Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-11-12

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the little town becoming more agreeable tanyinI
plsee, aud even begnppg to. invest ITSELF in hi
thoughts with homssike aspect, .such as a. tire,
/ wanderer like himself knew how to appreciate
1t 30 fell out, about this times that Major Greg
BON accepted on invitation tovisit one Of bis new
found friends at Melbourne, a,smau hamlet ten o
dozen miles from Derby. The Major went, stayet
two nights, decided toreturn TO Derby after dinner
on the evening of the third day.,o As ON the occa
J sion of bis memorable journey iflom Nottingham
he had travelled by postchaise, 60, be now adopted
the same method Of flocomotion His friends din
ner had been good, the wines supesbp and before
the chaise had got three miles opt Of, Melbourne
the Major wasin eomfos fostable oatpraodiai snoozs
he Was suddenly and dissgres.bly aroused blythe
putting down Of the chaise window, by the presen.
tation Of q pistol at his hsad snd bya peremptor5
demand for bis watch snd,yufse. The Major ~
in dinner dress and tunarmedL p. To resist would
have been the height of folly. Under such cir.
cumstances to submit with good graceis the beet
philosophy. The Majors coolness did not desert
him., s.,g i,oslr ,.Iy,..,,..,, ..-.,.5 no.,
"Here is my purse" he said fortunately, il
is not very heavy. Asformy. watch, unless ] am
very much mistaken, you. are the. individual gho
relieved me of it a few weeks ago. and am hap.
py to think that have not bought another since
that time: ,l.4-..-.... ..:,.,..,... IN
The hishwayman took the purse Ethouta word,
raised his hat, bowed politely, and vanished. ;,
"As I live. the identical fellow that robbed me
before, muttered the Major, as the clater Of hoof
died away down the stony road. 'The Derbyshire
Turpin-the fenew with the blackened faceI and
mounted on black horse with q white star; A
pretty thing to say Of one Of his Majesty of6eers
that he has been twice robbed by the same man,
without so much as firing single shot in bis ewn
defence. What would Colonel Chowder and old
Bottomly think ?'' -. .-f ...,f p. i.
What the landlord OF the Bro,on Bear thought,
and what the landlord guest thought, as the. Mar
jor descended from the chaise and walked upstairs
in grim silence to his own room, leaving the post
boy to tell the tale, was, that Of all the unlucky
gentlemen, he was the most unlucky. The topic
was thirsty one, and could not be properly dis
cussed without, frequent fresh glasses and more
people came in, 80 that, by and By, the house BE-
came quite crowded; and the post boy yas in the
parlor, and his story was pumped ont OF him at
least twenty times in the course Of q couple Of
hours, to compensate for which exhaustive process
as much drink was poured into him as his carcass
would hold, 80 that, finally, be had to be carried
to bed in state Of ipbecility. .s.i 80 :,
The Majors man, coming down stairs when he
had finally disposed .of his master for the night,
admitted to the landlord in the discreetest Of whis
pers, that be never before see the old boy 80 much
put out Of the way. .. -, :,
"He's gentleman as never swears, the Major
| is" went on the man 'but when he talks aloud
to hisself as he did tonight and stares 80 with his
eyes, as If he saw something that nobody elsecould
see, why, know there is something more than
common on his mind. u ,....s. -.
The landlord was dying to ask what it was the
Major talked about, but merely said:-"Ay, ay,
that was very strange, now wasn't it?" j..
"You wouldn't think it strange if you knew the
Major as well as know him, - responded the man.
What seemed to trouble his mind most was, that
be should be twice robbed by one man, without
having a single shot at the blackguard. You may
take your davy that he won't 60 rambling about
the country again without his pistola y II
Major Gregsons sleep that night was troubled;
haunted by uncanny dreams, from which he woke
up three or four times with start, At last, just
as the first &intstreaks of daylight were beginning
to chase away the darkness, he got cut fbed, and
slipping into his dressing gown and slippers, he
took to pacing his bedroom from end to end re-
peating to himself long passages from the Psalms
and the Book of Job as he did 50. J.. {, - :,
i The Major wasstill pacing his ballroom when the
fgrave-ike silence outside was broken BY the faint
sound Of horses tramp. Very faint and far off
it sounded at first but momentariy coming nearer,
and presently penetrating the bedroom, it attract
ed the Majors ear. He stopped in his walk to
listen. The gray light of dawn filed the street by
this time, and all objectswere clearly visible. The
quick tramp of the horse came nearer and nearer;
The Major was still listening with an absent look
Ion his face, as though his thoughts were far away
when peculiar something in theregular tramp Of
the coming horse, which was now close at hand,
startled him, in one brief instant into vivid life
The look on his face. changed into oneof the most
breathless anxiety Two strides carried him to the
window; it was the work of an instant to pluck
baekthe blind, land to peer out, with face close
pressed to the paues into the gray. solitary street
He was just in time to see black :coaked figure
mounted on abig, black horse ride swiftly by; the
sound that had 80 startled Major Gregson was
plainly audible; it was the clank Of a loose shoe
on the hard Aints of the road. - I
When the sound had died completely away in
the distance, the Major drew back from the win
dow, and let the blind fall intoitsplace He sighed
deeply, and sat down on the nearest chair. He
was very pale and very grave, and looked like the
man on whom had fallen the sudden shock Of i'll
news. "Great Heaven, to think that it should be
sor' he murmured. After that he sat for more
than an hour without speaking or moving, think:
ing intently. Then he shaved and dressed, and
went out for walk still with the same deep grav-
Iity of manner upon him. '~ 80.
All that day and the two following days, Major
Gregson scarcely stirred out of his room, except
to take quiet walk early in the morning 'orlate
in the evening, when there was no chance Of meet
ing any of bis acauaintances. His mind was evil
IDENTIFY Ill at ease but he kept his own counsel,
and spoke no word to any one Of the secret care
that was brooding over him. The third night be
sat up later than usual, writing busily When he
had filled three sides off, sheet Of foolseap, he
read over what he had written, and signed it.
Then he folded up the document in large sheet,
and sealed it carefully, and wrote outside: .To
| bo onanaJ ~ m CO IF NV DEATH on 29th instant