North Carolina Distances

"About how far is it to Gourdville?' asked the stranger of a North Carolinian who Sat on the veranda holding up tin front .side of his house. "Two boots au a look, I reeVñ," vas the laconic reply. "Wel!, how far is that?" quened th strangei impatiently. "Twicet as fur as y;'Jcin holler an asfur as yo' kin see beyond thet." 'But 'm cousumpt!-e and can't 'holler at all," urged the traveler. "How am I to teil anything f rom such a direction as that?" "Bettt-r look twioet an not holler at all, was the answer. "(ïourdville ain't vu tl hollurin ubout nohow.''