The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-04-06
Blur Blrkins and the 'Xgsa5ts tsss,


+. !. Ism OF rel 5!05E 91a sd, ,dail
was picking my .teeth, ,ou che lIith
e2ysHpqis. iss.i|l l@ifi steps: aa5jtsS.ssGng a
iTFsnfy cent '9tS diner iipaeaF over ja oThEa .Av-
sqsqe, ,As as IS Is my cpstQg Of an afternoon.
There hers came came bya frakish craft, 4 She
scuded along under a closely ,reefed
hustle and ,tolerably bare poles, The
wind was a nor nor -westeTrs, aud struck
her aft, making fearful Ahs hasvosc; s;TfsstHh MfisE her
CANVAS: She wore the new new sttyaiSs sttaiS of
metal garters with. gilt clasps. will
take my oath, you observe, Of Of That. She
signaled me with iherF eye ana I Bore
down upon her.ogF; had, thrown about
sevenO words whsaH sIie inteffdpEedg Tine
by yanking big bDOk oasof Ksr Jasele,
Or somewhere. 'eaHefe is aoHsthihp'
she wafbled, 'whicR'itd iiSe4b sh0@asou.
1t is called the history Of ehrieaAity
aiuahe FeleesIslauds, 'byahsr ReslPeser
Postridgessa dtlis GsillustfatedpsispAten
thcusana pictures, HJnst ensrayod &y the
ytu snlasteFs5 ansls S0undt witH Hsical akins
pIts issthe tsgtpstsst #ork ever astfi,,en.
on can, : ford q bs Wlsl.1aassi1 chill.
dtef cry fort. The price IS :aHI5 ssVsis
dollars. sLdwill Eputo4yonFr pamd down
randTsdw 2n;n1ou aid; Dcy Blot "a
~ 'Faiser womanlsq Ioshtinlea, ytaway!
You hare deeeiyed q poor,Reak, ,Etralst-
ing man. You area hook asenh,i.Be-
ware, woman, lalthopsh1 ,pHaarEied, I
will defend myself to the deatha, fIa
Then fed.
j. But Ut the creature, 10 you rs scoERPrehsnd, Esn
was like .she Itch, OF bad eopseieuco,
or a washer-woman's bill-po. % Be SO
easily got rid Of. She dqgged Ry foot
steps like divorce detective She
lowered over me like az ayenging spirit.
She laid FOR me when 1 went to my
meals, interviewed me at my ofiee, and
bored me at every point. hEe seeh1ed
burden. te,l' noy ii saa o; saiqs oG
I disguised myself as hackaiSA, as
au organ grinder, as a minister aAput
myself in tho most humif az positions,
you observe-but it WASN'T any tsse:o Be
sure that female wickedhesS fodud me
out. AT last meandeted- dow, W tho
sad sea waves, and was happy for a time
Days sped by--at fifteen OF twenty dol
lars each-aud l was beginning 70, for
get the book agent. .e ,,,s,-,.Y
One evening 1 wandered or, the sand
ed beach in the mellow moonlight. I
suppose that is the correct Long Branch
tning 70 uo. i ..ioS :. iy1o;J a.o..,.ss i.
white tulle, or cotton sheeting, or some
thing. l took her for a moonbeam ut
irs, you comprehend, and my heart
bounded with admiration I Aifted with
the ethereal appdrition, raad We sat on
damp rock very close together. my arm
got around her waist, and We ,Wers hav-
ing o nice, comfortable time, You
! possible know hoy it i yea-sels - =.
Fair stranger, t,urniured,, nfdost
love thus to squaton the primeyal took,
and commune with nature?'
She said she" "ait aif'- L'Ioi
sCourtst thou leave tho a,,urea1tstIfs of
art, and live always amidst iths flowers
and trees of the moonbeanls !',xo y.
She said she could.
why so silent 2 I asked, softly
pressing her hand, 'Dost auSht disturb
the harmony of thy s6ul-sis anything
but admiration for this scene ine thy
heart /? l ,-,o
She said there was.
'here is something, she broke out,
pulling out ten pound volume from
somewhere, 'that I'd like to show, you.
1t is called the History of Christlanisy
in the '''i '"7
| recognized her. She was TINT in
fernal book agent. With a'wiiashFiek,
tore myself away. "A sudden horror
overwhelmed my soul, and an, rneen of
disgust drowned out forever al adpira-
tiop of female divinities, who all Seemed
but demons iu d:sguise: Ian, yet
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