The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15

the stress CT passion is the first Ct tn
line OF letters dropping one by one Int
the toue. TIE first Letter bore Dor
der cs black, and is among those n1
get given ,u5 FOR publication.
TIE bcEde- CT black is for my frs
love-, said the write, You rcbb
me OF the nan.
l ~anted-he who is DOW IN hi
grave. AID now I an determined t,
strike at you. It is ny purpose irS1
to briak your heart by making yol
chil6less, and then &c free your hus-
band. Thasi it IS ny ? rpose to co thi:
you may know."
The mother ni!ed and put tbs let
ter aside. 4 z7ee < went by and there
came anotl letter.
You have taken no heed OF ny
warning" sa q the writer. u tell you
I'll strike through those you love
most"
AID with each morning there lay on
the breakfast table, IN snister slgn!h,
| CGICS, siiS lcLtCI WILL vLC AIG-iIO VIII
ing that they knew 50 well.
Heavier and heavier grew the hearts
Of the parents with each Of thoss let.
ters.
But at last there came norni1 g
when tie familiar step Of the pcStman
passed by their door. a second AID a
third morning came a went, with
still DO letter.
And they cries for joy at To thought
that the shadow OF death had been
lifted from them. The mere incident
OF the house dog dying in corvuls!ons
was not 81 Fl ,ient to attract attention.
Never was the thought OF the un
known aveuger less present to their
minds than on that September after
ooon when the baby Willie tocdleG
eu5 to the doorway aud then a few
yards along the road.
O4ly half an hour had passed when
there appeared n the doorway man
bearing the notionisSs figure Of the
child in his arms.
He had been found lying il th,
roadway near his fathers cottage.
No one at that time took any rar
sicular notice Of the Cdor OF garlic on
the breath ct the Child.
All that the doctors could say was
that the symp' ons indicated the pres
epce OF some foreign substance 10 the
body. Within twelve hcu-s the boy
was dead.
The heart of the mother was full OF
foreboding Of that which was yet to
cone.
With the coming OF Monday morn
ing there again lag the familiar envel-
ope on the table.
There is reason in this warning" F"
wrote the sender Of the letter. There
will be more reason before I an done
with you"
Andnow the letters came with every
post, slander was now alternated With
common place vsrbjage, end these let
5ers, really telling little OF the hide
u truth, are the only connun!cs
0:ons made public by the poi:cs as the
irQuest.
Then once more came a cessation Ct
the letters, and tle parents, tre4S-
ling, Waitec.
All through these weeks had Mrs.
Perkirs, qlietly watching, bent he-
eyes ca sne one woman vito OF a.:
Others, by reason Of oid memories OF
which she even now Hillnot speak,
she believed hated her.
There is woman who is killing
my children and WHO may take my
1usbsnd, as she Wo1ld Lave taken the
other,' see SsiG.
The world now knows the story Ct
the October afternoon on which the
child OcJavia was TO meet her death
oy the hand OF the prisoner.
She had risen from her mothers
side, and ran lightly to tie house OF
Mrs Mcdowell, AID the next that VIZ
seen OF her vas when she reapreared
In the doorway Of the Perkins coJusge,
and with a sigh and mozn tainted IN
her mothers arms.
Again vas the characteristic ooo'
+ garlic: again the shiveriDg conVuis
ions and the sharp gasps and cries OF
agony, ere eight hours laser death re-
leased the 81 # ;rer.
Suspicion had in the mind Ct Mrs.
Perkins beccme certainty. Feom that
moment the word murder" Jouk Tie
place OF al others in the vocabulary
Of the Richmond people. Mrs. Perkins
spoke at last and c.isd out for Vergel
ancs On tie woman who, she q ,claIes,
killed her children, and wouio have
roboed her OF her hush blnd.-NeW York
American.