Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-10-23
Aumuruus department.
HELPING A BOY.

New Ork party named Reynolds, VINO
has been spending the summer at Danbury,
so the Ne,qs says, was at the upper end Of
Deer Hill avenue, strolling for his health,
yesterday morning, when he observed boy
trying to pull kite from an apple tree, where
it had lodged. As Mr. Reynolds came up
the string broke, leaving the kite up there.
With the natural prompting of a humane
heart, the gentleman gave his coat in charge
of the boy, and crawling over the fence, was
soon up the tree. The boy felt pretty bad
about the accident to his kite, but on taking
second look at the coat, which was almost
new, he dried his tears, and scampered off with
it, unperceived by Mr.. Reynolds, who was
trying to take an obstinate twig from the back
of his neck. After considerable difficulty he
reached the kite, and was stretching forth his
hand to take it, when the limb he was on sud-
denly snapped in two, and he fell some six
feet, splitting one of his pantaloon legs half
way up, and running twig into his nose with
such violence as to make that organ bleed.
Fortunately he was saved from further mis-
hapsb by catching on strong limb. He stop
ped then to feel of his nose, and meditated on
the accident, when rough voice from below
demanded what he was doing there, and
looking down he saw a shirt-sleeved, bald
headed man, with pitchfork in his hand and
fire in his eye. Mr.. Reynolds explained
about the kite. "That won't do," said the
man. "I've had too many apples hooked
from that ere tree, and now that I've got the
thief, l intend to make him dance" And
the man looked ferociously at Reynolds ia
cilities for dancing. The unhappy Reynolds
referred him to the boy for an endorsement Of
his story. "What boy?" asked the owner of
the orchard. 81 don't see no boy. There
amt now boy here
Reynolds looked out in the road, but there
was no boy in sight. He shouted "Bub" two
or three times, but there was no response. The
color deserted his face, and look of mingled
astonishment and horror spread over his fea-
lures. "This is very extraordinary" he said
"Very," coincided the farmer, with great dry
ness. "That boy has stolen my coat, and
must pursue him and recover it, said Rey-
nolds, suddenly becoming frantic over his
loss, and preparing to descend. 90, come
down and catch him." said the farmer with
biting sarcasm, chewing his tongue to show
how calm he was, and placing the fork in
such way as to take in the most valuable
portions of Mr.. Reynolds body. That gentle
man saw the preparations in time to stop.
"Why, you wouldn't run that fork into me,
you old idiot?" "Who are you calling an
old idiot, you miserable whipper-snapper," "
shouted the old chap, as he insanely danced
around the foot of the tree. and glared fiercely
at his victim. "Come here and rob me, you
villain, will you, and then stand in my own
tree an blaspheme me. Run the fork in you,
will 1? Yes, I'd run it into two hundred of
ye." Mr.. Reynolds was shocked. "What do
you want me to do," he said, despairing of
reasoning with the owner of the orchard. II
want you to pay me FIVE dollars, and get out
of this orchard as fast as your rascally legs
can take you" Mr. Reynolds hesitated. 1t
was bad enough to lose a coat ruin his pants
and split his nose to he p an evil boy. out Of
trouble, without being bombarded with epi-
thets, and charged five dollars for the perfor-
nance. He thought he would jump down on
the old man and crush him, but he looked at
the fork and repented of the design. Then
he drew out five dollar bill and dropped it
to his enemy, and humiliatingly slid down
the tree, reaching his feet just in time to avoid
kick the irate man aimed at him. He was
helped out of the orchard with the fork han
die, and Immediately started for the hotel,
which he reached in a condition of nervous
prostration that at first threatened to result
seriously. An active search has been made
for the boy, but neither he nor the coat has
been discovered.