The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1870-04-02
SATURDAY MORNING G. APRIL e., 1870.

| Hnu tne lelC eye OF tDe Skull OF the piace
4 wncre the left eye has been. Have you
found it ?" a ij sJ inEsrai J.gl
Here was long pause o At leagth
the negro asked, ir bon p II.
ais de lefeyc of de skull pom de same
side as de lef hand of de skull, too ?--,
cause de skull aint got not bit oh n
hand at all--nebber mind got de lef
eye nowhere de lef eye! what must do
wild itY" .a4a4 -.
''Let the beetle drop though it, as far
as the string will rcach-but be careful
and not let go your hold of the string"
Gall dat done, Massa Will; mighty
easy ting for to put de bug fru dc hole
look out for him dare bclow!"
| During this colloquy no portion of
Jupitcr's person could be seen; but the
beetle, which he had suffered to descend,
was now visible at the end Of the string
aud glstencd, like glole of FURNISHED
| gold, in the last rays of the setting sun,
some Of which still family illumined the
emincnce upon which We stood. The
scaraiac hung quite clear of any
branches, and, if allowed to fall, would
have fallen at our feet Legrand i'm
mcdiately took the scythe, and cleared
with it circular space, three or four
yards in diameter, just beneath the in
sect, aud, having accomplished this,
ordered Jupiter to let go the string and
come down from the tree.
Driving a peg, with great nicely, into
the ground, at the precise spot where the
beetle fell, my friend now produced from
his pocket a .apc-measurc Fastening
one end of this at that point Of the trunk
OF the tree which was nearest the peg,
he unrolled it till it reached the peg, and
thence farther unroled it, in the dircc-
tion already established by the two
points of the tree and the peg, for the
distance of fifty fcct-Jupitcr clearing
away the brambles with the scythc. at
the spot thus attained second peg was
; driven, and about this, as a centre, n
! rude circle, about four feet in diameter.
described. Taking now spade himself,
and giving one to Jupiter and one to me,
: Lcgrand begged US to set about digging
as quickly as possible.
To speak the truth, had no especial
relish Tor such amusement at any time.
and, at that particular moment, would
most willingly have declined it for the
night was coming on, and felt much
fatigucd with the exercise already taken;
but saw no mode of escape, and was
fearful of disturbing my poor friend 5
equanimty by refusal. Could | have
depended, indeed, upon Jupiter's aid
would have had no hesitation in attcmp-
ting to get the lunatic home by force !;
but | was too well assured Of the old ne
gro's disposition, to hope that he would
assist me, under any circumstances, in n
personal contest with his master I made
no doubt that the latter had been in.
iected with some OF the lnaumerable
Southern supersttions about money bur
led, aud that his phantasy had received
: confirmation by tie finding of the scara-
Jos, or perhaps, by Jupitcrs obstinacy
in mnintaing it to be IA bug of real gold :"
a mind disposed to lunacy would readily
be led away by such suggestions
especially if Ginning in with favorite
prcconceived ideas-and then | called to
mind the poor fellows speech about the