Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-07-31

his stint, and, it being indoor work, j
kept at it all night. The old man liked
that, and set mic u new task ever5night.
All the better for me, I thought, he
would pay INC extra, and what was wea-
riness to me if it brought me ncainr my
Peggy. SO counted the hours sys,yls as
50 many shillings. But when Saturday
night came he gave me just MY weeks
work.
Master said I, I've workedEover
hours every night, you forget that
"'I hire YOU by the week. he said.
I'll give no more than one weeks wi,gcs.
So, you don't like it, there are plenty
of strong lands to be had, if you are grow
ing lazy Then lie turned his bacs on
me, and.Marls laughed. That angercd
me, and words fell from my lips. AYe
had IL quarrel, master and i, and / called
him 'niggardly old rascal : and With
that he dismissed me from his scracc.
At "dawn you 60 he said. You've
workedto-day, and have u right TO sa5nr
bed at night, butat dawn you go
81 marched out of the ROOM, with
words never should have used, and mp
to my garrct, and threw myself on 5aiiy
bed. But / did not mean to STAY to lie
turned out. At midnight l rose softly,
made up a bundle and climbed out oiIai
window. / cut my lands with the glass
of Il broken pane and the blood tlroppal
down upon my clothes. Bnt / was a5e.
angry to feel the pain, and l bound up,
the wound with u handkerchief Thcn3
trudgcd on, meaning TO look For worG
next cay. So / turned my steps in thssa
direction, ;,nd kept -ou..aatil night ffef5' fl'
Thea, faint and weary, lay down under
some bushes and tllaslccp.
"Out Of that sleep was aroused by a
shout and the clutch Of strong hands.
Men stood about me. One shouted my
nan,c. They held me fast and bound
nc. y struggled, but it was no use.
Numbers were against my single strength.
"'What are you Robbers? I've noth-
ing worth thc tukin, | said, at last; and
when standing still, saw faces | l:ncw
about mc-those of the farm hacds al
my old masters. You lsn: w we'll what
we want, Jack Marlomc,' said ono. If he
did.spcak an ill., word ut last, he WAS IL
good man III the main, and you'd worked
for him three years You mite have ans
wcrcd him ns you liked, but to try and
murder him was too horrible. We didn't
think it of you, Jack we didn't think
it. "Nlurdercd.' | cried. Is old master
murdered? Why lay ii to me? swear /
never hurt HIM
If nc is not quit dead its none of
your fault cried another m,n. Don't
pcriurc your sclf-looE ut the blood on
your clothes.
The blood from NY hand was i'll blots
and smcars all over my vest. felt my
heart turn sick wien took heed of it.
"N!aStcr will clear me, | said.
"IIc says it was You said one Of the
men.
at least, he nodded Yes, when We
asked him if YOU did it,
"'fhcn old master was not right in his
mind said. He'd never be against
me-
"-altcr that ! heard the whole. Mas
ter had paid the men end dismissed
Mark He had only said, ali right:
I'm tired orwork, and had eaten break
fast there, and left in sight of all.
But was gone; and when they found
that master, who was always up ut cock
crow, did not rise at nine, they opened
his door and found him on the floor
scnsclcSs--thcy thought dead ut first.
lie had been robbed of his pockct-book,
II watch, an old fashioned pin, he always
wore in his ncckcrcict-th painted
head of a lady set around with what lie
used TO tell us were pearls an ornament
older than his grandfather.
"Thcy found nothing about INC of
course but tic quarrel and my cut hand
made the case hard against me. The
master dying. rs they thought kim, h.