The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-07-31

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The next instant the strap descended
,n the child's shoulders. Sine cried out, Z
md at once sprang through the door.
md fed up the hill to her tree OF refuge.
The landlady followed, but she sQon saw
Mercy safe!y peTcbed on her lokgy seat.
IL happened that rough young sailor,
nephew of Mrs. Drisn"ip- s-a s.i, : ,....v ~
II, motel the evening before. Hearing
he noise, he came out.
,si5 rs DFIecoIl
when Mercy saw the young sailor
toward her, she gave little cry
like frightened bird, and at once as
cended higher, and disappeared IN
thick bunch of foliage at the very top.
A moment later the spectators heard
scream, and saw Mercy fall from hat
dizzy height like "A wounded sqrrrei.
For tunately, she struck first am"hS the
lower boughs, but from these she ieli
TO tho ground, where she lay motioniess'
The sailor, Representing himself Tor the
accident, sprang down and picked her
M. One of her slender arms hung limp,
aud there was blood on her face; lie
carried her tcndcrly to the hotcl, ana
Mrs. Drlscoli promptly sent for doctor,
and meanwhile exercised her own skill
to revive the child.
81 never thought Of fallin, no more
squirrel, she muscd. 'She must
ben terrible scared ut jim.
In the midst Of the excitement, the
landlady was surprised to see Mrs. Du-
! 81 -: .... ~S.;T.Th Ivy hGr coachman;
was really 3hastly. She lmd her trem-
| bling white hand on Mrs. DriscOlls big
red arm, while her frightened cycs were
:xcd on Mcrcy's motionlcss form.
''f saw her fall" she rusped. sis
lis she badly hurt?'
"Not SO very, ma am" replied the
landlady. "llcr arm is broke, and she's
II bit Jared. Don't be scared, ma'am.
Bcrt, fetch chair for the lady. But
it's pretty hard, ma a'am, she continued.
# don't see what I'm a-goin' to do with
l!cr, with all the work that's a.pilin' up
on me. Sure, sh. was enough trouble
when she was well"
II shall take her home with me as
as soon us she can be moved, whispered
Mrs. Dupcru, eagerly.
Mrs. Duprru spent the night and
the succeeding days at Mercy's bedside.
When the child could be safely moved
she took her in her carriage to Robin
Wood, to the great amazcmcnt OF tho
Sossips.
SSSQves%s ss%s ed AH3 sy @Sfy hsiGRajEEv A!
about her, but they were generally of a
kind that accorded with her gentle ma
ture She was well dressed and we'll
taught Mrs. Duperu showed little al
fcction for her, but she was very kind,
and Mercy often wondered why this
grcrt lady ha taken charge Of her.
There were many splendid trees to
climb at Robin Wood, but Mercy soon
discovered that Mrs. Dupc:u did not re-
gard with favor that form of exercise,
and sh" rcgretlully promised her bene-
factress never to indulge in it again.
The cir. wore II pair of antique car
rngs-li,tlc crescepts of gold, set with
Turquoise. Mrs. Duperu dcigncd to adj
mlrc them one day.
They were my mothers, said Mercy.
The old lady started rs if n wasp had
stunw her. Then she seized her cane and
nie,", .,"T uvou wisu rirs. uuperu scr-
cral months when Il Chinese notable ar
rived at Savoy, and registered at the
| Woodman's Hotel. He was a grave,
digniticd gentleman, dressed in his rich
| native costume, and wearing black
| skull cap with II red braided button ut
the top. His name was Wo kcong, and
he was IN official OF the Chinese Six
Companies of San Francisco.
His business WAS soon made known by
L.
town He had come to remove the body
If All Cow, who had been killed by the
explosion; and the bills offered Il reward
Of fifty dollars 10 the person who should
recover the missing head.
Wo kcong quantity explained in his
advertisement that the matter was one
of great Importance, aS a Chlnaman who
had left his head III Il foreign land was
lrttH rnttAHHTTta,r :, TIappiness was impossible to
him until his head was found; and at the
great festival of Yu Ian he was sure to
come back To the carth mournfully
searching for it.
| One OF thcs" singular bills WAS brought
10 Robin Wood as Il curiosity, by Mcrcy's
music teacher. Mercy real it, and from
that time was sad and absent minded.
| secret was Weighing upon her MIND,
and there was no one in whom she could
contidc Mrs. Dupcru was kind, but
she had never invited her love and cc.
:ii.iicc
Mercy drove,to town one day in tho
carriage, and saw n great number of men
and boys on the mountain side above the
town. She knew for what they were
scarChng and she shuldcrcl
One morning the music teacher re.
marked that We kcong was about to
give up his search, and That he would
! rr"hrh!y leave Savoy the next day.
! When Mercy heard this II great lump
rosa in l,a.. sIrr,,ot. 1az! uh t,ic SImc time
| & great resolve rose in her heart.
The image OF ALI Cow, SO distressed
| without his head haunted her. Sine kent
saying to herself, "Iln i, unhappy; I
must help him.