Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-10-22
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"God spee1 you, and safe journey y
toyog Gharley,a calculated; the master
of~ths little ashebeenA house ats Baliy-
hooley, af.es hls old friend a!p aapd, good gosod
WITH the plospssI ff & % SdTeafS a,ride,
and as dark night as ever sfeil upon
the Blackwater, along;whose lbanks phe
was about to journey. - $50 : . 80 :
sssChArley, Gu lnane, knew the, country
well, and, moreover, was as bold and as
daring rider as any Mallow boy that
over ratified four-yeafzold .hpon Drum
rue race course. He had gone to Fer
moy inthesmorning!as we'll for the ,piIr:
pose of purchasing some ingredients
required forF. the Christmas Stiinner, by
Ehis wife, asitos sgratify his own vanity by
having new reins fitted in his snaff1e, in
which he i tended showing, off the old,
mare at the approaching St Stephens
nG Gharley did lot ct 2Jaatkf 2Jatk df IFan Fsarnno5y 81
until late ;r for, althcngh he was mot one,
of your very particular sert inSanyt thing
relating to the common occurrences of
life, yet in all the appointments relating
X, u,
whatever twas conn n6cted with the old
mare, Charley, the spddler, said, {. was,
the devil to PLACE. An illustration of
this fastidiousness was afforded, by his
going suoh distance for assnaff1e shri-:
die. Mallow was full twelve miles
nearer Charley's farm (which, lay Just
three quarters of q mile below Caffi6k)
than Fermoy, but Charley had quar-
relied with all the Mallow saddlers, ;and
no one wonld content him in all partic.
nlars but honest Mick TwomeY, of Fer
moy,zwkosilsed to!assert- and who will
doubt it ?-that he could stich saddle
better than the i ,rd lieutenant, al
though they made Him oil sasss one as,
king over Ireland. ~" -
The delay in the arrangement of the
snafhs bride did not allow Charley
Culnane 30 long visit as he had at
rst'intendad to his old friend and gosy
sip, Con. Buckley, of the Harp OF Erin.
Cons,showeyer, slzaewsthe value of time,
and insisted upon Charley making q
good usepf what hs. had to spare, 90 E
won't b6ther 70 waiting: for water Be-.
cause think You'll have enough of the
same before you get home $50 drink off
your liquor, man, it's as good pariia.
ment as ever gentleman tasted,
Charley, it must be confessed, moth
ing 10th, drank SUCCESS to G H., and
sacceaa to the jolly" Harp of Eei,s, =.
%ithyitss head Of fsbeanty and tits Strings
SdfSt alairsofs gold gandtto their better,
acquaintance, aud 30 on, from the bot,
tom of his soul, until the bottom of the
bottle reminded him that Carrick1 was
at the bottom of the hill OH the other
'Ride' of tOdstIetowhf Roche, ant! that Tie
had got no further on his road tiian Ills,
ogossip's at RallyhooleI, close to the biz.
gateat Connamore. Catching hold 81
his oilskin hat, therefore, While Con.
Buckley went 70 the, cupboard for an.
other bottlesof the real stuff. ,, he req
ularly, as he termed it, bolted, from his
friend'sIhpspitalitys darted tor tho sta
BILE, tightened his girths. nnd put the
old mare into canter toward home.
ss9Gharle cantered geylY, regardless of
the ram, which, as his friend Con. had
anticipated, fell in torrents the good
carefnltys packed between theR Rfolda nf
his yeomanry cloak, which Charlev. who
wasp rofid Of ishowing TINT he befonGe6
h0 khA !. Boya SMallow IiRhtsh ora se Tyol.
Snntesg6s snIw6ye strapped before him
aud took care to never destroy the mil
itary effect by putting it on.
Notwithstanding that the visit to thu
jolly Harp of Erin" had a little in.
creased the natural compiacenov of, his
mind, the drenching Of his snaffle reina
began to disturb him, and then followed
train of moro anxious, thoughts than
even were occasioned by the idraaded
defeat of the pride of his long antici
pated turn. out on St. Stephen day,
In an hour OF good-fellowship, when
his heart was warm, and his, head not
over cool, Charley had backed his old
mare against Mr.. Jepson's bay filly Des-
dfmona, Tor % neat hundred, and he felt
sore misgivings as to the prudence Of
the match.
y He now arrived at, the, bottom, ofSKu.
GUNNER Hill, and lis eye fell (on the,
old walls that belonged, in. former
times, 10 the Knights TempIars. Int
the silent gloom of the ruin was broken
only blythe gheayy srain which splashsti
and pattered on the grave. stones.9 IIa
s ssS r 5hs so sfsa saa s z 6afs shgss
mercy on his new snaffie reins: and No
soQner were his eyes lowered than his
,attenhaI was sagfe este 4 ;sby an obiecslao
extraordinary rs almost led him to
doubt3fis senses; T6eteaa apparent
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