Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-09-10

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and gave three times three for the au-
tnor OF the feast. An attempt to alter
the figures IN the book failed, however.
and The youthful fnsncisr received d
his smarl lness. The colonel WIS sIika.
wise fond of q gun, an a as Ills father lad
one, 81 liich i he Did geiiti ian priced vsrv.
ni5 ii =, Richard and isia bsothA. ts,ls l.
out on the hill to shoot ehfppiesn ON
mn average three times,a week, Richard
taking the weapon apart and ramming
the stock up the back OF his coat, while
his brother carried the barrel in one of
his .trousers' legs, so as TO get it out
OF the house unseen. They managed
the ramrod by tying O string to it and
brnakipg q whip .of it until they got ont
OF sight. They hnd lots of fun with
the gun until the brother tried to shoot
the ramrod ont one day, when 1t kicked
him over, aud knocked both hammers
to full COCK Richard didn't see his
brother Tor over five minutes, and then
had to carry him home. There was
no more shooting of sschippies.
The most Important transaction OF
that period of the colonel's existence
was the clandestine carrying away and
pawning of the old gentleman's watch
"a venerable time piece which had been
lying unseen in q bureau drawer for
over five years. Richard very reason
ably thought the watch was completely
forgotten by that time, and that he had
made q very judicious disposition Of It.
But the very next Sunday, as ill-luck
would have it, tho old gentleman, on
dressing himself to go to q dinner-par.
ty, said to his good wife, Well, I.
gness I'll wear my watch to-day,n' and
frnitless search being made for the
chronometer, Richard fled the spot and
played "hookey" both from school and
home for the next six weeks.
It has been mentioned that the colo.
mel was fond of the canal. So he was,
and Jolly lot of trouble it used to get
from " school" one day with his shoes
in his hand, when it suddenly occurred
to him to make boat of one of the
pedal coverings, and straight into the
lock it went. Then the other boys
commenced to "waft" it to- the other
end. of the lock by throwing stones,
etc., at it, and the result was that the
ship went hopelessly down. Richard
trembled at the thought of going home
with one shoe. 1t would be known that
he played trunnt. and n good stout
stick aould d await him. Various expe-
sdients were thought of and suggested
as n means of getting him ont of the
scrape, but they were all failures. The
last one was to induce o shoemaker in
tslle neigh ghloShood to mako q, mate for
the shoe inside of an hour, and for the
handsome remuneration of two cents,
but Richard was astonished to learn
from the artist that it could not be done
in, chat brief space of time, and partic.
ularly for that sum of money. The on
ly thing remaining was to hook shoe
belonging to o mill-hhnd, which was
about five times as large as the other.
Tha disparity in size was discovered the
very first thing on his entering the
house; the mill-hand came, making o
terrible fuss about the larceny of his
shoe. Richard was in disgrace again,
and had to flee once more to the noun
tains. And "sich," as Sairy Camp
would say, SIGH is boys. - Cincinnati
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