Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-06-19


body knew me /; but as the company was
announced I heard their names, and if
they did not know who was, at all
events Il found out who they, were.
"ghis won't do, says 1, as the room be-
came quite full. l may stick against the
I-walItill daylight, but shall never go
ahead; SO at last perceiving a lady speak.
ing 70 the daughter of the Secretary of the
Navy, after they parted ! went UP and
bowed to her. Having heard her name
pretended to be an old acquaintance
and accused her of having forgotten me.
AS ] was very positive and very bold,
shb presumed il was the case and when
gave her my name, which 1 refused to
dountit we had been talking for some
minutes, as it happened to be very
good one, she considered that it was all
right, and in another quarter of an hour
we became very intimate. I then asked
her ifshe knew Miss E the daugh-
fer of the Secretary of the Navy, She
replied that she did, and requested her
TO introduce ne and offering her my
arm, VIC walked up to the young lady
together, and 1 was introduced Now
thought I, l am going ahead a little.
After the introduction, commenced n
conversation with Miss E, and a gen.
1tleman fortunately relieved me of my
first acquaintance, whose arm 1. had
dropped. l continued my attentions to
Miss E--, exerting myself to the ut
most, and on the strength of my intro
duction and my agreeablcncss, was
soon intimate with her, and sho accepted
my arm. AS 1 paced with her up and
down the room, asked her if she knew
the daughter Of General S., who was
near Us. She replied in tho affirmative,
and requested an introduction, which
was Immediately complied with. offer
cd Miss S--my othcrarm, and paraded
them both up and down the room. max
ling them laugh not little.
NOW L am gong u tio.-a,,' 4l.:.ls
"and my old bown coat looks remarkably
we'll"
"Hcrc is the President coming up"
said Miss E. "Do you know him 2"
II did once, little, but lie must have
forgotten me, since have been in South
America so long?"
"The President came right up to us,
and addressed the young ladies'; made
q sort of half bow.
"You don't recSllcct Mr.. 2" said
81 recollect the name very WE'LL" re-
piled the President. "You are very we'll
supported, Mir; you have the navy
and army on either side Of YOU"
"And the highest officer of the State
before me" replied 1 with a low bow.
81 ought, indeed, to feel proud Jtmakcs
amends for all the privations that un-
derwent in my last campaign with Gen
eral Bolivar, for the General and his
aids-dc camps Jared no better than the
meancst soldier"
'"That last was hit. ] did not say
that was aid-de-camp to Bolivar, but
they thought proper to fancy SO. The
President made me bow, and, as it ap-
peared, he wanted to have some informa-
tion from that quarter, and he asked
many questions, all of which l was able
to answer with precision. After quar-
ter Of an hours conversation, during
which the whole room was wondering
who it was that was SO intimate with the
President, and many were trying to catch
what was said, the President-presnniing,
as Bolivar's aid-de-camp, that 1 could
| give him information upon certain point
and not wishing to have the answer pub
lic,--said to the young ladies, 81 am 60
ing to do q very rude thing; wish to
ask question which Mr. would not
like to reply to except in strict confidence
must take him away from you for a
minute or two. l beg your pardcn Mr..
-, but feel and shall be truly CRATE
ful for the sacrifice you will make in
giving up such charming society ~
feel the loss will only be on my part"
said to the young ladies, MS dropped