Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-02-28

81 fTouSiteo oaFpSttttsstti VIZ NeInenl;
and the baker, ;lslii*vi Ioayes three
doors off, turned roqppPasAgtp wonder and ap-
prove. --.s
"Niny I put youurR said the General,
meekly, almost tilnidIa
How different the ft9ne, and yet 1T was
the same voice that had heretofore rung
out SO firm and clear in stress of mortal
danger, with its slstireing order
"rhe light Brigade will advance"
"No, thank you, said Miss Douglas
coldly; "Tiger Tim does the heavy bust
ness. Now, iie-4--two--threc
"Ihree" landed heF lightly in the sad
die, and the black smare stood like :,
sheep. Ono turn Of her fodt, one kick
other habit-Miss Douglas wasestablish-
ed where she lookcdaher best, felt her
best, and liked best to be in the world.
So.sl,e patted the black mares neck, a
cnrcss her tayoritc acknowledged with
such boun,l as might have unseatcd
Bellerorhon; and followed by Tim, OH ~
good-oaliing chesnuts rodeof with her
ad'arng General tosttlie Park.
Who is Miss Douslhs? THIS wa, the
question everybodyasked, an,l answered
too, for that matter,bnt not satisfactorily.
Blanche Douglas. such was the misnomcr
oftl,is hl,ck-browcsl lady, had been in
London FOR two years, yet given no nc
count ofhor antecedcnts, shown no youch-
crs ior her idcntit.y: 10 cross cross s,question
her was not plenksant undertaking, as
ccrtail, tlyal,s. Il to their
cost. They called her "rIe Black
Douglas" indeed, out of spite, till fem
ninc wit and genius Of the brightest
ustrc gave her the nickname of "Satan
ella, ;.iltl as Satnnella she was hence
forth knownin I'LL societies. 'iE'0
After that, people seemed more re-
assured, and discovered, or possibly in
vented forhcr, stirh histories rs they con
sidercd satisfactory to themselves. She
was the orphan, some said, Of n spccula-
tive naval officer, who had married the
cousin ofa peer. Her father was drown
cd of Tentriht; her mother died of a
broken heart. The girl VAS brought up
in II wcstcountry stliool till She came Of
-nse; she had Il thousand Il year. and
+ lived near South Atdlcy-street With her
aunt, a person Of weak intellect, like
MANIFOLD women Of both sexes. She was
oddish herself, and rFther bid style; but
there Was no hafhii4 her H.-'i -
This was tho g3d-natircd version.
The ill-natllrcd enc HAS the above trav-'
cstictl. The father lad cut his throat;
themothcr ran away from him, and went
mad; and the wcst-c'Fntry school was a
French convent. '''l 'lhe aunt and tho
thousand 4 year wcrI equally fabulous.
She was loud, bold, horsy, more than
queer, and where theimoney came from
that kept tho little house near South
Audley- street and ciebled her to carry
on, goodness only kndv!
Still size held her dyn, and all the old
men fell il love with her. "My admir-.
ers," She told Mrs, fullendcr, who told
me, "are romantic-try, and rheumatic
also, Il tiirc lleurer. The combination,
my dear, is touchiiE, but exceedingly
inconvcnicnt."
Mrs. Cullcndcr firthcr affirms that
old Ruyton wouII tuvr morrid1 cnI
made her Il pccrcss, lad she but held up
her finger, and declaHs she saw Counsel
lor or Cramp 20 dfSn on his knees to
her, falling forward Ion his hands, how
ever, before he coull get up again, and
thus finishing his declaration, as it were,
OH all fours.
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