The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1870-12-24
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|dible volts, dFaving hsr sl,ewi around
r,sOhS Iswish they would hurry ont I
sg.sRc sro moving once more + said.
ts.Conductory -forth ths man oftickc.s;was
passing through the car--.swhy did NC
stop at that baekwoodst place 2" m
sOat Of water" Was the reply, as he
hutriediy paased BIZ.
Now fkncw perfectly well tiist tiiis
answer was not tile trne solution of gthe
sn,atter! Our delay did not exceed half
minute, altogcther too short a time for
repleilishing the boiler and where on
earth was the water to come from in that
desolate stretch of barren pincwoods.
Five minutes after, tie conductor re-
entered the ear. made room for him
at ii,s eide. ,,s ~ q sssss z
"sit down, conductor; you've moth
ing TO do tliis minute. ~ s
He obcycd.
sWhat do you taean by telling Ific
such a Tic just now y
I.spokc under my breath he replied
in the same tone ~ ss SassA
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"About the reason ydt stopped to take
ON single passenser--a gentletii N who
who has como. dawn from Bayswatcre"
/ "For the pleasure of travelling once
more owe, the same route z" m
Exactly so--for the purpose of trav-
elitis for your own society. Don't be
alarmed ltr your own socicty--it's de-
teetiyc rt'licerian. s.esgesss a
Sas ab6tt t8,fepcat the words iu as
tonishmcnt, when he moiioncd ne to
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i The detective? dc. sits by the door
yonder, with u ragged fur cap pulled
over his eyes, BID Son. ever see more
j perfect specimen Of the dilapidated coun-
tryman Y
snliscd could harllS help il,
WHAT'S tic case p I.
l;.I.s ulasa sss=a man a,,,s wife md
two iittti Ii; ieir Gu;
i last night. aid the hoilse set ON Ere .af
! forwards" @
: ''Greut heavens what a monster ~
We had continued the conversation
throughout in n whisper; scarcely aboy,
r our brcatlii and now tls Conductor ros,
and lett me to study tie faces Of lily fcl
low passengers with curious dread ant
horror.
Somehow, often as / rcyolycd tn,
matter in my MUD, my fancy would set
tie on coarse, gross-looking man oppo
/ site, with n bushy beard aud u shags,
coat, with tho collar turned up around
his ears. / felt conviucel that this ma,
with the heavy hanging jaw was tho
Gain and as ludkdd fafti4e,y across
caught the wide open blue orbs of the
fair little girl.
Obeying the instantaneous impulse oI
) my heart, arose and went over to her.
"You heard what we were saying, my
child?"
"les-a rurder--oh, how Horrible
"Do not be frigltepcd--no Que shall
hHtt gou."
She smiled up in my face with sweet
eon6ding innocence.
Our stay at Exmouth was bat grief
but during the delay, l could sec that
the watchful detective had changed his
seat for one nearer The british mu in
the shaggy coat.
"See,' faltered the toiiRg girl, they
locked tue car doors at iixmouth thoy
are unlocking them now"
She was right
Probably they were fearful that the
criminal would escape" remark cd in
an undertone.
VIII yoa--may I trouble you to
bring me glass of water p
! rose aud made my way towards the
ice cooler by the door, but with difficulty,
for the train was again under rapid mo-.
ton. To my disappointnstRt, the tin
goblet was chained to the shelf.
"No matte,i" said she with winning
su,ile, II will come myself"
drew tho water and held up the cup;