Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-23

with his finger, till get a cork to stop
it; you know what to do" "Oh! yes,
will 60 in for a law book" But
STOP" said I, "till am ready. I will
be back in few moments with a stop
per, and cough as signal" Having
got the cork, came back. AS ap-
preached, ahammed loudly. Squire
Sadler got up and said in loud tone,
"Mr. Davidson, I would like to bor-
row James Digest, for a little while.'
Certainly, squire; 1t is lying on my
office table-you know where I always
keep it." Eyes, yes, don't trouble your
self; I can get it. Will just take this
candle to light me, step in and get it."
I was nearby. waiting the denouement,
Miss Davidson was then Gathers di-
vinity, and I knew nothing but the
fear Of wasting all of Mr.. Cooper's
beer would detain him. AS Squire Sad
ler entered, he spied Doctor Gather,
afraid to move his finger. What ras-
cally Negro Is this?" cried Mr.. Sadler,
with we'll assumed anger. "You black
scamp-stealing Mr.. Cooper's beer, are
you? You shall go to Jail, you thiev-
Ing wretch?" "Dr. Maurice Moore
was with me-" was Gathers first ex-
clamation. What! DR.. Gather, is it
you? No, sir, no one will believe DR..
Moore was with you. He steal beer.
He Is too much of q gentleman. +
must call Mr.. Davidson" Gather. still
afraid to move, cried, Maurice Moore
was with me; it's joke" "A pretty
joke" Here ran in, explained 1t as a
joke, fitted the cork and released Gath
er from durance vile, modified Mr.. Sad
ler and relieved Gather without his
then discovering my joke. Twelve
hours later, the tale told to him was a
different thing.
Another Of DR.. Gathers loves was
MISS Myers, sister Of the widow Clen-
dening. We frequently went together
and spent the evening, I engaging the
widow, while DR.. Gather courted the
sister. Invariably, as we walked away.
Gather would say, What a lovely girl
Miss Myers is; so unaffected and gen.
tie, and not so id ugly" The lady
had golden charms, which, potent
though they were with Gather, could
not entirely anr,hilate the memory Of
beauty's spells. One evening Mrs.
Clendening gave us a delicious egg
nog before we left; we. enjoyed and
complimented the drink, as though we
slipped ambrosia, and Mrs c. said:
well, gentlemen, any evening you
Will bring the eggs,-I have sugar and
brandy,-we will have a nog. Only a
few evenings elapsed until Gather pro-
posed we'd get eggs and go round.
knowing Gathers pocket money was
low, proposed to buy the eggs, If he
would carry them. It was a bargain
and we went around to Jefferys'. I
bought the eggs and Gather put six
| In each coat skirt pocket, and then
with steady step went around to the
widows. The double attraction of Ia
dies and nog, carried us round right
frequently to Mrs. C.'s, and Stanhope
Sadler wanted to know Of me where
we went so often of an evening, "Gaith-
er walking like a die." I explained,
and next evening, as, with a pocket
full Of eggs. Gather walked by my side,
was not surprised at Stanhope's
running out and throwing an arm
around each, wanting to know what
we were AFTER" and could only give
vent to peals OF laughter at the two
streams Of yellow from poor Gathers
pocket, and the look Of rueful discom-
future on his countenance at the con-
tretemps.
Poor Gather! Yours was sad end;
and my merry "reminiscences are hush
ed by the memory of your fate. He
never succeeded to any extent in York.
Vile; removed to Georgia, and there
ended his fltful existence with his own
hand, cutting the arteries Of each wrist
with a razor, and thus bleeding to
| death.
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