The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-02-03
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.GeYnsIi Observation-Disclosures
bottle bariey-water-two tomatoes
| bloater---tyo eggs-one pound pacaroni
head Of endiye stick Spanish ,iquo,
rice-threc pounds snuff"
What are your terms for the carrot 7
Carrot very dear out hero, yoa pscu-
liar old one. Carrots guinea ~ Z
Hand it over ri 44iw
| I gave her guinea and ate ths cEr-
rot t-.., "a
! Now Now, said sue, I go straight on in
that direction for shore. Come aloSg,.
old one -. =, hes So''|
tNe+erp said 7; T will take the oppo-
site point of the compass, and run my
chance. Gocd.by. t.n s;l.-,
And ] struck out vigorously in tho
opposite direction.
After q day and a halfs vigorous
swimming, reached the point Of low
sandy shore, which seemed to stretch for
miles in direction due, south, as {, j
Judged from the, position Of the sun. I.
waa wen satisfied to feel dry ground un.
tdss ny isgs again, and I Landed With
1 much gratitude. 49,. = lal'
| was extremely. hdngry, and Twalk-
cd f5f titles along the shore picking, up
mussols and periwinklcs, and eating
them raw. saw no trace of human
being of any kind and as the sun went
down began to wish myself in the sea
again. Night came on, and Twas
hungry and alone. However, i still
wandered on in q listless, purposeless
way until fell over something that 10y
across my path. To my intense joy 1
found, on investigation that, it was a
sleeping, breathing human Being. T
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 endeavored
to awaken the figure, but in vain; SO l
determined to sit by his or, her side
until morning. Accordingly dropped
myself iuto q sitting position, when, to
my extreme ainazement, an explosion of
4 fire took place immediasely under me I
1 .ii He Issrisf flar rashea acFoss me that
the island 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 vesu-
yians, and that one of them had explo-
ded. It suddenly occurred to me to use
these vcsuvians as q means of ideETify-
ing MY Companion. l ignited one, but
it was not 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.crown- I lit third, and this time
the rcd hot end tumbled on to the alec.
pcr's cheek. The sleeper started up.
1t was Dolly Fortescue
was not bit surprised. I had
brought myself to look upon Dolly as
my fate. Dolly was not bit surprised
She looked at me-grinned aud spoke.
That dash hot you odd ohe
When morning broks, we looked about
us. TIE island We found was about
twenty-five miles long and seven broad,
principally rock = no vegetation - no
fresh water. The island was crescent
shaped, the two horns being twenty
miles asunder. l had landed on one
horn, she on the other, and we had met
in the middle. The only native inhabi.
trnte &c ~ ~i~r~ 800 >--;~:-tlas nd
nusscls. So We set to work to make
ourselves comfortable.
The object of this narrative is not to
give detailed account of the highly
ingenit us manner in which we contriv cd
to live comfortably, and even luxur;ously
oh our island, but rather to exhibi, the
caprices of u determined destiny.
| detested Dolly with all my heart,
aud avoided her whenever practicable /;
but she paid me every attention, and,
notwithstanding her unpleasant appear
ance, she was really valuable to me
She christeued tho island 'Fori escue >
and crowned me its monarch. Ny fret
act as king was to try her fbr drawing
her knife on'the policeman in Bembridge
lookup, and by that means breaking out
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