The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-03-21
M MORNI NINl NeSrsNsA ARCH .21 1868

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l ,opcpedp ene Of the packets, as. before, and
shoql the he contents into the tunbler; aud then
having ge1ll stirred the whole, I hanlsl the
glassae Tracy. .l3rt the powder, in, this case,
possessed preperties very iHerent from that Of
ptreeySfitB5n1sivs afsaoesiN edi ro asaaaIa6S u
leoszssJy zsJy Sili lips s. seemed ss glued e the
tuhbfef tHf le had drained the tcohtonts to tSe
! aossls thiti that slit ty your taste ii! o.1 said
as Il equal to the firrsst?' Zilq'i''2+l '''s7
asaSh question his is hard to answer, ar ho re-
plicd.' The beauties Of both are 50 evenly
balahced, That Batcchus himself would find it
dificnltto asciae between the two 1 have to
thank: you, my dear young friend, FOR having
opened up new vista Of pleasure undreamcd
of by me bcfofe"''V 'l'ii 'tiia'i
"I,must give you one or two Of my recipes,
tLenSoHS can mix for yourself 8 One more
tuhbler, ,aHdfthenito business" "Issr
Even while l was speakine, the pipe dropped
FROM his, ,lirs, and bis eyes, began 10 wpndcr.
Slowly sspd deliberately, 1prpceelel willsr,y
preparations, for. another tunbler, Tracy, al
ter Slancipg- down reproachfully at his pipe,
took no further heed of it, but planting, both
his elbows firmly on the table, and taking fast
hold of his head between his hands, llc tried
his utmost to bring his weak, wagering :;azc t.
bea1s,o MY manipulating fingers. RI. But the
effort Was tap. .much, for him ilisfeycs closed,
opened, ,e,essl again aud thep, With gew iu-
nohsrops words Of apology, his i.ead dropped
! forward on Che table; his ncryclcss arms LOST
all powerstof tension ) and III twenty seconds
he Was faster. asleep than he had ever bcer in
his life before. i ~, t;
| 4ItdWns TO this, end that al my efforts had
boon directed. The powder put9by me into
his second @ stpmbler was 4 powerful Indian mar
cotile, which had lattcrly had occasion 70. use
in sofne gof my chemical experiments Al
though aucccsstal so far, il WAS not without "a
morfe. unequal beating cf, the heart thall usual
that. proceeded TO carry out the remainder Of
my Nesisn.: However honest ones n.entions
may be, there is something ,no:arious IN tie act
of fell ieslinS Il 4 mans pocket -7somc:h;hg that apS
utterly ggginss tths grain; jet that Mas pr4p;e
ly WhSat / bad lnpw got to Beforc proceed
/ ing My tnrtheR homework thought it advisa-
bic to have third person hy Tic to act us n
witness OF what might follow. SO wen,
downstairs to my l,ndla,iy's room, with the n-
tcntion Of getting ciihcr the worthy dame her
self or her J usbaud to act the part CT chorus
i'll my forthcoming little drama. Fortunately
| found the Old lady's son, who is s,rappin.
sergeant i'll the Guards, and who made no diff
Guilty about going back with me.
We found Tracy still sounlly asleep, with
his head on the table From this posture
gently raised him, and laid him back in the
easy chair in which he MS sitting. My next
proceeding WAS to insinuatc my hand into each
OF his pockets, one after the other, in search Of
the missing diamond found the young
lady purse, but the ring was not in IL; also
found number Of pawnlrokcr's duplicates,
but none Of them having reference TO the OBJ
jcct of which was i'll 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 lie had already dis
posed Of it, in whic! case ii Vas probably lest
beyond recovery My friend thc sergeant,
seeing my rcrplcxity, suggested that the ring
was perhaps sewn UP inside the lining Of his
coat or waistcoat. Acting OH this mint, felt
all over tho lining Of his coat, but without
success but Oh coming to his waistcoat, /
found something hard, over which patch of
ash-leathcr had been carefully stitched. 4
lew seconds sn'hvcd to unrip the sewing, aud
there, wrapped up carefully in cotton wool and
tissue-pa was ladys diamond ring. In
silent triumph, | held it up on the tip of my
finger for the sergeants inspection.
"Hurrah! that's Jolly, and no mistake ~
shouted the guardsnan. With IA wave of his
pipe. "lIow will hlr. Slyboots feel when he
wakes up p
We were not left long in doubt on that
point. Mr.. Tracy began to yawn and stretch,
and pull himself together |; was recu!iar-
ty OF the narcotic had given him that It's Of
feet, WHOM administered in small doses. was of
very short duration, and knew that Tracy $
stupor would not last above half-an- hour at the
most. TO assist his recovery, | held a vial of