The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-05-22
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ACTED 20 & MMR Life.

Of a walking trip in the county NY
heart had becn.mouIly and lonely for ii
ion5 time until one 'su Try day Sep:
-4ts,shsr 7 receivsd= ss1lca e@trUm Markham,
: asl;;;Iisr, nae, 70 take a holiday and visit
hin a1 his: motGer'ss viHaa L persuaded
m15y,ss,eIf> that was, ,02erworked and want
ed rest. and, determined totake Markham
at his word : I sal; down and wrote two
lines, telling him that, 1 should walk
down starting THAT very night, and that
, he esmight expect me-, as soon as. twenty
miles a day ard zig-zag read would
fbriinss me.s.sIn ten. minutes / put. up q
iewtt ttiiiigs 10 send on. before nre, packed
"a knapsack, and then shonldered my
traps and rushed from, the horrible gloom
. Of my chambers, and another hour our
! found found myself on q country road, DONG
my first stage sei i, the bright moonlight.
: I absolutely danced with delight, 1t was
SO glorious to be- free once more. 4 was
walking through woody country. ana
fell aspleasure cannot describe m re,
rniniseences Of childish terruie awakened
sby the strange forms that moenilght
:: showed ,amengsthe5t trees When !. came
Ito a break ihstheswoed eds,5l leaned over a
3 gate opening In ca mead lows that stretenea
dar ;aWay;-ail inning iii heshght whlch
: lends as beauty elicate but mysterious
a11ds almost uneai:th Iy,E to5 the most com
mon objects. As: Iafeaned, ! listened j;
mot agseGufrd. Except the tinkling OF sheep
.bellf nov. and then the bark OF dog,
sBayii,lgs;tsslls meoa, ora village ehnrch-bell
stalking tlieShour. ,sss,. - -
z.sButssoon$Ir saw, breaking over the horl-
distantiig lightning. (which warned me ne
that. . storm was approaching. :: / bad Still
some miles aoSgif beture I coald reach the
e end I'd ojs nv nv first stage: so pressed on
again IN Before aan hour: had passed edsthe-
!ssssind d Had risen and was swaying the tree
: ops over head iif thesnarrow arched lanes,
and soon nth Tie moon was hidden, and ielt
she first slow, heavy drops .ot .rGiii.3 Halt
;;lazzled at tin n ss by vivid flashes, and
5splashing through. puddlesalready formed
IN THE eEcaptruts, 6asten ID Onward, out
:st IT. was; nearly midnight when. dfenched
10, the skin. reaehed the little town OF
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ft;did not take me long to hunt up the
mark iet.bs..ce and to End ouL,the Red Lion.
.whiehSI knew to.be the best:inn. 1t was
! not quite so easy, however,Sto gain -al-
sniittance but, ut lilstsa suspicious porter,
AFTER d ipraarrley. from, a window, leisurely
.-descended,: and having narrowl ly examln-
ed me, admitted my claim to- nights
lodging, and Set about showing ipe.a .aroom.
Il followed him as he went alons: the pas
ss;s sase, past rooms with their names paint
ed over the -doorways. up. stairs and along
lie gallery which gerlooked the court
yard l.s.,.ge-.,5.. a., 49,;
= You've got, q theatre here, then g,zl
said. as nay ey fell ison o biit its;wstered TO
the wall: - 80. -. -. :.
es, sir,s said the porter Yes, sir,
rShevdo say as, how Miss Barry;is an un-
common: good actress: She has only been
here's wlesk, and the company WORT stop
long; for there ain e mary people to fill u
theatre, except the young chaps from
.s(ss-s--di dikewise some rents from the uli-
yorsits = -. s,s.. -
s. = Z Stopped to look it the hill--a long,
saalTow. .;docu rneiIt, which: :tnnonnced- the
as5t.sss1 ce . Miss Barry in the Thrill
,,ifii.s ii1i .hIelodraina oiz-Lho.a Vampire. L
lsinLtsd ak ] read the bill. which not only
s SGT forth the,perfoliners names, but gave
ia IN Il few words the leading characteristics
of iisha, persolxiges zuf1the. drama :"Slr
:gGrs Vile Lilbutne be is n 'sWafttiy bal.o-
il netr Of ancient lineage, poor, but aughty,
proud a. and irey engetut;) Marsden, the
Vampire (ldemon who renews bis HE
Sslb,Fs 5frifking%the blood of maidens.)
ss:aThat's iler riatGel;" interposed the Off
;ciGus- porter. - -
lisa Ga lovely girl -
- laThat's true enough cutin the porter
sShes fit for u better Theatre nor this
here. There's city manager coming
down. &c. morrow olp pur, ose to~see her"
= /: / finished the. bill, went into my room,
and taliin gsof MY clothes: gave the por-
:fersparficu lar instructions TO. have them
we'll dried against the morning. But
alone and in bed in the huge room, only
half Lighted blythe candle, lett burning
and Pickering in tine gusts of wind wuch,
made their way tostt, ! found it impossr-
bic to sleep. There lay, wideawake,
listening to the. thunder, which still NUT
tered. i'll the distance, and to the, wiud.
gain @tresl, strength eve
:i.v NOVA Irdt,Ien. as it. came dashing full
Against my windows Then l:w;tteiied
the hickering shad us of. the brd:hat!g5- &
sings; and from that lell- to thinking ol,
the playbiII and Of the hideous subject OF
The: play:
As I lay turning in7my huge bed, l.
4confess-that I wished the town, the t. .ea-
-tis arl-its-bill <lad beenzany where but in:
my-:roads that night. Atlast, however, L
sgoti itiredeo turning over and over, and.
Ef9y5 nifs candle wing out. after many flful.
leaps, which STARTLED me not q lirtle, i fell
II Fl apweka1datc,. feeling heavy and ont Of
hamer7 and my .tenlpef was not at all I'M
rr,6Tpd-h eEfnidin.r, that for the present: