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

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~,"Ah, if I had only known you were
here II said Legrand, "but it's so long
since l saw you and how could / foresee
that you would pay me visit this very
night of all others? As i was coming
home l met Lieutenant c., from the
fcrt, and, very foolishly, lent him the
bug; so it will be impossible for you to
see it until the morning. Stay here to.
night, and l will send Jup down for it
at sunrise. 1t is the lovelest thing in
creation.W 6...
"What ?--sunrise 2"
Nonsense (! no!-the bug. 1t is OF
brilliant gold color-about the size OF
large hickory nut-with two jet black
spots near one extremity of the back
and another somewhat longer, at the 9TH
er. The dntenne are"
"Dey aint no tin in him, Massa Will,
l keep tellin on you," here interrupted
Jupiter; "de bug is goole bug, solid,
ebsry bit of him, inside aud all, sep him
wing-neber feel half SO hebby bug in
my life"
"Well, suppose it is, Jup," replied Le-
grand, somewhat more earnestly, i.
seemed to me, than the case demanded,
"is 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. Ia the meantime
l can give you some idea of the shape"
Saying this, he seated himself at small
table, on which were pen and lux, but
no paper. He looked for some in Il
drawer, but found none.
Never mind" said he at length,
"this will answer; and he drew from his
waistcoat pocketa scrap of what took
to be very dirty fools cap, and nude upon
it rough drawing with the pen. While
he did this, retained my seat by the
fire, r L was, still chilly. When the
design was complete, he.tandcd it to me
without rising. AS received it, Il 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 nrS shoul.
ders, and loaded me with caresses for
had shown him much attention during
previous visits. When his gambols were
over, | looked at the aper, and, to speak
the truth, found myself not little puz
zled at what my friend had depicted
"Well !" | said after contemplating it
for some minutes, this is II strange
scarabnus, | must confess new to me
never saw anything like it before-un-
less it was skull, or deaf h s. head
which it more nearly resembles than
anything else that has come under my
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 at the bottom like n
mouth-and then the shape OF the whole
is oval.
Perhaps so" said | "but, Legrand,
l fear you are no artist. must wait
until | see the beetle itself, if am to
form any idea Off its personalappearance.
"Well, don't know" said he, a little
uettled, 81 draw tolerably-should do it
at least-have had good masters and
fatter myself that l am not quite a
blockhead"
But, my dear fellow, you are joking
then" said |, this is very passablc
skuit-indeed, l may say that it is a
very erceilent skull, according to the
vulgar notions about such specimens of
physiology-and your scarabnus must be
the queerest scdrubOeaS in the world if is
resembles it. Why, we may get up Il
very thrilling bit of superstition upon
this hint. presume you will call the
bug scaraLoess eap#s hom....la ur some-
thing Of that kind-there are many
similar titles in the Natural Histories.
But where are the dntenac you spoke
OFF,
The untenae T. said Legrand, who
seemed to be getting uuaccountably
warm upon the. subject; Il am sure you
must see the antennae. made them as
distinct as they are in the original insect,
and | presume that is sufficient"
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