The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-02-03
SATURDAY MORNING.. |

rv What in the world ars we to ao'r
askedL skkE "Hy' =.
Get out Of Tho, you and your old wo-
sAa ssis 7 Gun back to. Bembridye to
telegraph. Come, out youAso''--
But where are we to goE It is rain
ing hard, and We shall be sl,aked.'
There's light yonaer akross the COM
mon. You'd better trot oSer4 4khere, you
and yonrIoH w9nai,, aud flaock 'em up.
kdpnS Know the country just here.
And off he went like lightRing
His advice very good, Sy old man.
said my companion. Il tage your arm,
and we trot Come, rum Chap
There was no help for it succumb-
ed, aud we had a sauashsa walk over
pattlossand furry cop,moi, half a mile
|iu diameter. My coppeipiou had a
kback Of tumbImg dowe sitting at
titude at the faintes; provo4Stion (; and if
l lifted her up once, 1 lifted her up
twenty times. Twenty fines sixteen
stone is exactly two tons-Ewb;ch repre-.
sents the weight lifted Off Bembridge
Common that night, Il hive since had
reason to believe that her lsetual weight
is fifteen Stone three, but say sixteen
stone, because | take into (consider alton
the moisture with which hcJ clothes were
saturated
3 AT length, after twenty Minutes diff,
Ecult, walk ing, VIC reached lie light that
had attracted our attent ou3 1t proceed
ed from the window of vfry small cot
tnge. We Knocked, and Eventually the
door was opened to us. Tin the mean.
time, my companion. who HAL informed
me that her name vas Dolly For;escue
sang negro songs in deepl lscstealto.
'Wot is it 2 SAID the cotdaget.
There has been an accident on the
line, and We want shelter
'Wot'il you sive?'
! "a guinea, said d.N;ss Foa atescue. 'Thi.
rum old card give g4ineaa
"'il. you can lie in-thsf Stable. My
COTTAGE is chock full ,Sk =
lie took a lantern, and showed me
into the stable which wS;Ra hut with
~ stai9s.eV;a q fsrss Sos ~ WINCH was
a very untidy donkey. at once de-
c'incd to share tins stable with Dolly.
prcierring to ri,: night in the rain.
stated my intention.
old boy is quite right He's run
my old passenger, but he's quite right.
Come.al lung, queer little old mau-wc
walk somewhere else
Now, lookee here, said the man :;
wots your game, yuu twoy Wot are
ger hup to? Is this here lark !?
Where's my guinea Give us old o.
NY guinca atore you goes Come he
gentleman afore you goes None Of
thiswith NE, you know! Give US old
o my guinea Comet
'old man. said Dolly to me, pull out
employers cash box, and give GU. rca
like birds
'Wot's this here about cash boxes p
said the man. Come, out with that
guinea We hears II good deal about
it, but We don't see none o. it. Come,
let's see some OF it. BE man..
i shall give you nothing said L.
You are an insolcnt scoundrcl =
'Wot = said the man-'wot's this here
about cash-boxes Come along O. me =
--anl he laid his hand upon my collar.
( 'You scoundrcl" san Il, If we've a
Stronger man, I d
wv ot. assault the perlico' My eve.
here's 60. Come alcry q me I'M
the Constable. Iii give you lodging.
SO, it $ cash boxes, is it2 Come along
o me-both on yer'
And he led US toa square building at
the back of hi, house, and, unlocking
the door pushed us in.
Now, said he, I'm agoin' to search
you
And he did; but he found nothing
except afow soyereigus my money
was in my despatch, box, which had been
placed in the luggagc,van.
Now, said he, how about scarchin n
your good woman? l amt a-goin' to do
it-and | amt got a missus Lookee
here, suppose you do it?'
| Sir, said /, 'this woman is total
stranger to me
Ah I! separate responsibilities, ch ?
The hold story. Now, lookee here,