone, he would thunder out double-jointed lies\\neight or nine feet long without a break. But to\\nget back to my story. One morning Sam, or\\nKnow who he is\\n^Salt, as we used to call him, happened to be\\nstanding on the wharf, smoking his pipe before\\nbreakfast, and waiting for the steamer to get in.\\nAs the passengers landed, a young fellow fresh\\nfrom Kew York stepped up to him, and asked\\nhim some questions about the place. Salt took", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "64 SOUTHER!^ RAMBLES.\\nhis measure, and opened light on him at first, to\\nsee what he was made of; but as the young\\nchap seemed to swallow everything, he wanned\\nup to his work, and in a few minutes forgot\\nhimself, and exploded an awful, compound even-\\ning lie on an emj^ty stomach. He got about\\nhalf through with it, when he was taken with\\ncramps, and tied himself into two or three kinds\\nof knots. He sufi ered awfully for nearly three\\nweeks, and although the doctors pulled him\\nthrough, they could n t get his eyes straight. His\\noverstrained system has never entirely recovered,\\nand now he is a broken-down old man at forty.\\nThis man bore a good reputation. The next\\nday I happened to pass the house where he lived,\\njust as he came out of the gate he raised his hat\\njiolitely, and made a remark about the weather.\\nAt that moment a man passed by on the other\\nside of the street, who looked like a candidate\\nfor a morgue. The ghastly white skin was\\ndrawn tightly over the high cheek-bones, and his\\ndeeply sunken eyes had a feverish light in them\\nwhich was very unpleasant to look at. He was", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "JACKSONTILLE. 65\\nvery thin, and walked painfully, like one weary\\nand longing for rest. As he passed, he coughed\\na low, hollow cough, with a wheeze on the end of\\nit that sounded so tomb-like it made me shudder.\\nI The pilot looked sadly after him as he passed,\\nand muttered, Poor fellow poor fellow\\nDo you know him? I asked.\\nKnow him? I guess I do, poor fellow; it s\\nawful to see what ambition will lead a man to\\nHow?\\nWhy, when he landed here three years ago,\\nhe was one of the healthiest consumptives that I\\never saw. He had an awful cough, and he used\\nto shake the house so where he boarded that the\\nother people would n t stand it, so he used to go\\nout in the garden and take his morning practice\\nbut although it was an improvement on the house\\nbusiness, it raised the deuce with the fruit on the\\ntrees. Some one up river heard of him, and\\noffered him a large salary if he would come up\\nand cough in his orange grove during gathering\\nseason.\\nHe did it, and the experiment was an immense", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "66\\nSOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\nsuccess. He could clear a tree in three coughs,\\nand sometimes two if it was a still day. He got\\ncontracts everywhere, and was proud as a peacock", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "JACKSOI^^VILLE.\\n67\\nof his coughing. But oue day some mean fel-\\nlow put up a job on him, by tying a lot of\\noranges on a tree, and then hiring him to cough\\nthem off. He went and exploded a cough that\\nshook the tree to the roots, but not an orange fell.\\nAn expres-\\nsion of sur-\\nprise passed\\nover his face\\nas he fired\\nanother and\\nanother with-\\nout success.\\nThen he got\\nmad, and tak-\\ning off his\\ncoat and vest,\\nopened o n\\nthat tree in\\nearnest. The\\nway he raged\\nand coughed and wheezed was something awful\\nto witness.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "68\\nSOUTHERT^ RAMBLES.\\nHe killed the tree, but not an orange dropped.\\nHe kept it up till he swooned. As he got\\nwarmed up to his work, some of his coughs\\nknocked hiui off his feet as if a gun had kicked\\nhim. He lost all ambition after that, and spent\\nall his money in drink. !Now he lives along by\\nselling his body to the doctors. AVhenever he\\ngets hard up he goes and sells himself to some\\nnew doctor, to be delivered at death; but if he\\nkeeps on getting thinner and thinner the way he\\nhas been doing lately, there- won t be enough of\\nhim left to go around, poor fellow.\\nHe turned his face\\naside to conceal a tear\\nwhich slowly trickled\\ndown his weather-beat-\\nen cheek.\\nI said, Are you sure\\nthat is all true?\\nTrue! As I hope\\nto be saved in the\\nhereafter, it is all true as gospel. I saw it my-\\nself.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER yil.\\nPILOT TOWN.\\nPilot Towx is situated at the mouth of the\\nSt. John s River, and may be reached in an\\nhour from Jacksonville in any of the little\\nsteamers which ply up and down the river. We\\nhad gone there for shooting; and so, when we\\nhad stowed ourselves away in a comfortable\\nlittle house, we unpacked our arsenal and spent\\nthe afternoon in preparing for the next day s\\nslaughter.\\nFrom the stories which I had heard concern-\\ning this place, I had some idea of not taking a\\ngun at all, but intended to cut a stick and walk\\nabout clubbing the game to death. I gave up\\nthis idea and took the gun along, as Jack said he\\nwas going to take his, and I wanted to do an\\nequal share in the carnage which was to take\\nplace the next day. The evening was warm, and", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "70 SOUTHER]^ RAMBLES.\\nwe sat out on the piazza smoking our cigars, in\\nthe quiet enjoyment of their narcotic mfluence\\nand the mosquitoes. We listened for the croaks\\nof thousands of night birds, but did n t hear any.\\nIt was probably not late enough. After a while\\nJack got sleepy, and proposed going to bed.\\nPrevious to retiring we looked over our ammu-\\nnition once more. I filled several bags with\\ncartridges, which weighed collectively about as\\nmuch as a mule could carry with any comfort.\\nJack did the same and added all he could stuff\\nin his pockets besides. He said he always\\nbelieved in taking enough ammunition in a game\\ncountry. All being arranged, we retired. I\\nlistened to Jack for a few moments as he moved\\naround in the next room, and then I heard him\\nclimb into bed; immediately there was a rattling\\nsound, followed by some remarks.\\nI was interested, and asked,\\nWhat s the matter?\\nOh, nothing, only the slats of my bed have\\nall fallen out.\\nI heard him get up and arrange them carefully.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "PILOT TOWi?^.\\n71\\nthen all became quiet. He had clhnbed into his\\nbed so carefully that I had not heard him. I\\nwanted to ask if he had fixed things all right,\\nbut heard him murmuring softly to himself, and\\ndid not wish to interrupt his devotions.\\nNight after night this performance was\\nrepeated, and as regularly he said his prayers.\\nSometimes during the night Jack became\\nrestless, and a sudden movement in his sleep\\ncaused a general discharge of slats; then com-\\nmenced a groping for matches, during which\\noperation he generally knocked over half the\\nbreakable objects in the room, or tied his toes up", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "72\\nSOUTHERJ^ RAMBLES.\\nin a knot on the corner of some box; all the\\ntime he would be rehearsing blank verse in a\\nforeign language.\\nI am glad we did not stay there long; for if\\nwe had I think Jack would have soon acquired a\\nvocabulary which would have made a pirate turn\\npale with envy.\\nThe next morning we were up Avith the\\nlark and after an\\nearly breakfast we\\nloaded ourselves with\\nammunition and guns,\\nand started up the\\nroad in the direc-\\ntion of the woods.\\nAfter walking for an\\nhour, I had seen and\\nmurdered two little\\ni^i^, birds. I had heard\\nJack shoot once, and\\njudged he was having\\nas exciting sport as myself. By this time the\\nI have seeu this reiuark somewhere iu print.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "PILOT TOWiN 73\\ncartridges weighed a ton, and I sat down on a\\nsmooth stone in a shaely spot to wait for game.\\nI did not wish to rest, bnt thonght that perhaps\\nthe noise of tramping through the bushes might\\nfrighten away the game. In about an hour I\\nheard something coming through the bushes,\\nand perceived Jack approaching, carrying a\\nlittle white heron under his arm, which I after-\\nwards learned he had found in the bushes, un-\\nable to fly, and captured it alive.\\nObserving me, he made a short cut to where I\\nwas seated, and lowering his head to pass be-\\nneath a low limb, he put his face within an inch\\nof an immense spider, which was evidently wait-\\ning to embrace him.\\nFor a second he remained stationary, and then\\nfired the heron into the sky with one hand, while\\nhe dug a grave with his gun with the other.\\nHe then made the longest jump on record.\\nUpon questioning him afterwards, he said that\\nhe was not at all nervous, but had simply\\ndropped his things and stepped back to find\\nsomething to catch the spider with.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "74\\nsouTHERi^ ra:mbles.\\nStepped Back.\\nAfter digging up Jack s gun we started for\\nthe house, and upon reaching it found that\\ndinner would be ready in a few moments; so\\npiUng our game upon the porch, together with\\nthe guns and ammunition, we wended our way to\\nour respective rooms to enjoy the luxury of a\\nbath.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "PILOT TOWN.\\n75\\nSome weeks afterwards a Northern gentleman\\nasked Jack about the shooting at Pilot Town,\\nand he said, Shooting? Oh, yes; it is much\\nbetter there than about Jacksonville. I noticed\\nalso he inquired the gentleman s address, but\\nshowed no desire to visit that city on our return\\nIS orth.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER YIIL\\nUP THE ST. John s.\\nA FEW days after the events related in the X3re-\\nceding chapter, we were comfortably settled on\\nboard of a fine little steamer, bound up the St.\\nJohn s Kiver, touching now and then at some of\\nthe larger orange groves which line its banks,\\nbut making no stop until we arrived at Palatka.\\nPalatka boasts of a good hotel, the Larkin\\nHouse. It is one of the best in Florida, and is\\nimproved by contrast with the others one finds\\nfarther up the river. Jack and I took our guns\\nand wandered into the woods for a little sport,\\nand had our usual success, although Jack swore\\nthat he saw a bird. The next morning we again\\nboarded the steamer and continued on our way\\nup the river. From this point the scenery be-\\ncomes very pretty, and the river is so narrow that\\nit is nearly always perfectly calm. A short time", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "UP THE ST. John s. 77\\nafter starting we passed the mouth of the famous\\nOclawaha River (famous for its alligators\\ntwenty feet long, its beautiful scenery, and many", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "78 SOUTIIERIC EAIVIBLES.\\nother lies which I have forgotten). Here the\\npilot told me about a gator Avhich he had shot\\nat its mouth; but he had been up all night, and\\nwas tired so that he did not do himself justice.\\nAfter passing Lake George the river narrowed\\nstill more, and I killed my first alligator later\\nthey became quite common, and Jack and I killed\\nseveral, the largest of which measured about\\ntwelve feet in length. At Georgetown Ave were\\ntold that deer were very plenty, but somehow or\\nother we did not want any deer, and so kept on\\nour way up the river.\\nIt was night when we arrived at Enterprise,\\nhaving travelled about two hundred and eleven\\nmiles up the St. John s. AYe stopped at the\\nBrock House, and liked it so well we did not\\nchange. Jack summed up the whole matter a\\nfew weeks afterwards, when asked by a gentle-\\nman (who was going to Enterprise) where he\\nwould advise him to stop.\\nWell, the Brock House has its defects, and\\nmany things about it might be improved but if\\nI were you, I think I should stop there.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "UP THE ST. John s. 79\\nWhat other hotels are there in the place?\\nJ^one!\\nAs I said before, we stopped there, and so did\\na number of other people Avho enjoyed the air,\\nthe butter, and the high prices as much as we did;\\nperhaps more. The days were spent in hunting,\\nand we found the shooting very good about\\nEnterprise. Quail, snipe, deer, and aUigators\\nare abundant within a short distance of the hotel,\\nand one may get very good sport by taking the\\ntrouble to look for it. Our evenings were gener-\\nally passed in the reading-room in the society of\\na number of gentlemen, who were there for the\\nsame purpose that we were. The evening after\\nour arrival, as we entered the room, it presented\\na lively appearance, calculated to cheer one after\\na hard day s tramp. There were but four gentle-\\nmen in the room; one was asleep on the sofa,\\ntwo snoozed in their chairs, and the fourth was\\ndoubled up in the corner smoking his pipe.\\nWe joined in the general hilarity, and after\\nsitting there for a few minutes, our voices uncon-\\nsciously sunk to a half-whisper as if in a church.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "80 SOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\nThe gentleman who was lying on the sofa, and\\nwho appeared restless and uneasy, suddenly rose", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "UP THE ST. John s. 81\\nto a sitting posture and relieved himself of the\\nfollowing speech\\nGentlemen: This sort of thing is played.\\nNight after night we assemble here to pass\\nthe evening together, and what do we do? We\\nl^lank ourselves in some chair and toast our\\nshins, and amuse ourselves by swapping lies and\\ngambling with the spittoon. Now, I move we\\nhave a game of poker. The motion being duly\\nseconded, it was put to a vote, and carried by a\\nlarge majority.\\nDuring the evening Jack kept losing small\\namounts, until at last he had a hand which suited\\nhim he kept on betting until his opponent called\\nhim. He showed an ace full; his opponent\\nshowed four fours. Jack looked the hand al\\nover carefully, and then smiled a sickly sort of\\nsmile, the kind of smile one would expect to\\nsee on the face of a doctor, who, while dissecting\\na corpse, had it rise up and shake its fist at him.\\nHe then said it was late, and he guessed he\\nwould go to bed.\\ni^either of us understood the game very well.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "82\\nS0UTHER:N EAItlBLES.\\nSO after one or two evenings at it we gave it up.\\nWe did not dislike the game in fact we found it\\namusing, very, but expensive.\\nEvening Amusement.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "UP THE ST. John s. 83\\nThe next clay we received an invitation to wit-\\nness a cock light which was to take place a short\\ndistance from tlie hotel. Keitlier of ns had ever\\nseen a real fight, and were anxious to witness an\\nafi air of that kind; so at the appointed time we\\nstarted for the ground, in company with several\\nother gentlemen who had also received invita-\\ntions. Arriving at the appointed spot, we strolled\\naround and watched the operation of heeling\\nthe birds. The natural spurs of the bird are\\nsawed off, leaving a\\nstump on which to\\nfasten the artificial\\nweapon; around this is placed a strip of soft\\nleather, over which the steel is pressed on and\\ntightly bound to the leg of the fowl.\\nThe first pah* Avhich was brought out were\\nmagnificent birds of the Spangle breed. Upon\\nperceiving each other their eyes flashed, and they\\nseemed to quiver all over with rage. Before\\nbeing released they were allowed to peck at one\\nanother for a few minutes, to still more excite\\ntheir passions. The moment they were placed", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "84 southern ea^ibles.\\nupon the ground they rushed at each other with\\nblind fury, striking so quickly it was impossible\\nto follow the blows. Almost immediately one\\nof the birds dropped to the ground limp and life-\\nless, with the steel spur of his adversary buried\\nin his brain. The fight lasted only eleven sec-\\nonds. The victor was carried away and carefully\\nlooked after, while the unfortunate rooster was\\nthrown to one side to make room for the next\\npair, wdiich was then being brought up.\\nThese were even handsomer than the first pair.\\nOne was a large red of beautiful proportions;\\nhis opponent was much darker in color, and\\nsomewhat smaller.\\nAt the first rush the black was knocked\\ncompletely off his feet and fell over on his back,\\nbut was up again almost instantly, striking sav-\\nagely. Again and again the black was knocked\\nover, but always managed to regain his feet\\nbefore the red could strike him. After one of\\nthese falls we noticed that the red walked about\\nin a dazed sort of way. His breath came with\\na gurgling sound, and the blood began to drip", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "UP THE ST. JOHN S. 85\\nfrom the end of his bill. An unlucky stroke had\\ncut his throat, and it was now only a matter of\\ntime as to which would win the fight; his own\\ndeath was certain. The red seemed to know\\nthis, for recovering himself he rushed savagely\\nat his opponent, and for a moment they fought\\nas fiercely as at the commencement. They both\\nfell together, and upon separating the black did\\nnot get up. However, a moment afterwards he\\nstruggled to his feet, and we perceived that his\\nleg was broken at the knee. It was painful to\\nwitness the efforts of the brave little fellow to\\nstand and fight. At every rush he was knocked\\ndown and cut badly; still he tried again and\\nagain, and one of his strokes penetrated deep\\ninto his opponent s breast. Again they closed,\\nand this time the game little black did not get\\nup again. He was dying, and when they\\nlifted him up he was dead. The red stood with\\ndrooping head, his life-blood slowly dripping\\nfrom his wounds; gradually his eyes closed and\\nhe sunk slowly down, down, until he rested upon\\nhis side. Once he tried to raise his head, but was", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "86\\nSOUTHERN ea:mbles.\\napparently too weak; and with a gasp almost\\nhuman m its agony, his muscles relaxed, and he\\nlay at full length upon the ground, a conqueror,\\nyet conquered.\\nThere was to be one more fight before dinner,\\nand the gentleman who had invited us said that\\nhe was about to try a bird which he knew noth-\\ning about. It had been sent to him by a friend,\\nand he intended to match him against one of his\\nbest cocks. In a few minutes the birds were\\nbrought up and allowed to peck at each other as\\nA Tekrifio Rush.\\nusual, to excite them. Somehow the new bird\\ndid not seem as ambitious as the others had been\\nto be released, but when placed on the ground", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "UP THE ST. John s. 87\\nhe struck at his opponent savagely. As hick\\nwould have it, his adversary s spur just pricked\\nhis neck a little. The moment he felt the touch,\\nhis whole appearance changed. His next rush\\nwas terrific, but we were imable to learn the re-\\nsult of the fight, as at the time of our last view\\nof them as they vanished over the top of a small\\nhill, the pursuing bird had not gained sufficiently\\nto admit of commencing operations.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER IX.\\nDEER HUNTING.\\nWe had been told that there were quantities\\nof deer in the vicinity of Enterprise, and Jack\\nwanted to kill some; so did I. The resnlt was\\nthat we hired a negro who owned a family of\\ndogs to take us where we could destroy one.\\nHe was a tall, powerful chap, all bone and mus-\\ncle, and for a wonder we found him Avilling to\\nwork; what was still more strange, he did not\\npromise to show us herds of deer grazing in close\\nproximity to dense thickets. He said he would\\ntake us where he had seen deer, and where he\\nknew deer sometimes went; but whether we\\nwould see one or not, he could not say. This\\nsaint s name was Bunk. We were going to\\nan island which was situated about a mile down\\nthe lake. Some of the dogs did not want to get\\ninto the boat, but Bunk petted them with a", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "DEER HinSTTDsTG.\\n89\\nclub, and coaxed them aboard. On the way\\nBunk.\\ndown some of the dogs became seasick, and were", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "90 SOUTHEPt:N RAMBLES.\\nunhappy and miserable until we reached the\\nitefe\\n^r^\\nisland. Upon landing we made the boat fast,", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "DEER HUNTING.\\n91\\nand then our guide led the way through the\\nwood, followed by his drove of dogs. lie said\\nhe would place us in certain spots which he knew\\nof where the deer usually ran, and then he\\nintended to scour\\nthe woods with his\\nbrood of curs,mak-\\ning as much noise ^x\\nas possible to drive\\nthe deer in our\\ndirection.\\nHe started, and\\nwe followed him\\nfor about a mile,\\nin silence then\\nJack inquired if\\nthe place was far.\\nHe said we were\\nmost there\\nthen followed fif-\\nteen minutes of\\nhard walking over rough ground, through\\ntangled vines and bushes, until at last we arrived", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "92\\nSOUTHERX RAMBLES.\\nat the edge of the woods, and saw before us a\\nlong stretch of level prairie, dotted here and\\nthere with clumps of\\nsmall trees. Under\\none of these he j)Osted\\nJack, and Jack was\\nvery glad to be post-\\ned. Then followed\\nanother tramp of\\nabout half a mile\\nto another desirable\\nspot at last we\\nreached it, and I\\n,r7% concealed myself in\\n^^2^ thick growth of\\nbushes to wait for\\nthe coming deer.\\nIn about half an\\n^hour I began to get\\n9i restless the ants had\\nfound me, and had\\nbeen exploring me with disgusting familiarity. A\\nlarge black spider had been hanging over me for", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "DEEK HITN TrN G. 93\\nten minutes. I watched him closely, but some-\\nthing called my attention away for a moment, and\\nwhen I looked np for him again he was gone.\\nOf course I naturally concluded he was climbing\\nabout over me for exercise. This did not annoy\\nme at all, but I was tired of staying in one place\\nand wanted exercise myself, so I took it.\\nUpon reaching the place where I had left Jack,\\nI found that he had also grown tired of staying\\nin one place, and was about starting out to hunt\\nme up. AYhile we were conversing upon the\\nadvisability of going in search of Bunk, that\\nworthy appeared, followed by his faithful hounds,\\nwith the exception of a few odd ones which had\\nbecome tired and gone to sleep somewhere on\\nthe way. He had seen no deer. We were both\\nanxious to continue the hunt, but it was growing\\nlate, and we thought it better to wait until the\\nnext day, so we went back to the boat. Jack\\nfound a huge hornets nest attached to a branch,\\nwhich he cut off, nest and all, to carry home as a\\ntrophy. Somehow Jack always had a liking for\\nhornets nests when he was a boy he was one", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "94 SOUTHERN EAIVIBLES.\\nday presented with a gun by a kind relation. Of\\ncourse he must try it, and the first thing he saw", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "DEER HUNTING.\\n95\\nwhen he wandered into the woods was a huge\\nhornets nest suspended from a branch about\\nseven feet from the ground he took good aim and\\nfired, hitting the nest, and also tickling one of\\nhis father s horses which was feeding; at the time\\njust under it. The hornets came out to inquire\\ninto the cause of the disturbance, and found the\\nhorse there just as he was preparing to start for\\nthe next State they encouraged him in his idea.\\nTime not taken. Jack took his meals standing\\nfor a week after; telling the joke to his father,\\nthey had roared over it together.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "CHAPTEK X.\\nLIFE AT ENTERPKISE.\\nThe row home was very enjoyable: I steered.\\nJack was lazy and curled himself up m the bow\\nof the boat for a nap, leaving Bunk and I to\\ndo all the work. The sun had gone down, and\\nthe soft, indistinct, foggy appearance of objects\\nat a short distance jiroclaimed that night was at\\nhand. The full moon had risen, and illumined\\nthe shore with a splendor seldom if ever seen in\\nthe ]^orth J it was fully light enough to read by,", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "LIFE AT ENTERPRISE.\\n97\\nif one had anything to read, and the type was\\n^1 iWM\\nnot too small. As we moved slowly along", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "98 SOUTHERN KAMBLES.\\nwithin a short distance of the shore, the only\\nsound that broke the perfect stilhiess was the\\nregular movement of the oars in the row-locks,\\nand the dripping of the water from the blades.\\nI was impressed by the grand beauty of the\\nscene, and began to muse on the wonders of the\\nuniverse and such things. The perfect silence\\nappeared to affect Jack too, for he suddenly\\nlifted up his voice and sung, keeping time with\\nthe movement of the oars. The rich bass voice\\nfloated out over the lake, like the subdued bray-\\ning of a dying jackass. As he commenced the\\nsecond verse, a venerable dog climbed up on the\\nseat in front of him and improvised an accom-\\npaniment. AVhen he got to the chorus all the\\ndogs joined in; it was grand, but Jack did not\\nappear to think so, for he stopped singing, so\\ndid the dogs.\\nWe arrived at the hotel without further inci-\\ndent, and after supper were well laughed at for\\nreturning empty-handed. We had forgotten to\\nprepare a lie, and so had no excuses to offer, but\\nwere only too glad to go to bed as soon as we", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "LITE AT ENTERPRISE. 99\\nhad finished our cigars. Here let me say that in\\nFlorida to bed and to sleep are not synony-\\nmous terms mattresses and stock farms\\nmay be, but I am not quite positive upon that\\npoint, as my recollection fails me.\\nAt such a place as Enterprise, one has a\\nchance of seeing many curious characters; this\\ncategory includes a class of men who are termed\\ncrackers, a name originally applied to the\\npoorer class of white people inhabiting the\\nsouthern part of Florida. One evening, while\\nwe were sitting on the piazza of the hotel, a tall,\\nlean, lanky individual, with a dilapidated suit of\\nclothes and a more dilapidated hat, came slowly\\nujD the steps and stood looking about him in a\\ndejected sort of manner. He nodded to Jack,\\nwho happened to be nearest to him, and re-\\nmarked,\\nFine weather.\\nYes, said Jack, you ought to make the\\ncrops pay this year.\\nDon t raise any.\\n!N^ot a farmer, perhaps", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "100 SOUTHERN EAMBLES.\\nWall, I used to be, but I cant work now.\\nI m sick all the time.\\nWhat s the matter with you?\\nWall, I ve got the shakes and the dyspepsy,\\nand I can t get nothen to do me no good.\\nWhy don t you go to a doctor?\\nI ve tried lots of um but they don t none of\\num seem to do me no good.\\nJack glanced over his shoulder to see if he was\\nobserved, and then leaning forward, said in an\\nimpressive manner,\\nDo you see that tall, gray-haired old gentle-\\nman over there? (pointing to a group of new\\narrivals, none of whom he had ever seen before in\\nhis life.)\\nWhich?\\nThe chap with the spectacles.\\nYes.\\nWell, that is one of the most celebrated\\nphysicians in America he could cure you up in a\\njiffy if you could get him to give you some\\nmedicine; but he is a gruff old duffer and don t\\nwant to be bothered about his business while on", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "LIFE AT ENTERPRISE.\\n101\\na vacation, so says he is not a doctor. You will\\nm\\nhave to tease him a little, and if he is gruff don t\\nmind him it s his way.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "102 SOUTHERN E AMBLES.\\nThe cracker absorbed all Jack had to say,\\nand after letting it settle, turned around and\\nstared fixedly at the elderly gentleman, who was\\nseated in company with his two daughters at the\\nend of the piazza, all unconscious of what was\\ngoing on.\\nJack seized the occasion to wink at me. Af-\\nter looking steadily for a moment, the cracker\\nasked in a dreamy sort of Avay,\\nDo you think he would help me, if I asked\\nhim?\\nDon t know; you might try.\\nAnother pause; Jack s face as calm as a\\ntombstone.\\nThen, I guess I ll try him, anyhow and\\nwith that he moved slowly off, in the direction of\\nthe doctor.\\nJack said he thought a change of climate would\\nsuit his constitution, so he went into the reading-\\nroom. I did not like being alone, so I went\\nwith him. In the reading-room we found a\\nnumber of gentlemen, and Jack explained the\\njoke to them in a whisper. The blinds Avere", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "LIFE AT ENTERPRISE.\\n103\\nclosed, but the windows were open, and we could\\nhear all that was going on outside without being\\nseen ourselves. We crowded around the window\\nin silence, waiting for the fun to commence.\\nPresently a voice, which we recognized to be\\nthat of our new acquaintance, said,\\nSay, mister, be you a doctor?\\nI am.\\nJack s face was a study, but he recovered him-", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "104\\nSOUTHER]!^ EAIVIBLES.\\nself and ordered the necessary stimulants. That\\nnight I heard him moving restlessly in his bed, as\\nthough his conscience troubled him, perhaps\\nThanked Him.\\nit did. The best of the thing was that the\\ncracker on meeting him the next day thanked\\nhim warmly, with tears in his eyes, for his kind-\\nness. There were a number of the gentlemen\\npresent, and Jack did not seem to enjoy it; we\\ndid!\\nA few days afterwards, I had the pleasure of", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "LIFE AT ENTEKPIUSE. 105\\nwitnessing an example of coolness and qiiick\\nwit, snch as it has rarely been my lot to see.\\nA party of gentlemen were practising pistol\\nshooting, and among them was a celebrated\\nmarksman, who had been doing some exceedingly\\nbrilliant shooting. While the practice was\\ngoing on, a young Englishman had been lazily\\nreclining under a tree, smoking a cigar. After\\nthe gentleman, whom we will call Z, had made\\na more than usually fine shot, the Englishman\\nsaid in a drawling tone, By Jove, not so bad.\\nl^o impertinence was intended, and the drawling\\ntone was perfectly natural; but Z took offence\\nat the remark, and said sarcastically, I am glad\\nyou do not think it bad. Will you be kind\\nenough to show us a good shot? (handing him\\nthe pistol.) I will hold out my cigar if you\\nwill oblige me by shooting the ashes off of it.\\nThe Englishman was placed in a position where\\nhe had either to attempt a shot which he knew\\nhe could not make, or admit that he was inca-\\npable of doing it. We all thought him caught;\\nbut no, he gravely returned the pistol and said,", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "106\\nsouther:n eambles.\\nin a slow, drawling manner, My dear sir, I am\\nPiU!^\\na stranger here, and this is your country, you", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "LEFE AT ENTERPRISE. 107\\nknow. I will hold the cigar and you make the\\nshot and with this he took the cigar between\\nhis fingers, and held it up in a careless, uncon-\\ncerned way. Z accepted the pistol, stepped back\\na few rods and took aim; there was a flash, a\\nraj^ort, and the ashes flew into the air in a little\\nwhite cloud. The Euglishman glanced at his\\ncigar, smiled, bowed, and replacing it between\\nh s lips, walked slowly to the hotel.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XI.\\nTHE stranger s STORY.\\nThat evening, while Jack and I were con-\\nversing with a tall, fine-looldng man, who had\\narrived by the boat that afternoon, an old negro\\ncame up to us and requested a contribution in\\naid of a church about to be established some ten\\nmiles back in the country. Jack asked who was\\nto be the minister.\\nlis!\\nDo you feel competent to fill the position?\\nWall, master, I is going to try and dispense\\nde gospel, and wid de help ob de Lord I is goin\\nto succeed.\\nWe gave him some money, and as he moved\\naway I observed a smile on the face of our new\\nfriend; and turning to me he said, That last\\nremark has recalled to my mind an incident\\nwhich occurred many years ago while I was", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "THE stranger s STORY. 109\\ntravelling in California. If you would like to\\nffl ^t^-\\nhear the story, I should be most happy to relate", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "110 SOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\nit. ^W^e signified our desire to do so; where-\\nupon he hghted a fresh cigar, leaned back in his\\nchair, and began at once.\\nTHE STRAXGER s STORY.\\nI was a miner at that time, and while out\\nprospecting among the mountains, we encamped\\none evening at a little mining village known by\\nthe name of Salt Gulch. Upon our arrival we\\nwere informed that the whole camp was in\\nmourning on account of the death of the par-\\nson, who had died that same afternoon. He had\\nbeen a poor, weak, perhaps incapable young man,\\nwiio had suddenly appeared in the camp some\\ntwo years before. The rough men who consti-\\ntuted the population of the Gulch had liked\\nhim from the first, and had evidently felt a pride\\nin having a minister in the camp. They had fed\\nhim and sheltered him, and he in return preached\\non Sunday to those who would come to the little\\nlog-cabin which constituted the church of the\\ncamp. He often watched by the bedside of the\\nsick, tending them with kindness and gentleness,", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "THE stra:n^ger s story. Ill\\nand the rough miners loved him; and when he\\ndied followed him to his grave, showing real sor-\\nrow, as they erected a rough pine cross to mark\\nhis last resting-place.\\nThat night it was decided that in respect to\\nthe memory of the departed, the church should\\nbe kept up, and an individual known as Brandy\\nJoe was unanimously elected to fill the vacant\\nposition of parson.\\nThe next day was Sunday, and after breakfast,\\nthe whole camp assembled in the church, in\\nanxious expectation to see how Joe would get\\non in his new position. The pulpit consisted of\\na rough pine table, placed upon a small platform\\nraised some three or four feet from the ground.\\nOn the table rested a Bible, a glass of water,\\nand a mallet such as are used by auctioneers.\\nAs soon as the congregation had become quiet,\\nJoe arose, rapped several times, to command\\nsilence, cleared his throat, and resting his hands\\nupon the table in front of him, said,\\nMy hearers You all know that this is a\\nnew game to me. I have looked on several times", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "112\\nSOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\nwhile it was a-goin on, but I never took a hand\\nMTfTrffrnrrrrrr-.^\\nin it before. Yer see it was kinder rouiirh on", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "THE stranger s STORY. 113\\nthis camp, when the dear departed passed in his\\nchecks. Seein as how there wa n t another of his\\nj)rofesh hangin around in these parts, some one\\nhad to be un in to fill the vacancy: I was the\\ngaloot run in, and all I can say is, I am a-goin to*\\ntry and play the game straight clear through j\\nand I don t believe as this camp will try and put\\nup a job on me the first deal. Bein as how I\\nnever expected to be called on to take the bank,\\nand not bein up in the game, I kinder looked\\ninto it last night; and I struck several p ints\\nwhich may interest the crowd. I struck one\\nyarn about a chap named Balaam. It seems he\\nwas goin on a visit to some of his friends, and\\nwas a-joggin along, ridin an old ass, and sorter\\ntakin it easy, when the angel of the Lord rose up\\nand stood in his way. The ass saw the angel\\nstandin in the road and bolted but Balaam\\nbelted him over the head with a club and drove\\nhim back into the road. And it came to pass\\nthat the angel moved on down the road and laid\\nfor em again; and when the ass come up and\\nsaw him, he jammed Balaam up against a wall;", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "114\\nSOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\nand Balaam lifted up liis voice and swore, and\\n/:::i-i 1\\nlammed considerable dust out of the animal s", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "The Stranger s Story. (See page 115.)", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "THE stranger s STORY. 115\\nhide with the bkidgeon. Again the procession\\nmoved on; this time the angel put np a job on\\nem, and settled down in a part of the road which\\nWas so narrer they could n t git by. When the\\nass saw him the third time, and found he had\\nno show, he threw up the game and sat down,\\nslidin Balaam off in the mud. Balaam was\\nawful mad, because, you see, he was all fixed,\\nragged out, as it were; he just riz outer that\\nmud and whaled the ass like thunder. Then the\\nLord opened the beast s mouth, and she said\\nunto Balaam,\\n^Why dost thou whale me?\\nAnd Balaam lifted up his voice and said,\\nBy the beard of my daddy, I 11 whale the\\nimmortal stuffin out of yer, if you cut up any\\nmore shines with me\\nHere the speaker paused for an instant, and\\nthen said, I don t quite feel solid as to Avhat\\nwas did after that; but he didn t have no more\\ntrouble, and got to where he was goin all serene.\\nFurther speech was interrupted by a burst of\\napplause and cries of Go it. Brandy Bully\\nfor Joe were heard upon all sides.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "116 SOUTHERN^ RAIVIBLES.\\nWhen quiet was at length restored, Joe\\nmopped his face mechanically Avith a large red\\nhandkerchief and continued\\nI want to tell yer another story about a chap\\nnamed ^Nebuchadnezzar, who was high-cock-a-\\nlorum and chief boss of the locality in which he\\nresided. Yer see, he had told the boys that\\nthey must knuckle under and look pious at an\\nimage, or something of that sort; and three of\\nthe boys, named Shadrach, Meshac, and Abed-\\nnego, would n t do it. Their friends gave em\\ndead away, and N^eb. ordered em to be brought\\nbefore him. The boys tumbled that they were\\nin for it when they heard he wanted em; but\\nthey were game, and went. When iN^ebuchad-\\nnezzar saw em he said, I ve been told that\\nyou three chaps w^on t pray to that lovely little\\ngod I vo set up out there in the square. iNTow\\nlet me tell you chaps right here, that I rule this\\nroost; and if, when next you hear the sweet\\nsounds of the sackbut, psalter}^, dulcimer, and\\njewsharp, you don t get down and worship that\\niffigy, I ll roast yer. What did the boys do?", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "THE STEANGER S STORY. 117\\nDid they weaken, and say they would tumble to\\nthe racket in future? ;N ot much they didn t.\\nThey called a meeting right there, and ap-\\npointed Shad, a committee of one to express\\ntheir opinions and Shad said, O sire, you\\ntake us for the wrong kind of a set of angels.\\nIf you think we are going to worship that scare-\\ncrow to the sound of slow music, we beg to\\ntender our resignation.\\nThen the king was as mad as if he had sat\\ndown on a nail, and he ordered his best oven to\\nbe heated seven times hotter than it ever had\\nbeen before, and that Shad., Mesh., and Ab.\\nshould be chucked into it. Yer see, the boys\\nwere game, but the old man was too much for\\nem, for he had the crowd with him; and they\\ntied em and hove em into the oven. Then the\\nold man got up, and his eyes stuck out, even\\nlike unto those of a lobster, and the folio win\\njawing took place:\\n^Did I not chuck three infidels into that\\noven?\\nAnd they answered imto him, saying, ^O\\nking, thou hast a level head!", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "118\\nSOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\nThe old man, though, he saw four men walk-\\nJllJUW\\ning about in the oven and knowmg he had only\\ninvested in three, it kinder broke him all up, and", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "THE stranger s STORY. 119\\nhe called the boys out, and the Good Book\\nsays ^they come out.\\nJoe paused, wijDed his face with the handker-\\nchief again, and then continued, I Avill now\\npronounce the benediction the meeting will then\\nadjourn, and I invite all hands to take a drink.\\nBill Davis then arose and proposed three\\ncheers for Brandy Joe, the new parson. They\\nwere given with a will; the benediction was then\\npronounced, and the meeting adjourned.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XII.\\nTHE WILDERNESS.\\nVVe soon tired of Enterprise, and yearned to\\nascend the river still farther and explore a coun-\\ntry but little visited by tourists. Both of us\\nwere anxious to go; and when two people are\\nanxious to do a thing, and nothing interferes,\\nthey generally do it. We consulted Bunk, and\\nfound that he knew the country well enough to\\nact as our guide. By the next morning we\\nwere ready and waiting for the little steamer\\nWikiva, which was expected to arrive some\\ntime during the day. It is hard to describe the\\nWikiva. A raft with a smoke-stack, a cabin,\\nand an old mill-wheel hitched at one end, would\\nresemble her, and go about as fast. She has to\\nbe flat-bottomed, as the river in some places is\\nvery shallow above Lake Harney; and as the\\npilots trust in Providence in their steering, a\\nslow boat is a positive luxury.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "THE WILDERNESS.\\n121\\nAt noon she had not come m sight, so we\\nrowed up-river to get a little shooting until she\\novertook us. Bunk was fresh, and rowed\\nhard until I cautioned him that if he did not go\\nslower the boat would never overtake us. We\\nthen went ashore and camped. About midnight\\nshe came in sight around a point a few hundred\\nyards doAvn the river. We then commenced\\ngetting our things together, to be ready to board\\nher when she came past. The puffing and\\nsplashing grew louder and louder, and a little\\nafter one o clock she was about opposite our\\ncamping-ground, and the following conversation\\nensued\\nBoat ahoy!", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "122\\nSOUTHERiSr EAMBLES.\\nHullo!\\nWe want to come aboard.\\nAll right, come ahead there ain t any place\\nthere where we can run ashore and get yer.\\nAll right, hold on, and we 11 come out to you.\\nA few strong strokes of the oars, and we\\nwere alongside; a I ope was thrown to us, and\\nBunk made the boat fast while we clambered\\noyer the side.\\nThe Wikiva.\\nUpon inquiring for a state-room, we were\\ninformed the boat only contained two, and they\\nwere both taken so nothing was left for us to\\ndo but to sleep in the engine-room. The room", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "THE wildee:n:ess. 123\\nwas small and close; and as the furnace door\\nwas open about all the time, the atmosphere\\nwas somewhat heated. I should judge that I\\nhad slej)t for about half an hour, when I was\\nawakened by a sensation as if gradually being\\nroasted alive. I called Bunk and sent him\\nfor my thermometer. It was one of the common\\nkind, and did not register over 220 degrees. It\\nburst in eleven seconds.\\nDuring a conversation with the engineer, I\\nlearned that he had acted as engineer on that\\nboat for four years and although he had led a\\nwild and somewhat wicked life, he did not fear\\ndeath. I believed him.\\nI went outside to get some air, and find a place\\nto lie down in which I might possibly get some\\nsleep. Ha,rdly had I got outside the door, before\\nI stumbled over a bundle of blankets lying in a\\nheap, which some negligent person had left lying\\non the deck. l!^ow, I am sweet-tempered, but\\nanything like that annoys me so I turned around\\nand relieved my feelings by kicking it as hard as\\nI could. Then the bundle rose up and was going\\nto kick me, but I apologized.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "124:\\nSOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\nI felt better then. Nothing makes a man\\nfeel so contented as to think over an event of\\nthat kind. Imagine the feelings of a person\\nI APOLOGIZE.\\nwho is kicked out of a sound sleep by a stran-\\nger, and then to have the stranger apologize in\\na most humble manner, so that he can t do any-\\nthing except swear! The more the injured party", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "THE wilder:n:ess. 125\\nthinks it over, tlie madder he gets; while the\\noffender, as he muses on the event, experiences\\na sense of tranquillity stealing over his senses,\\nand feels at peace with all the world.\\nI found Jack asleep on the other side of the\\nboat, and woke him up to tell him al)out my\\nmistake; but he was ungrateful, and wanted to\\nknow why I could n t have kept it until morn-\\ning. Jack is i^eculiar sometimes.\\nIn about an hour I was awakened by the\\nsound of escaping steam, and learned that the\\npilot was sleepy, and they had run the boat\\nashore while he took a\\nnap. Towards morning\\nwe started again, and\\narrived at Lake Harney\\nabout daylight. Here we\\nleft the steamboat, and\\nrowed ashore to make\\na camp and get some\\nbreakfast. While Bunk was at Avork pre-\\nparing our morning repast. Jack and I took our\\nguns and started off to. see what we could find", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "126\\nsouther:!^ EA]VIBLES.\\nin the shape of game, and in a short time pro-\\ncured a number of snipe, wliich we found quite\\n^-^/l^\\nS\u00c2\u00abM5Si\\\\\\nabundant in the vicinity of the lake. Upon our\\nreturn to camp we found breakfast all ready and\\nwaiting for us. It was a simple repast, consist-", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "THE WILDERNESS.\\n127\\ning of pancakes, hard-tack, and coiFec but what\\nit lacked in variety, it made up for in quantity.\\nI tried the pancakes, but did not hke them; they\\nwere too rich. Jack did not seem to appreciate\\nthem any better than I did, so we made our\\nbreakfast of hard-tack. Breakfast over, we\\nstowed the hiirjragfe in the boat: and after\\ngetting in ourselves, there was not much spare\\nroom left. We found that the boat was loaded\\ntoo heavily at the stern to row easily but Jack\\nsoon rectified that difficulty by throwing over\\nthe pancakes, which Bunk had carefully\\npacked away for future use as ballast.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XIII.\\nDEEP CEEEK.\\nThere is a dreamy sense of enjoyment in\\nfloating along with the viver in a wild, uninhab-\\nited region. The morning dawns sloAvly, and\\nthe smooth water presents a beautiful appearance,\\nseemingly covered by a mass of white clouds,\\nwhich slowly disappear as the sun 7*ises higher\\nand higher in the heavens. All nature is fresh\\nand sweet after its baptism of dcAV, and a few\\nremaining drops still sparkle on the leaves as\\nthey sway and rustle in the morning breeze.\\nThe oars are at rest in the boat, and not a sound\\ndisturbs the silence except the occasional song\\nof some wood bird, singing merrily as it sways\\nupon the topmost bough of an overhanging tree,\\nor chirping softly to its mate concealed in the thick\\nundergrowth. The long Spanish moss hangs in\\ngraceful festoons from the trees, and adds a", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "DEEP CREEK. 129\\nstrange beauty to the scenery, which at this part\\nof the river is often picturesque and grand.\\nFloating along in this manner, stopping now and\\nthen to knock over a few snipe, or to get a shot\\nat the ducks, which abound in the small lagoons,\\nwe at last reached the mouth of Deep Creek\\nand made our camp in its vicinity, as we intended\\nto explore it the next day. Onr bag for the day\\nhad been very good, considering that we had not\\nspent a great deal of time in shooting. It\\nincluded sixteen ducks, two or three teal, and a,\\ncouple of dozen snipe, besides a lot of small\\nbirds, which Jack classified scientifically, and\\nnearly gave Bunk the lockjaw when he tried\\nto name them after him.\\nThe mosquitoes enjoyed us that night, and\\nwent and gave their friends our address, so that\\nbefore morning a large congregation had assem-\\nbled; and it was only by using quantities of oil\\nof tar that they were kept at a respectful dis-\\ntance. We passed a most uncomfortable night,\\nand by the time it was fairly light the next\\nmorning, we were in our boat and paddling", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "130\\nSOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\nslowly lip the creek. About half a mile from\\nits mouth it gradually narrows until the over-\\nhanging trees meet at the top, so that we were\\nentirely protected from the rays of the sun.\\nAn Uncomfoktaule Night.\\nUpon rounding a bend, the sound of a heavy\\nsplash ahead of us would reveal the presence of\\nsome large alligator. Avhich had been lying asleep\\non the bank, but whose acute senses had detected\\nour presence before we had reached a point where\\nhe could be seen. Quantities of little alligators\\nwere to be seen along the banks, and stared", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "DEEP CREEK. 131\\nstupidly at us as we passed, but the larger ones\\nwere very shy and difficult to obtain a shot at.\\nWhile lazily enjoying the constantly chan-\\nging scene, Jack suddenly raised his hand, and\\npointed at the same time, makhig a gesture to\\nsignify that we were to keep quiet. Following\\nthe direction of his gaze, I saw two huge wood\\nibises standing upon a dead branch about forty\\nyards distant. They had evidently seen us, and\\nwere just in the act of leaving their perch when\\nthe report of our guns awoke the echoes of the\\nforest, and they both came to the ground. Little\\ndid we dream of the amount of life which was\\nlying concealed in that apparently deserted\\nspot. At the sound of our guns, two large\\nflocks of white ibises started hurriedly from\\ntheir concealment, and circled shrieking over our\\nheads; from the woods upon our left came the\\nharsh cries of paroquets; and a heavy crashing\\nin the bushes just ahead of us told of the pres-\\nence of some large animal whose meditations\\nwe had suddenly disturbed. For the next few\\nminutes, things were lively in that creek; but", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "132 SOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\nthen a sudden silence fell on the scene, and had\\nDeep Creek.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "DEEP CREEK.\\n133\\nit not been for the dead bodies of the bu ds float-\\nwtfMW^mm\\nMf^ rim II\\nI vE Got Him.\\ning in the water, we might have thought the", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "134 SOUTHERlSr KAMBLES.\\nwhole thing to have been a dream. One huge\\nwood ibis was making off among the bushes,\\nand Jack jumped ashore and started to catch\\nhim. They both disappeared among the bushes,\\nbut I heard them splashing about in the water\\nof a small marsh, which was concealed from our\\nview by the undergrowth. A few more splashes?\\nand then a cheery voice shouted, All right;\\nI ve got him Another splash or two, and\\nthen, No, d n it he s got me\\nThe sounds of a struggle were borne faintly\\nto my ears, accompanied by exclamations of a\\ncharacter which showed that somebody was ex-\\ncited; and a moment after, that somebody ap-\\npeared upon the scene, in the shape of Jack,\\nholding the poor ibis in one hand and an enor-\\nmous club in the other.\\nThe next night we camped near Thorn Hill\\nCreek, where we found a grove of sweet-lemon\\ntrees, the fruit of which makes a very pleasant\\ndrink. At this point there is a small shanty, in\\nwhich Ave had intended to stop for the night but\\nupon our arrival we found it already occupied by", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "DEEP CREEK. 135\\na negro and a white man. The latter was lying\\nupon a bed of blankets in a high fever. He was\\ndelirious most of the time, and during the night\\nwe were entertained by bursts of wild laughter\\nand snatches of old songs. We passed a most\\nuncomfortable night, but a little episode oc-\\ncurred towards morning which cheered us up\\nsomewhat. Bunk got bitten by a scorpion.\\nIn the morning we held a consultation, and\\ndecided that we had had enough shooting for\\nthe present. Game was plenty, but we had no", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "136 SOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\nuse for it, and it would be wicked to destroy life\\nmerely for the sake of destroying life. Neither\\nwished to go back to Enterprise, but we both\\nagreed that we had better go in that direction.\\nIn the evening we arrived at the hotel.\\nA few days later we were again on the river,\\nthis time going iioi*th. The trip down does\\nnot diifer materially from the trip up, except that\\nthe steamer goes a little faster on account of\\nthe current and by keeping a tree on shore in\\nline with some object on the boat, a passenger\\nmay easily tell which way he is going.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "DEEP CREEK. 137\\nWe stopped at Palatka over night, and aston-\\nished our systems with a good, substantial meal.\\nThere was a weighing machine in the ofRce, and\\nJack and I both Aveighed ourselves. Jack ate\\nheartily that night, and his appetite seemed to\\nhave improved the next morning. Just before\\nleaving I asked him to weigh himself over\\nagain. He did so: he had gained nine pounds.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "CHAPTEE XIY.\\nST. AUGUSTIKE.\\nA SHORT sail brought us to Tocoi, where we\\nfound a tram in waiting to convey us to St.", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "ST. AUGUSTINE. 139\\nAugustine. During the ride Jack read from his\\nbook, and howled information to me across the car\\nabout the places which were worth seeing in St.\\nAugustine. The road was rough in some places,\\nand it was necessary for him to raise his voice to\\nenable me to hear him. He was in the middle\\nof a flowery description when we crossed a\\nbridge the noise was deafening, but Jack never\\nmissed a word, and was yelling like a maniac,\\nwhen the train suddenly ran on to a smoother\\npart of the road. An old gentleman seated near\\nthe door arose, looked around hastily, and then\\nwent into a forward car.\\nNothing unusual occui-red during the ride, and\\nwe arrived at St. Augustine when the train did.\\nWe had been advised to go to the St. Augustine\\nHotel, so we went there. There are many things\\nabout a St. Augustine hotel which might be\\nimproved; but then the place is old, very old.\\nJack always spoke of it afterwards as a d d\\nold town.\\nThe hotel contained a billiard-room and sev-\\neral first-class tables. Jack and I tried a game;", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "140\\nSOUTHER!^ RAMBLES.\\nbut being somewhat tired with travelling, we\\ncould not drive the balls hard enough against\\nthe cushions to make them rebound, so we gave\\n,it up and went to bed.\\nWe visited the cathedral it is worth seeing,\\neverybody says it is. It has an overwhelming\\ninterest to the traveller, for some reason which I\\nhave forgotten; but I am glad I saw it, for now\\nwhen I hear any one talking about the beauty\\nof the St. Augustine Cathedral, I pity him in\\nBilence. Si)eaking of cathedrals brings to mind", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "ST. AUGUSTINE. 141\\nan incident which occurred in Paris some years\\nago. We had been repeatedly advised to go to\\nthe Magdalene and hear the morning service.\\nA party of four of us decided to go; but we\\nstarted late, and when we entered the church the\\nservices had already commenced. I was struck\\nby the solemn silence of the place; but my medi-\\ntations were interrupted by an old chap seated\\nnear the door, who stuck out a badly worn paint-\\nbrush as we passed. He had on a little black\\nvelvet cap to keep him from catching cold. We\\navoided him and sat down. I observed that sev*\\neral other people who came in after us were\\ntreated in the same way, but they were all sold\\nby the old duffer, for they stuck their fingers in\\nthe brush, and then put them to their noses; but\\nthey did not seem to like the perfume, for they\\nall wiped them afterwards in a careless manner\\nupon their clothes, with a sort of a criss-cross\\nmotion. G asked a grave-looking man next to\\nhim if it was perfume, and was told that it was\\na perfume for the soul. G looked at him\\nseverely, and then relapsed into silence; but he", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "142\\nSOUTHEElSr KAIVIBLES.\\ntold me in confidence afterwards, that if lie had\\nnot wished to avoid disturbing the congregation,\\nhe would have^ reached for that party and\\nmopped the floor with him.\\nWe watched the proceedings for some time,\\nand tried to look pious and sanctified; but it\\nwas not very entertaining, there was a sameness\\nabout it which became tiresome after a time.\\nBetween the acts a tall man in a gorgeous\\nuniform, carrying in his hand a large cane with", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "ST. AUGUSTrNrE.\\n143\\na silver ball for a head, passed in and ont among\\nthe people, followed by a short, fat party, who\\ncarried a sort of fancy cap in his hand. I\\nnoticed that the people put money into the cap\\nwhen it was held out to them. There was a\\nmusty smell about the place, which we were told\\nwas caused by burning incense. I had heard of\\nincense, and was glad that I had smelt it, for\\notherwise I might have bought some some time,\\nand then I should have been sold. We sat\\nquietly for about half an hour, and I was just", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "144 SOUTHERN RAMBLES.\\nbeginning to feel the beautiful solemnity of the\\nplace stealing over my senses, making me feel\\nsleepy, when G broke the illusion by asking,\\nHave n t you had about enough of this? We\\nfiled out, again avoiding the paint-brush. The\\nboys were very quiet, and seemed to be thinking\\nof something; perhaps meditating on their past\\nsins and resolving to do better. I hoped it was\\nso, but had grave doubts, and did not like to\\nventure any remarks on the subject.\\nThe day we visited the St. Augustine Cathe-\\ndral there was no service in progress, but I sat\\ndown on one of the benches and imagined I was\\nagain enjoying the grand services of the old\\ncathedrals; the illusion was perfect when I fell\\nasleep.\\nWe visited Fort Marion, every one goes\\nthere. Jack read me a description of it on the\\nway, from a gaudy pamphlet which he had that\\nmorning added to his collection. It ran as\\nfollows:\\nThe old fort here is the chief glory of St.\\nAugustine. For three centuries the coquina", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "ST. augustin:e.\\n145\\nwalls of Fort Marion the modern name of\\nSan Marco have looked down npon the\\nbay and the dis-\\ntant open sea,\\nthe town and\\nits fading gen-\\nerations. Kow\\nthe late ten-\\nants the In- SJHIipr^\\ndian prisoners are gone, it seems more dreary\\nand sad than ever. Passing the portcnllis, we\\nenter the great court-yard, surrounded by case-\\nments, in one or two of which are stacks of old\\ncannon; to the right is a sloping way leading\\nto the broad pathway\\nabove, where we look\\ndown into the moat and\\nwater battery with its\\nheavy guns.\\nAt the corners are\\nqueer little martello\\ntowers, sentry boxes\\nwith loop-holes, and at the far end a larger", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "146\\nSOUTHERN KAINIBLES.\\ntower surmounted by a ladder. Below stairs\\nthey show one the dungeon, with its ghostly\\nlegends of imprisoned imfortunates left to die.\\nWe saw the fort, and took a look at the dun-\\ngeons; but we restrained our enthusiasm, and\\nwere calm and self-possessed during our con-\\nversation with the dirty soldier who showed us\\nabout.\\nOne of the most interesting places which we vis-\\nited was the lighthouse on Anastasia Island, which\\nis in plain view from the hotel. The lighthouse\\nis painted in alternate\\nblack and white stripes,\\nresembling a barber s\\npole, from a distance.\\nThe keeper is a deter-\\nmined fellow; and the\\nbeach is lined with the\\nbones of men who have\\ngone over there to get\\ni^^^^^^^^^S shaved.\\nWe had been in St. Augustine about a week\\nwhen Jack began to get restless. He wanted to", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "ST. AUGUSTIXE.\\n147\\ngo to l^assau. He had found out that a steamer\\nwas to leave for New Providence the followmo-\\nweek, and he had made up his mind to go what\\nwas more, he wanted me to go with him. AYhen\\nwe sat down to breakfast he talked of Kassau 5\\nduring our morning walks he talked of Nassau\\nat dinner, he dwelt upon the tropical climate, and\\nthe splendid fruits to be found there. In the\\nevening he i^roduced his book, and filled the air\\nA Native.\\nwith ravings about I^assau. At last he read\\na paragraph that settled it. It was the follow-\\nms::\\nIf there is any such thing as an earthly\\nsensuous paradise, I should think it might be\\nfound under a banyan-tree in the delicious mid-", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "148 SOUTHERX KA^VIBLES.\\nwinter climate of Xassau. This leafy paradise\\nshould be enjoyed in a hammoclv swung from\\nthe banyan s branches. You can get a very\\ngood manila hammock for fifty cents. A deli-\\ncious cigar, such as is found here, will help to\\nintensify the tropical felicity. If that don t do it,\\nthe Cannabis Indica grows within sight, from\\nwhich is derived the famous hasheesh, which is\\nthe king of all narcotics in weaving a dreamy\\nspell about its votaries.\\n]^ow, I wanted to see a place where I could\\nsit under a banyan-tree and look at a Cannabis\\nIndica, and I wanted some hasheesh. I did\\nnot know what hasheesh was, but I wanted\\nsome anyway; so when the hour arrived to go\\non board the Secret, Jack and I were among\\nthe passengers.\\nFor some time after getting under way the\\nvessel followed the coast but in the evening she\\nturned about and steered boldly eastward. It\\nwas a lovely moonlight night, and Jack and I\\nwere on deck watch hig the slowly retreating\\nland. Gradually it faded from our view until we", "height": "2832", "width": "2043", "jp2-path": "southernramblesf00cory_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "ST. 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