The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-11-18

'.''Ss"S "S"~S"s PSoPiS.S- Sohtpaeucp III
his truthfaIuess; bu. this only made hin,
think ! feared the result, and ,nake. III ni
more determined than ever SO tile
experiment WIS tried ~ "a
Hewent to Mr.. Smith, npe Of his
NEST Intimate frauds, and said - .iyt
Smith. I'm bankrupt ~ ~
:Indeed!' circulated Mr. s, greatly.
rstonishpd; and pray low has it come
abGuty
IL stammered Mr.. spriyg;ns,
hesi,usingly, for story telling, or, in
plain English. lying, was new sin
with him, i wene security for II friend.
aud had :" ply every dollar ot it
Too bad, indaed!' was Ar. Smiths
sympathizing response.
vi can ouly borrow few thousands.
l;owever to get started IN busit,y@si
think | can get along very Well. i,
Mr.. Smith til ujht there would be
~ difficulty in getting the money. He
would be very glad to advance IT, hn,-
self, but he was almost strapped just at
That time. Mr. Smith, und ying friend
ship, underwent rapid aud rad
change.
He saw all OF his many friends. and
renewed his request to each Ipgturu,
but they happened to by short sjtus, at
that time. After-a few days Eunsuc-
,cesstul attempts To- borrow. money, he
humbiy confessed lie had lost his b.t
fairly, aud that his face Was no, good
security among his friends.
i tuld yuu so, said I. ~
But an unlocked for, -troubIe came
upon him. : He was engaged e. kerry
accomplished lady. His trust in her
was unbuundcd lie had oiten told me
that, ii ever there was ii good true woman
on earth, it WAS his intended
But lfcr i.thcri bearing of the bauk-
ruptcy of the spn in-lsw sstha, was tosbe.
saceusts:d him, saJ ing
undasslana, Mr. Slriggips. TINT
sad lsAaN ssssFso ai; ;l;s,,:s
tune
Yes, sir," replied sprigyins, sheep
ishly.
l''Of course, under your altered cir
cu'nstances, you crun"t expect to inarry
my dauGhter.I' a
Tcre was a new turn in aft .irs for
which Mr.. S. was not prepared. He
Thought at first correcting the false
hood which he himself had started; but
the idea suddenly flashed upon his mind
th"t there was gond opportunity for
testing the sterling qualities Of Ills sweet.
heart. This would be triumph which
would more than compensate Tor his
defeats i'll other directions So he re
piled Jj8!. Ic9,is{
OF course. sir, / have better opin
ion of your daughter than that she
promised tn be my wifi for the sake of
sharing my moncy. Marriage I"r men
cy- aid MIR Spriggins was becoming
very indignant; 'marrige for money, SIR,
is prostitution aud nothing else, let the
world call it whtever it may"
o. c"ursc. MIR. Sprig ins my dau III
Ter thou. hit som t''ing oi you, but you
knrw a mrn ~iti.nut means would be
tpliSb 10 'hnk nf marrying
Il ias. s:rrng hands. aud may say,
u brave heart, aud III ugh deprived o
iof'u"r, e',D earn e,ses .h 70 support
m}-ch asd anosher"
III is useless 20 proIong this coutro
versy, ~ Sprig.n.s, s,r. ti.s v.,
man ".-s m,n of honor, you will
certainly ohcr to release my daughter
!rom her engagement. OF course, If
she does not accept your offer of free
dom as the hest thit. under tive eircam.
.tametS shal have nothing more to
>ay. tiood day, 4Nr. Spriggins; am in
s"n'cwha' oil hurry"
Ina hurry is he 7" murtered Sprig
sins, as his intended iather in law dis
appcatcd tren, view, ''Seehs to me
very body is III a hurry now that meets
me. Ah uud rsiand it 'fhe sicky
sm'ie, the furry aud hurry means sim
ply HAT they wnnt to DIR p me ireal
iheir Inst OF iricuds. Well, they shall
ho accommodated B;H thcres euo
r'emd that : icklh closer than broth
er; Size will not desert me There =
rteat cnsoiat,pn in that
30 say Ing, na FASTENED t. sce Ii r
lie iuuns her in tears. For the irs,