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

I,epepsAio ppe afj the / packets cas,befprer and
sl.oals tbs ce9tents into tho tpnblsr; apd then
having wsllstyrqdf rqf,.!th the wholle, I handsal Che
classic Tracy aasst hsp9gacg, in, this sass,
Passesssas PEsnertiss AeHrldfas ftou tllat as
the ipgoo9ns alksli 9f which had nade use
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qaes{ioRS' S'f Is haFd 70 a1,swaar,' III, siwaaar,'h ho rs
Piled ''Tcsa bsaat cattle les sf 81 both ftaro 81 evenly
ba1aRcsa, thasH Bacchias hi'h hihsclf would flhd It
diffcnlsto astlasb ba3e&eeen The two 4 HAZE ID
thank you my dear young hiohd, sfdSf'' having
I opened up J'sa saGp6s # ps9sHre unaFsaned
"Emust give you ono or two Of my recipes,
thensoais 6aft. ni4 Fforr yourself. g One more
tu,hkkf, taHdttheato 'Busiuess:: YLtFd'}
Even while Twas spelk ing, the pipe. dropped
FROM his, ,lns. and bis eyes began to wander
slowla and deliberately, 1lprpceqlsl yith<,ay
preparations foF.aneothor oF.aneo tulnblerr /. Tracy,Iaf
ter slaneipgg d9yp .reproachfuily at1his) pipe,
took no further heeed Of it but piaptipgiboth
his elbews fKnly On the table and taking fast
holdofs his iheaa between his, hands, ,Ae tried
his utmost to bring bis Weeak, wayaing to
beefsop peg My manipulating ttiinng tinserS n, But the
effortSyaa nsueh us igr him. His,eycs closed,
opsnsa sSsssl aggai" i. aRd thqp, Mnithaa ssw in,
aoisfoat ,syorsg of apphlgyy his .ilead dropped
! forward ,cn the tables his,ncwclcss arms lost
all powerstof tension ), and in twenty seconds
he asfsster., asleep thanlhc, had ever been. in
his lie before q 5ua t-.Gfta.1 :y1.,.inf,tayi
4ItdTps to this asnl, that all my, efforts had
been directed. The powder .putbpy me into
his second tamblsr a was a ppNerful Indian
cotic which Il had lad lately had occasion to use
inysoms !of my ehpsmMied M y xpeyin,ents, AZ
thoAss auccesstaRso.tar, il Yas not without "a
plorsEs,pcaHal beating bcatin ef. the heart thgn usual
thatsI preceedvd to carry out the ,renipinder Of
my Assign9 eILlloweyer4 honest ong's ipsentions
mas Be, there is sgaehin:s ofasicsS in tie pc,
Of dseliniH ial. i mais l Al that gas
utterly agsiasstAs sr}ini Iet Mat, precise
yXhat b.ha .had 4 4n9Y got ea,.. BeljYyc BeljYyc proceed
ing Sl55F farihea h6weserrF thought. it allyisa-
bic to have . third person hy nc to act as Il
witness of what might, follow, Sol wen.
downstairs to my landlady's room, with the iu-
tcntion Of getting either the worthy dame her
self or her husband to act the part pf chorus
! in my forthcoming little drama. Fortunately,
| found the old aly's son, who is s,rapping
sergeant in the Guards, and who made no diff
Guilty about going back with me.
| We, found Tracy. still soundy asleep, with
lhs head on the table. 4 From this posture
gently raised him, and laid him back i'll The
casy-chgir i'll which he WIS sttipg, Ny next
proceeding was to inEssinuntc nEssii my hand into each
OF his pockets, one after the other, in search Of
the missing diamond. found the young
lady purse, butthc ring was not in il; | also
found a number of pawntrokcr's duplicates,
but none Of them having reference to the OBJ
ject of which ! was in search. Here, too, was
my pencil, ease, which, together with the stolen
purse, did not fail ,te appropriate, One after
the other, i searched all the pockets l could
lind, but still the ring was not forthcoming,
and began to fear that he had already dis
posed Of it, III yhicl! case it vas probably lest
beyond recovery. My friend the sergeant,
seeing my perpcxity, suggested that the ring
was perhaps sewn lip inside the lining Of his
coat or waistcoat Acting on this lint, 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-leathcr had been carefully stitched 4
few seconds suihrcd to unrip the sewing, aud
there, wrapped up carefully in cottonwood and
tissue paper, was a lady's diamond ring In
silent triumph, held it up on the tip OF my
finger for the scrgcants inspection.
! i"Hurrah that's jolly and no inistakcv'
shouted the guardsman, with wave Of his
pipe "How will Mr. Slyboots feel when he
wakes upY taa1
We we're not left long in doubt on that
point Mr.. Tracy began to yawn and stretch,
and pull himself together. 1t was a pecuiari-
ty OF the narcotic had given him that its cf-
feet, WHOM 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 10 assist his recovery [ held n vial of