The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-11-07

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|'i's'All:fs And if yodiget drighteucd, you need
ncvcrjlook me in the faooagaint'h pe. ,adi
I lstakeythent thenRes ",,aa HI {. IL @,
So1Barney was conducted to his post by, the
tlads sgho had sinstriicteas iii th8 secre::,
and;:A hose rtinyoluhtary ssh.re, at, Earnests
|placid 4aoe as it lay in nthcScofn #asa intorprer
tedi Barney.to bs natural awe rofas corpse.
lie tooksliis seat, and the boy left him1.alone
with tho darkness; ;.thesgats and the coffin. ::
Soo6aftcr, young Fritz, the tanner, arrived,
flattegea and hopeful, from tho fact that Bpr7
barasliai Sent for, linn. q,ai~ wss oelG-p. II
'Haye you changed yoursmind !, .Barbara q,
he iskea o.d uie&.. ttw ",;,.1se, ;Op Elo
"Nos;sand shall not until know that you
cautlos really brave; thingP ,pd .poV .
iii be? ,Lswcar to Salty, you;
Bhrbina. .asae ri (, sI.,4 =! ~ a4,,tI,ci !,
~ IIayst,as proposal ato make you Ny plan
|Iroquir0sSskil ill4as we'll as couraye."a, 81 To
llnealss4 tai, rtonel ,sAt III .7:nd b.
.sells in this house is a man watching by
a CORPSE He has sworn not to leave his post
until corning. IF you can mako him do it,
shsll satisfcd, that you are as. smart }and MS
.brasd foqpire ahusband to bc,...Eix .,
nothing is 80 easy exclaimed Fritz,
II cSn scare him away. Furnish me with a
sheet shass me the room, and go to your rest,
Bafblla. You shall find me ut the post in the
mornillg q,
BaEbara did asrcquircd, and saw the tanner
step blithty away to his task! II was then
ncarly tsfelSa O'clock, and She sough her own
chalngsfs lquickly.sad2ob s@e7y,a ar
Bafaey sitting at his vigil, and, 50 farii
all Gllfd been well. Ths, night seemed very
long, for he had l no. means of counting the
time AT times a thrill went through him,
forlit Seeihed us if he could hear low suppress
cd blsathinG not far away but he persuaded
hiulsaf tlaE it was tho wind. blowing through
the ayices af the old house, Still, it was
very biol md not ut all cheerful. Z!
Es isise i's Tho ssfTG coffin cleaned .whjtor
|'if}9a iaiiiincswcre upon them and they E,nclled
dead flesh. The Thought made him shuddcr.
lIc got up aud walked about, but something
made p slight noise, ,as if somrbpdy was be.
hind him, aud he put his chair with its back
against the wall, and sat down agaip,s Ho
had been hard at work all day, and at last, in
spite Of vcrything, he grew, sleepy. Finally
he nodded aud snorcd' i''''st 4'vE Il
Suddenly it seemed as if Somebody had
touched him. lie 'tawokc withla stdrt and
SAW nobody near, thought in the contreiof the
ROOM stood white figure. sbucoa orc o,
-Hcprse yyous get, gut Of IBIS .IAc explained
u alright, using ths irst words that came 70
hls tongue. 1o fsproac ra hs.uiay AK -,
Tho figure held up its right arm and slowly
approached him, He started to his feet. The
spectre came nearer, nsarer, pressing him into
the corner. ''t
'i"Thc d--l take you.Hi cried a,Darnct, in his
extremity .iii .,e.z h grtsnnsb -a7
Invoauntarily he stopped back still the
figure advanced, coming nearer and nearer,
and extending. both arms, as il to take him iii
2 ghastly embrace. The, hair started up Oh
Barncy's head; he grew desperate, aud Just as
the cleaning arms would have touched llii1I,,
he, fell upon the ghost like 'whirlynd,
tearing OH the sheet, thumpihg, lpS65uhdiug
beating and kicking, more and more 5i5 cnrragod
at the rcsisttncc lie met; which'told him the
truth yod' ;..i .dIcf Rr# o..i(h y l1fc, -
AS the reader knows, S.l,c was big, aud
Fritz was littlo ); and while he was pummclins
the little tanner numerically and Fritz was
trying in vain to, get n lunyc at Barney +
stomach, to take the wind out of him, both
plunging and kicking like horses, they were
pctrilicd by hearing voice cry a.
Take one of your size, Big Barney" jn.
Looking around they saw The corpse sitting
up in his coffin. This was too much They
Released each s;Acr and srrans for the door.
They never knew how they got out but they
ran home i'll hot haste, painting. like stags. 80.
| 1t WAS barbara herself who came an,l opened
the door upon Earnest the, next morning.
Its very early; one moro little nap" said
hc, turning over in the coffin, 7s
Sc. she warried him; aud though she sent
Fritz and Barney invitations to the wedding,
they did not appear. If they discovered thu
| trick, they kept the knowledge to themselves,
aud never willingly faced lsarbara's laughing
| eyes again. gnrn1 a:ie'idW zsr91
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