The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-17
CHAPTER V.
SENTIMENTAL EXCHANGE.

" i LOFTY S!epl lNil uISut, ue vas
M not aware of it. All night long he
"a tossed and thought. Her face was
everywhere. Her voice filed his
ear with music never ceasing, but it
was not the lulling music that invites
drowsiness. He heard the clock strike
the hours from to S, when he arose,
thoroughly disguised with himself. lie
worshiped his mother, but in several
instances that morning he caught him
self just in time to prevent the utter
ance OF some sharp rejoinder to her
pleasant, motherly queries. Twice she
was compelled to repeat questions, his
mind being so far away that he heard
nothing save words that another wom-
an had uttered, say, twenty-four hours
before. His eyes were red, and there
was q heavy droop to the lids. His
tones were drawing and his voice
strangely without warmth. His face
was white and tired.
'.You are not well, Grenfan,' his
mother said. peering anxiously into his
eyes. ''The trip has done you up. Now,
you must take good, long rest and re-
cover from your vacation"
He smiled grimly.
"a man never needs a rest so much
as he does at the end Of his vacation,
eh, mother? Well, work will be rest
ful. I shall 80 to the office this morn
ing and do three days work before
night. That will prove to you that I
am perfectly WELL
True to his intention, he went to the
Office early, virtuously inclined to work.
His uncle greeted him warmly and a
long conference over business affairs
followed. To Lorry's annoyance and
discontinue he found himself frequent
" inattentive. Several important cases
were pending, and in a day or two they
were to go into court with i damage
suit Of more than ordinary conse-
quence. Lorry senior could not re-
press his qualification over the return
Of his clever, active nephew at such an
opportune time. He had felt himself
unable to handle the case alone. The en-
durance Of a young and vigorous mind
was required for the coming battle in
chancery.
They lunched together, the elder ca
ger and confidential, the other respect
full nd-absentninGed In the after
noon the junior went over the case and
renewed search for authorities and
opinions, fully determined to be coI-
slant in spite Of bis inclination to be
fckle. Late in the day he petulantly
threw aside the books, curtly informed
his astonished uncle that he was not
feeling well, and left the Office. Until
dinner time he played billiards afro
ciorsly at his club; at dinner his moth
er sharply reproved him for dagrant
inattentions; after dinner he smoked
and wondered despondently. Tomor-
row she was to sail! If he could but
see her once more!
At 7:30 his mother found him in the
library searching diligently through
the volume of the encyclopedia that
contained the G's. When she asked
what he was looking for, he laughed
!diotically and in confusion Informed
Der that he was trying to find the name
Of the most important city in Indiana.
She was glancing at the books IN the
case when she was startled by hearing
him utter an exclamation and then
leap to his feet.
s.Half past Z! can make it,
"What is the matter, Gren. dear?'
"Oh.' be calculated, bringing himself
up with a start. Il forgot-er-yes,
mother, I'll just have time to catch the
train, you know. Will you kindly have
Mary clean up this muss Of books and
so forth? I'm off, you sec, to New
york-for a day only, mother-back
tomorrow! Important business-just
remembered it, you know-ahem! Good
By, mother. Goodby" BE had kissed
her and was in the hall before she fair
" understood what he was talking
about. Then she ran after him, gain
ing the hallway In time to see him pass
through the street door, his hat on the
side Of his head, his overcoat futterlng
furiously as he showed his arms into
the sleeves. The door slammed, and
be was off to New York.
The train was ready to pull out when
be reached the station, and it was only
by a hard run that he caught the last
platform, painting, but happy. Just
twenty-four hours before she had left
Washington, and it was right here that
she had smiled and said she would
expect him to come to Edelweiss. He
had had 10 time to secure q berth in
the sleeper, but was fortunately able
to get one after taking the train. Gren-
fall went to sleep feeling both Gisap-
pointed and disguised = disappointed
because Of his submission to sentiment,
disgusted because Of the man who oc-
cupied the next section. \ man who
IS in love and in doubt has 10 patience
with the prosaic wretch who can sleep
50 audibly.
After hasty breakfast in New York
he telephoned to the steamship COM
pany's pier and asked the time OF sail
ing for the Kaiser Wilhelm. On being
informed that the ship was to cast Of
at her usual hour, be straightway call
ed q cab and was soon bowling along
toward the busy waterway. Directly
he sat bolt upright, rigid and startled
to find himself more awakened to the
realization Of his absurd action. Again
it entere,! his infatuated head that he
was performing the verieSt schoolboy
trick in rushing to steamship pier in
the hope of catching dnal and at best
unsa tisfactory glimpse Of q young wo-
man who had appealed to his sensitive
admiration. \ loyesick boy could be
excused for such display of imbecil-
ity, but g mana man Of the world.
Never,
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