The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-01
"All right. .,,Fssaid Miss yYitkenuing

"Ali right, said Miss ITiikenning.
The conversation ceased, aud Mr..
Wilkenniug began once more to pace the
hoor. His face was radiant, aud his
tread was quick and elastic. The con-
temptation of v:sit to RJefields filled
him with joy.
Aud Dir. Wilkenniug went to Rye.
helds on the following day. He an.
nounced his arrival there in letter to
his sister, from which the following is
an extract:
:" But isn't it very singular coin.
cidence that Tom Beverly should have left
e,i nsre ior New , YORK at the very time was
been talking OF visiting New York for a
year or two; aud finally, he made a sudden
resolve to go, and posted himself Off. He
htended TO so straight to our house.; aud of
course you kept him there. How do you like
him? lshall not tell you what sort of a
until % You ass Sc, ier rheT %usf bays wal,
magnificent farm, and I'm not going to leave
u Tor day or two, now that Two got up
here. Tell Tom that, and keep him until I
cone home. Give him this letter of intro
du:tion to Wharton. an tel him to make
himS?lf at homs at the ofiice as we'll as at
the house. When get back, I'll take him
around to Sc, the sights. Grace says hs has
he'd Ike to 1.-Two there; and 1 believe it wor-
ries her little. Don't let him got into mis-
chief.
The answer to this letter was in part
as follows
" But don't stay too long. If you
% won tell me about Grace, / thins I'll not
take the trouble to describe Tom for you.
j should say he did like the city.
Hes regular boy. Youth have very litElr
TO show him, unless you hurry to come home;
tof ne Is t1kinS in the town" pretty thor
oughly. He says you will fin
10 poly nno animal to drive, il you want fire,
Sut you must keep close eye on her. Gray
mel, he says. is COOL road horse, too, but
more moderate. Think you'd better use tina
gray horse AMI let the other ons alone. Shall
you be hone soon?
1t was two or three days after this
was written, when Thomas Beverly, in
the city, got letter from his sister.
He say, every day he's going home to-
morrow she wrote but h, DOESN'T go. He
Is driving ovet the country, calling on all
the pcop.e he ever heard OF, to get p oints OH
farming, nc says. l do beievs he was cit
out for farmer. Yesterday, Mr.. Hem
drlcaS came down from Clearorook TO LOOK
ut those yeariings, and Mr.. WIlkenning took
bim In hand ami sold him seven of them aui
the sorrel colt. / told him how much you
expected to get an l he did bstter by about
seventy dollars. Did you forget your ap-
pointment with Mr.. Hsndric.sss How much
longer are you going TO stay in New York?
Nearly a week more elapsed, and then
MIR. Wilkenning,at Ryeields, received a
short letter from his sister, closing with
these words: "Alfred yol must come
home."
And Mr.. Wilkenning did come home.
He reached New York very early In the
morning, arriving at the house before
his sister had come down stairs. His
guest, however, was in the library,
with morning paper spread out before,
him.
"Say, you're great fellowl" ex.,
claimed Mr.. Beverly, when the two had
greeted each other with genuine warmth;
"why didn't you stay up therel
wanted TO have quail hunt with
you"
"The deuce you didp said Mr.. Will.
kenning. "Why didn't you say so3 I'd;