The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-04-25

in his power to rel eve his cmha, raSS'
ment. lie attempted to converse
with his c"mpaninn; hnt he >carccl,
knew what he said, or how I" act
The widow pitied him, and finding
| that there WAS no hope of his moving
III proximity nearer her than ten
feet, t''ok occasion, while applying II
! little more fuel to the fire. to lessen
that comfortable distance by taking Il
seat within three feet of him. This
was indeed trying to the courage "t
unfortunate Logwnnl, and now the
c 'n,binch wrath Of the bl,zing fire,
! from the heat "f which he had not the
courage To move, and the excitement
OF his situation 9th rwisr, huge drops
of pcrspirnti"n hogan to gclner upon
! his forehead and course down his fac. .
lie pulled his handkerchief from his
| pocke. aud commenced m"ppinS the
sweat from his eyes; but the mus ard
with " hich it had been well busted by
| the boys was not calculated to give
much reict to. his wutcry "rlics by
The application, and twn If the rn!ur~
who were Watering the operations
within through Displaced chinking,
saw rlra, all things worked rs desired
OF fc"lrsr, the more his eyes became
ntfrctrL the more thy were rubbed,
| the more he tn.crd into them There
could be but one result; he became
ns blind as Il bal; the pain was perfect
V uaddcniig. lie >natchc,l his ha,
from tn" bench beside him, and rely
ing solely on Glance in ma a>i.g it,.
| made Il rush for The ds,"r. But in
WAS sadly i'll error regarding its p',iIn
| ,f c,.miyitsa !:nm He si',: wiirTc liz.
WAS Standing, for instead IT j,,,npi ~
',ut of the ,l'nr he jumped int" the
arms Of the widow, who, unable Il,
acr,nnl for his strange conduct, had
; risen to he: feet aud was standing IN
front ut the brl,h upon which she lla
been sitting. Wild W, Lngwm,d, and
brEcn were in an i.Sta,,t piled upon
The fl ",r Together. The lady scream
cd nul, Lngw"o.l male another plunge
i,r the du,r, which he su ccul.d in
reaching and getting trough in som
way. Just as the old man mad. his
appearances. But h!s tr,,;!,Ivs were
not r,rit,I; TIN. boys had placed il bar
rel in front of the dnnr, aud over i,
l,. rolled just in til!ie tn receive Il
bucket ni old water in his face ANT
eyes, completely dr"nrhi.," him
Now rlinhl"d 10 see IL tillir brtlrr. h,
raised to his icct, perfectly lOilinu
with w,atn, the first OH l'ct which met
his imperfect vision wa the old man,
VIII" was ,om mrlrL Iy hc"iIdcrrL =
L"gwn'h. without knowing or carin"
wli, he %as, bet believing him in
some way connie ted with the trick
rlaIcd upon him, knocked him Spraw.
ling, AMI then started lur the river to
balhc hi eyes.
IN ahru, an hour Logw"d return.
eI l..nr ii ling all ih. unyS in bed
and MT caring about discovering t."
them is situation. turned in" with
nnl Il light. Tie next nurili,. he
attributed the iniIl'l,.d appearance "i
his eyes t., X bad cold, nor did nh,
one deem it advisable to let him
understand that he k;,.w tn h. con.
trary The lady and the family wise
ly kept the circumstance to them.
selves, although they never could
exactly explain it; and it was moi
until L"gw."i left III. Tar, that lln'
mystery WIS solved to the widow =
He always believed the lady wa.,
c''ncernsd in the plot in some way
and his opinion Of .le fair Sex, and ni
wi.I"ws in particular, underwent II
great change in consequence. He
uevrr called nInn her again, but the
next day nt the evening OF his visit he
gave his white sli,ts t. an Indian.
ami iron, that day 10 this has never
troubled himself about marl imnny.