The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-02-03
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gst out fthA, yoa asd ypdr Old so..
nav sRiIe 7 4 FanIeaok tos cambridge to

Iis dR4eser. MY coppsIaiop had :
laek df supblips dove sitting at
'titude at The faintost provo9stion /; and if
l lifted her up once, 1 lifted her up
twenty times. Twenty fines sixteen
stone is exactly two tons (which repre-.
sents the weight lifted dF Bembridse
Common; that night. q hive since had
reason to believe that her tsetual weight
is fifteen stone three, but say sixteen
stone, because take into Reconsideration
the moisture with which hc,t clothes were
saturated.)
z AZ length, ahss twenty Minutes diff,
eultgwaikn we IreadhAdl be light that
had attracted our atteuti oul 1. proceed.
ed from the window of a v.sry small cot,
tage. We knocked, and elveutually the
door was opened to US. IIu the mean.
time, my companion. who HAL informed
me that her name was Dolly Fortescue
sang negro songs in deep lscsstalto.
'Wot is it ? said the cotdagef.
There has been an acdident on the
line, and We want shelter
'Wot'll you give?'
} "a guipea &dN;sg Fo,s stcscue This
rum old card give gainea - s
well, you can lie insthe( (stable. MY
cottage is chock full .SSA
He took lantern, and showed me
iqtdtbe stable ehich wss,A q hut with
esg sssaii sAss;l fy5ss SoF ~ Ss,ss v,s
very untidy donkey. | at once de-
ciined to share tins stable with Dolly
preierring to risk night in the rain.
| stated my intention.
'Old boy is quite right. He's a run
my old passenger, but he's quite right.
Comesalapg, .aaeer-little old mau---we
walk somewhere eIsc
Now, lookee here said the man !;
wots your game, you two? Wot are
yer hup to? Is this here lark ?
Where's my guinea Give us old o.
NY guinea atore you goes. Come be
gentleman afore ayon goes None OF
thiswhh ne, You know! Give US old
o my guinea 7 ro,nes'
sold man, said Dolly to me, pull out
employers cash-box, and give gu: uca
like birds
'Wot's this here about cash box es p
said the man. Come, out with that
guinea We hears good deal .bout
it, but we don't see none of it. Come,
let's see some Of it. Be mani!
i shall give you nothing said L.
You are an insolcnt scoundrcl !!
'Wot" said the man-'wot's this here
about scash-b boxes ~ Come along O me |!
-apd d.he Iaid lis hand upon my collar.
4 tYop scmp dtl"s aai II, 'if were a
Stronger man, Id
'Wot! assault the perice' NY eye.
here's a go. Come aioHg O. me: I'M
rho .stnhl" IN "ivA. Won n lna.in.
So, it cash. boxes, is it? Come along
o me-both OH yer!
And he1ed US tosa square building at
the back of his house, and, unlocking
the door, pushed us in.
Now, said he, I'm a-goin' to search
you
And he did; but he found nothing
except adev soyereigns torlmy money
was in my despatch boz, which had been
placed in the luggage-van.
Now, said he, 'how about searchin'
your good woman? amt a-goin' to do
it-and amt got missus. Lookee
here, suppose you do it?' IS
'sir,' said & 'this woman is total
stranger to me-
'Ah separate responsibilities, eh /?
The hold story. Now, lookee here,
ma'um, | amt segoiu' to search you,
because I've been properly brought up;
but I'm agoin' to shake you, to see if
ycu ratlie.' fES3
Miss Fortcscue made noyerbal reply.
but pulled out gigantic clasp knife.
All right, said She Cor on, po-
liceman?
He hesitated.s~s
look, policeman; I toll ytu what
do. l walk out ofthis.. 'Good,nightsv =
And she did. Rssas 2 ~