Uncharted forest
by Clint blackwell
(mississippi)
GENERAL ORDERS
....the old barn was decayed but still standing and the coffee was pushing for revenge so i turned on the whites detector and let the NOSE go to work for me...presto..5 minutes and bingo...jars of silver dollars and bullest and so jewelry...but wait the old iorn was old locks and some old saw blades andsome old bullets fired in the yepper days of farm haven..the next dig was a shovel full of rocks and some nails -squared *So old-and then the shocker...an old coffin...stell -or iorn...dug it up..and opened...a conferdeate soldier in full battle dress..with boots and even his pistols and some sharp buttons to be exact...i reburied him proper -undisturbed and no loot from his grave because i know what happened the next evening-the old fellow visited me in my home and thanked me for no robbing his grave and he wasnt alone--about 30 horsemen were outside my window and they were all laughing and cutting the bull and then they rode off as fast as lighting -hoofs clakking and yipping and hollering -loud!! i did kind of get the chills- MY DOGS CLIDE AND BUSHWACK WERE STILL BARKING UNTIL 4 AM ...but i respect our fighting mens sacrifice-the next day a black hat was on my porch swing AAAAAAAAAAAAND IT WAS A GENERALS HAT FROM THE CIVIL WAR WITH GOLD LEVERNES AND DUSTY AND real!!! I ALMOST FAINTED-WHATS FUNNY THOGH IS THE FACT THAT THERE WERE ALSO HOOF PRINTS IN MY DRIVE WAY AMD NOW I KNOW THE POWER OF HONESTY,DIGNITY, FAUTH AND I EVEN RECALL PLUGGING MY GOPHER HOLES...I LIVE ALONE BUT IM NOT AFFRAID ANYMORE KNOWING WHAT PROTECTS THE GOOD INTENTIONS OF MAN WHEN HE IS hONEST!!!SORRY ..NO MUSHROOMS HERE TO SPEAK OF BUT REMEMBER-READ THE OLD MAPS AND GET GOING!!THANK YOU,
