The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-11-20
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mystery connected with her life by &C.
cidepsslly coming into possession Of q
| letter ef Millsr's insregard to herself
she made W her mind to solve it.
From this letter she secur5d severs:
names of psr,iss in South Florida, and
when striving in Columbia, away from
Mi.ler's espionage, SIZE opezed up GOT
respondenee which led to the happy re-
union. Mrs. Wilson received a letter
last week from Columbia that made hel
sael sure thst she was st last en- the
r;gts track. aid she ilmediately mate
srrsrsemsnss 10 come N person and
identify the long lost child WHO is now
qa:Ge young LADY, bright and pretty.
The meeting is one long TO be re-
nembared by those who witnessed il.
| II Rss fail If mothers emotion and
iove, Of tesrs and g;sdaesg, and the
young girl Has enthusiastically happy,
zoo.
The mother and daughter rsturned to
F!orids on the Sssboara Wednesday
morning, Mrs. Wilson telegraphipg IL
sivaace Of ner COED luck, ana fam
iiy reunion was to take plsoe on aErlV-
ing at hcms, O married daughter il7lag
in Kay West having been notified CT
what had happened.
Mrs. Wilson did not say what course
she would take il regard to Millsr's IL
ex2!icab:e conduct; that she vas only
full OF love for everybody, bus tnst Ehs
thought ho should be punished foS his
oru2l treatment.
She sa;s shat her father, Capt, John
McNsii, went TON ChaEic=toa 20 Foe
.Ga 1shon he Was y5uog man. lie hsS
tseQ dead msny years. hs E7as so:.
Q;sr il the Ia1laa War aAd Ta5 glgaQ
Z cspsslnoy il ihs Ua.ted S>sse5 I'm?
fer C=p.ucing Ulisf Oocugoc,o. He W.
oas of the crisilal Settlers Of Dads
county.
Lake City, Milier's home, is il Ror:h
F.Jrida, 200 MI es from Mrs. Wilson
hone in D.oe City, wh;ca is nesc Saa
soa,hora ex x,r4mity CT the peninsu:ar.
Yet il IS 7sry strange thss With 20
greater distance besHeen them tae
mo.lsr wss fer years in isaoSa1ce Of
the whereabouts Of the caiid.
Ls,s highs sitter lesrnins the story
8 representative Of The SAFE called On
sle Rev. Fs;her HesarEy Of st. Peters
Catholic caurch and asked him aoous
tie c:se. Ge said that it Was ous night
in July last that youag gIEl sbou< Il
years Of cgs came to the con7als say
ing that she had come from Florida
AID asked to De taken il. She gave her
rams aB Mary Young, bus cou!d not
give clear account Of her sntecedeats.
She said shat she had been staying
With 8 family named Miller, who were
nos relatives, bat she could or would
not tell why she lsf5 them. She said
she had come straight to the convent
from tue depot. Her story vas go mad
died that the mother superior refused
to take her III md she did lot stay
single night in the convent
Laser one Of the sisters Of the con-
vens, feeling soErY for the girl, asked
Catholic Lady frieEd whom she had
heard asy she wished TO adopt such q
gil, to tske her and give her homo,
This was done. The girl became dig.
satisfed after awhile, and smother
Catholic lady took her, giving her
Eons.
Father Hegsrty says that as far as
he know, the girl in some way got in
communication with her relatives, and
that on Tuesday WOMAN came to Co.
lunbia, and claiming the girl carried
her away With her. This was the whole
story 50 far as Father Hegarty knea it.