The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-12-22
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TaGr < Pan as "Tyiret, Kfs> Is,
! voupg Ci.v-iaaG msa. user 5
Tn" 2.-ia ,,ier, CLAIMS 10 niva hsen
I E!-ce.. u : y-Tj sm barr %. ed ca
:Gen, les: Saturday eve0irs. He SAY ;
nc vGS ealing OF q ce@-aia yCUbg l2dy
$40 rssCeS in fashionable down
lown spsFtGe4t mouse, acd 2ssba hsp-
] YsIed 70 hava gene ou. with her Cota-
or, cat w&s expected 10 return aaof1y y
ne said he would wait Il thar pzriGr
! Ire ssr7art EShered him IN. @ud he
! vas surprised 10 fad that smother CT
Ter vas &I5o w&.l!0E. |. Vas 9 l&Gy
callsr, 9 taiI. scmewaa! angular per.
son, Of Questionable &se, with while
gloves aud a very large black lat.
l. IT 2IcGe with tEis lady, the ycur e
man felt a Iit;ls uneasy He hadn'
contracted :or silent tete tete With q
lone female IL p strange house. For a
:lne he SIT st.Nly quiet. her. IS the
silence grew oppressive, lie ar3se aud
busted himself inspecting the rictur> )
AID bric trac AS lie moved along
o1e side Of the apartment, Sc pi0g q
safe ist&rca from the stranger IN
the Dig hat, ne happened to approach
the elSc.ric button that controlled the
lieh. n the room. He had his eyes
glued 10 water color hanging ca The
wal! close by, when to MS anszement,
tee lights suddenly went out, leaving
:. e apartment II tc;ai darkness.
Of course !. was owing 10 an aeci.
dent at the power hous=, but the young
man did,, know that, and naturally
expected the lights would Immediately
fash up again.
An instant after The eclipse set in
there wsS sharp gasp from the direc.
ton OF the lady With the big ha+
''Icu-you did that q purpose" she
shrilly remarked. ''isa8 youstanGing
By the button
The ycung man Tipcd the perspi-a-
ticu rom his 5Eo1.
Il assure you, madam" ne said,
tGat / dad nothiog to 90 with il. II
must &c Some-s0me lapse IN the cur
rent. Cr something.
You did it," continued the shrili
voice. "oscause you wanted to kiss
ne"
No, 40, madam cried the ycupg
man; no, no. l wouldn't kiss you for
the world !"
Then II his desire to escape he stsr
ted towards tie supposed location OF
tie door.
Don't move, ctisd the lady, ",r
III scream"
He halted for a moment, thea softly
cTep- along the wall agsin.
y near you, cried the lady. Don't
you dare to come near me- W
Madam" said the exssperatad
youth, nobody wants to harm a hair
CT your head"
; That's just Whist tie burgIar ssid
the night our house was robbed, :"
! m2aned the lady.
Bat I nust fnd the door," said tie
+; youth. "We can't stay in here indef
nitely IN the dark"
i should think not" snapped the
lady. Bat don't yo2 dare to come
this way. II you do, I'll stab your
face with hatpin. And don: you
think you can fool me l hear Jour
| miserable sq1eaky shoes every sep
! sou take"
Perhaps" said the youth, !or ms
sense Of humor was beginning 20 Te
tn~n, ii would BE- well to tzke them
off,"
Mercy, nc" cried the LADY; do2't
you d&rc to.
"Tben the you:h felt his way for.
ward, guided as to the lady's location
! By sundry shifts ard starts Ct alarm,
and after he had run squarely into the
mantle, and banged againsta screen,
and tun bled over a footstool and se7
! eral chairs, he finally found the door
knob snd bounced into the hall. l.
was pitch dsrk, but alpost immediate
y he saw servant coming up TIE
s.airs 18th amp.
ssh W ne the5way out OF this, )" sal /
the youth, and the servant escorted
him 10 the front door. As he stepped
on the sidewalk he draw loDg @rd
refreshing breath.
He insists u2on calling :: aasr3 u
esc&pe.