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

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ears, large, open nostrils, and immenso
eyes, seemed rapidly tee follo2 bini.
No connection with body, legs or rider
lceuld dpossihly traced. NE hend sad-
yanced. Charley's old mare, too, was
moved by thiBSunnatural sight, ,Sand,
sgortang Fiolently, iIiese eassd hes tIotup
thefhai u a A ga AKSkN
Sfne head moved Iot Ward and passeti
on, Charley pursuing it with astonisli-
ing gaze gnd wondering by what means
and for what purpose this detached head
thus proceeded through, the air; he did
NOT pefceiyes theS SeoTresponding body
until he was suddenly startled by find
ing is,elose by his side. Charley turned
to examine what was thus so socially
jogging. on with himsTben most ui-
eSampled appaS Sition Presented itself To
his view. AAhgure, whose height he
computed to be ut least eight feet, was
seated on the body and legs Of white
horse fully eighteen, hands and half
high. In this smeastirenent' Charley
he.mistaken; forshig gown marb
was exactly fifteen hands high, and the
bodyEShat thug logged alongsido, he
couldsat once determine, was a; least
three hands and q half higher.
4SAfter the first feeling of astonishment
wac over, he exclaimed, "I'm sold now
forever r. But Sill he directed his at
tention to this extraordinary body, and
having examined iitiwith, the eyo of q
connoisseur, he proceeded to reconnoi-
ter the. figure sogunuaial lysmounfed,
cwho shRdS hithertok rer1lained perfectly
mute. Wishing to see whether his COM
!panion'a silence arose from bud temper,
want OF conversational powers, or FROM
faFdfstats water, ana sthea fear shat the
opening of his mouth might subject
himst0 havingit filled with rain, he en-.
deavored to- catch sight of his com,
,panion's face, in order to form, an opin!
ion on that p.int.l Buthis vision failed
in carrying him further than the top OF
theScolar sof sthe figufe's coat, which
was q scarlet single-breasted hunting
frock, having. o waist of q very. old fash
toned scnt, reaohing to the saddle, with
two huge shining buttons at about d
yard distance behind.
81 ought to see farther than this,
foo,% tho;aght Charley e although he is
mounted on his horse, like my cousin
Darby, swho, was made barony constable
last week, unless it is Cons whisky that
has blinded me entirely" However,
see farther he could not, and after,
'straining his Reyesssfor considerable,
time to no purpose, he exclaimed, with
pure vexation :" By tho big bridge of
Mallow, tits no head at all he has p
.Look again, Charley Cnlnane, u
saba hoarss voice that seemed to pre-|
ceed from under the right arm of the
fCharleyidia 7ooppk again, aud now in!
the proper plaes for she? dearly shaw,I
Snrider the aforesaid right arm he head
from which the voice had proceeded
and such head no mortal ever saw be-.
fore, a1t looked like "a large cream!
cheese hung around with black pud-'
ding. No speck or color enlivened the
ashy paleness of the depressed features;
the skin lay stretched over the nnearth-
ly surface almost like tho parchment,
head of drum. Two fiery eyes Of
'prodigious eiros feren ce, with q strange
and Irregular motion, flashed like meteI
Iorst upon Charley, andse gplouth that
reach ed from either extremity of two
cars, which peeped forth from under o,
,profusiop of matted locks. of lustorless
.blacgness!! This .hoad, which the figure
had. .eyid ent''y hitherto concealed from
Charlsy's eyes, s1tow burst upon his
view in. all its hideonsness. Charley!
although lad of proverbiel courage dn.
the, county ofs Cork, eoasliid not but feel
.hiasn nerves little shaken BY ahis s1nex-
epected visit from the hoadless horse
man, whom he considered this figure
must doubtless bel is9scI adi 7sit ~
Tho crop.eared head of the gigantic
horse moved stahdily forward, always
keeping from six to eight yards in adj !
vance. The horsemap, unaided by the
whip or spnr. aud ti' stlaining the use of
Astirrnps, which dhngled useless from
the saddle, followed at 9. .trot by Char
.ley'a sside,l his shideous head now lost
behind the lapel of his coat, now. START
ing forth in all it's horror as the motion
of the horso caused his arm to move to
and fro. The ground shook under tho
weight of it's supernatural burden, and
the water ii the pools was agitated iitYto
waves ns he trotted by them.
Ou@they yentr-h heads without bodies
andsbodies withonts Ieads. < Tha deadly
silence of night was broken only by the
fearful clottaf of Ihoofs and tho diatant
ssollnd of thunder, which rumbiedahoys
sbes mystic hisil ofS Ceca.iho & 81 Mono
Fihnea. M oKaries, who Iss snatarsIIy a a
merry-hearted and rather talkative fell
low, had hitherto felt tongue-tied by
apprehension; but finding his oompan-
,ionishowedsno evil lgdisposition toward
him, aud 8havingS become somewhat
reconciled to the Patagonian Dimensions
Of the horaemap and his heedless steed !,
Plhcked uplall his courage, and thus ad (
dressed the stranger
4d xitds shsn atiyyEsa y9S5 sPpor rides pg mighty
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