The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-09-07

h -sEas A -Ar.o&erSS "a vas, 500 49,. a..
We wereS,fye Ipsssengera jnalL;styo
ladies on% the back seat, middle aged
gentleman and Quaker on the middt >.
aud pyself opths 'front.' a n sd
alssbga aaA &uah ,Ss sdsg 11aaasdf SlsSg,
governess and Charge or might havo
susteined ANY other relationship, which
nude 'it proper sfor two ladies to travel
together unattended.
The n5ddls.aaqs esnlIsAaa was
sprightly and talkatiye. He soon struck
up ansae9uainknce with,the lsdies to-
wards whom, in his zeal to do, he rather
over done tho agrceable-bnwing and
smiling and cbattcring over his shoulder
in why painfully suggestive at his time
of life. of a ssscrick" in the trick. He
was evidently gray lo,bario. ra sue
The Quaker wore the apifnrm of his
diana Sc3aahsaahis sp,soR d nany
a parliamentary would save his credit
by doing, to simple "yeas" and mays"
AS for myself, | make it an iDvariable
ruiz sof fhefousl 10 bs'merely aalguker
on and s,cner.
Towards evening,I was aroused from
one of those reverie, into which young
nap,sawith sat{ Being psdt ersa a6Ser,
VIII sometimes fall, BY an IN abeapt query
from the talkative gentleman
seAre you armed, sir r. Ff
g.'I anS not" answered, sstoaished
no doubt visibly, at the question. ''''' ~
81 am sorry to hear it," he reple'l !;
''ior, before reaching our next Stepping
RlaeeF5tt will be- several, henrs i,,,sbe
night, and We mus pass over a u portion
of the r"ad on, which more than one
robbery is reported to have been com.
'". I, - ,&s8Y p So hE
The ladies turned pale, but TIE
stIaa3er did. chis hest to rcassure them
"Not that | think there is the slight.
est danger at present." lie resumed !;
"only when Que is re<ponsible for the
saiety, # slthe ladies', yon. know, such q
thing as@@a pistol In reach would ma
teriaIly add co ores couidence." -"
Your prime: c:ples. my friends" ul
drsssi resi- dgsths gs Qaak q Pres.slns ratis
Iuch opposed to carrying US to using iiit ca cal :
inhl Weapons" ~ "a sses75 tta
"Y ea,' was the II response " 3"
'Uave taeSyillaipsimurdsrcd any of
dheira victims Z" the clderlady ueryously
inquired. >. y" aatt Isl
"Or have they centcntcd themselves
wi,h-with-l lplandefiug ,ahepiY" added
the younger, in tinorous voicc.
"Deoiacdls ahes esYlusterffD7the ,amiuble
gentleman hasteucd to give assurance /;
"and we ara SsPqSpe of,us prepared to
oter resistance in case of attack, so
nothing worse than robbery eau posi-
bly, betall us.YY Yr4q
:. Then, alter Blaming his thought'ess
n IS in having unnecsss,rily Introduced
La tdfSsg re,abfe sabj"ct, shc gentleman
quite exeelsed himself in efforts to raise
TIE spirits of the company, and had
succeeded SO we'll, by the time nigh,
set in that all had quite forgotten, or
,ohly remembered their fears to laugh
at them" 35tZE
Our genial companion fairly talked
himself hoarse. Pereeiyipg which. he
took from his, pocket box of newly
invented "cough candy" and, after
passing it to Che ladies, he helped him
self to the balance and tossed the paper
out of the window.
lie was III the midst OF a high en-
omium on the new iostrnm, more than
Ialf of the sficaey Of which, he insisted,
depended on its 'bcihg taken by suction,
when a shrill whistle was heard, and
amost immediately the coachgstoppcl.
while two faces h.deously blackened,
presented themselves, one at euch win
dow. Sss .st
"a Sorry to trouble you,." said the man
on the right, acknowledging with bow,
In. .ltd4; like sercae.ps from the back
seat "but business is hus.neas, aud
ousS will sogn be. over ii things 90
smoothly"
I'll Course, g,ui lcmeu, you will spire.
do liar as may be colslstent with your
.disasrecahle duty, the feelings of these
ladies'" appealed the polite passenger,
III his tldpdest manner.
oh! certainly; they shall be first
a'endcd TO, aud snull not be required
10 lta"e tncir places, uaicas trnr c,n-
duct repders At susces5ary,''' J.. IS
,s.sA,iU Low. iudiyg.' contained he