The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-29


and 'bcllig3t expression, and cx-
claimed: YOU staring. at mo, sirf' .
Tho omnib&as filed with several
elderly ladi two quiet gen;leu on
who iootetfke clergymcn, and o
farmer 1roitie country. I took tho
cue ut once,nd replied, NO; If j.
wanted to sic at dnybody l would
stare at q Hcr looking man than
| YOURSELF 4this Sothern's indigna-
ton appareY became uncomfortable,
aud it. reqhiil all Of the force of the
clergymen, sonded by the farmer, to
keep MIN ilYs scat and prevent him
from !thfoWg himself upon me.
FINALLY he listed upon stopping tho
'bus,' and iiited me to step outside
and either a1logize then and there
for the insubr fight him on the spot.
l pretendedl prefer to do the latter;
but said | Wild remain in the onni-
bns, Whcrcu3n Sothcrn took OFF his
overcoat an@andcd it to tho nearest
old maid to ila while he clastiscd me
1or my impdinence. In the course
OF the dcsulty remarks in which we
lndulgcd dtblg the melee, he remark
cd that hc Wlld allow nobody except
his friend JSn Robinson, Of Pbiladcl-
phia, to spci to him in that way and
live, wllcrSpon [ Immediately i'll
formed huihnt my namo was Robin
son, surnaml John, and that 1 had
just arrivedQ'om America, but that 1
hadn't tho fasurc Of his acquaint-
ancc nor dig particularly desire it..
In an instaISOthcrn's manner COM
pletcly chalEd, and, CLUBBING over
! the old maii, the clergvmcn and the
farmer to nj corner of the stage, he
cndeavoredb embrace me like long
lost friend. Pie avowcd that he had
never been lore delighted in his life.
stopped tho omnibus and proposed
that we sliold get out together, which
we thcreup4 proceeded to do"
THOSE sBAaruL AMERICANS.
; John T. Rymond tells q good story
;; of scare lHand Sothcrn got up when
in Paris pving Dundrcary. Mr..
Raymond s4s: "Thc celebrated bill
poster of Pais and London, Willing
by name, VIZ in the grcenroom and
made some Enlark az coming from
Sothern confirming me, which l plr.
poscly construed into most grfcvouS
insult. dlhing impetuously into
Sothcrn's drSsing room, which wa:
just OF the gecnroom, l demanded il
loud tome fat could be heard by
everybody, i(stant satisfaction or Iii!
life, whispering to Ned to keep up the
joke. Alwa! rs quick as lightnin.
to take him, he presently emerged
Kicking Inc out Of his apartment inc
the centre of the now thoroughly
alarmed people in the greenroom.
rushed OF to get knife, swearing
vengeance, Everybody appealed tl
me to be quiet and tried to hold mt
back, while contcndcd that nothing
but his life's blood would wipe ou
the insult. Ofco,usc the play had tt
continne, but the actors were almos
afraid to go or the stage, looking .,
me as wild American who, Will
bowie knife in hand, was about tt
commit a h0rrlhla murder. Mcun
Wine Sothcrn had quietly sent not,
telling me to slip into his dress room
again, get some stage blood there, loci
tho door, and that us soon rs lie came
of Wewonld have ''time." fol
lowed the Instructions and after thu
act he came down and joined me. Th,
people i'll the greenroOm were on th'
alert, and between Ned and myself w,
gave their listening cars the benefit 0
full chorus of means, groans, imprc
SMto"e, STRUGGLES and other sounds o
then My RIHsno which every how an
int" some donvcnientlv soft substanc
that sounded very much like a human
body. Willing, whose remarks ha,
been the cause Of all this commotion
frightened almost TO death, rushc,
after the gcndarmcs. When the latte
came they demanded entrance il
French. A iDw groan was the onl,
response. Believing that one or bot
of us were nearly dead they burst opcl
the door. Willing was the first ma,
to rnsh in, and was followed by tn
soldiers and such of the company a
we've not ca the stage. You can i'm
aginc their feelings when they saw
Sothcrn and myself covered will
blood lying upon the floor, with TIN
CORY knife near by, the entire apart
mcnt in confusion and bearing evi
1ences Of desperate strugglo.
"Poor fcllow,' said one. has he 90
a pulse: 'Hc must be dying,' wa
the remark of another. Go for SOM
strctchcrs.' What awful fighters thcs
|AhiNi ISpllS Ma =. Ion 1OuSn III
bladc' and other similar expression
were also TO be heard.
willing, with a horror-striekc,
face, st"oped'ovc and felt Of Sothern
Ned partially raised his head and fec
bly, whispcrtd,-'A glass Of champaign
quick The poor bill poster didn'
stop for gliss, but Knocked off tn
neck Of a bottle, and in his haste, t,
the great di4gnst of Dundrcarv, ncarl
chokcd him. % death as lie poured
down. At This instant lifted M,
head IN the same waWand f;intly callct
some wine, too.' Then VIC both raise,
up on our dbows and asked for NOR
wine. and tfcn to our feet, until final
~, with hEarty laugh at the success
OF our Joke, we invited the whole par
ty to join II in potation."
a NoTATE MANsION.--Thc York
vile EnQnEcr, speaking Of Majo
l1art's dividing house, recently lie
strorcd by fire. says: "'rhe hous
thus dcstrotcd has a local history o
some intcrft. The lot on which
stood comprises a beautiful park o
twelve acre :. The house was bull
about the Var 1915 by Judge WIN
Smith, at tlht time prominent ant
wealthy cltifn OF York county,a law