The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-10
lille arrived.

AnO then Tue Top "2S Sptttt On, '''A''
no one saw anything in the cotton
that did not belong there.
But an hour after, when TlIile
found Charity alone, and prepared to
fulfill her brothers behest: she 1ouno
no note IN her handkerchle1' ana mo 40
ideas in her head as to what could nave
become OF it. Hunting for 1t was IN
vain. -,
''Oh, dear" sobbed Tillie, Rob II
be so mad. ! daren,t tell him lost
it.
Tillie Redwood was one of that nu-
merous class of feminine towards who
viii stoop to deceit, subterfuge, or
even lies. rather than encounter the
lust wrath OF any dark-browed lord OF
creation for any sin or blunder com
mitted against him.
ANYHOW" she ouieted her con-
science with, IF it was so awful i'm
portant he can come over and tell her
himself; And if he finds out she didn't
get 1t, Ill 60 home with Jenny hicks
and stay till they've fixed 1t al! right,
and by that Tune ne Won | care.
And SO koo waited IN VAIN 10Y
Jimmy Tobs-farmer Meadows $
chore boy-whose tow heao ana lfeck'
les he would have hailed as a welcome
vision thatday lie cherished a feeble
hope until after dark;
Its Just possible. he sad, Ioth 70
resign himself to his doom, that Ill
lie forgot to give her the note. Q.
something. ~ step IN there tor a
minute. and LII Know mlghty quick
by the looks how things air.
So Rob stepped in, and ran against
Tillie IN the passage way, on her way
to the kitchen.
He cluthed her By the arm. :.
Title, SAID ne, Sdld you give Il
10 her. ,.,,
And Illlle Iaid up future worry 10r
herself by telling fat fib, as the only
way Of lodging an immediate scolc'
Dla sac say anE'hlHg' a"ef1eo
hoo, anHlouSiE. :. r.,,..
no. Let go, hoo. sa5o ill:iE,
twisting her arm away ana oaflinS
Oft.
The door OF the dancing room swung
open, and kob could see III. a quao,
rl!le was IN progress: IN "tHcl Snarlt. ma :. .
having concIuoeo INA! ne M'S HT'
comlnS-Was dancing sPlf1'eolS "iN
JAKE aargooe. ..,,o. ,,,;
a COUPE Oh soohg .ei1oMs P"s ;rtLS ;,to !ls .bs
a. Ina. nioIteii. s"spr aoor 49, conco. n. Led iaS
ROOM anu tile Why iiiss "oot oo'oe''ie''
hl4. ,c,
JAKE ana C4al!ts Mele 5 no. Lar """s;
out "a; mao 'helr. oslcNS so"alo IN. -
lhey say Hoo neoMooo sotn +Ia ~,
TO 1urrln paris, salo some one ~ tAe
pause OF the dance. Is lha1 So
Charity. ~,
: suppose 1t IS, repleo Charlly'
co0lIy. - .,.,o5oos., ~
hoo s1ppeSE pet .Eoli n tne e1,sonoSd SmsuO" u 'He
ooor ana walked oo' "nooSe'Neo'
Rob Redwood's gone to the In
dies. was the news Charity heard two
davs later. 1t was Aunt Hulda Pitcher
who brought it. For a whole year,
she added. His uncle made him
promise to STAY that long. if he come
at all an, I reckon he will"
a year-a whole vear?' went echo
mo through Charity's head.
How vouldthe world seem without
anv Rob Redwood for a whole year
twelve months-three hundred and
sixtv-fve davs?
She went into brown study over
the matter. while her mother and
Aunt Hulda talked on indifferently
about the fall soap making, preserv-
ING ouilt-pieceing, etc.
"ISv got awful nice new pattern
of a quilt Aunt Hulda was saying.
Hits called the Calendar-takes
three hundred and sixty-hve squares
to make it. Better sen an git the
pattern, Charity"
Maybe I will, answered Charity.
Rob don't care for me-not bit,
said Charity, that night. He woldn't
have gone off this way ifhe did And
I'll be fool if I don't marry Jake
Hargood if he asks me. But then,
she added, half ruefully, I always
was fool:'
In proof Of which she hat5y refused
Jake Hargood When ne dld ask her:
And she borrowed Aunt Hulda quit
pattern, and stralghtway set to work
pieceing her Calendar quilt, making
only one square day, and remarklng
to herself as she finished each one:
'.One day less to wait. Not, she
added, shaking her head, dlsmally,
that it'll do me any good when the
time is up. If he didn't care tor me
then, he won't now. But It'll be a
comfort to know 1t when he's home
again.
There were several squares yet to be
pieced before the quilt would be nm
ished, when word came to the Red
woods that Rob would be home in
three days.
Just the day of that quilting last