The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-09-07

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{ we swereS live passengers in all; two
lad les On the back seat, middle aged
gentleman and Quaker on the middi;. ).
aud rpyself on the 'front.' q "a ~
The two. ladies' might have been
aothes anA daughter, Iauat seaAhsd iiHi niHiees.
governess and charge, or might have
sustained any other relationship, which
nude 1t proper for two ladies to travel
together unattended.
The middla.ascd eentlshan was
sprightly and talkative He soon struck
up an acquaintance with.the ladies' to.
w"rds whom, in his zeal to do, he rather
over done tho greeable-bnwing and
smiling and chattcring over his shoulder
in wny painfully suggestive at his time
of life. of a ''crick" in the trick. He
was evidently u gray lo,hario sas
The Quaker wore the unif"rm of his
scotland ecolHnsa his sp,eal, d n,any
par'iamcnta,ian would save his credit
by d"ing, to simple yeas" and nays"
AS for myself, make it an iDvarlable
rule adf, ehe roud TO be merely a locker
on and steiner.
Towards evening was aroused from
one of those rcveries into which young
map,s with .,at being poet orsa l6Ser,
VIII sometimes fall, BY an abrupt query
from the talkative gentleman
fare you armed, sir r.
F"I am not" answered, astonished,
no doubt visibly, at the question. @''-'-..'
81 am sorry to hear it" he rcplel
TOR, before reaching our next stepping
plaeeg it will be, several hours in, the
night, aud we nus pass over a portion
of the road on which more than one
robbery is reported to have beeu com.
mi.led,'
The ladies turned pae, but tl.e
stian3er did his hest to rcassure them
"Not that think there is the slight
est danler at present lie resumed
only When Que is re<ponsi6le Tor the
safety f 1.-The l.dies, you. know, such G
thing us n pistol in reach would ma
terially add to ores cuulic:encc."
Your principles. my friends" al
drsssi resi- aggs,he q Qaakss B .1lpresalns,arols
a:uch opposed to carrying as to using CAL
nal weaponsy" r
YEA" was the response
"uave dcssilaips'murdcrcd auy of
their victims Z" the clderlady uervously
inquired.
"Or have they contcntcd themselves
MISUNDERSTANDING theplY" added
the younger, in timorous toiGc.
"Deoidrdly ahe, ,ylasterf'gthe a'niublc
gentleman hastencd TO give assurance
"and we arc snUue OF lis prepared to
ot.er resistance in case OF attack, so
nothing worse than robbery can posi-
bly, betall U.S.
Then, after blaming his though,'ess
IS in having UNNECESSARILY Introduced
q diSssretabfe sGbj"ct, shc gentleman
quite exeelled himself in efforts to raise
the spirits of the company. and had
succeeded SO well, by the time night
set in that al! had quite forgotten, or
only remembered their fears to, laugh
at them"
Our genial companion fairly talked
himself hoarse Perceiying which, he
took from his pocket box of newly
invented ''cough candy" and, after
passing it to Che ladies, he helped him.
self to the bulance and tossed the paper
out of the window
He was in the midst of high ell
omium on the new hostrum more than
all of the eficacy Of which, he insisted,
depended on its bcing taken by suction,
..r.. :. s..s...- r,.,s..v n an .IeaI,,. .i,,.
a'most immediately the coachsstoppoL.
while two faces h.deously bluckened,
presented themselves one at euch win
dow.
Ss Sorry, to trouble you said the man
oi' the right, acknowledging with bow,
ttNo, Lady like serca,ps from the back
seat; 'uut business is business" and
ouse will sovu De over il things 90
smoothly"
"Ci Course, gentlemen, you will sp; r.