The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1870-03-26

since l saw you aud how could foresee
..hhs. J;'ca 'woa!d pay &c :: ;s::s;s this very
night of all Others? AsI was coming
home l met Lieutenant c.. from the
fort, and, very foolishly, I lent him the
bug; SO it will be impossible for you to
see it until the morning. Stay here to-
night, aud l will send Jup down Tor it
at sunrise. 1t is the loveliest thing in
creationI"
"What ?-sunrise ?"
Nonsense no the bug. 1t is of
brilliant gold coler-about the size of
a large hickory nut-withj = two jet black
spots near one extremity of the back,
and another somewhat longer, at the 9th
er. The antenne are
''Dey aint no tin in him, Massa Will,
| keep tellin on you," here interrupted
Jupiter; ode bus ;s ageole bug, solid,
ebery bit of him, inside and ALL sep him
wing-ncber feel half so hebby bug in
my life"
"Well, suppose it is, Jup," replied Lc-
grand, somewhat more earnestly, it
seemed to me, than the case demanded.
sis that any reason for your letting the
birds burn !? The color" here he re-
turned to me-"is really almost enough
to warrant Jupiter's idea. You never
saw more brilliant metallic lustre than
the scales emit-but Of this you cannot
judge till Tomorrow. In the meantime
| can give you some idea of the shape"
Saying this, he seated himself at small
table, on which were a pen and ink, but
no paper. He looked for some in II
drawer, but found none.
Never mind" said he at length,
"this will answer; and he drew from his
wnistcoat pocket a scrap of what took
to be very dirty fools cap, and made upon
it rough drawing with the pen. While
he did this, retained my seat BY the
fire, r was, still chilly. When the
design was complete, he.sandcd it to me
without rising. AS / received it, ,ud
growl was heard, succeeded by scratch
Ing at the door. Jupiter opened it, and
large Newfoundland belonging to Le-
grand, rushed in, leaped upon ms shoul-
ders, aud loaded me with caresses for |
had shown him much attention during
previous visits. When his gambos were
over, | looked ut the pa per, and, to SPEAK
the truth, found myself not little puz.
zled at what MY friend had depicted.
'Wcll :" | said, after contemplating it
for some minutes, this as strange
scaraJnus, | must confess new to me
never saw anything like it before-un-
less it was skull, or death 's-hcad-
which it more nearly resembles than
anything else that has come under n,y
observation.
"a death head :" echoed Lcgrand--
Oh-yes-well, it has something of that
appearance upon paper, no doubt. The
two upper black spots look like eyes, ELI?
and the longer one ut the bottom like IL
mouth-and then the shape OF the whole
is oval
Perhaps so, said / "but, Legrand,
| fear you are no artist. must wait
until | see the beetle itself. If | am To
form any idea its personal appearance 4"
"Well, don't know" said he, little
ncttled, 81 draw tolerably bly-should do it
at lcast-have had good masters and
fatter myself that L am not quite a
blockhead."
But, my dear fellow, you are joking
them" said |, this is very passablc
shutt-indeed, | may say that it is u
very excellent skull, according to the
vulgar notions about such specimens of
physiology-and your scarabeus must be
the queerest scaruboeuS in the world it is
resembles it. Why, we may get up u
very thrilling bit of superstition upon
this hint. presume yon will call the
bug scaraboens capt hOminis or some
thing of that knd-there are many
similar titles in the Natural Histories.
But where are the antenae you spoke
Off"
"The untenoe" said Legrand, who
seemed to be getting unaccountab!y
warm upon the. subject; II am sure you
must see the antennae. made them as
distinct as they are in the original insect,
and l presume that is sufficient"
"Well, well" l said, perhaps you
haye-still | don't see them )" anl
handed him the paper without an addi-
tional remark, not wishing to rumble his