Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-10-22

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more agreeable. e3 .st lib Ysa bsensible
|sheadsi thought he, ls although nm ugly
one for tbs plain enough bhe oman
doesn't like hattery." A third attempt,
however, Charley was determined to
make, nfIhasing gifailed id His Observe
tions as to the riding aud the coat of
bissfellpY rayele ,he th6pght he would
juss dsnH q tsiHing allnsinn To the won
derful headlessl lhorsss that was Jogging
on 30 sociably by the side of the old
mars 5 aud as Charley SRaa ssonsid q dofed
Ihbqaa5, ,IBasidsh BaiRg d psisStaS sshe he
Royal Mallow light horse volunteers,
who were every oneE Of them mounted
like real Hessians, be felt. rather, san,
suine asto theresdftof his third ttempt
honor rides, RECOMMENDED esesd the peraev-
9Sa psSssS @ay ssy AtIatN that, With Aisba5m4 5dar own
ugly mouth" gfow1ed the head.
G,h9.arleys,thepgha ,9.r RQsss Qs ss;;s;.ghI lattered
by. the; conapllment, peyert helesa elucks
led at his SUCCESS In obtaining, an, an.
swer, ,Sand thus c6nrinued !.ssSssiaAd
May be your honor wouldn't be af,
ter riding him across the couptry2'
"Will you try. me, Uhdrfey y?@ Said The
head, with an misrepresentation lohk ;toi
tghastl delight59 40 ToITJalaTeIu I
Faith, and that's. what I'd do" re-.
sponded Charley; "Ionly Tn afraid, the
night beingis9i dsFk ,,gf lamipg. tie old
mare, and I've every 'halfpenny of d
-thundted pounds onihef 4,Bele. ~ hi+gtq !
Thiswas true enough. Charley's cour-
age was nothing dashed ut the headless
ihorsemsn g proposition Il ianditheranev1
ID the soahfry tbas ChaTies GsSlSs1e Waa
not at it, and iorembst init yTEigio02
Will you take my word ?" said, the
man who carried his head SO snugly nm
der his right arm, for the safety, of
yourmare GSsd 9rad sgiaui lut',..
1dl Done, = said Charley, and away they
started, heller skelter, over everything,
'ditchiand wall, pop; the old inafe never
Tentnln lsgahi lyle. even in ibtohd fdaS-,
light, and Charley had just the start of
his companion, when the hoarse voice
,eaYsleed Yled out; g, /" Charley ,Gglnape, Char
ley, man, stop for your life stop p"
Charley pulled up hard. IaiAy,', said
he, "you may beat me by the head, be-
yon; but II the Bat Vas neck and neck.
and that's the go between the old mare
and D Desdemona,. I'd win it. hollowi"
Itappeared as if the stranger was we'll
aware Of whatawas passing in CharIey's
mind, foF he suddenly broke, ont quite
g Charley Gu,nahe. p1i says he, (. YOU
have stout soul in you, aud, are every
inch of yousa good rider. I've tried You
and I onghti to- know. and that's the
sort OF man for, my. money. a. hundred
years it is aince my horse and I broke
cur necks dc the bottom OF Kilcummer
hill land ever since Rveibeen trying to
get q. man, that dared to, ride with me.
and never found one before! Keep, as
You have always done, at the tail of the
hounds, never baulk an inch, nor turn
away from q stone wall, and the Head
less Horseman Will never desert you
nor the old mare"
Charley in amazement looked toward
his right arm for tho purpose ofcseeing
in his face whether or not he was in
earnest; rbnt, behold, the head was
snugly lodged in the hugo pocket of
the hoIseman's scarlet huntin0:cloak.
The! horss'sShead ;, had ascended per-
pendicularly above them. and bis,extra-
ordinaryzscompanion rising quickly af.
ryhis avalt;courier. vanished from tho
astonished gaze Of: Charley Culnane.
Charley,,as may be -suppoaed, was
lost, in wonder, delight and perplexity :;
the, pelting rain, the.wife's pudding, the
new snsffie 2evcn tho, match against
Squire Jephson-a1l were forgotten !:
nothing, could he think of, nothing could
he; talk of ebut the Lheadless ,horseman.
He told it directly he got home to Judy;
he, told Vt the following -norning to nil
thefneighbhrs, and dthes fold it to the
hunt on st. Stephens Edav but what
prpyokedEhim, after ali, the pains he
took in describing the Head, the horse,
and the man, was, that ono and nll Mt
tributed the creation of the: headlcss
h3rseman, to his friend, Con, ,Buakley's
"X, X,waterparjiament" This. however.
shonld bestold-that Charlev's.oM mare
beat Mr.. Jephson's big filly Desdemonn
by Damqni.sand Charley pocketed his
cool hundseag and if he didn't win bv
means of the Headless Horsemnp, am
sure I don'$ know any other reason for
his doing DO.
A Penny Wise Chap.
am thinking Of Tie Hour 1 spent
down on the Bay, of Naples, where the
sunny. Italian goes in, swimming in the
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