The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-16
times up! Wake upl BE yourself! Come
out Of this trance y

ouI ol tnlS trance J.
Jones gazcd at him pleasantly for an in
stant, then rapturous smile broke ou
upon his countenancc, and, crying. Wencc
Achmet, draw thy cimctar and keep faith
1ul watch at the outer gate Of the seraaglic
the garden Of clights--whilc the Sultan,
the magnificent, the Lord of the earth, re.
lolccs his heart in the smiles Of his oda,
hsqucs; before they had any idea of his in.
tention he hugged and kissed every woman
in the room, calling them all 'Fatina.'
Perhaps he's going mad said somebody
and the lady of the house, turning palc.
exclaimed, MIR. Smith, insist that YOU
restore that unhappy young man to his
senses this very moment
Great Heavens said Smith, who had
burst Into profusc perspiration, that g
what am trying to do as hard as l can,
Dut he wont come out of his trance. I
must have forgotten something about the
process.
Well, try and remember it, then, pretty
quick, said the lady, COR he may be a raw.
ing maniac, and his blood-and ours,
which Is worse and more to the purpose
Will be upon yonr head
Here Jones took up q tumblcr of lemon
adc with much solcmnity. and, advancing
across the room with Majestic step, halted
before Smith and exclaimed: Saul, son of
kish, !, the Prophet Samuel, d. d., anoint
thee King over the people of Israel, poured
the refreshing beverage upon Smiths head :;
then yelling Hurry up another wheclbar-
rowlu!l OF them bricks lie jcrl1od Smiths
legs from under him, and, scizing him by
tic feet, ran him on his nose across the
room like barrow, and janmed his head
against the opposite wall then. dropping
the unlucky amateur mcsmerist, he ad-
vanccd with stcallhy step, and hisscd in
blood-curdling tone.
Nlvc me the dagger, and will these
Drawny hands Of mine incarnadinc i'm the
villains hearts blood; send him down.
down, down TO the deepest depths of Der.
dltlon, and join him there, my dreadful
mission of vengeance being accomplished
up to the handle
at this one woman tainted, three got out
OF the room, and the mistress of the house
turned on the burglar alarm for police
man, and adiurcd Smith to run for a doc
tor and take the man out of his trance
with stomach-pump or an electric en-
brocation, or something, before there had
been done deed of dreadful note. Smith
did not wait to be told twice, but dashed
out of the house like runaway flush of
llghtnihg, not stopping to put on his hat or
ovcrcoat, and, rs he was going through
the gate, ran plump into tic officer who
was answering the call.
You scoundrol,' cried the officer, rs thcy
rolled over each other, surrender, or iii
blow your brains out with my club and
he took hold Of Smith with 80 determined
aGFIR. lhat he tore !I.!gy .e!yery button off Of his
Il was going for the doctorNSh6qc's Il
raging maniac in the house, gasped
Smith !; femme co.
%, that's too thin, contemptuously re-
piled the policeman swhat arc you giving
me Come along into the house, and let's
sec how many spoons you have about YOU
So he dragged his captive in, giving him
n hearty shake Mt every third step, and
wien the door was opened, he found Jones
seated, clothed in his right mind, convers-
ing Oh the weather. Explanations were
made to the officer and then Smith bor-
rowcd new collar and some pins, repaired
his damages and went home, after vainly
endcavoring to leave an impression upon
the company that it was put-up Job be-
tween him and Jones 10 contribute to tho
evenings amusement. Jones is not looked
upon at present rs quite as green as they
took him to be, and is decidedly the social
lion of the ncishborhood.