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

-AAAAsS' 1Aho IA yOu you uCCu
ncveriiook me in tho face again., n,l ,od.
"Ialtakc them, thonHo4 ,toa ii,s T. q
So5Barncy was conducted to his post by the
lad. who had ,beenH Instructed in the secret,
and =,Nhose c-involuntaFy stare, at Earnest's
placiIfacc as it lay in the coffin was7 interpre-
ted ysBarney To be natural awc-Gof3a corpse.
lie took his seat, and the boy left him alone
with tho darkness, the rats and the coffin.
Sooiiyaftcr, young Fritz, the tanner, arrived,
lattered and hopeful, from tho fact that Bar
barashad;sent for linn. ,aa. ees oe!a.I'. Il
Have you changed your, mind, Barbara Y
NO; and shall not until know that you
cau do a really brave thing" ,uS .r32. :,
HWhatshall it boz Iswcar to salty you,
| Barl,ga.1..s ~. 4 I-e3 .}t Is s-l,,.sf
Y 'Huyeta alproposal to maka you. Ny plan
requires skill AS we'll as courage" Z, ,l}1
"1tllmea',a n,3 <a4.j .a.at .,.,. +.
"lFelLsSin this house is man watching by
a corpse. He has sworn not to leave his post
until1hlorhing. If you can mako him do it, l
shall 5beFsatisfcd that you are as smart and as
brave ms require a husband to be, -
3.Why,lnothing is SO casy!" exclaimed Fritz,
81 cyn scare him away. Furnish me with a
shcett show. .lne.t the room, and 20 to your rest,
Barbera. You shall find nc at the post in the
morning"
BaEbara did as required, and saw the tanner
step Slithiy away to his task. 1t was then
nearly twelve O'clock, and She sought her own
chamBer, quickly. aa edr
B.Eaeytwas sitting at his vigil, and, 50 far,
all llfd abcent well. The. night seemed very
long, for he had no means of counting the
time At times a thrill went through him,
for it sFeencd us il he could hear low, suppress
cd blsathing not far away; but he persuaded
hilllsea f that it was tho wind, blowing through
the devices 9f the old house. Still, it was
very SbiicIy and not at all cheerful.
~ ~ faco in tho coffin cleaned whittier
iiea a -na
l'itBa ianiincswcre upon them and they smcllei
dead flesh. The thought made him shudder.
lie got up and walked about, but something
made a slight noise, rs if somcbuly vas be.
hind him, aud he put his chair with its back
against the wall, and sat down again IIo
had lccn hard at work all day, and ut last, in
spite Of everything, he grew sleepy. Finally
he nodded and snorcd
Suddenly it seemed as if somebody had
touched him. He awokc with start. and
saw nubudy near, though in the ccntroiof the
room stood white figure. lbsro4 uyS 0:
Course you, get, out, Of this = ,hc exclaimed
IL alright, using tho first words that GAME 20
Ills tongue. ), 4, ,.g,-,c Il ,......-...,., -
The figure held up its right arm and slowly
approached him. He started to his feet The
spectre came nearer, nearer, pressing him into
the corner. i"'s
''Thc ID take you cried Barney, in his
extremity. -,e,s g7is ,b
lnvolun'ariIy he stepped back still the
figure advanced, coming nearer and nearer,
and extending both arms, as if to take him iii
a ghastly embrace. The hair started up on
lSarncy's head; he grew desperate, aud just as
the cleaning arms would have touched linn.
he fell upon the ghost like whirlwind,
tearing OF the sheet, humping, pounding
beating and kicking, more and more cnrascd
~ 'ic 'N"h''"iSS iiItt, MIISIl IOlu Nlln TIC
| truth. '-a .'1'f 1" nHh st
AS the reader knows, he was big, aud
Fritz was little and while he was pummclin.
the little tanner numerically. and Fritz was
trying in vain to get uuyc at Barney !
stomach, to take the wind out OF him, both
plunging and kicking like horses, they were
pctriIicd BY hearing voice cry
Take ono Of your size, Bis Barney" r.
Looking around they saw the corpse sitting
up i'll his coffin. This was too much They
released each other and srrans for the door
They never knew how they got out but they
ran home in hot haste, painting like stags.
| 1t WAS Barbara herself who came aud opened
the door upon Earnest the next morning.
Its very carly; one moro little nap" said
he turning over i'll the coffin. b
SO she married linn; aud though she sent
Fritz and Barney invitations to the wedding
they did not appear If they discovered the
trick, they kept the knowledge to themselves
and never willingly faced l'arbara's laughing
| eyes again. 9rr 81 'iaW ss'a
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