The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-08

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door. While Annie shook out the wet
umbrella and stood it in the rack,
Miss Harvey glanced out Of the win
dow and suddenly screamed and sat
down, clasping her hands.
"Look, Annie!" she cried; ''look
out of the window! Can that be
is that-Yet Wing?"
"It looks like the bilious heathen,"
said Annic, Indignantly, after hasty
inspection of the figure that stood
pensively under an awning on the
opposite side of the street. ga pref
ty subject he is, to stand himself up
in front of peoples houses! Shall /
go out an shoe i'm away, Miss?'
''Oh, that would be too cruel!"
moaned Miss Harvey, walking up and
down and wringing her hands des-
perately. "Oh, what shall I do? Was
there ever anything so unfortunate?
He may begin to follow me about
town-and perhaps sing under the
windows-he has a very good voice
but think how it would look. Oh,
how unfortunate I am, to have
perhaps if I had wgn palmer
clothes to the Mission-but now the
harm is done, and I will never for
give myself, never!"
"Well," suggested Annie, with an
eye at the crack of the curtain, "your
brother'll be home pretty soon, an
it's nv belief that he'll throw the
brassy heather over the courthouse.
An anyway, the neighbors are rais-
in the windows. now"
Miss Harvey screamed.
~--"Oh, Annie" she cried, "go and call
him over and tell him that he must
not stand there, looking at the house
that way. Tell him that it troubles
me-Me-and then I know he'll 60"
Annie's trim figure disappeared;
and Yet Wings teacher heard a
sound of voices, which presently
grew louder. She listened Annie
was saying with spirit:
"You just wait till get Mike Fin
ney a-holt O. you, you slantin'-eyed-"
And at this point Annie came back,
her face crimson.
"Them that wants the Chinaman
can have him." she cried, indignant
". "He's settin' there on the steps
like he meant to wait for the crack
o. doom, an if your brother comes
he'll think doom's cracked
This horrible possibility decided
Miss Harvey. She pufed out the
pink vest, dabbed both eyes with a
little lace handkerchief, and went
droopingly to the door. Yet Wing
still sat enthroned on the steps,
placidly looking at the rain.
"Yet Wing" she murmured, weak
". Yet Wing arose and smiled.
"Sle comee back?" was his enig-
matte question.
"Yet Wing, you must go away"
whispered Miss Harvey. "You must
not come to my house any more. I
am very sorry for you'll hope we
will be friends-I shall still teach
you, Yet Wing"
"You go alay!" retorted Yet Wing,
whom the gods had made mad. "Me
come mally pletty gu'l-An-nee-she
teach me. Me no ikee you TO-
tleachee-you too old. Me lait fo'
AIMEE"
When Miss Harvey went back into
the house where Annie was holding
the fort behind the sofa armed with
a broom, she walked very straight
and her look was severe.
"Has he gomez" questioned Annie,
tremblingly.
"He has gone" replied Miss Har-
vey, drily. "Annie, you need never
come to the Mission after me again
never again. I find that you have
a most unfortunate influence over
those men. That poor, ignorant Yet
Wing-there is no telling what harm
has been done to him. He seems
quite demented. Tell my brother he
needn't wait dinner for mel have
headache"
And Miss Harvey went to her own
room, and locked the door, and sat
down in the corner furthest from the
mirror