Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-10-15
& ToRANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER
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"source of consolation" she was SO!
glad. ne.iaLtl
When man loses his-his partner,"n,
continued Titus, what he most misses
isis certain responsiveness the world
can never give. Figuratively speaking,
he finds himself fthirating and alone in
Rland Of sand and thorns. I,{,e
Pollie hadn't any idea that it was. so
bad as that. =
By the twelfth Thursday evening the
sympathy, responsiveness and general
softness filled with the moon, and The
climax was attained in accordance with
conventional statutes. a7i
'Tis not that I love Mo1lie and Doll
lie the less, but you, Polite, the mcre,"n'
said Titus, looking off on the top of the
cypress, alias 1oousts, that waved over
the village cemetery. "I do not think
those two sainted women wish me to
travel the remaining way through the
desert of this world alone. do not
doubt that could they but speak, they
would approve of my course. Perhaps
they are even now looking joyfully
down uponus from yonder starry realm"
Polite shuddered, and looked up
through the maple leaves apprehen-
sively. = 9tf
Thereafter the Rev. Titus not only
saw Pollie home, but every other Friday
evening gave her species of "prepar-,
atory lectures" his principles not allow
ing him to attend to secular business on
Sunday evening. No more was said in
regard to the spiritual ministrations of
the late Dellie and Mollie. Those two
ladies were conveniently supposed to
be pleased with the new arrangement,
and it was just as agreeable to The sur
yiyors that they should project them
without their assistance. AS the Rev.
Titus. cardinal difficulties amended, his
bronchitis, owing to taking his consola-
ton In too much evening air, rather in
creased, One Friday afternoon he was
obliged to send for his physician. Phys
ician forbade him going outdoors; but.
as evening advanced, he felt he must
have o word with Polite. t ifT}
Titus had found these Friday evening
exercises with Polly very helpful to
him IN his ministerial labers. His ser.
mons during these days had great deal
to do with leading the children of Is
rael out of the plague-stricken land of
Egypt to land flowing with milk and
honey; lifting Joseph out of the deep
ard of all Egypt Call joy). The services
of Jacob 10 Padanaram were dwelt upon
with wealth of imagery. The expe-
riences of Isaac and Samson were not
tnI1sl toIshed s Il, qqpap qqp A
these discourses. Miriam sang and
played; Judith sang the daughters of
Judith sang by the rivers of Babylon.
"And OIL if they could have sung
while in captivity" pursued Titus.
"what rapturous hosannas must have
burst from their lips as they came forth
on the Judean plains, and felt that for
them the night had forever passed, and
that far above, in the violet depths of
that oriental sky, beamed their day
star !" (Pollie had kind of "violet"
eye.) The Improvement" of the dis
courses were uniformly to the effect that
men ought never to WELD to the de-
pressing influence of affective dispensa-
tions. (" However fierce tho storm may
rage" said MIR. Tuttle, be snre the
sun still shines, and you have only to
wait for the re-illumination of your own
landscape. Gradually the dark clouds
will roll away, and the thunder mutter-
ings will be heard at a distance. The
sunlight will gild first the Instantaneous
tain peaks, then spread down tho sides,
and soon hill and dale. will be flooded
with glory, and yorriwl1ole world will
stand clothed with beauty as with gar.
ment."
On this particular Friday evening the
glorifcation and beauty were dnite
widespread, aud the meeting with Pol
lie, being of the protracted" kind, did
not close until late.
Observe, now, by what far-off work
ing and strange conjunction of circum-
stances transpire the incidents in our
daily lives. In the neigboring town Of
Birman. Barnaby Barnes had, this
spring, been elected constable. The
position of constable may not be an ex-
allied one, but to tho Office loving ami
NAL of these United State sit is signlfi-
can't as first step. Barnaby saw Of
fees stretching away before him like a
double column of sphinxes leading up
to Theban temple-the temple in this
case being one with q dome, where not
Isis and Osiris, but Shylock and Jeze-
bel are worshiped. Barnaby wos
bolnd to discharge constable's duties
with zeal aud abnegation that should
be an example to the Washington idol
aters, and that should insure him the
next gift in the hands of the people.
Friday afternoon lot of jewelry had
been burglariously abstracted from a
shop in Birman, and Barnaby started in
hot pursuit of the burglar. He appre-
hended him upon the outskirts of Dull
sane, and started back triumphant. He
stopped ut the halfway house for rest
and refreshment, especially the latter,
and there, by some subtlety of device.