The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-02-01

little feHowof twelve years, was the very
= : enrichment Of goodness and r1anlness,
thought 7 sometimes met him IN my soil
tary rambles around the place, and he ever
greeted me Kindly, but noticed that strict
Watch was kept that We. did not often see
each other. slz-s
.s.Another circumstance that occurred each
year OF my stay at. the Heights served to
strengthen my opinion that for some good
ssrezGaT was an inmate of this autocratic
shooseheld The first year after my being
.ninstalled there, was surprised to see ar
rive at the gate a carriage containing
large party who had evidently come to
pass quite q length Of time at the Heights,
for they brought considerable luggage with
them. The master and mistress seemed
very glad dtoasee them, but also much sur
prised, andI afterwarI learned they were
: NOT expected for~a few days. Among the
company was an old gentleman whose hair
: was white as snow, but yet who looked hale
and hearty. He was a noble looking old
man, with a fine, erect figure and pleasant
address. Every one seemed to Ike him, I
thought But 1t was to the old lady, his
wife, my heart warmed, though I only
Caught glimpse of her; but her lovely
placid face beneath the white hair was one
not likely to be soon forgotten. l felt as
> though Izcoulds hayescrept into the kind
naotherly arms and been sure they would
z welcome meWarmly. 4 @s
ssWho are they2" I asked Maggie, who
was IN my room at the time of their arrival.
1.-THE old lady and gentleman are Mr. and
Mrs. gCaleden, p she replied, stthey are, or
were, Alr. Philips parents. They always
come here for visit in June and bring
their young relations with them, and a fine
time they have, can tell you"
did not doubt her words, as watched
the merry, laughing party enter the house
and proceed to make themselves at home in
the spacious rooms. But that evening,
greatly to my surprise, was transferred to
farmhouse ten miles distant, where re-
NAMED for a month with no other company
than the stupid German housewife and her
equally stupid husband. The reason as
signed for this was they needed my room
When I returned again to Caledon the
visitors were gene. Every year OF my stay
this was repeated. wondered but could
find no clue as to why I was thus banished.
< The reader must not imagine that had
forgotten my friend Dudley, who had so
kindly promised to return some day and
look after my welfare, not BY any means.
His return was the one beacon toward
which was ever looking, hoping and
planning. Igrew foolish as the idea was)
!, TO love him, or the memory of him rather,
fu those days. Sometimes an awful haunt
ing fear would come upon me that when he
returned and saw Irma Barrett so beautiful
and clever he would forget poor me, but
this thought was too terrible to be endured
and I drove it away. He surely was my
eiend-mine alone. The Claytons and Bar
retts had nothing to do with him, I said,
Sercely.
They had been the bane of my existence
but they should never rob me Of my friend,
Oliver Dudley. And watched and waited,
always patiently, for his coming. Ispent
hours wondering what he would say when
he should see me grown to be young lady
now, thought proudly. Would he like me,
Iwondered, and, would he have grown old
er and graver in all these years? Of course
he had But this meeting about which ]
had planned, as is often the case with most
Of our plans, came about in very different
: manner than had anticipated.