The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-02-03
German an aa.u,ls,a.g,ee,-,c.,u,eumber-carrot

bloater-two eggs-onc pound macaroni'
head Of endive Spanish ,iiquo-
rice---three pounds snuff"
What are your terms for the carrot
Carrot very dear out here, you pscu-
liar old one. Carrot guinea s
Hand it over. sli f.ta
gave her guinea and ate the csr-
rot.
Now said she, Il go straight On in
that direction for shore. Come along,
old onep a-a -
Meter! said I; i will take the oppO-
site point Of the compass, and run my
chance. Good.by'
And I struck out vigorously in tho
opposite direction.
After day and a ha1f's vigorous
swimming, reached the point of low
sandy shore, which seemed to stretch for
miles in direction due south, as /
judged from the position of the sun.
was well satisfied to feel dry ground un.
der my legs again, and landed with
much gratitude. i t7-'
was extremely hungry, and 7 walk-
cd f0f titles along the shore picking up
mussels and perivinklcs, and eating
them raw. saw no trace Of humsn
being of any kind. and as the sun went
down began to wish myself in the sea
again. Night came on, and was
hungry and alone. However, / still
wandered on in listless, purposeless
way until fell over. something that lay
across my path. To nty intense joy l
found, on Investigation. that it was a
sleeping, breathing human Being. +
could not tell whether it was man or a
woman, as there was no moon, and the
clothes he or she wore might have suited
either sex equally we'll. l endeavored
to awaken the figure, but in vain; SO
determined to sit by his or her side
until morning. Accordingly dropped
myself iuto a sitting position, when, to
my extreme sinazenent, an explosion of
hre took place immediately under me /!
Z fif Te 7sarISf ~ fieu hashe1 across me that
the island was mass of slumbering
fire, only waiting for accidental contact
with an exciting cause to blow itself and
every thing upon it miles into the air
On closer examination, however, 1 found
that had sat down npon box of vesu-
yians, and that one Of them had explo-
ded. 1t suddenly occurred to me to use
these vcsuvians as means of ideEfify-
ing MY Companion. l ignitcd one, but
it was not flaming vesuvian; it smoul-
ded, and fizzed, aud smelt, but afforded
no assistance. lit another, and held
it close to the persons nose, but it only
Illuminated small circle as big as
half-crown- lit third, and this time
the rcd hot end tumbled on to the slee-
pcr's cheek. The sleeper started up.
1t was Dolly Fortescue
was not bit surprised. 1 had
brought myself to look upon Dolly as
my fate. Dolly was not bit surprised
She looked at me-grinned and spoke
That dash hot you odd one
When morning broke, we looked about
us TIE island we found was about
twenty-five miles long and seven broad
principally rock - no vegetation = no
fresh water The island was crescent
shaped, the two horns being twenty
miles asunder. I had landed on one
horn, she on the other, and we had met
in the middle. The only native inhabi.
'"''" 8 = -, -, :. :. =, :.
musscls. So We set to work to make
ourselves comfortable.
The object of this narrative is not to
give detailed account of the highly
ingeuit us manner in which we contriy ed
to live comfortably, and even luxurously
ON our island, but rather to exhibit the
caprices of u determined destiny.
[ detcsted Dolly with all my heart,
and avoided her Whenever practicable !;
but she paid me every attention. and,
notwithstanding her unpleasant appear.
ance, she was really valuable to me
She christeued the island 'Foti escue, ,
and crowned me its monarch. My fret
act as king was to try her fbr drawing
her knife onthe policeman in Bembridge
lookup, and by that means breaking out
of custody. She was found guilty by en-
impartial jdry of Me, and sentenced to