The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-08-26
LED OUT or DASGE
BY JEAN 1NarLow

shiPmans i,fling about In II great city,
with Ills pockets full of money. He
was waiting for thoseoach Il comes up
presently and he gets on the top of it,
and begins to look about him.
They soon leave the chimney tops
behind them his eye wanaers with de-
light over the harvest fields, he smells
the honcy-sucklc in tic bridegroom, and
he wishes he was down among the ha.
eel bushes, that he. might strip them of
the milky nuts; then he sees a great
waio piled up with bariey, and h w..sh-
-cs he was on the top. of ii; then the
checkered shadows of the trees lying
across the white road, aud Il g, the
squirrel runs up bough, aud he cannot
forbear to whoop and halo, though he
cannot chase il to It's nest.
The other passengers were delighted
with his simplicity and 'childlikc- glec
and they encourage 1hihisto talk abont
the sea aud the ships, especially Her
Majesty y's-wherein he had the honor
to sail In the jargons of the seas, he
describes the many perlteEiobs,. and en-
hrges upon her peculiag advantages, he
then conGdes to them linwsa certain mid
dy, having been ordered to the mast
head as punishment, had seen, while
sitting Oh the top mast oress- tree, some
thing nncomnonly like The sea serpent,
bnt finding this hint received with in
credul9us smiles, he beftns to tell them
how he hopes that, some DAY, lie shall
be promoted To have ct.s,rgc of the hoob.
The passengers hope that he VIII have
that honor they have no dpub; that be
deserves it His CHECKS fash with
i,i.:a8afe to haaT them $ " ssh, and they
h..ye no peti2p iilsswhss satlse honor"
ssel t5se l4ss; Is sssl.S .s.s
Tbs c'ach steps; tho mil-i.ipnan,
w;'i his hand ia hi. packets, sits rat
ting his a'ncy anl singing There is
p'nr Hounn stsnd.ny by Ia, dor of
The village inuj Ii. lnoks c,rcworn, and
well sac my, f'r III The spring l,er hus-
band wcnt m to London To seek for
work. H. - Cor work, and she WAS
cSpcc;n,E soon To join him there, when.
alas a tei!nw work men wrote hci. word
hog H. I'D IN Il with an accident, how
lie vas very bai aud wanted his wife to
come AM n,ise HIM.
She Dies not think of begging, lu,
seeing the boys eyes attracted to her.
she makes courtesy, and he withdraw,
his hand throws her do~n sovereisn..
She looks at it with inerclulous 10y,
and thcr she looks at him.
Its all right he says, and then the
coach starts up again, willie full of graft
tndr, she hiresa cart to take her across the
country to the railway, and the next nigl,
she nlaysit by Tie bedside of her sick
husband.
The midshipman knows nothing about
that-and he never will.
The passengers so on ta!king-tho
little midshipman has told them who he
is, and where he is going. Blu. there is
one who has never joined in the convcr.
satiou he is a ciak looking and restless
man, lie sits apart, he sees the glitter o!
the hey more closely than he did before
He is IL strong mrn, rcsolute and de-
termined ; the boy with his pockets full
of money will be no match for him.
He has told tho others that his fathers
house is the parsonage at Y, tho
coach goes within FIVE miles of it, aud he
mcaas to get out at the nearest point
and walk, or rather run over 20 his home
through the great wool.
The man decides to get down too, and
80 through the woods; he will rob the
little midshipman perhaps, if he cries
out and struggles, he will do worse.
The boy, he thinks, will have no chances
against him; it is quite impossible that
he can escape; the way is lonely, and
the sun will be down.
No. There seemed indecl li,tlc
chances Of escape. The halrncdgcd
bird just huttcriog down from his nest
had no more chance against the keen
eyed hawk, than the little ligAt.heartod
sailor boy will have against him.
And now they reach the village wher,
the boy is to alight He wishes thu
passengers good evening, aud runs light
ly down between the scattered houses
! Yhe nun has also got down and IS lnl