Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-06-26
SELECTED 5sTORY.S
! REVENGE.
BY MARY KYLE DALLAS.
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ago, three friends wild fellows enough,
who had seemingly linked their fortunes
for better or for worse, and who, whit
ever their luck, were constantly i'll each
others company y gg 3 gFgR wgaw
These young men were Charles Chester,
Harry Bray, and Edward Warren. They
97vere'more brotherly thin many brothers.,
more akin than many kinsn,en / True to
each other, even when women and mon:
ey were between them. Dumon and
Pythias with twin Damon added. For
q long While they had tbeengeery poor;
at last fortune fhvorcd them. Each had,
certain sum, by nc mems contemptible,
slowed away IN the sleathe-n belt he wore
about his waist. Each carried n gold
watch, and each wore suit Of clothes,
supposed by himself to be the latest style
md choicest fashions Moreover, their
rcvolvcrs were perfect, silYcr-mounted,
and rejoicing in multiplicity of barrels,
for without these it would be quite i'm
possible to maintain position in this
quarter of the world in any society.
How they came by these possessions,
we will not inquire too particularly
They were neither burglars nor highway
men, but decks ofkeards," dice and bet
ting my have helped tbcm te the oin.
ming of their little fartnnes
They were not oxcr-scrupulous, but
they would have knocked any man down
who had neglected to address them as
gentlemen, and use those wonderful re-
y"lvers promptly on any '".strangyrsD who
objected to drinking viii, tlicnl and,
consequently, stood rather high in the.
community. Certainly ilistl1eir conduct
to each other they were fanltlcssly hon
orably and miracul'asiy generous.
O.c day soon after their "luck" had
come its best, n letter directed in a
.rcmulous woman's hand. to "Charlcs
Chester" wns hnndo.l to thnt member of
the trio, III the presence of the other two.
The young fellow seized it engerly, tore
it open, read il through, and tearing off
his belt. spread its. contcnts before hin,
upon the table and counted it over. HAY
ing done so. he burst into tears, and very
unwsely and profnnely casscl himself
for extravaganza, and requested for him
self ll'sorts ofuncomtortablc things here
and hereafter, a proceeding which scoms
to relieve some men extremely, though
why, it would puzzle the uncnlightencd
to declare. The cause of all this rs his
comrades soon discovered, was that his
mother had written TO him from her
little farm, in Southern State, to tell
him doleiUl ta'e of sickness, death
amongst the stock, etc, and y final crash.
a mortgage was almost due. and as the
old dpenple would find it. impossible to
meet it, they would be sold out and left
homeless i'll their age. at will Kill your
father" wrote tic mother, "and | shall
die with him."
IL did it ALL" said the young fellow,
sobbing openly. "My debts and my
Wild ways encountered them at first, and
now Look And he pointed to the gold
upon the table, and began his profanc
litany again.
"ghe mortgage was three thousand
dollars, and he had only two"
"Is that all ?" cried Ned, hauling at
his belt.
Good Lord! What does he take me
for" cried Harry fIriously. Give
hundred piece and the expenses of the
journey is about the figure. There, go
to the old folks. Well sec about your
horse while you pack your bag"
This set the other Mt his oaths again
but insjoytul style this time. They were
trumps and bricks, and by everything he
could think of he'd do for them, if there
were any need of it. "He'd pay them
back if he lived, and he'd--he'd bless
them" And so chokcd off into sobs again,
at which they left him to recover, return
cd with horse saw him set forth upon
his mission as though the "old folks" had
been their old folks also.