Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-04-16

oily all l,s ssight years $ sold, and had
Fneves been permitted to 60 out 81! the.
open road quite along like this; but far
from being nfraid, I held up my head and
ltried.Ifo whistle, and istrutted along as
though / had been q major general. =
LION know how far 1 had walked or
how long; had very vague idea Of the
way, sapposing it had to follow tie road
ButT had gone far enough M 10 tire |, little
ffssll!!,oSAout like me pretty thoroughly; for
whsnI sat down on q q a. llo9gg ll9g by the swaysids
to fse presently slipped down hi gpohi si iths;
soft turf, and screened ~ some taft weeds
fronfthe .immediate,vie afanyi paaserBy,.
wentto sleep. ".aAonld oil 1admun GO
1saf Hustrlluvdslept'nhonrsonI was woke
ibgi DAZZLING fash9 oand a, sensation Ias
tthpus htsometiihg had iburst.innnnhead,
iindllrn biheard grbahs, andrthere rwayE y.
ahotaaer. finish and reportl that made me
1jumHup .screnmingai ;sd5oq 7noy nj = =
cidIeinextdiknemlspmebody Ind iporih-'
fHed ponme siaird naasIistilb st;fin ainy
stfesshs witli!hisiiand.n2ya ,y1aniomas -
tia HsRasNiran sVitiirab bhclu tilnsK on,as
| u ac6llid.aee' by1tth esiho hooniigHt, 1tkotglI T.
Massscp frightened that To lsn5wIit, Rms a i
mask. .1obio sao4a sl sa oYoIqmi Iliw 90
.4tgrayEh&red old mani tooiIc6vered
witiitbtoos- -tfei.asraceto-lsnow him as MI
!Clshiens5 lay>doubled up iii nheap in the
miaiile Of The road aa,g'a still smoking
IirevSsver wus on the gretnd.beside Kihi..
In tse' tlisMnteiI cohhl Hear the shiiRd Of
IIfetFtast;ag caraiages saheelaj Mr.! clemens
liefs@ liavingfalten frighta aid f,indT sl'
- The Rterrofs Of ihys infantile Slays,llad
beet atmysterious' black man, witlP@hom
my hursehadobcen Won't tothreatea Glnc,
butenslof Whose memory | Had iilaqlcag
nressrowniuntii this revival Of i,issutfp super. ~
stitioais prescnceF .43ilmdnaa 7etiU To
Iaopped screaming in tile intensity ct
my sssisht'at his bodily Appearance. When
clasp my fIGaf' Iads9 9qH ana umgSatn gae ! could only
"Please, Mr.. Black Man, I will be good
Mr.. Black Mani,
! He seemed to consider while lie held
me fast, and while he considered could
see his eyes shine through the mask, and
| remember thinking in the midst Of my
terror how much the eyes were like Ray
nall Fo:d's. ai' psdoi2
f. He had on a long, black oil-clotn cont,
with collar turned UP high, and ihough
the sleeves were very long, L could see
strangely white and slender hand, and on
one the fingers, glit'ering like IN eye Of
firc, faqlarge diamond a dj io4.. al
"IIes gota ring like Mr. Ford's, too"
said to myself, with asshudder.-, ~
| IIc put me upon ihe7ground pr esently,
'andsstitl holding my hand. .-leo-me.rapids
ly away. After Il little, seeing that did
not step quick!p enogh (my limbs were
numbetl with horrow), lie took me i'll his
arms and strobe on faster than before.
When I've put me down again it was in
my uncle's grounds, though did not
know it then, an,l before lie quilted me
he bent down and said:
"Don't you know me, little Dick? I'm
Phil Dering.
fell right down OH the grass where ho
left me, and at once became unconscious.
The sun was high when l awoke and
1'staggered toward the house, and up to the
breakfast room, where my uncle was
reading the Times, and Hortense doing
the honors IF the table. | shall never
forget the startled look she gave as 1
stood in the doorway. r
] was too exhausted to speak for some
time, and when gould talk, must have
given q most disjolitcl account Of what L
had undergone. i, l,,5 !. i.,,,,.,l Il
But it was, in its fragments, q nature
ITO cause my uncle TO 90 out with acouple
1 of servants to examine the sread upon
which Ihaa been. 'o'od in
They 16auna old Mr.. Glaa.cng lying
quite dead Che had been shot tgico), and
/ lying bNslin was the fatal weapon by
4 which he had been slain
1t was Phil Dering revolver, and that
morning Phil was arrested for murder.
| layi some weeks and dolirious.
don't know what talked about, but
| whatever said II nhnut broLa NV cn,,-