The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-10-11
SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER H. 1854

but rs she took his hand and traced tn,
mysterious lines therein, telling him the
great things in store for him, especially as
she had tod him some things that had
occurred in his life that he supposed had
never been known. About this time he
sold large lot If cattle for which he re.
ceived ir cash about $4,000.
The next day the woman called again.
and sail that $4,000 was the amount re.
qured to be present to allay tie spirits.
lhe iarmer then produced the package Of
money received for the cattle, aud the
two sat down to the table, and counted
ont $4,000 in bank notes, except four
small coins. The money was then folded
up the woman all the time making strange
motions and talking strange talk. The
next day and day after the woman called
again, each time counting tile money ~
before, maSing the same signs, DC, but
leaving the money with the farmer, wrap
ped MP in the handkerchief.
AT the next visit, she required him 10
take solemn oath that he was not 10 tell
to.a living soul the object they were in
pursuit OF, that she WAS going away to
he absent for short time: heswas not ,o
look AT the package of money at any time
excepi'ng when she was present; aud az
ter making an earnest prayer, She took
hold OF him while She held the package
OF money IN her hand, and ~wuar him
around, So that they came together bI- k
to back. She tnen gave him back the
handkerchief, As he supposed all right,
and told him that she would return on the
lJ;h, lGlr or l7tl II August, and tben
;"ef would go in company AMI secure he
hIddcn treasure. On HE 18th he hardly
expected TO meet her, and was not ,li.an.
pointed that she did not come. On III.
lCts' he sat mp late at light, expecting her
arrival.
After waiting till near midnight, on the
lTh, he began TO suspect all was not
right. aud he feared all this might lie a
trap TO rob him. So strong did this sr>-
WyI'n ES'cn upon him, that he took up
his gun loaded il, and went out iu,o the
shrG"hery surrounding the house, where
he could see al who approached without
beng seen aud remained there until two
",i"ck in the morning. But no one
caa'e. As the time had elapsed that was
sci for his lair visitor, he considered him.
>e'f abso!yed from his obligation, never
doubling in the least but that his money
was safely deposited il the haudker
CHIEF.
Unroiling it carefully, what was his dis
may at seeing, not a roll of bank bills and
four pieces Of gold, as he had left it, but II
package of brown paper and four cents,
IN leu thereof. Even the handkerchief
had been changed; instead Of being his
Own, 1t was one precisely similar One of
tie str,sn9eSt hing, in all this strange
t'nsac;ion is, that counterfeit fivc-dol
lor bill that was placed in the roll Of mo-
ncy, was taken out OF it and returned in
The package of brown paper. How this
was done is a mystery we cannot solve.
The farmer who has been so completely
bambaozled out of So, 200, now seeks To
tiud some remedy at law.
Strange rs this story may appear to
many, We have the facts from the mosl
nndonbted authority, and we have given
them just rs they occurred. We can
symptthize with our friend the farmer in
the loss of bis money, tor he is lot the fist
of the masculine gender who has been
and, aiaS nc Is not the last @!.o .siH le
dnped by a pretty woman Columbia
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