The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1888-12-21


4 soonr ner Ialnt VOICE pIpea, US Loue
I jess looked into the wagon.
Hell be yere right soon, gram
maw," he answered. II saw him les,
4 little bit ago" yv4 -
| Her wrinlled face lit up with such
look of gladness, that for an instant
jess heart smote him mt the thought
Of the deception they were about to
practice upon the sick woman.
as he turned away. cts a shame
out it's the best we kin do"
Every face in the circle that gath
cred about the outcast was hard and
stern. In a few pointed words Long
Jess told the story.
IF she don't find her boy right
soon, she never will. If she thinks
for few weeks she's found him, we
reckon she maypull through to health
an be. able to go on with her search.
Sinks, you look nearest NV any NV us
like her sons picture. You look like
him, an if you don't act like him,
we'llTwal, you understandp
Only Long Jess accompanied Sinks,
the outcast, to the wagon.
"Wcll, yer boys come, gran'maw, {"
he said, and turned away.
1t was evident that the deception
was success, for the committee heard
the faint, glad cry of tho old woman
as the outcast bent over her.
Paul My boyl my boyp
Then tho committee turned their
backs and walked away out of hear
ing. No ono said anything for sew
oral moments. Presently Cal spoke,
gravoly:
'I never lowed Sinks had no fecr-
ms, but-did you sec his face2"
Il saw it," answered Long Jess,
shortly.
After nearly quarter of an hour
had passed, Jess went to the wagon.
He was gone long time, but.when
he reJoined the group Sinks remained
at the wagon.
Boys" said Long Jess, 'itll work!
You ort to have seen the gladness in
her ole wrinklcd face! 1 reckon she'll
live to find her boy yit But have
the idly of tho time when we've got to
tell-,wal, maybe we'll find him fore
"An' Slinks2" questioned Cal.
"Hcs got fcelin's! If I hadn't o.
nowcd, I'd allowed he found his ole
mother. Scar on his cheek must be
sorto like the one on her boys, for she
was a-noticin' it, an a-sayin' sumthin'
bout Bessio's 'memberin' how Pauld
saved her life at tho risk of his own.
When she had said that, I'll swear
Sinks eyes were full Nv tearsl He's
got feelin's, Sinks has"
1t was nearly week later, after the
sick woman had been provided with
comfortable quarters in Prairie City,
whero she was rapidly improving
under the son like ministrations of
Sinks, tho outcast, that tho emigra-
uon committee were holding meet
ing in the shade Of Marshalls general
store"
81 believe Sinks is sick" Long Jess
was saying. mot hut that he works
works like redhead to do every
thing in the world to make tho sick
woman happy. But, someway, he acts
so blamed qucerlL Eyes red like he'd
ben cryin'. Don't pay no attention to
what a body says to him less it's the
ole lady. She don't hafto much moro
than whisper before he hears her."
Sick, / reckon" agreed Cal. "But |
if I could git hands on that thar shore
enough son that stays away an leaves |
his mother to tho lIecr NV Sinks I'd |
mako him sickcr'n Sinks isl"
His tracks wouldn't stop this side
n,,s +" -A.~-Ai.s-... w.. -.....s.Sra.l...f--rr-f---1' |. :
~ no state mo = said Long joss. I
"NIust a-thought heap NV him.
Her longin' 10 see him was SO strong |
that she sold ont what littlo she had,
an, half sick, started wost to hunt for |
him. When she reached tho end of
the railroad it took the best part NV her
little money to buy tho team an
wagon. No idly whur to find him. No
word from hnm in many q long day;
but she started with tho determine
ton, woman like, to look all over the
west to find her boy. Took sick an
kept It. a-tftsittirss' w0rSt, but kept right on
in tho hunt fer her boy. Then tho
balance is :. blank 10 her. Got out OF
her head. Don't know whur nor how
long tho team wandered ar'und. But
now she's happy, thiltllin' at last she's
found her boy. If could git a-holt
Of tho fcllcr-roamin' around in the
west at his case, while his ole mothers
pore an needy, and brealdn' her heart
fer him-Td"-
It was Sinks.
'NIaybe he did not know how bad
her condition was" he said, abruptly.
tiIlSilS, "4lCIl iIC iIit, 1-li''i iIuiAS
had not taken tho most of her prop
crty. Perhaps, discouraged, heart
broken, he had gone west, where mis-.
fortune met him at every turn, till
no sunli-sunk-wcll, perhaps the
thoughts Of homo served still moro to
dishCartcn him, and" -
"Wouldn't thoughts Of his mother
an of Bcssic"--
"Ecssio died before he left home"
said SlinkS, gravcly. ''Sho was his
sweetheart IN those old, happy days
We'll, lie Was unluclly, heartsick, dis
couraged and sanl"-
DO you reckon he'd try to lift. him
self up if he had q ole mother an a
car~ NV friends. which gang KANT
precisely express all their reelns,
butt
"IIc would try" said Sinks ear
rcstly.
Long jess put out bis hard paw.
sp0Il] Empry was all he said