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

| AsH Sou' Gc' opiSo htoScu,i you uccu
ncyerslook me in the faoeagaindS no; ,sdi
i'.Illtake,then5 thcnR,e4 ',i9e Ills Ia ac
SoBaTncy was conducted to his Bpost by, the
lad. who had beenG INSTRUCTED iii lthY secret
and whose e,i1voluhtary sstre, at, EarneSts
iplaciI facd ast lay, imt thocofin ~asa interprer
ted By Barneyfo bd natural awe; 4ofss corpse.
II o took his scat, and the boy left him,.alone
with tho darkness ;.the.E rats and the coffin. :.
Sooiisafter, young Fritz, the tanner, arrived,
aatteredahd hopeful, from tho fact that Barr
bara.lind sent for,liim 1,at. wae oslG r. n
llaYe YOU changed your,,nind, J, Barbara ri
he asked oiii uinSs ssw ,ee,ao9 40" 10
Nosand shall not until know; that you
cauttlo really brave thingp, I'D .f97s >,
isoA AANhat shall it beg ,Iswear to- salty, you,
bafhlra. sssss sdi Il s&e,d q; &c a1ad,i.ai 81
= Ilayet' asproposal 4to make syoul orMyplan
roquispsIsk killtas we'll as cournge.".d. ,a, 10 s
tiln,e!asis ',,i' stonri a Z uf .,;sd. Il.
sinsthis house isl man watching by
a CORPSE. Heihas sworn not to leave his post
until1mprning. IF you can mako him do it,
shall beEsatis6ed that you are as, smart land rs
brave asa require Husband to bennett. .,
nothing is 80 easy exclaimed Fritz,
II scfn scare him away. Furnish me with a
shcet5 shoMs,aeS the room, and go to your rest,
Barbera. Yon shall find me at the post in the
morni z. 81 q
l}afbara did asrcquircd and saw the tanner
step a8lithly away to his task q It vas then
ncarl Twelve seiock, and She Sought her own.
chalnpsfs quickly. .sdd-ob ,ae-gsa edT
sB,taes sgwas sitting at his vigil, and 80 far,i
all Il llfd been we'll The night seemed very
long,t ior he had h e,oo. no means .of counting the
time. At times thrill went through him,
foriit eslned u.s. if he could hear low, suppress
cd bleatbiag not far away but he persuaded
hinlsisf tbat it was the wind, blowing through
the ieyices of the old house Still, it was
very blcl md not at all cheerful.
iscc M tho coffin cleaned .whjtcr.
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|fifEa faiiiincswcre upon them and they 'Emcled
dead fcsh 1.-THE Thought made him shuddcr.i
IIc got up and walked about, but something
n'ado 2, slight noise, las if fsomcbudy -was be.
hind ld lim, and hc. put his chair with its back;
against the wall, and sat down again. He
had been hard at work all day, and at last, in
spite Of everything, he grew, sleepy, Finally
he nodded and sllorcd d'"'- ~
Suddenly it seemed as if Somebody had
touched him.'siIIe snwokc ,wth;la . rstairt. and
saw nobody near, thoughlin tho ccntreof the
room stood n white figure sbreos eys os
-HCprsG, yQu. gel, gut Of ibis y lle explained
IL II fright using the first Xor words that came to
iils tongue. ~ 20 icI,9ae 90 hs.Oisy ,1,a 80
Tho figure held up its right arm and slowly
approachcd him, Hc Started .do' his feet. Thc
spectre came nearer, nearer, pressing him into
the corner 1f'I
g "Tlc d Il take you!a crica .Darncs in his
extremity eiii ,Iesg go Z7tsit1.b -'7
'eInvoluntarily he stopped back still the
figure advanced, coming nearer and nearer,
and extending both arms, as If to take him III
q ghastly embrace. The, hair started up on
Barncy's head; he grew desperate, and just as
the cleaning arms would have toIlchtcd liiihlLl
he, fell upon tho ghost ike whirIwind,
tearing or the sheet, tkulhmtiiinis, 1poasadiug
beating and kicking more and more cnragod
at the resistance ne met, Which told him the
truth Isd' ;."l ,51ot To/ N"tk ~ Jlfc'
AS the reader knows, blc was big, aud
Fritz was littlo !; and while he was pummcliny
the little tanner numerically. and Fritz was
trying in vain to get lungc at Barmcy's
stomach, to take the wind out of him. both
plunging and kicking like horses, they were
pctrfcd by hearing voice cry:
Take one of your size, Big Barney" ~.
Looking around they saw the corpse sitting
up in his coffin This was too much. They
released each other and sprang for the door
They never know how they got out but they
ran home in hot haste, pnutings like stags. ~.
1t WAS Barbara herself who came and opcncd
the door upon Earnest the, next morning.
/. "llts.{ycry early; one moro little nap said
he turning over i'll the coffin, t...!., .7sl
So she plarrled him; and though she sent
Fritz and Barney invitations to the. wedding,
they did not appear. If they discovered tho
trick, they kept the knowledge to thonsclves,
aud never willingly faced l'arbara's laughing
eyes again. e lni'ry a.!i p'idW xss 10
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