The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-11-03

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and cha drove with them in hen
showy carriage past Mattie's humble.
home and threw upon the sad face,
bent over come work at the window,
such ,looks of scorn as mighs have
been Mattie's due had she been a
very wicked creature, hut wlicb
Nz.issE she circumstances were qoiie
uncal!ed for.
ALI this went on for two. years at
e.loast, and by that time Mrs. Waters
boy-5years old. che called him, but
he hardly looked 3-was running
about the gtounds and escaping
from them whenever, he could snto
tho bargain. Ga,
Oddly enough, whenever he got
free, he made straight for the strip.
of green land that lay between the
house that Matte dwelt in and the
river. 1t was the water that tempt
ed him, and his delight was to launch
tiny boat with paper sails upon it.
At frat Matte ran away when she
saw him. Then she began to watch
him, thinking how Like he was TO
the captain, with that head Of clue.
tering yellow. curls. thinking him
like also to what her boy would
have been had he .iived-for she
;ss7oT doubted that. he was dead
until her heart scftened, and one
day she opened the door and tempt
ed him in with cake es one might n
bird.
After that he used often to come
to her. All Rudleigh was scandal
lied by the fact, and Mrs. Waters,
ignorant of it, until she one day
came upon the two at the rivers
edge, the boy with his arms around
the woman's neck. She was in her
carriage when she saw them, but
she was out Of it in an instant, peril
ing her life in the jump. And she
struck the child blow and called
Matte by an evil name, and no one
who saw her face forgot it as she
drove away again with the scream
ing child.
Matte went into her poor home,
broken hearted, and her maiden
aunt berated her ysosfully, and Mat
tie oculd only Weep
Where is your pride, y said the
spinsfer, "your decenoy2'
And Matte sobbed:
HE is so like Frank-so like
Frank, aunt. Don't be angry with
me-" ,s:3ls 81. (
The old nurse was well berated
also, and for. awhile the bow was
kept within bounds, but he had a,
will of his .own,. and %at last, one
warm autumn daytime mamma out for
a drive as usual, and nurse doing,
the great gate swung behind him,
and he battered down the green bit
of land and peeped ;intoMattie's cot
tage door.
She was at an llnner window, but
she did not call to him-she dared
ncs-and he wandered away to the
water'a edge. There ne launched ..;s
beat and naddIed in to bring it out
again and splashed and wet himself
and soiled his fine clothes with the
mud and was|fappy beyond express
sion. .ssss,..
Matte ysarned Tor him. but she
sat sSiil anu only ioszsa until tue /.
tears filled her eyes; and she hid ]
them in her apron. and Tell to weep
ing bitterly. But from thisia shrill
cry aroused her. She started to herr
feet. The child was no longer, on
the bank. but out: in the water,
CLEANED yellowhead and two tiny
arms, and q aoEy Of /. Mamma II came
to her. 5,s i s. e
It was as though her own child
called. She few, from the room and
down the stairs and out toward the
river Others were sushing that
way, but she.wes f:sats She never :!
paused TO think, but plunged into
the water recklessly.
In another moment she was out OF
her depth, but sheshad the boy fast
by his little waist and did her best
to reach shore with him. Men were
near by this time, and the two were |
drawn to land together, and in the
midst Of the crowd Matte stood |
the, dripping child to her
breast when the .whirl OF carriage
wheels aniote her ear. .sl
A harsh voice cried, ss : What's ali i
thisa' and there e e s:s ::iioF was MRS. i
Waters. Il sSs5 .sS;Ssi 80 !. I; -
Matte gave n ae scrsam. &, ast hit .a,a /