The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-02-03
SATURDAY MoRNINlE, FEBRU UARY3 g.. .ls72 ---

!. MORNING. FEB y
v,gs hssgia, ,ths-zorld ara We sof aots'
CT OUT q tin, you and your old'wo-
ga d sEia z 4uu back .os}Bembridge to
telegraph. Come, out yousso''-
But where are we to gok It is rain
ing hard, aud we shall be s,aked.''
There's light yonder akross the com
mon. You'd better trot oSer kheree, you
and ySbrISm wshaR,, and flock 'em up.
1donS Know Ahe aonnttS just he:e.'
And off he went like lightHing. '''@
His advice very good, 2S old man,
said my companion. Il I'd Q your arm,
and we trot. Come, rum esasp.'
There was no help for il succumb-
ed. aud rye had, a squashs walk over
patblssSand fuzzy pJpnnS8, half 4 mile
Iia dh@eser. MY eompslpiop had a
Pask If Stumbling aqya sitting at
t'uuc at inc ialnteSI prOVOqAtlon ana IL
l lifted her up once, 1 lifted her up
twenty times. Twenty fines sixteen
stone is exactly two ns-Ewhich repre-
sents the weight lifted olF Bembridge
Common that night Il hive since had
reason to believe that her sesual weight
is fifteen stone three, but say sixteen
stone, because take into Reconsideration
the moisture with which hon clothes were
saturated.)
e Az lsngth, after twenty ainutes' diff,
.sultyswatk ing, VIC treaGheafA He light that
had attracted our attent, ou3 1t proceed
ed from the window of v4ry small cot,
tage. We knocked, and 9veutually the
door was opened to us. I|u the mean
time, my companion, who ihal informed
me that her name vas Dolly For,escue
sang negro songs in a deepiscsttalto.
'Wot is it 2 said the cotdaget.
There has been an accident ON the
line, and We want shelter
'Wot'il you sive?'
B tAeuinca,' ssiJtN;sy stescuc. 'Thi.
rum old card give gaineat n =
well, you can lie in-tbe(s.able. My
cottage is chock full .sXA
lie took lantern, and Ashowed me
i6tGthe stable which waska hut with
esy scaiis'a'Is fstse SoS ~ Ss,ss h. Vas
II very un,idy donkey. l at once de-
clincd to share tins stable with Dolly,
preierring to risk a night in the rain.
stated my intention.
'Old boy is quite right He's a run
my old passenger, but he's quite right.
Come,.along, aaeer-little cid man--we
walk somewhere else
Now, lookee here, said the man :;
wot's your game, you two? Wot are
yer hup to? Is this here lark
Where's my guinea Give US old O.
NY guinea afore you goes Come be
gentleman afore yon goes None Of
this!whh me, you know Give US 'old
O my guinea !! Comet
sold man. said Dolly to me, pull out
employers ashbox, and give gr uea
like birds
'Wot's this here about cash box es p
said the man. Come, out with that
guinea We hears u good deal about
it, but we don't see none of it. Come,
let's see some OF it, BE man p
i shall give you nothing said l..
You are an insolcnt scoundrcl .
'Wot said the man-'wot's this here
about cash boxes Come along O. me :.
--ani lhe laid his hand upon my collar
S AYou scoundrcl!" sai II, IF 1 we've a
Stronger man, Id
'Wot! assault the perlico' My eye.
here's a 60. Come a'cry O. me: !'n.'
rho cn..stnhlr IN rive vnn n lnA"in~
So it's cash.boxes, is it? Come along
o me-both OH ycr!
And he led US to.a square building at
the back of his house, and, unlocking
the door, pushed US in.
Now said he, I'm a-goin' to search
you
And he did; but he found nothing
except afow soyereigns- tormy money
was in my despatch box, which had been
placed in the luggage van.
Now, said he, 'how about searohin'
your good woman? amt a-goin to do
it-and amt got n missus. Lookee