Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-10-16

! at low rate, prOVldlnG you take lneln all.
"Very WE'LL" said my friend, "let's hear the
condition"
"You give me one cent for the first box,
two cents for the second, four cents for the
third, and soon. doubling upon every box"
"Done p said he, "fech on your cigars
spose you think | haven't money enough
"Not at all, SO let's proceed here's the first
box."
He drew from his pocket a leathern purse.
and out of it Il handful Of coin.
"And here's the cent" said he, depositing
u green discolored copper on the counter.
.Here's your second box"
"And here's your two cents"
every well: here's your third box"
"And here's your four cents" said lie chuck
ling.
Here's your fourth box"
"Exactly. And here's your eight cents!
@Hcre's your fifth box"
"And here's your sixteen cents"
"Here's your sixth box"
And-Ha! ha ha!-here's your thirty
two cents"
Here's your seventh box"
aAnd here-ha by Jove the jokeis getting
too rich-here's your sixty-four cents and
nearly half your cigars are gone"
Here's your eighth box," said ], assuming
cool indifference that perfectly astonished
the fellow.
"And here's your dollar and twenty-eight
cents"
sHere's your ninth box
"And here's your-let me see-ah! two
dollars and fifty-six cents"
"Hcre's your tenth box"
Here he drew his wallot thoughtfully, md
on the slate made small calculation.
"And here's your five dollars and twelve
cents"
"Here's your eleventh box"
"And here's your-twice five is ten, twice
twelve is twenty-four-ten dollars and TWEEN.
ty-four cents"
AT this stage of the game he had got quite
docile, and | continued
Here's your twelfth box hand over twen-
" dollars and forty-eight cents"
Here The globules of perspiration, large as
marrowfat peas, stood out in bold relief on
his face, but ut length he doled ont the sum.
Here is your thirteenth box-fork over
your forty dollars aud ninety-six cehts."
At this crisis he looked perfectly Wild
The sweat was pouring off linn in streams,
and the tobacco juice was running out Of his
mouth.
.Forty ninsty-sixssIf dol do, but if do
may ] be hanged"
And taking his pile into his hat, he crushed
it on his head, and made his exit at rale of
speed altogether unhcard Of; and ] have ne
yer seen him near enough to speak to him
from that day to this.-Spirit of the Times.
DAEK HoURs.-There are hours, dark hours,
that mark the history of the brightest
wear. For not whole months in any of the
millions of the past, perhaps, has the sun
shone brilliantly all the time. And there have
been cold and stormy days in every year.
And yet the mists and shadows of the dark
est hours were dissipatcd, and fitted heed
lesslv away The cruelest of the ice-fetters
have been broken and dissolved, and the most
furious storm lose its power TO harm. And
what parable is all this of human life-of
our inside world, where the heart works at
its destined labors Here, too, we have the
overshadowings of dark hours, and many a
cold blast chills the heart to its core. But
what matters il? Man is born hero, and it
is only by darkness and storms that heroism
gains its greatest and best development and
illustration; then it kindles the black cloud
into blaze of glory, and the storm bears it
more rapidly to lis destiny. Despair not then.
Never give up; while one good power is
yours use it. Disappointment will be real
lied. Mortifying failure may attend this ef-
fort and that one; but only be honest, and
struggle on, and it will work well.