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

literary line was: Rg going about the
hotels with six oidMsstsy sss old oid-B5Iagdi' b d
shaw's Railway Guides, land offering
them for sale, as belonging to 'tho pre-
sent month, is anything Ii the literary
line, then Ne was iii that 5dsiffneass.o od'
,i'I must go now said I;iiOeiiug" tha.
e'eyes of the passets:by were "a On me ;
Il lave most importanssase TO attend
I VERY well,' he answered. Then TAX
ing off his bat, and oholdshg,it toward
me, said, will you ntoss me- TO sec if 1
shall give you penny ;osoyou'givs me
one, for want a glass Of f-bp---'sdT
st0h, here's q penny for IEe,, =, { cried;
'good-bye.,1s1ell soiHytaE b,b1a.,1 I
: will you take mo boyaeeto tea with
you 2 he Persisted. bni brif .ao7, 3r,r
L criedD perhaps Elll lsee you
Tomorrow For /, wishei to leave him,
as quite crowd Of sisglisgt persons had
collected. 81; .,,,,,,.a,.,o,;.,.I /
/ No. he murmureds itis, melancholy
manner: as if he had heAn deceived in
that way before; no, not ttRfwosrow,; do
not say,.'to-morrow,' but IshalI come to
tea some evcuiug-to tea some EVENING
And now, this Christnsas evening, he
came to fulfill his promise, which had
never been exacted from lin BY n me. +
. tRichey'-for this was the name he
went by-was below the middle 'hisas height,
but evidently very strog aud diJlia active y !;
indeed, it struck me thaI should not
like to have tussle with iimn. He had
the most extraordinary talent for imita-
tion; indeed he appeared bebe constant,
'ly' initiating someb0dS His general
accent was that Of tliesiy swell' to be
seen on a concert-room stage. But it
would change, as tkssideAg. passed
through his mind, to Is, Q ;oug os Toole,
Blackstone, aud local. - -saAs he
spoke he threw himselfi s.s6stt strange
and ludicrous attitudes!g - ssa1o
ts'As' he stood bessrs ! sSls q. .lSksed a
parcel under lhissd arm ID I could Sot
understand #hale is q ne Is kdpt
taking 5it from lndsr bis sra and dpaafta paaftaGiGir
~ lsst0sisss hat, thsa fiigiag Il faSR tbat
and returnihg il 70 +iSs original posiiii5n1.e
After 'capering about the rooms look
lug g'at the pictures, he suddenly stopped
short to ask me in whisper, with mock
alarm, f'thc gentlemen over the Chin
.hey board was MY father Sti | "
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
forehead-mouth-nose-uch eyes. &C. ,
Well thought I,,athis fellow begins
to amuse me;' K felt r,ther glad he
came. ,,----------
, So / pulled che bell ROPE for another
cup, and when it came I asked him,
r'ther pleasantly, TO draw over his chair
may here remark that while the
servant was in the room he sat down
very quietly, his large, staring eyes
ii:ted 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 'Artful Dodssr,' when he
sives his dislocating twis. Of the head
and glanced at the door.
DO you know, / like girls No matter
what their station be. ! fell in love
with q nice young lady once. We met
twas in q bar; but the managers eye
was upon me. He discovered that /
was trying to toss her for a glass of ale
so-he !! he! kicked, me out He did !.
He changed his subject so quickly
that soon was obliged to become dumb,
with the evrentinn nf n rnnoav,lehir
now and then. ~
Thus some hours passed nerrly. Al
length he jumped up and skipped round
the room. Suddenly stopping at the
sideboard, he opened it quickly to see il
anything was inside. Immediately liz
dived his hand in and skipped round
the room with a bottle of Debbs' 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 I! But, no, ]
could not persuade my volatile visitor tc
put it down-force would be dangerous
So l leaned back helplessly 10 the chair
Now sir, cried he; knocking of the
head of the bottle, and pouring out t
Quantity INTO tumblor akinD from th,