Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-02-13

Go aud see i,er. Ilsl But where am i
Srpniiigs Let's tack ship. Z, s5''ss
3: y on know the sDlolson homestead
on the corner Of Ind street. iaYea, tbut
yon don't know Ws young fellows
never think Of sucn things -thats the
ssgrand-looking place had been i;in; the
AYoodson fanlily " for some generations,
md thatsthe generass father left it to
him encountered & iis IS ors vas never
lifted by the latter. ERs iss general lived
pretty vel, Think his position re-
quired it. ~ i.
4 "Then5in an evil time all Bramble-
head rnn wild with n land fevcr-a spec
ulation that promise. 10 make the poor
rich, and the rich I9ppy. All the old
stockings in all the dark corners in town
were emptied Of their shillings to buy
land ia Roostoc Why, people,
old people, took money out of their
bioles that they ifad laid away to
bury them, to in, est. sex pecting it to re-
turn them d hund red fold before it would
be needed. Burial asy always seems so
distant to us. peg,ally,fif there is a
chance TO mike ai,y money tomorrow,
ai''Any's father ,sas bitten by,th going
madness. he gathered the little le
could together. essreW his salary reg
.ularly, and let his isuusehold bills run.
8He sold wrong lew bant share;
that lie held IN trussstar Amy, which an
uncle had willed to lssr, and invested the
money in the goldea land, secretly, ii.
the name ofa brothshsin Ohio.
+ "Thc voyage turiis a out mighty poor.
The land was well s.hbsred, but ahun-
drcd miles away FROM risar or tide-water.
5tThcsbnbbio burst. ltlic ricl, became
poor. and the poor bscan,e happy, think
ing how tlsgir bettys had como down.
They were sire u 81 burial for nobody
yas ever too poor for hat.
le nd gent ID. To grew
iiT:fidi ind ai,sefaain defts fEc grocoii
and butcher called again and again fo,
their dues---at the fr8nt door, too. The
milk-boy was even more malicious. He
chalkcd OH the garden. cate. 'Warnin'
pay up, OF hoss,' aud chuckled to him.
self around the corner, as he peepcd ard
saw Betty Floyd, the old domestic
spend many minutes spelling out, and
many more in securing off the words
and shaking her cloth at the empty
street. Thrift had abandoned the housc
hold
"Amy knew but little of the truth
He said he had only the amount of two OF
three quarters salary in the lamcnted
land slide. She saw the failing step
and that he did not like to have her
note it. He was glad though of herhelr
at the bank, which was needle DOW oftcner
than ever. The toll began to tell on
little Amy. She didn't lose her beauty
though, | don't believe she will ever lose
that. My boy, am l tcdious?"
1"Vcry. Go on" a'fE
Don't blow your smoke in my eyes
then, oryou'll swear Pm crying"
"Weli, well forwardw
"Whcrc was /? This went OH while
the old man keeping the ship on the old
tack, clcse-haulcd, flag at the peak, and
pumps a-going. But there came day
when the world uld do little for Abranl
Woodson, and he could do less for tho
world. One morning. when Amy wa>
helping him Oh with his coat to 90 t.
the bank, he staggered and fell upon tic
sofa. The doctor came and said 'Paral.
|ysis. lie revived somewhat, but the
old general was Il wreck of the sudle,i
kind He couldn't speak an ineligible
word. Amy became his hands, eyes,
and mind. Roy Elwcll was appointed
acting cashier, for the directors wou d
not supersedc him at once. He fingered
for months with his faculties Mt sixe1
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