Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-11-02
A Time for Hurry.

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riedly into the Office ofJusticc Tru-
lock- The young man was faultlcss.
ly dressed i'll II pair of brown ovcralIs
boiled shirt" an old straw hat and
brondcloth coat and huge boots that
hndn t seen blackng since three davs
l,etore the Christian era, aud he car
ried wagon whip in his hand The
vonng lady was Il little more clabor-
aIcly attired, bat her toilet was also
rather iilassortcd and bore im,lica-
ti"ns of great haste in its arrange
meat. A. they entered the ,fiicc The
young woman looked out of the WIN
dow ana back at the justice and out
of the window again. The young
man slammed the door shut with ~
bang like IL kolman gun, felt Tor the
key and not finding it bac;e Iup
against the door, brncc,l his feet firm
ly on the floor ana said in IL hoav5c
whisper:
Ali right, jcdgc, fire away! I got
t. he home before dark, anl I've 20,
seven teen mile, TO drive an powerful
bad roads; hail't II minute to spare.
shoot her OFF,
We'll, but see her. h.%.,.n the
Justice, ! don't
Hang it all, spuircn said the
young man, Shulling his feet IN nerv
Gus anxiety. Don't go Tor to asking
que: tons; Just bang away, it's all
right | tell yon, 20 ahead S1urcn
The young woman iIaltcnc,i her
nose against the wiilhoY, anil tran;-
!cr:e! . large clean spot to tn, dinty
glass and very dirty one ct CORES
ponding size to the cnd of her nose
as she tried tolook TWO blocks down
the street anl around the corner
oh Sam she whispered, wriu sin.
her hands, tell him to hurry
'Gnui ding it J whimpercd the OK,
cited young man, lifting his feet in
rapi! alienation, rs though the floor
WAS hot, that's what I'm tryin' to do.
Say, Ssis.ils' lie addict ;;ple;aling!ys
rush sI!ong, .awon't yess Shove her
,, ~ :: 81 Z ii. as
snort an quick rs the law'll let ye;
give 'em 'hc gad, squire, an let 'em
60. Say, sluire?'
The amazed justice looked from
one to the olher of the young people
in speechless wonder. why, certain
ly,' he said, if you'll only collect
yourself and tell me
Squirrel 7 exclaimed the young fell
low, with solemn earnestness, I'll
tell ye everything, every blamed
thing, swure to jude 1 will, as soou
as its over with, if yell only stave
ahead and finish the business fust.
LII tell ye the hull thing from the
very start, can't |, Elviry?' And the
girl turned from the window and
kicked him and blushed at him. She
means yes, SQUIRE, said the young
man, fairly dancing with excitement.
Go ahead with the papers, squire.
Drive on, squire, land O Goshen,
squire, what air ye wailin' fur
Why
The justice interrupted him, and
made one more effort to ascertain
what these excited clients wanted.
Well he said, let us make Il
start, anyhow. What
The young woman stopped tying
knots III her bonnet strings, (she was
making, at low calculation, about
sixteen knots minute and looked
around, and the young fellow shouted:
'Thcm's the licks, squire Keep
her "goin' now right at that gait, an
we'll git through like one o'clock.
Go ahead, jcdgc 7
What asked the justice, at the
first opportunity, what is your name?
Blank disappointment settled
down over two faces like summer
cloud.
'Je-'oo zalum, jedsc = shouted the
young fellow, while the young wo-
man burst into 4 fit Of hystcrical
weeping. Its enough to drive fcl
ler crazy What dye want to stop
an talk gossip fur when you see I'm