The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22
Where are you going To- put Ihim2'l

,'Pipt him ip; Isaacs room
No ''"' "l sa7iEal
It's the most comfortable sbnos
But here I intefruptedthea whispered
colloquy. r"l % Srirtlor ,aam3a.- ,sy.,--
sIoam not lparticular77IL don't care
where you lodge me only make haste,
please, '' 1"f SH'
So was conducted up steep ladder
that stood in corner IF the room, into
an apartment ceiled, with slipping beams
and ventilated by one Tsmal window,
where a cot bcdstead, crowded closely
againrtT the boafd partition, and Pine
table, with two chairs, Formed the sole
'attempts at furniture. .noiiRia1-,
The woman set othc ulight-au Gil
Ianp-+onthe table. ,uIvas sr,,,..i4
Anything more | can get you sir ?"
said she. p ''~
'N"'hing, thank you 90 '1'''
Il hope you'll sleep well, sir. Whed
shall l cali you?a 1atot
AT iour ocl9ck'In the morning if you
please must walk to R--- station
IN time for the seven o'clock express
i ,"lll be sure to call you, Sir - ''
She withdrew, leaving me alone iu
the gloomy little arartmeht. sat down
and lo'iked arouad me with He very
agreeable sensatioussd, ia,.. y, 49,, /
I,will git down and write to Alice, L
thorsbt; i; that will soothc my nerves
aud quiet me, perhaps = 'A''' nH' .
descended Che loddehr.t pht firelstill
glowcd rediy on the stone hea,tll; my
companion aud tlIcs Woman sat beside it,
talking iud low tone, a third psrson sat
al hetable, eatipg--,-a, short, stout, vii
lainous, looking man, in a red flannel
shir: aid very muddy paas;!o,:,s3 '"'
l asked for writing materials, aud re
turned to MY room to wfi,e.to myswife
's MY darling Alice ..Ad eer.s,i,,
. a paused, and laid down my pen as /
coalolpds~sa !lolpdl~ the words, half smiling to-
thin think what she would say, could she
know of my strange qdirtefs RF8.s ;,
| Not unifi 'SosG siSeesss -eta "a.
did I lay aside my pen aand prepare for
slunben AS Ifoldqd my paper, | hap.
ipentd 70, glance toward my couch.
Vas, it the CLEAN of human eye
observing me through the L,'ai.l7 y fri.r
ti"n, or was it but my own IN fanlcysf rhere
Vas a crick there, but ,ouly black dark
hos' beyond; yetiIC could, have sworn
hatson'sthps. had -sparkled bqlefullyS
~ H'e' 10 ,a"sses5AV sy.,.,...c sy
IT took out my, watch-it was only L,
o'clock. 1t was scarce'y worth while for
me to nndress for three hours sleep l
would liedown in my clothes a ID snatch
what siumbsr7 Iseould. So placing my
'alise clpfe to.the head of my bed, and
bavrrrrIeadirg the losklcss doors with two
chairs, | ex'inguished the light aud lay
down. saisisesT bearis
AT first I was very wax kcful, but
gradually a,ssoft adr,wsiaess secrned to
stsalsoyerane like asmisty n,antle,. until
di of a ssudlep some startling electric
thrill courscd, through my veins, and H.
sat up, excited and trembling. ~
A luminous softtiess seemed TO glow
through tlieroom ht Of the moon
or stars was ever SO penetrating land
byisthe little .wipdpw | saw Alice, my
wife, dressed Ire ssI in floating garments of
white, with her long goIlcn hair knotted
back by blue ribbon Apparently she,
was beckoning to me with outstretched
iands and eyes full. of wild, anxious
'''ue'"esS' sge,'1q b. s.ri3
sprang to my feet and rushed to
ward -her,4but rs Lreachcd the wind w,
the' iaIr apparitiQa seemed to vanish in,
t. the stormy darkness, and was left
alone. In, the self same instant the
sharp report of II pistol sounded Il
could see the Jagged stream of fire above
the pillow, straight through the very
spot where tea seconds siuce my head
had lain.q sss e. eI4ls.
With an instantaneous realization of
my DANGER 1 swung myself over the
edge OF the window, jumped some eight
or ten feet .into tangled bushes below,
aud, as crouched there recovering NV
breath, heard the tramp off9otytcps
into nay room. 4.g
is he, dead 7 cried voice up the
ladder-the, smooth, deceitiul voice Of
the woman.
'Of course he u.s. growed s.vticc
baok, that charge would have killod,ten