The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-02-03
Gsslssa q saesa . cucumber carrot

Gsflssa saosage cueumber-carrot
bottle barley. sy.water-swo tomatoes--a
bloater-tYo eggs--onc pound maearoni'
head Of epdive stick Spanish liquo..
rice7-three pounds snuff" 'i,If !
) !; tSyhss hss arc your t.srIis fSf the caro-. Y
Carrot very dear out herd, Joa pscal
liar old ono. Carrota guinea! essd 4 !
Hapdit over s8s ssi div
I gave her a,guinea and ste ths esf-
rot.
Nov, aaid sue, 4, go. straight on in
that q direction Il aa for shore pre- Come along,
old one baa sos
Never r said I; + win take the oppO.f
site; point Of the compass, and run my
chance. Good.by. L., 80. o,;,,s,,
And ! struck out vigorously in tho
opposite direction. 2
After day. and ha1rs vigorous
swimming, / reached the point Of q low
sandy shore, which seemed 70 strstch for
miles in direction due south, as 4 i,
judged from the, position Of the san. I
vas wen satisfied to feel dry ground pn.
der Ry lsgss 81 again, ! is and + landed iw:tG
much gratitude. r., -. = t.1@i
], was extremely hungry, and i malk-
cd fSf taffes along the shore picking up
mussels and periwinkles, and eating
them raw. saw no, trace of a human
being Of any kind, and as the sun went
down I began to wish myself in the sea
again. Night came on, and T. was
hungry and alone. However, Il still
wandered on in a listless, epurposeless
way until I fell over, something that 10y
across my path, To fsy intense joy /
found, on Investigations that il was a
sleeping, breathing human being. I
could not tell whether it was man or a
woman, as there was no -moon, and the
clothes he or she wore might have suited
either seq equally well, I endeayored
to awaken the figure, but in vain; SO
determined to sit BY his or, her side
until morning. Accordingly I dropped
myself into q sitting position, When, TO
my extreme sinazemens, an explosion Of
fire took place immediately under me
i.al IsaTs6s fiez nashsa aSF0ss me r6af
the inland was mass of ,slumbering
fire, only waiting for accidental contact
with an exciting cause to blow itself and
every thing upon it miles into the air !
On closer examination, however, I found
that had sat down npon box of yesu-
viuns, and that one of them had explo-
ded. 1t suddenly occurred to me to use
these vcsuvians as a means of ideTfify-
ing MY Companion. 1 ignitcd one, but
it was not a flaming vesuvian; it smoul.
ded, and fixed, aud smelt, but afforded
no assistance. l lit another, and held
it close to the persons nose, but it only
illuminated small circle as big as a
half.crowu- lit third, aud this time
the rcd hot end tumbled on to the ales.
per's cheek. The sleeper started up.
1t was Dolly Fortescue
was not bit surprised. 1 had
brought myself to look upon Dolly as
my fate. Dolly was not bit surprised
She looked at me-grinned and spoke
That dash hot, you odd ohe + ao
10y 4. ~ 4
When morning broke, we looked about
us. TIE island we found was about
twenty-6v miles long and seven broad,
principally rock = no vegetation - no
fresh water. The island was crescent
shaped, the two horns being twenty
miles asunder. 1 had landed on one
horn, she on the other, and we had met
in the middle. The only native ihhabi.
oa.iss Vi Sne p,sce we're per,wpaies and
mussels. So We set to work to make
ourselves comfortable.
The object Of this narrative is not To
give detailed account of the highly
ingehi, us manner in which we dontriy ed
to live comfortably, aud even luxuriously
ON our island, but rather to exhibit the
caprices of u determined destiny.
detcsted Dolly with all my heart,
and avoided her whenever practicable
but she paid mo every attention, and
notwithstanding her unpleasant appear
ance, she was really valuable to me
She christcned the island 'Fotiescuo !,
and crowned me its monarch. My Grsl
act as king was to try her for drawing
her knife on'the policeman in Bembridge
lock.up, and by that means breaking onl