The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-12-07
A DOSE FOR STLGGERS.
A sEhEt0-C0MtC stEBFCIT.
by sYLvANUs COBB, JR.

could lie. And thus it was:
Elnathan Stiggers was forty years of
age, aud until within year Of the time
of which W" write he had live d the life
Of a erasping bachelor but at length he
had taken Il wife. Whether he had
|ored Maria Brown as n true man ough,
to love We cannot say ; but we can say
that no sooner had she became his wife
than he sought to guard her from the
admi,ing eyes of the rest of the old
Maria was young and good looking. As
a child she had admired the Stiggers
mansion, aud us woman she had
accept d the position Of its mistress
people said that Stiegcrs had concluded
it would be cheaper to maintain wife
than to hire housckccpcr and at the
sar!c time they expressed the opinion
that Stiggc,s.~, had made mistake il he
anticipated that he was going to bend
Maria Brown to the yoke Of his
pcnuricus purpose.
We have said shat StiEget$ was jeal-
Gus. He had discovered that young
aud dashing looking man had visited his
house during his abscnce--that he had
been there twice, at least and that on
both occasions ne had been closcted
with Mrs. Singers. He had received
this information from old Jotham Jud
kins, his man of all work, about his place
'Sartin sure, sir" 3ccl.rod Jotham
the mans been here twice within a
week. First time he ax'd me, was my
master to hum and when told him
No, he put straight for the house. aud
aid for the missus.-.She come to the
door, and he went in. Three days after
wards he come agin. When hcweut
away this last time was standin' close
by tic porch; and hecrl Missus tell
him to be Ecerful. and not to breath a
'rord Of ~hat Au1 Happened! l did, sir,
Sartin sure
%! he scoundrcl. Oh, the pcrGdious
wrctch y
Stiggcrs ground his heel into the
sand, and when he had sworn to his
hearts contcnt,-or, as mnch as he
thought Jotham could bcar.-he started
for the houss, aud in the hall he met
Polly Piper. Polly was the young
Elaid servant, and warmly ssattached to
her mistress. Stiggers took her by the
arm, and dragged her into the drawing
room.
Polly Piper, if you value your life,
ten me the truth ! lie stamped his foot,
and looked furious. Ordinarily, Polly
would have been frightened by such an
exhibition of madness on tire part of
man but Elnathan Sti:gcrs was hardly
made up for frightening Anybody
particularly quick witted woman.
There has been young man here to
see Mrs. Stisgers--a lashing maa,-he
has been here twiec2'
Yes, SIR answered Polly.
'Ah you acknowledge it! What
did he come for /?
i cannot tell you, SIR
Don't you know?
Polly looked up almost wickedly.
Yes, SIR
Yes, SIR
AHA Ohio you know, oh? Aud
what did he come here for
Polly Piper looked resolute, and yet
the wicked expression-an expression
such as only bright-eyed, saucy girl
can wear-was upon her face.
I i cannot tell you, SIR
'Cannot?' 2
| No, sir!
Polly Piper, if you value your lie,
tell ne =
Il cannot
why not?'
My mistress made rae PROMISE
'Made you promise not TO tell why
that young villain came here P
Made me promise, sir, not to tell why
the beautiful young gentleman came
here
wretch = Hypocrite /! Worn i
Leave my house You are no longer in
my employ But stay Did you hear
this creeping sneaking, villainous
abominatlon of man use terms of en-
dearment to Mrs. Stggers 2
Il think he had reason, sir, to bless
her,
'Ha he did d?-And for what?'
Il cannot tell you, sir