Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-10-07

serve his interest. j finally told NrA
Sariurtit that Z | would think the mat.
ter over. | should probably hayel
business in Shireton during the sesi'
sion Of the court, am,! ! would call on
him there and examine more fullyl;II
could not take his retainer untilI|
had further light, 59ul 4
But said lie, 'will you promisc 9,
not to take up for tue other side 2"
told him 1 would do noLhingI
without further consultation with
him. .l. rsuI
Because lie added, 'ifyouare fb.S
me | am sure to win. Acton CAN'T
find Il lawyer that can hold acahdlcA
to you. | know them all!'tsoat aiE! 4 Z, {!
No mnttcr.whGLher l belle vcd him!
or not, | did not feel .hattcred. i
Two weeks later Irecei"ed u letter.
from Sarfinrt, promising nc livci
thousand dollars if won.
The five thousand ,dollars-was Il.
strong argument. Was not law real !,
~ 4 game Of chance, i'll which the{
strongest hand and longest pursci
must win,2 | told myself yes. Yes,
and | sat down aul wrote u reply
saying that | would take tie case,
But T did not mail it ut once. Tha.i
night | put it under my pillow antE
slept over it; and on the following
morning I threw it into the fire i
would not make up my mind until I J
had seen other partics--until | mad.
been on the grounds And ! wrotc|
to Lcban Sarfurt Is wait. "
Two weeks later | harncsscd IN
hosse to the Wagon, and with mp wife:
and child srarte.l for Shireton. haaI
been married two years, and our ittle5
babe, girl, was a year old, our prilS,
our pet and our darling. ShiretonI
~as a. ai,,."ye vi I,0,ut thirty mice.
We had been having rainy weather
Tor II week or 50, and it had now
cleared of bright and beautiful. We
stopped AMI took 4 nncr at Il wayside
inn, four miles beyond which was Il
stream which must he f'r,cd. The
innkecpcr told me that the stream was
somewhat swollen from the late rains
but that if my horse was thirsty there
could he no danger.
Arrived nt the stream, the Wnmrn-
tuck river, | found the water indeed
risen, and the current strong, but |
saw that others had recently gone
over, and | resolved to venture. |
knew my horse. and faith in him. My
vi G was anxious, but she trusted my
judgment. \ third Of the way across
the water WAS over the hub Of the
wheels. A little more and it would
have reached the body of the wagon.
Logan to he alarm ed; | feared that
had left the true track. Presently
my horse stumbled and staggered,
having evidently stepped Oh i nov-
ing stone. The wagon swayod, tip
ped ard the food poured i'll upon us.
Ny wife slipped, and i'll II moment
more We were in the water. With one
hand | g.aspcd tie harness upon the
horse, and with I lie other ] held my
wife. was thus struggling when n
Wild cry from her lips startled The
air Our child was washed away.
Oh, my scul | cannot tell you
what | suffered during hose nom,
cnts. could MT help our darling If
left my wife she was lost. clung
to the horse and clung to my shrek
ing wife shricsing to God for mercy
for her child. III the distance, upon
the bosom Of the surging flood, |
could sec our little one, her white
dress cleaning in the sun, being
borne quickly away. A moment
more, and saw man plung from
the bal.k into the river l saw this
much, and then an intervening point
Of land shut out the scene. The horse
was now rapidly nearing the shore,
and ere long my wife and ! were on
dry land, with the horse and wagon.
A soon MS ] was sure my wife was
| saEn I left hnr-tn carn for tho horse