San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-22
ROMANCE and Low.
Pretty Story Comes From
Sherman, Texas,
HOW A YOUNG MAN WON AND
LOST A PREVIOUSLY AZ
FIANCED HEART.
He Pressed His Suit In The Absence
Of A Truant, But Real Lover,
And Won Easily, But Lost His
Beautiful Prize Much
Easier.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.


New York, Aug. 21.-Inquiries have
been made in this city by law firm
in Sherman, Texas, as to the wherea-
bouts of the heirs of William Pinckney
B. Du Bose, of South Carolina, and
they have revived the story of love
affair that began in Darlington district
South Carolina, and ended at Goliad,
where Col. Fannin and his command
were slaughtered by Santa Anna.
Young Du Bose was the only son
of Joel Du Bose, of Charleston, his
mother being Mary Ann Nell, the
daughter of one of the wealthiest
planters in the state. Through the
relationship of the Du Bose and Nell
families William Pinckney B. Du
Bose had kinship with some of
the most influential people of South
Carolina and Georgia. He was the
only heir to large plantations in both
states, but he inherited large gold
mining property in North Georgia, and
was regarded as one of the richest
men in South Carolina when he reach.
ed his majority. His father died and
his mother married younger brother
of her first husband, leaving her son
heir to the estates. She lived just
across the Savannah river on the Car
DINA side, and opposite her plantc...sr1
on the Georgia side, lived Col. Win
gate, a rich planter.
Col Wingate had one daughter, Hen
rietta Wingate, who was the belle Of
the region Whereabouts. Soon after
he came of age young Du Bose became
acquainted with Miss Wingate. AT
the time she was engaged to a young
officer stationed at Fort Sumter, Capt.
Mccall, but he had failed to write for
long while, and she had become
piqued at his seeming neglect.
When Du Bose appeared upon the
scene she was on the point of discard
ing her recreant soldier lover, and pu
Bose being young, handsome, rich and
well educated, she listened to his suit.
In a few weeks the two became en-
gagged, and Du Bose set on a trip
through North Georgia to look at his
new inheritance. He passed the lat
ter part of the summer of 1885 among
the mountains, and in the early au-
tumn went back to his mothers home
to prepare for the wedding. In Octo-
Der of that year he paid visit to the
Wingate plantation.
Late one afternoon he was sitting
with Miss Wingate on the balcony
when Capt. Mccall rode up to the
gate. A servant went up stairs and
announced his arrival, and Miss Win
gate tried to persuade Du Bose to go
down and receive him.
81 have nothing to say to him." she
said, "after all that has passed,and l
do not wish to meet him."
1T is your duty to do so and not
mine, replied Du Bose, because he
might Justly think that / was assum-
ing too much authority in the matter
were 1 to go down as representing you.
Go on and hear what he has to say
and 1 will await your return"
Du Bose was so sure that she had
given her heart to him that he felt he
could afford to be generous. After
half an hour Du Bose began to feel
little impatient. Slowly the clock
in the hall licked five minutes away
until an hour had passed, and still she
did not come. The twilight deepeu-
ed and the stars came out, and just
as he was on the point of leaving the
house he heard her footstep on the
stair.
''You remained quite while" said
he coldly.
eyes" she replied in a hesitating
voice; "we had much to talk over"
81 began to think that you were not
coming back at all. 1t looked as #
YOU had reconsidered and made up"
''That is exactly what we did"
"Whatv'
T-I-could not resist, and"-she
burst into tears.
He caught her up in his arms, kiss