Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-10-08

Joke AID no JoKE.--lyhcn tho
Duke Of Ava was in Brussels, about the
beginning of the tumults in the Neither
, lands, he had set down before lluIst in
Flanders; and there was "A provostmar.
shnl in his army who WAS iuvoritc Of hs,
and the provost had put some to death by
secret commission from the Duke. There
WAS Captain Bolcn in the army who was
al Intimate friend of the provost'S: and
one evening late he went TO the captains
tent and brought with him confessor and
eXccuti0ner, as was hi, custom He told
the captain he was come to execute his cN-
ccllencyS commission aud martial law upoA
| him, The captain started up suddcnlv,
his hair standing upright, and being struck
with amazcmcnt. asked him. " Wherein
have offended the Duke ?" The provost
answered "Sir, ] am not TO expostuatc
the business with you, but to execute my
commission; therefore pray prepare your
self, for there arc your ghostly father and
the cxecutiomcr" SO he fell on his knees
before the priest, and having done, and
the hangman going to put the holtcrabout
his neck, the provost threw it away, aud
breaking into laughter, told him "thcrc
was no such thing, and that he had done
t.iis to try his courage, how l. would bear
the terror OF death /" The captain, look
ing CHASTITY at him said, Then, sir, you
get out OF my tent, for you have done me -
very i'll cfic'."
me next morning, the said Captain 60
iea' though young man about thirty, had
ms haIr all turned grey, to The admiration
or all the world, and the Duke of AIva
| l. III I.
h'msc't VINO questioned him about it, but
ne would confess nothing, The next year
the Duke was recalled, and in his journey
10 thc court OF SPAN he was to pass by
''arugosSa ana th'S captain Boiea and the
proves, ,,,' W'"T a,ohS with nm as hiS domcs-
',cS; nc bukc oc'ng torepose some days
al ',nra&oSSo, INC yohn&-oId Captain Bolca
'''" nun 'n"C therc was thlng IN that
Oown worthy TO be seen BY ils oXccllency,
~hlch was c"Sn de /pc", bedl"m house,
sven one as there Was not the like iu
nn'iStenuom' "Ne'l, sand the Duke,
20 ana teH inc warden Will be there to-
morrow "itcrhooh. he captain having
on'',neo n,1 ihS, went to the warden and
w T:r r'''' '": l'uNc ''teht,on ana th"t the
1''t' III "'I''",o'' ''''' n'oVcu MN TO 1t was,
..i'' , "c "'u u" uhru'y provost about nm
.'-'S'S S"oJeet o''cht'MeS to hts OF iren-
N an" 'p;I 'GGa,'se G;,. lc WISHED INN well he
lnu 'r'G, uWerS means to cure him' but
81, ,i.E'', W9"o no' u"' therefore he fW9nld try
mneo''9' Ne.l''S Inn c'oSo IN bGdiam tor
'''r'T. rH u"9s "Gu" 90 nm any good
U IuNV |"S. ''te l'n"c came with
"',S rphS ''"." 81 '"p!,'"s al'ef hlm' amongst
ni, mm',, G "''S '"e S'lo provost, very SHINING
l'" n' mI,S. p.','S V"tc''u mo 'ne mouse
''. .aII H., ,''u i.INo person, t"h''ih boiea
s.Th"4a ~"IUo", ,t, ""'.S "' 'nc provost
os;Jn La. =, '''' ii ,'"L tne. warden TOOK MN
'e ood ,,'o" e T%'N 'opoS M'ere ne n"d pa
NJ oI..,I. %p,%o ~ "'s n'cn' VINO m"''eo h'm IN
,nJ L;'r ,t,"'u ul'o" MS NV Swo'o, ana Lur
Iain thonn 't'o tOo ,,rp. G"eon lne provost hau
,,.,l, !; n.y. ".E'''' "''u /" uay ana "'tcr-
( ;mc nrt f ."Ca .'."' I" I''trni"n' COM
, '.S WV vi curiosity 10 sec lllc mouse, peep
! cd into Il small crate where the provost was.
/ The provost coniurcd him as he was d chris
! tian to 90 and toll thc Tul.c Of Ar,.o H.,
nroyost w.s thcro nn,,fnod ,,l. 1sil
| ;,o,.;,,,, ,,l,.. M ''' 49," NV
Wy NV Stuti'plal u'o MS cr-
r'hu ana thc pukc being astonlshcd, sent
TOR the warden with his prisoner the war
den brought the provost in cyp0, full of
straws and feathers, mad,nan like. bcforn
the Duke who ot tI,c ,;,ht nf H., h,,n.t
into lourltcr ond osl.oI the ,t,on1n ,',,,,,
| hc m,dn lS,, ,.;'.%. t"S =, g., WY
| - 49," P'Ho"N': Nlr, sald thr
""'ucH, ~ was ny virtue or you excel
4 ,c"cy commission brought by Captain Bo-