Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-09

and watery waste.
| had read Of instances similar to
mine where the scale packet or the
old Bibblc proved TO contain hank
no'es; bul finger the paper lett me as
| would ! could make nothing of it
but paper.
For year I went calmly and hope.
lessly forward i'll the dry goods and
grocery way, and then we assembled
for the opening Of my sealed orders
the lawyer. the doctor, the minister
and myself. The fist words that met
my eyes as I unfolded the paper
we're:
"And all former wills by me made
| do hereby revoke" etc. With pal
pitating heart I passed the document
to the lawyer. After provisions and
legacies similar to those in the first
instrument, this latter document pro
cceded rs follcws:
To the American Missionary Society
give and bcqueath the sum Of $4,000
10 my beloved nephew, Samuel o. IIay-
nes who hope may have learned, during
the year that has passed, lessons OF wisdom
moro valuable than money, bcqueatf tho
sum Of $25,000. which Jdircct my executor
to pay over to said Haynes us soon rs my
be convenient l further direct my cxecu-
tor to annually pay to said Haynes the in-
come from the remainder of my property,
both real and personal. and to pay from tie
principal to said Haynes on his thirtieth
birthday; if he be living, or to his heirs ro
assigns ifdcceased, the sum Of So, 1000, and
to pay to said HAYNES on his thirty-fifth
birthday the remainder Of my property, be
it more or lcss.
went down to the store just MS usu-
al the next morning, for I whished to
show people that | had too good sense
to have my head turned. When I
filled our best customers molasscs Jug
with kerosene I knew I had demon
s,rated my GOODNESS.
The chairman Of the board of select
mcn wanted to know what should
advise in regard to rebuilding the
Piper stone bridge; the doctor asked
'wh = my candid opinion was concern:
ing the. conn mperati ye ulegitss d .niuriats!
Of ammonia and io,litle Of potassium
iii n case Of plcuritis where cgophony
denotes slight clFusion, but with strong
indications of adhesion Of the medias.
tinum; aud the minister said there
Was All article on Semi Pclagianism
i'll the Fourteenth Century III the
BiJiiothcca Sacrn lie thought would
enjoy perusing. As stood OIL the
hall doc step after singing school that
evening, Evelina came out back Of
me, and she, with 4 little shivcr.
ooh, how da.ark it is -
1t flashed across me, rs l offered
my arm for escort home, that to the
femme imagination matrimony on the
income of fseventy-fivc thousand dol
lars is naturally IL less Solemn ordin-
ance" than on a prccarious salary Of
eight dollars n week, and nothing
found but peppermint drops.
Presently Evelina remarked: {:
Aren't you very iony since your
aunt died r tender emphasis on the
lonely. My aunt had been dead a
year, and Evclina engaged" at | asst
once in the meantime.
"Not atall; my time and attention
are likely to be entirely absorbed in
business"
"No one can rejoice more sincerely
i'll your good fortune than do I Samu-
cl."
II don't doubt it, Evclina; | shall
always feel confident Of your friend.
ship"
leave Evclina at her cottage gate,
and feel tnnt-
Of all the glad words Of tongue orpcn,
The gladdest are these-''lt wasn't to have
been"
The next afternoon my.cmployer
invited me to be se,ted behind the
railing that fenced i'll our Office, and
said he, laying his hand on my shoul.
der with confidential, parental,
sacrificial air:
Samuel, l have been rejecting M
on my duty to you. You are II young
man just starting in life, and starting,