Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-02-12
Jenkins Experience.

- {
Jenkinsassefts he rends all the papers.
He sets himself up rs nan5i authority on
journalistic articles. Not long ago, .Jen.
kins struck an article addressed to capt
talists relating the enormous profit in The
moss gathering trade. Now jenkins is Il
capitalist, the cnvied possessoro of eighty
seven dollars, therefore he,toolAthe above
article as personal. He read it all
through carefully, and then calculated
that with a capital of. one hundred and
forty dollars, the employment Of four
Africans, md prudence inieloping before
pay day, he could realize twelve thousand,
Ialive hundred-and tfirty.threc dollars in
six months.u;a ib ati
b Visions Of y higher eXistence flooded
his brain; yachts, fast horses, Moreau's-
and then he came down 10 Garth ugain,.
aud Wkh aSiAa and azshageH Mind went
off and slid sIftl5nne-!,arrelled shot
gtn, aid showed up his watch, and stood
possessed of the wishetl-ior Spoons" The
first chabter Of bislitliej life Yas Fealized.
.]eni;i;s passed thenext four days in
lying 5Siil.. WliEd ntgideale. fines oiiice,.
for Il member of tho cditoeial staff. Pa
tiepce .haS its5rew,,rd. On the evening of,
the fourth day, he button holded the Of.
flee boy and interviewed him over q glass,
Of m3aNd Although tliat. boy had only
been hired me week, ,.iti tiwoy..d have done
Your heart goodto have heard him lie.
As soun as jenkins departed, that blue,
eyed boy. with a wisdom and sagacity,
fsrr !; ~
surcd his ,lits9in eleYen 'dif;reenft dife fl compa- mp
nies, all in favor Of his aged. Widowed
, mother ~ st ss
In due time jenkins and four trusty
followers arrived ut the swamp. They
commenced worii.at noon; hy night Jen.
kins had n high pie Of moss, ard went to
bed with tho firm conviction That he had
on his person the finest collection ofred-
bugs and 'icka in existence. AS jenkins
had nugl5ticd to biiac mosquito BAR
i&waA srms timt before no slept. When
! he aw6ie ielnes5J taorniDh, Ills. lead felt
uansutllt-lhrga, in fact las big as bushoi
ba> Set; one eye was closed, jenkins
fdldn'r tiih!l lec5uld see much with the
| other mail hearing an odd sound, he
looked down and discovered rattlosnal;c
coiledup in ~ strangely confidential .atti-
tnde on his coat. The agility jenkins
'tlspaycdii leaving ;hat vicinity is rarely
met with. The morning was calm and
| placid. The four children of nature 10
| whore IN sight, jenkins, in slightly per-
tubed spirit, sat down on log to wait.
H Waited some time &naaculy a
itbueht stlue!; Limit felt his pocket;
that hundred and forty dollars was conc.
AT this Instant that alligatorical ow gave
y sudden hist, aud jenkins shot sixteen
feet up in the air. When he came down
he stood OH his head OH top of that moss
heap, and sworc until he turned so gray
you couldn't tell his iace from the moss.
foJenkins is now rcinstatcd in his Old
position Of driving and general supcrin-
tcndent ofa horse-chr. The public guile
iessiy imagine him to be very attcn+ively
watching for passengers. But jenkins
knows better; he is only looking after
that boy.-Ii' he ever finds him-well,
that chldless widow will come into an
unexpected fortune. te
An Old negro named Pete was very
much troubled about his sins. perceiving
him enc day with y very downcast look,
bis master asked him the cause. 90,
mqasa, LIN such a great Sinpsr!'
|. /" Bpt, Pste, said his master, you are
foolish to take it so much TO heart on
neYsF affac trgabiqd about my slns."
+ "lbnoM!dq reason, nlassa," said Pete,
/ when YOU 20 out duck-shootip' and Sil!
4 oned duck and wound anoder, don't you
run after dc wounded duck..'
"4cS Pe.e;Y and The master wondered
what was coming next.
"Well, nassa, dat is dc way wid YOU
and me. De dcbil has got you sure; but,