The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-21

@AHREE days later George was
4 able to sit up in bed and take
light nourishment Mrs. Hill
- yer proved the best and ten
derest Of nurses. On the afternoon OF
the third day she came in and sat be-
side him.
II ortn't to bring my worries to o
sick man." she said. with little forced
laugh, but you know Mr.. dillyer
mighty nigh as well as I do, George
an it's his actions that's troublin' me
now. Ever since be set up all night
with the old men over Trabue's body
he's been actin curious, an this morn
I'm he saddled a hoss an went OF to
the mountains. sayia' be wouldn't De
back till tomorrow axed i'm what
he was Soin' fer, an be jest said, 'Busi-
ness but it's powerful quar- fer I'm to
leave the warehouse in Jim kenner's
charge an you fat O yore back. l
lowed at fust that maybe he was after
the thieves that shot you, but Mr.
Hanks told me that nobody had claim
ed the reward he'd offered an that it
was believed the men had got clean
of out O. reach. No, 1t wasn't that,
an what Mr.. Hillyer did 60 fer IS a
mystery tc me-
George fancied he had the key to the
matter, but he did not feel at liberty
to disclose it, so he made no reply.
"Poor fellow!v' be said to himself. he
has gone to see Mrs. Hambright to
confess what he has been doing in re-
gard to her supposed pension
"Pore boy" Mrs. Hillyer went on
sympathetically, II reckon you've got
enough troubles o yore own without
me pushin' mine on you, but you man
age never to show yore'n.'
1--WE all have them" said Buckley
philosophically. Il try to remember
that and put up with mine
The woman sighed. AN through all
this last affair you hain't mentioned
one person that's been on yore mind
constant, George. I know you been
thinkin' about 'er, fer when you was
delirious the other night her name was
on yore lips all the time. set thar at
the window, my boy, an had the hard
est cry I ever had in my life. / jest
wish she could "a come in the room
an overheard all you said. George,
you must "a been dreamin' that you n
her was fetched together, fer 1 never
in all my days heard such tender
words. You actually set up once an
put yore feet on the floor, an held out
yore arms an called to 'er."
II did have O dream Of that kind
Buckley admitted under his breath.
BE was silent for a moment, and then
he went on: 1T was the most wonder
full thing I ever experienced. It seem
ed so real. I thought was lying help
less out in the sunshine and that she
came to me across q meadow-an end
less meadow covered with fragrant
flowers. thought her hands and arms
were full Of them and that she came to
me laughing, singing, dancing. She
seemed to have on the dress that she
wore that night in Atlanta, though her
hair was down and blown about by the
wind. 1 thought she threw the flowers
over me and held out her hands to
help me up. And when we stood to-
gether, looking toward the setting sun,
IL thought I kissed her and that we
stood alone in all the world-just she
and I. I seemed to be unable to speak,
but she told me that we were never.
never to be parted. Then I thought
something struck me like stone in the
forehead. and it began to grow dark
and she vanished. 1t was twinge in
my wound that walked me-"
What purity dream" said Mrs.
Eillyer musingly. AN it seems to
me that this life-or the future one
ought to be like that-be Jest what
body would want it, I mean It looks
like q shame fer you to be tantaEzed
that away, though, at sech time. I
roo1.n,, vo,, hoard tho CronStOnS was