The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-04-06
Bluff Bifkins and the 'AgsenDfSs.

Bluff 81 " Bit Biffkins and aH,te the Agenss.
\. i Asm OF rah BOZ a4a sd, ,SaiI
1 was picking my teeth, ,ou the lIsifth
= }}ysaqe5 y qae5 u HaFl- III steps; asjises sasing
iTenfy eent q9aa adipner pner a oYer in Third .Av-
aals asaplsps, as 8 Is my custom Of an aGegpeon.
i There here came came bya lrakish sEsft,dshe
scuded along under q closely geefed
hustle and tolerably bare poles. The
wind was a nor nor -westkeqrs, and struck
her aft, making fearful hhia hhiaavosc; s;THdh VIII her
canvas: She wore the new new sttsifes ttaifs of
metal garters with. gilt clasps: psseT1fogR will
take my oath, you obssaesf9 observe, 9 Of THAI. Bhe
sigualsd me with 'heff eye anidd id L bore
down 'uIoti her.99T. kaa, =shroWHf about
seven words whena SIZE inteffdpgsaG Gmo
by yankibg big Book odtUf Eel biAle.
Or somewhere. 'eaHere is Something
lsRe waafbIsdi iRhicRsi'd iixe4b sh6aAsou.
1t is called the history 0f ebfistiaHity
rinahs Fe5eesIslauds, sbythaf RessPeter
lPottridge:M sailluskfasedp aseeten
thonsaad pieEures. slast sengrayedt asy the
-ysa aniastsrs3 aHile bounds WAL Lssieal llakin
aIts iEattis ssgrpatsss sMork sovees sass;,sen.
sX6lE caz : atEaEll ia ibe Sriii1aas ,s ;yS
''dfsn cry for It. The price IS o1l5 ssSsn 81
dollars. eIdwill iput,1yoary nauiG down
,andTsdv 2Gin1ou sidi Doy bio3 ea
Falser wonaauls,I Enshtiallea, ytaszay
Hou hare deceived . poor,asak. .tGi1st-
ing man. You arela book agent.,i BE-
lwares woman, Ialthouyh1 cppaarried, L
will defend myself to the daqthA, lis
Then 7 fed. r.
But the creature, You comprehend,
was like the ITCH, q 4 bad conscience,
or a washer-woman's bill@pot 70 Be so
easily got rid Of. She dqgged my foot
steps like l9s.sa. divorce 5lel. 5delteetiEq. She
lowered over me like an ayepging spirit.
She laid FOR me when I went to my
meals, interviewed ME at my Office, and
bored me at every point. hfe seemed u
burden. tent noy ii osa Of s1iIa oa
L disguised myself asa hacknSA, as
an organ grinder, as a mihistefaAput
myself in Tho most humiiiating positfons,
you observe but it wasn't any usss.o Be
sure that female wickedness fodud me
out. AT last Il ,meandeted- down by the
sad sea waves, and was happy for a time.
Days sped by--at fifteen or twenty dol
lars eaoh-and l was beginning to, for
get the book agent a ,,:,,-.,,
One evening 1 wandered or, the sand :
ed beach in the mellow moonlight,
suppose thatis the correct Long Branch
si.:as so 81. :. .os3 ~ s a52E -. Al al =.
white tulle, or cotton sheetiag, or some
thing. 1 took her for a, moonbeam at
frs, you comprehend, and NY Heart
bounded with admiration. I Aitted with
the ethereal apparition, aud We sat ON n
damp rock very close together. my arm
got around her waist, and We ,Wers hav-
ing q nice, comfortable time. You
possible know how it is yourself. - =
Fair stranger, fnurmured,, sdost
love thus to squat on the primsvai Yock
and commune with natureY
/ She said she dit s'-'. .'Tof
'Couldst thou leave tho a,.ureaasa.s of
art, aud live always amidst lths raowers
and trees of the mooubeapls Z, ,iIo .vs
She said she could,
why so, silent p I asked. softly
pressing her hand. 'Dost ausht' disturb
the harmony of thy seui-sis nyehiug
but admiration Tor this soau6 inp thy
heart {? ,,,,e,,
She said there was.
tHere 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 Christiani.y
in the '''' pan
recognized her. She was that in
fernal book agent. With a,si.Aa skeicL,
tore myself away. "A sudden horror
overwhelmed my soul, and an ocean of
disgust drowned out forever all admira-
tion of female divinities, who all seemed
but demons in d:sguisS. Ian, vet a