The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-04-06

hotels with six old-vcry opid=--Brad
shaw's Railway Guides, and Offering
them for sale, as belonging to the pre-,
sent month, 'isy anything ID the literary
linc,' then he was i'll that bdsaifness.' ~
''I must go now,' said I,,'iOeiiug that
the eyes of the passets:by were "a me ;
Il have most important tnse TO attend ,
"'Yery well,' he answeread sThen TAX
ing off his bat, and nholdiagit toward
me, said, 'WiIl you 9 toss no. to sec if L
shall give you penny, oF you give me
one, for l want glass off-ss-'sdr
,+Oh, here's penny for youl III oriod;
goodbye, 1,,. yaimYEl b,f,ela7 {
: will you take mo honeeto tea with
you 2 he potsisted.t1 aal ,do7, tron ,
a.No,' cried. Perhaps I'll see you
Tomorrow For 1 wishes to leave him,
as quite crowd of sisglisg persons had
collected. ,o.,,.,,., ..,
No. he murmured. ida, melancholy
manner. as if ho had hsAn deceived in
that way before; no, notfsRiworrow; do
not say Tomorrow but Isshall come to
tea some evcning-to tea spme evening
And now, this Christmas evening, he
came to fulfill his promise, which had
never been exactcd from lin by n me. e. l.
'Richey'-for this was the name he
went by-was below the saiddle height,
but evidently very strosS aud active !;
indeed, it struck me tha 7 should not
like to have tussle with lin. He had
the most extraordinary talennt, f, for imita-
tion; indeed he appeared b be constant,
ly initiating somebod His general
accent was that Of a theRy swolP to be
seen on concert-rooin stage. But it
would change, as tks IDEAS passed
through his mind, to id a,Eiisss;ons Of Toole,
Blackstone, and local - RAs he
spoke he threw himselfi ibggti isttauso
and ludicrous attitudes!g go '4'si4o
AS he stood beesre sSia q. iiSsiced n
parcel under hissd aFanllgI I could Sst t
understand ehat ist - saS u aa he sept
taking SC from under his sSia and dpufa;;ap puftat;;ap
IL isgs0ssis hat, tssn tagias M Il fao1l that
and returning it to its original posiii55fn,
After capering about the room, look
ing at the pictures, he suddenly stopped
short to ask me in whisper, with mock
alarm, if the gentlemen over the Chin
hey-board was my father 'f-
Then taking off his hat, in an assumed
attitude of humility he held out his
clasped hands, mutterlng his awe and
respect for such a noble prson-such a
torehead-mouth-nose-ach eyes, &C.
Well thought I, this fellow begins
to amuse me;' K felt r.thcr glad he
came. .-~-
So l pulled the bell ROPE for another
cup, and when it came l asked him,
rather pleasantly, TO draw over his chair.
[ may here remark th,t while the
servant was in the room he sat down
very quietly, his large, staring eyes
lied on her face with look of intense
admiration for her beauty, always keep
ing the mysterious package, however,
vacillating between his arnpit and hat.
AS soon as she left the room, he began
initiating the 'Artiul Dodssr,' when he
aives his dislocating twis. Of the head
and glanced at the door.
DO you know, l like girls No matter
what their station be- ! fell in love
with a nice young lady once. We met,
Twas in a bar; but the managers eye
was upon me. He discovered that |
was trying to toss her for n glass of ale,
o-h= !a..s .ss::@!,;=:i ~ -: IL j.: =
He changed his subject so quickly,
that l soon was obliged to become dumb,
with the exception of monosyllablo
now and then. p ~
Thus some hours passed mcrrily. at
length he jumped up and skipped round
the room. Suddenly stopping at the
sideboard, he opened it quickly to see if
anything was inside. immediately Inc
dived his hand in and skipped round
the room with bottle of DCbbs' whisky
in his hand. This had been Christ
mas present to Dobbs. What would
Dobbs say OF course be would say
that | had broken the pledge with it
Oh, it must be rescued But. no, |
could not persuade my volatile visitor to
put it down-force would be dangerous
So leaned ba ,k helplessly 10 the chair.
Now, sir, cried he; knocking of the
head Of the bottle, and pouring out a
quantity into tumblor taking from the
sideboar1 nI shall Aripk ynur ba,.I,b