How Far Was It?

Southern dlstances are peculiar, and the road dlrections which a tourist. receives aro sometiines wanting In the quallty of expllcitness. "How far is lt from hero to Brushburg?" asked a tourist of an oíd fellow who was hoelng weeds Ín a fleld of s'ck'.y corn "down South." "Is it far?" "Waal, tt hain't bo very fer nor lt haint so very nigh. If you go around by the big road it's ferder nor lt Ís nigh, but lf you cut acrost country it's nlgher nor it is fer, an' íf you keep rlght straight ahead it's kinder betwixt nigh an' fer, but it's considerable of a ja'nt from hyar no matter how you git thar."