The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-05-31
My First SeccSp7c Chase
ny TIE AUTHOR OF "wI!n SPORTS
OF TIL E W + S T.


OF THE wEsT.'
iears-eheu tnqaces have passed,
and yet how vivid is the 10th of Octo.
Der 1871, i'll my memory. The large
portion Of my web Of lie is spun, a,.d
mine is one of mingled yarns. Well,
1t matters little now. can remember
calmly the sunshine and the shadow,
and the guonlicst retrospect has many
81 lightsome day and many i merry
night associated with its rccoIlcc,inns.
Mine was indeed careless carcrr;f
fancy led NJ! through, and prudent
WAS douh!y dis'anced. Like W.
men, many i wrong cast ! made; ~
9 stabbed with Il White wcrch's blATKs
cye!" consorted with Epheian of The
old church., and listened too often to
the chimes at midnight. But, like
old Jack. leave the blame upon the
vi!l'annns company, ali say with him,
was as virtuousIy given as :; gentle
man need be-"
1t was the first week in July, when
having AIKEN the hon"rs of graduate,
after Il five years sojourn within the
classic courts OF Alma Mater, | stroll
cd into he Repository in Stephens
green, to bid adeu to the old ii-s-
who for thirty years had h"rscd US oi:
Trinity. 1t was sale day, and Blank
one too; the wo id WAS out If town.
There were few To sell fewer Vet to
buy. y hack not worth a hav.halrd
was knocked dow! to al aspiring liz. tci:
draper, who wanted Something's ilurr:
whereupon to dust himself hcc.tsional.
1y. ! saw hiIn regularly. j,~kcycl
with Infinite satisfaction, as he had
once dunncd Inc, even To paynhciit, for
g" heggarly ACCOUNT Of gloves n d
pocket handkcrch!cts. Although he
did not venture TO invite me k5> be OF
the multitude Of his c,nsrIi0rs, as |
had broken his windows upon the even.
ing paid his bill, that did not pre-
vent me from pointing out certain
beauties in the quadrupcd then be
meath the hammer, which even had
escaped the aucliongar himself. In
deed, according to Ry showing. tie
cardinal virtues OF sllorsc il,sil were
concentrated in that ma,cllcss animal.
Yet human Judgment is ta!,blc, and
the stecd did not realize the qualiica-
tIon ascrihrd to him by the puilcr and
himself: for us the . Evening Post"
soon after announced, vi. Lawr1nce
Lute>trIng WAS run away with npon
the Rock Road, and the excited cour.
ser, not content with dcmolishng sun.
dry ribs Of the unfortunate cavalier,
had, from an iniirmity OF vision, come
in contact with loaded jaunting car,
and the concussion was SO awful that
the company were deposited in wet
ditch, and the vehicle rendered horse
lie combat.
was about to leave the yard, when
old Phil, prime minister to the rcpos.
itory, logged me Oh the clbvw. stop
a minu,c-its worth your while, Sir.
There's queer one comm out-he's
the devil, to be sure. Och, ifhad but
tcmber; and here it is" While he
spoke, a rattling high,brcd dark bay
horse issued from the st,bles. lie
was in the lowest condition imaginable;
but Notwithstanding his poverty, he
was the ruin of Il noble animaI-hc
was far from being handson.o-lhc
head was coarse, the shoulders thick;
but he embodied some good points,
and, though cross made, to an expert.
enccd eye, his ensamplc'' was excel
lent-Archy, my best man--as honest
q groom as ever won lving--whis.
percd 81 it he had not the so in him he
was the biggest villain under the cano.
Py"-and before the animal had made
the third turn down the run, had
come to n similar conclusion.
The groom stopped when he had
gained the vantage ground. "Therc,
gentlemen" said the auctionccr,
there's what call youth and beauty.
There's the making Of fortune, and
no mistake. The lady who could re-
fuse anything to a man with such IL da.
sy cutter under him, would be hard to
please irdeed--run him down, Liant
that's action and elegance sir"
to tall raw-boned young grocer
hat horse was foalcd for you--a gen,
tJenian Of your figure would never
cross anything but blood--this here