The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-01-12

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Presently some Of tho passengers got out,
and found Il scat by the side of my young
friend, who still was as kind and gentle as
ut first, Till felt had known him always,
and began to dread the time when he must
go and would be left again alone with
those two stern, silent women.
But night came on and still my friend and
| his party were with us; the lamps wore
| lighted and thcir rays fell wcirdly on the
| faces about nc. l could sec Mrs. Clayton
| sitting bolt upright, the white plumcs in her
hat nOddinG with the swaymg motion Of the
| cars, and her eyes wide open, with no signs
Of slccpincss about them, though most of
| tho other passengers were in a state Of
| SCmi-drowsincss. Miss Armund sat bent
| forward her head on her breast, fast asleep
| Even my young friend was nOdding, and [
| Iclt my own eyes growing heavy and dull,
and almost before | knew it was sound
asleep.
l awolic once, for an instant, and could
hardly rcC0lCCt where l was, but it came to
IL" soon. My friend was still beside me
aEd had placed IN arm about nc, or should
have tumOlCd to the floor. He looked at me
| now with Il quiet smile, and feeling rcas-
surC:' "@Hln let my head droop against his
a"n,~ amt fell fast asleep Ihavc often won
G@''d since then if no unseen spirit whis-
! red {" hIm of the part that the sleeping
,bni,.I I;,.nc tI"i E,"S ,'t ''r I,IC' ~
intrr.nincrIrI Do,,htInss sn'h ,Io,,',I. ~
nrv,r r,ns.cd hie MIND Hr,,,a ii,j ~, e., -,
fIiCndlCSS child from mere good hearted
ness, nothing more.
How long slept I do not know. | was
awakened by some ono shaking me roughly
by the arm. | started uD TO find Miss AZ
mumd standing over mo looking. in tbo dim
uncertain Huht of carly dawn mora Grim
and Orlv than cvcr 7 ,va. ,loun ir tlo
scat. NV yonne friend and his marty vrrc
all gonC; thcy had left trr train v.hiIc |
slept. | learned afterwards that when he
must go hc had called Miss A;nund To
take his place. saving | WAS tired and
sleepy and he disliljcd TO wake mo
7 CCr - s.,,uu, louoI;ro.s .o,,1 roor ,,.,,o,,1
know he was rnrc h,,t ! c,v,IInv.cI n,,r ronl
iu,rs ;,s brst rouId and nI,r,1ic,tl,, r,ii,,.cl
thcladics to a han,lson,c ,.or,.;,rnih .t,oI
voi,incr C,r ,hr,n and int, ,ui;h :, n,r,.,,,,
ns.istCd ne ana ,vo ,yrr, ,o,,, r,n;,,,, ,.,,,
idly toward homo, for rs su,h 7 now Irsitr-
natcd IT. ACtc, half IN ho,,r.s J.;,.n 20
arrived nt what 7 e,,noyo ,,.,s ,o cr,mo,oo
way. 4 nortrr s,vuno oman , hco,.,, i.,,,
gate and the currinrc svcnt IN = hc3,t;CrI
avenue bordcrcd With trees, and fnnIv
stonDrd bCCorc tho borec ~. ,,oroio,, q
massive pile Of bricks surrounded on ali
| sides by broad vcrandah'G or poriicos. A
| flight of marble steps led ND to tho front
| entrance. and the pillars supporting tho
| piazza were Of the finest and most delicate
| specimens of architecture.
We asccndcd the steps, and Mrs. CLAYTON
rang the bell. A servant admitted us and
| led tho way TO Il Handsomely eit-
| tinG~room where the ladies removed thcir
wraps; but Mrs CLAYTON gave mo in chor,rc
| Of IL domestic, who conducted me ia q nrcttv
room on the ground floor in the rear part of
tho house.
"You'rc tired. miss" said tho maid. kind
~. "You can rest here till break time. ~
Sho removed my hat and sacouc as She
spoke and then, showing me the bathroom
and toilet accessories, SHE left me alone
| bathcd my face, combCd and braided nv
hair and brushed my teeth, as | had been
accustomed to do at the home, and then.
having nothing else to do. drew n chair to
| the window and sat down to wait for tho re-
appearance of the maid. While sitting hero
| my attention was drawn to two children.
| bows, who were in company with a large dog
! racing up and down the lawn il short dis
| tanCc from the house Ono was IA dark
faced lad Of perhaps twelve years. knew
at once that he was Mrs. Clayton's son, the
resemblance was so great. But the other
| rhiid was much younger, not more than five
years Old, and fair with light curling hair.
| said 10 myself; Hthat is the rcaeon ,hcI,
| have aIOOtNn mCn
| Just hero the maid cntcrcd. br;s\l,
"WcU, little miss, ready for hrrni;rost,,
| she said, chccriIy; "but, if Won nlcasr what
| is your namclm
"Oorcos IYnn," I answered.
"Thank yc, miss; mine is NIargic Mitch
| ell, and Mrs. CLAYTON sent nc TO Cctch vc
down to hrca}yfast.n
| SO savipr she lrd tho ,rac 10 t,a ,rno,,
| Gast-roun. II was a largo. lofty room
| and tho table, at which the family wore
! already seated. was glittcrinr with cut-
| glass and silver. IhCrc were at tho
| table Mrs Clayton, her husband, n stolid,
| corplIcnt man az Gftv. nrrhana Nice A.
mund, the two boys I had seen In the ear-
den, and ltue girl Of obout nv own o@n !
thought. though l aftcrward discovered
that nno ord her brother were twins
thcr2fo1r she WAS two years my senior But
she WIS rcr.a:aly the most st rj,,inglv. hand
some child had ever seen 20 me, in fact.
she locked as [ might have imagined ar
angel would. She was fair as the lily, will
IA soft, rose tint in either cheek; her haii
was golden as n sunbeam, her eyes blue as
the sky in juno, and her lips like wet coral
She was seated near hcr mother, and gavo
| me a cold stare of indiffcrnnre whom tOok