Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-07-15
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ADVENTURE MIN .huRDERER'
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sAMEGL.I!sH STORY.


So csieda palsspanting usnte William Egeston
who WIS seuling easily down the reedyriver Cam
Egerton looked up ID the direction Of .ie-cry, ane
saw a aght; which gave BIN shock, and mad'
him 'shod upn his boat immediately. The, ma.
who had d,caIedout so piteously chmbered dowr
the bank 10 thevery edge of The waters where III
stood with Blood pouring from his nose, his facs
Ike that Of ghost, his des disordered his neck
erchif awy, bis hat pressed tightly over his head
hislong g.hairhanginga about Ike bundle Of snakes
,and%his hands caasped implnripgtH before him a
he repeated bis crs: sFor Heaven 'ssake, ,sr, take
me overf Do, for Heaven ssake, pat ma across
why can't you 60 over the -Eerrgf,, asket
Egertou, disooutentedly.s .:e'This- isn't . ferry
hoat" -. -o-t,i1. = a tsi,.4l.,.g: ?, L.
"For Heaven,s sakesput me across ~ repeated
the man, stretching cut his hand as if to catch
hold q Egefton's boat DO put me across-the
devils are. after mel" 81:
stWhat deyils p asked Egertou.
'The baihafs-the bailifsl Oh, putme across. u
II doubt whether my boat will hold both o1
u.s." grumb.ed Egerton. Here catch the end o.
my scun, andp pull the boat IN. Gently, gently, o.
you'll capsize me-" -.
For the man had eagerly seized the SOUL, .ane
very nearly upset the boat, which, though it VA
called.at Cambridge tub, was in reality very
light skiff, such as many mother would think i
dangerous for her darling son to trust himself II
alone. However, the miserable man was able, ane
apparently delighted to get into even so frail {
craft. ,.
Egerton pushed off very carefully, and just q
he had dipped SOULS for the first stroke, he heart
hoarse, dull, confused roaring in the distance
and the wretehed passenger cried: Quicker
quicker; they're a,comipg; can't ye hear 'emT'
Egertonwas on thepoint Of making an angryre
joinder for he didn't at all like the man stone; bu
young men of twenty sympathize with those VIII
are escaping from the baiifs, and he merely, re
piled cooIy: San right, my friend; as soon as
get settled. to my york, III take you across like
shot. Idontknow whether you care about yeu
trowsers and things, but the blood from your nos
is isdropping all over them. !" -.
The man only shook his head carelessly, ant
kept his eyes fixed on the opposite bank 70
Egerton gave way with will, and as he bad II
steer for himself, he was obliged occasionally tt
turn his head to see where he was going. Once a
be faced about again, and looked towards his pas
senger, he saw the latter watching number Of cir
cles in the water astern of the boat. As the pas
senger twisted his head back to its former position
the boat gave a lurch, and Egerton said angrily
You'd better sit still, my friend; what tn
deuce were you looking at?" .
Nothing. ..... -. -. =.
"You were looking at something, I'm sure, for
IL - $Io 4
fish jumped see it =, 20
By this time they had reached the opposite bank
for the Cam is Q narrow, river sind the man haV
ing got ashore, ran up the steep path which LEI
down to the river, as fast as his legs would carr
him, without speaking word or looking behins
him
"Wen," thought .Egerton, as he pulled away
she might have said Thank ee' at any rate; bu
Isuppose he is in too great funk to be civil. "
As he rowed along leisurely towards the favorit
inn on the rivers bank he heard the voices of tn
pursuers getting palmer and palmer as they cam
nearer and nearer, and itsounded as if they wer
shouting murder! murderp He laughed as b
thought of the dodge the baiifs must have use'
to get crowd to assist them in the pursuit of
poor runaway, whose only crime wasprobably short
ness of work, which was necessarily followed b.
arrears of rent and he chuekled as he thought Q
the start he must have helped the fugitive to get
for the bridge was half mile of, and the neares
ferry was close at hand certainly, but had nobod
in attendance, as the young gentlemen at college
who were the chief patrons Of the ferries, wer
nearly all Of them away for the long vacation
Egerton was one Of the few still left at Cambridg
where he was supposed to be reading for his mex
examination. He could now distinctly hear voice
calling upon him to stop, but he only auickeuet
his stroke, and knew he should be at The Plough
almost as soon as any Of them could get across II
the towing path, which was on the other side of th
river, and which was by far the nearest way 70
foot passengers At the inn he would undoubted
ly find other boats like his own, and who shouldsa!
in which the fugitive debtor had been helped acros
the river? Besides, the bailhfs couldn't do any
thing-beyond abusing him. if they cared or daret
to abuse him-eyen if they knew to whom the
owed the spelling of the chase. So he spurted
cheerfully down to The Plough put up his boa
among several others like his own, and sauntere
into the smoking room, where he was soon engage
in game of bagateIe with one ofthe many youn
gentlemen who were there, and who we're suppose
as be was, to be spending their vacation at tn
University for the purpose of studying the anclen
languages or mathematics. He was not hal
through his first game when there was heard fror
the winp-path O tremendous shouting and hoars