The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-03-21


l,opelstQ pne afi tAe, packets, asbHfprqr and
slsoalsstheo ocegtepts into the tumbler; and then
having wstltstirr,e,d ,,d.h the whollp, handsd the
glass sta Tracy oRct the p9Wac5, ins this sass,
posassssas pFepsrtias ycrSd faqrspt lFom tat IS
pISsibsS slaasR 2 a' 'Y" I" aseae1 a9a mag use.
lee1Tas Gil ipsf & s6a'amsed 'as glued q the
ss III Il 9 esa s Ps'fsh 1fs N s
agss hitsi hst sit. t.S5l your Y tsste slsteg"o' ,sia:
's1s IL eqnal iafl 70 tthes 6rrst ?"'F yiiTn7 s'oi7
queslSoSS AIS Is haRfd to aa1nswsar" rcL
plieds "TIsca Bsanuties ST Both a,ro So evenly
bafaRcsd, 'thsalt Baaachas himself would ind It
diaicnls'to aasiaeb the two have to
thank you, my dear young fiiehd 1forr' Il having Wig
opened up s asy yIs'Fa FsorpsM of pleasure unaTsaned
"1smust give YOU ono or two Of my recipes,
thcnEoaaS caihi NIX FOR yourself 6 One more
tulhNIef, aHdithsn+to busiuess.. SRI
Even while was speaking, the pipe. dropred
from his lns and bis rcyesa began to wander
Slowl1 and deliberately 1iprpcceq1sl yil!ls,ny
prepiFat nss foFrdanothor tun,bler, Tracy, af.
tex slanq qipgs .qoyp reproachfully this pipe,
teok, NJ, further heed of it, but Planting both
his elbows 6Eply on tho table, and taking fast
hold of bis head between his, hands, lhe tried
his utmost 4to bring his weak ing .,;aze to
beaqrson q My manipulating fingers. r., But the
effort WAS tap muehr Ti9r him, j IIiseycs closed,
opened, sSese4 aggs:ha i. apd thep,, with3a few in-
aohsfort ,saorasEof applpgy sh;s head dropped
forward on khe' tables his;ncvclcss arms lost
all powerstof tension ), and i'll twenty seconds
he vas faster asleep thanhc had ever bceu, in
his life before. vi Lu.. t,ritle a7.t.i,.;.,,s.i
| eItdWas TO this -snd, that all my, efforts had
boon @ directed The, powder put BY sne ne into
his his second stamllsr was "a powerful Indian
cotiSi, which I had lattcrly had occasion .o, use
in tsotne. !of my cl,emic'd experiments ;, Al
though successful also,tar, il. MAS not sithou. "a
porssnpcqnal beating P!is cf .hc lieart than usual
that proceeded to carry 4 opt Vt the remainder Of
my sassigns However hpneft, on2's nsentio;,s
may be, there is something nctarcpS IN tie pct
Of lsslIinME M mans s pocklttn St s!o ss!oqmcshg that gus
utterly ,sqgggiassstAls grains yst thatYas preY;Se
" what bhn bad nsN gpt tesla. BefYgyc pgoeec,,
sns My furthaa h5weser,y thought it satlyisa-
bic to have third person hy .nc to act as u
witness Of what might follow. SO | went
downstairs to ny lan,ladys room, with the u-
tcntion Of getting ci,her the worthy dame her
self or her husband to act the part Of chorus
in my forthcoming little drama. Fortunately,
found the old lady's son, who is a s;rappng
sergeant in the Guards, and who made no diff
Guilty about going back with me-
We found Tracy still soundly asleep, with
his head on the table. FROM this posture
gently raised him, and laid him back in The
easy chair in which lie WIS sitting. Ny next
proceeding was to insinuatc my hand INTO each
OF his pockets, one after the other, in scarch Of
the missing diamond / found tho young
lady's purse, but the ring WAS not i'll it; | also
found 4 number Of pawntrokcr's duplicates,
but none Of them having reference to the OBJ
ject Of which was in search Here, too was
my, pcncil,casc, which, together with the stolen
purse, | did not fail to appropriate. One after
the other, searched all the pockets could
find, but still the ring was not forthcoming,
and began to fear that he had already dis
posed Of it, iu which case it was probably lost
beyond recovery. Ny friend the sergeant,
seeing my pcrplcxity, suggested that the ring
was perhaps, sewn up inside the lining Of his
coat or waistcoat. Acting on this hint, felt
all over tho lining Of his coat, but without
success but on coming to his waistcoat, L
found something hard, over which patch of
wash-.eathcr had been carefully stitched 4
few seconds suiRrcl to unrip the sewing, aud
there, wrapped up carefully iii cottOn-woo and
tissue paper, was a lady, diamond ring In
silent triumph, held it up on the tip Of my
finger for the scrgeant'a inspection.
"Hurrah! that's jolly, and no mistake y
shouted the gualdsnan, with wave of his
pipe. "llow will hr. Slyboots feel when he
wakes up r. e
We were not left long in doubt on that
point. Mr.. Tracy began to yawn aud stretch,
and pull himself together II WAS pcculiari-
/ I V Of the narcotic had given him that lis cf-
iuct when administered in small doses. was of
| very short duration, and knew that Tracy S
stupor would not last above half-an- hour at the
most. TO assist his recovery, held vial of
all, I.