Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-06-26

sinceby wonderful dream in South
Afr Atfriedfa 50 led to the discovery of q din
moFnd F q mine worth millions Of dollars, and
it nsSer ,profited me cent. But such
weaitllis not for nc. j need it rDt. My
calling hath higher and holicr AIMS
Andsyct this poor heshis sometimes weak
enough to lust after tho dross of gold
and silver
By degrees we got from him that he
l asf of Il silver mine among The
crags of our Hills. This mine seemed to
his vision to be utterly cxhaustless in the
precious metal; but lie would not locate
it, Betsy, whose curiosity was aroused,
would have pushed the ma: :, ut Mr
hloekmorc finally.shook his he ID more
solsmnly titan ever, and said that he
would rather forget the dream if he
could.
Shen the niissonary's horse was at
ihe!dnor and the owner was prepared to
stn.toli, he intoSmed us that he was
bound toward the Canada line, and that
The might reurn that way. OF course
We told him that our door would be al
waaYs open 10 him; and he promised that
he would abide with us again ifhc had
the oportunity.
ffn two weeks Mr.. Mcckmorc came
back. Hc had received II summons he
SAID from the Home Board 10 return to
Boston and make immediate preparation
toF aWinter campaign in the West.
The sccsnd evening in the society of
the reverend gentleman we enjoyed more
than we enjoyed the first. His fund Of
anecdo!e and adventure was literally ex-
liaastlcss, and yet an odor of sanctity
and delicacy pcryaded alI his speech
We urged t.i..t lie should spend few
days with us, but he could not. He said
U %euia give litn great pleasure TO do
{esilHa bis call stssiiii,s new field of labor
IN the West was pressing ana Imperative.
on2tha next morning, at the breakfast
table, our guest WAS even more scdatc
and thoughtful ;han on the previous oc-
casIon, and when questioned on the mat
tor lio told rs hc had been visited by the
same dream again.
"This time" lie said, "tbc vision came
with wonderful distinctness / not only
beheld the vast chambers of virgin silver.
but saw an exact profile OF the over
lying territory. 1t was a wild desolatc
spot, by deep ravinc, through which
the SHOWS OF Winter seem to find release
in Spring, rushing down craggy hill
side TO dark, wide-suetchng swamp
below. This would not impress me SO
seriously were il not that once before q
dream of the Same import proved start
ling reality"
We conYersed further on the subject,
and after breakfast Mr.. Moekmore took
q pencil and upon the blank leaf of an
old atlas he drew picture of the spot he
had seen i'll lis dream; and he pointed
ont whcrc, beneath the roots of old
stumpy pine tree, he had seen outcrop-
ping of the precious metal.
lie had drawn The picture, he told us,
to show us how vivid his dream had
been; but he adviscd us to think no more
OF it. Even if it were possible that the
dream had substance the body Of the
mine was far below the surface; and,
moreover, the Lord only knew where the
spot was located, even allowing that such
n spot existed.
For once in my life had allowed GU
rdity to get the better of my outspoken
honesty. [ allowed tho reverend gentle
man to depart, and did not tell him that
know where there was q spot exactly
the original Of that which he had pic
tured, even to every rock, shrub, tree
and ravinc. And that spot was upon
the wild lot which had been purchased
by John Twist, and which John Twist
owned still.
That very afternoon, armed with an
old TX and pick sailed forth to the
rough outside of the Twist lot. l knew
exactly where the pictured lot was to be
found, and when had reached it | was
more than nvor struclx hy tho E,;tbG,l