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with Pleasure, mixed, as it seemed to
tele, with some misgiving, He had elo
Weapon, but carried a basket in QUO
hand, and I recognized him as Erastus
Brown, Ciolenel Maneley's servant..
"Hello, Mersa Hank I" he said when
within speaking distance., 'I'ze been 1
lookin, fur yo'." I
"What do you want of me?"
"Pze got a letter for ye'. Sole on a •
rainute,"
Setting down bis basket, he began.
hurriedly searching his clothing for the
raissive, while I looked on more perplex-
ed thau ever. A letter for mci Who
was the writer, and what could it mean?
As the search progressed it became al-
most furious. He jammed. a big hand
first ander one shoulder, then under the
ether, then hurriedly througla the side
made .ofcir
"Do you know a clarity named Pete
who lives in Black Man's swamp?" I
asked, with a view of diverting bis at-
tention from the subject that distressed
him.
Erastus stopped short, with a sort of
gasp, and stared at me, '
"Why do yo' ask dat question, Marse
Hank? Yo' knows dat eberbody in, de
world knows dat wuthlees nigger. He's
a bad inan. Doan' yo' trust hira,"
"I must say.L don't fancy his looks
iand manner and might have known
that you are acquainted with him. Why
does lie make his home in the swamp?"
My companion must bane thought I
was pretending ignorance, but all the
same he answered with engaging frank-
ness:
pockets and into his trousers, repeating "His fader was Big Tom, who ramie(
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1 the action again and again with greater
• earnestnessand vigor, while his =pros-
don grew anxious and scared. He
crooked his finger in the sides of his
huge shoes, took off hie hat, peeped in,
and then shook it out, as if the missive
might have been hiding somewhere in-
side, but. in vain, for the letter could not
be found on or about him.
"Beats de clebbil, Marse Hank, but I
hab lost slat letter sartin suah l''
"Aro you sure it was meant for me?"
"NO mistake 'bout it."
"Who wrote it?" • •
'MiSs Esther,, and she'll broke my
head When she finds I hab lost it. Doan'
see bow I could hab been so disrumear-
lese.".
CHAPTER xViii.
The strange thrill that passed through
me upon hearing tbo declaration that
Miss Esther Mausley bad sent a letter to
inc by the hand of her servant quickly
-vanished when I came to consider the
announearnent. name . e
This i
The negro believed me to be Mink was amusing -in taw, but I
was eager to question the servant about
.. t Beyer, for he addressed me as such and the family of Colonel Mansley and saw
' showed it in everything he did and said, no way of doing so. Evidently ho had
1:1is mistress held the same belief whee not a grain of doubt that 1 was the real
=she left, bei home and raised the win- Henry Beyer, who, as the accepted suitor.
dow of 'my prison aud helped me to es- of Miss Mausley, could impart informa.-
cape. Even if Erastus had the missive tion to others. The questions which I
with him I could not open it, for it I would have asked, therefore, would leave
'was intended for another person. made me ridiculous' in bus eye. His
.My interest centered upon the basket i mistress, having reason to believe I was.
at his feet. in biding somewhere in the neighbor-
" What have you in that?" I asked. I hood and knowing any personal (length:,
:
"Dat? I like to furgot 'bout it. Dat's had sent her servant -with f oecland a
full ob wittles Slat Miss Esther told me letter whioh, unfoetetaitelk,' be' had' IOSt
THE WINGJIAM TIMES, AUGUST 18, 1899.
naaserier zee Ince, V=
be xneeut to ride de bay to ilea and he'll
(loot, too, if he (loan' draw eeip on aim
aerie. soon."
Wo were approaching the residence
of ti.a gentleman of whom we were
spealdeg. It was a disappointment to
learn that he was absent, for it inters
fermi kith ruy plan of appealing
dizaot-
1. to hitn. However, I could not think
he would he gone long,
on Ulm paint of askleg a quo
-
tion of no special import when Erastus
teed en exclamation, and 1 tinned
toward him to learn the cram, He had.
caught sight of au object is the path
ahead and broke into a run for it.
saw soinathing white lyiug on the
ground Lusa knew wbat it was before
be added joyously:
"Dar's de letter dat Mims Esther
writ fur yo' dat I loot!"
And, picking it np:he eagerly handed
it to me,
"1 dean' s'pose i dean' make no dif-
ference; Marse Hank, and, if it's all do j
seine to yo', yo' needn't obserwate aeY-
t'iug 'bout any losin it."
away afo' do web. He war de slave ob
Giu'ral Witherspoon and one clay killed
his oborseer. He talc to de woods, stew-
ed de dogs day hunted him vid and lib -
ed clar till he died,"
"His wife accompanied lahn, I sup-
pose?"
"Yeas, and dar gen Pete was bohn dar
and hob libed der eber since."
"What is there so bad about Pete?"
"Why, I hab heerd it said," replied
Erastus, lowering bis voice to a 'omit-
dential key, "dat he ain't nano tpo good
to stole chiekens. What yo' Viek ob
dat, Mame Hank?" •
"It is awetil," I replied,. with a Allude
der. have my suspicious thet he is
degraded enough to indulge in .suoh
wicked doings." • •
"I doan' say so rayself, fur 1 nebber
hab met him when—dat
"You have neS%er aaet
" When —da t noise Is el:IMO:foes
takes a walk by.moonlight," eiPlained
Erastus, with considerable erabaeeass-.
110hanamed Must go to the
tdountaiu
id n'
The world is not disposed to re• !E) t
of goods hidden from nub. Dare
prove the merehont who keeps his I
lie. knowledge. Ile may do tte he
pleases Wieh his own Ware% and if he I
like talents, folded in napkin, that'
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foolishl cleats to keep them secluded at M eat.
is his own concern. Tno world
won't run after hitn, and beg him to
allow it to buy his goods. The wise
and alert merchant, however, hay-
ing in stole just what the public is
in need of, takes advantage a the
advertising columns of a sobStantial
trained newspaper, like this Ofle, to
bring that tact to its attention. The
public is independ.ent. To secure its
favors its interests must first be
awakened; •then business re'atiens
are easily established -
to gib to ye'. . She put 'em up fur yo
aptaclatoda,ldyzne, ato staak
eerpshuanateind y
fuar,
hyotr ef
till'I
Houk?"lia
b ye'
got
a, l
"Have 1 any appetite left l" I repeat-
ed, almost dazed by the glorious tid-
ings.a!' Ab, but let rne test the question!" .
smustya Erastuspbpeojilaa
iu
ofd
tipowerfuled
Marcoh munegrtyh.
the basket, and,
restraining my eagerness, I gently re-
moved the snowy napkin inclosing the
1 pone, the corn cake and the gamo and
gazed enraptured upon the contents.
There are some scenes too snored to be
dwelt upon and. to which the pen can -
hot do justice. Let it suffice to say that
veben I passed the basket back to the
servant he remarked, with a grins
"Yo' hain't left a crumb, Mame
Hank. Shall I gp and got a oartload
more fur yo'?"
"I have plenty, thank you," 'replied
dignifiedly, "but you must remember
that that is the first mouthful I have
bad since last night."
His eyes expanded, and he twisted his
thick lips into form to emit a whistle,
"Gorrynation, if dat had been me I'd
died two, free days Nei!"
1 looked toward Black Maxi's swamp.
Still it gave no sign of life.
I "Well, BMWs, now that the hun-
„gry has been fed, what do you think I
i ought next to do?"
"flanged if I koow I Miss Esther had
writ it all down in slat letter and said
Ss how diet would explauify matters."
e And the worried fellow renewed his
search for the missing missive, making
:it so 'thorough that be removed each
Shoe and shook it out, but the former
;bunt had established the fact that it
1. was nowhere about him.
1
1 felt uneasy in remaining near the
'swamp; from which my pursuers were
likely to emerge at any moment.
"Erastus, Iain going home with you.
'Mead on."
"1 guess .dat's what Miss Esther ex -
Vote from do way She looked at me
' when she headed me dat letter."
"Don't think any more about it," 1
letenarked, with an odd pang of jealotiPor
;that SO unworthy a person should he the
iteipiatit a a missive from the dainty
$i*nd of 0010nel ManaloYia oalY danci.
hr.
"Beats de debbil!" =uttered Eras-
firiallY giving up the hunt through
laid clothing and aenntheizing the ground
ilta he walked onward, with ine beside
Lids. tatiluatt oltmatrin avatar fesv sten-
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Sweethear:s and 'Wives.
'1 ertainly shall make no mentier• If sweethearts were sweet lutarts always,
of it." , Whether as maid or wife,
Atid, to slow my indifference, I was . No drop would be half so pleasant
on tbo point of 1,31ecing it in my pocket , In the mingled gift of life.
OnOpened when a parclonal4:, curiosity
led see to ook
at the address written la. But the sweetheart has smiles and blushes
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a dainty hand. The name, instead of: When the wife has frowns and sighs,
being "Henry Beyer," was "Mr. Ed- And the wife's have a wratful glitter
ward Kenmore." 1 For the glow of the sweetheart's eyes.
Miss Mausloy had written the oom- If lovers were lovers always,
manication to me 1 I The same to sweetheart and wife,
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CHAPTER Who woule change for a future Eden
• XIX.
The joys of this checkered lite?
With feelings that caunot be clesorib-
on the way.
There were other points,. however,
upon which it was safes to.qtaestien the:
African.
"Erastus, what made you leave me so
suddenly last night?".
"Ye' knows, Marse.taank. It Wei' 'flO
cry ob dat bloadhound.".
"Bat ho was looking for me, not for
you.''
"I know date but 1 war wid yo'.
Dem critters sometimes get Vings
mixed, and he might tuk me fur yo' -
and not found it out till he bad
chewed me up."
"Have you seen anything of the clogs
and men today?".
"Seed a.party go by de house, but day
didn't stop. Dey had a dog wid 'em.
Miss Esther seed 'em; too, and she
turned white as def. Den she writ clat,
letter and put up de stuff to eat and told
mo to try to hnut yo' up. Gorrynation,
I didn't know whar to look fur,yo', but
I jes' due ahead till I happened to see
ye', and 'dun I nearly nwung my arm off
tryiu to hurry. yo' up."
"Iles Colonel Mansley said anything
in yoar heating about me and the affair
of last night?"
The face of the African became grave,
and ho lowered his nice -
"Dar's sonaothin gain ort,, atween
him and Miss Esther dat gits me. Dey
ed I read my own name on the envelope, But husbands grow grave and silent,
whioh Erastus Brown, the colored man, A.nri care on the anxious brow
handed to inc. Until- that moment I Oft replaces the sunshine that perished
had net droallied that itvyas not intend- ; With the words of the marriage vow.
ed for tIank Beyer, but 1 was mistaken.
,
It was for Inc and no one else. Happy is he whose sweetheart
a
Brealiiii* the envelope, I read the fol., Is wife nd sweetheart hall ;
lowing: Whose voice, as of old, can charm biro;
1
Mr. Edward 'Kenmore: Whose kiss, Os of old, can thrill;
1 have learned the dieadful mistake that was Who has plucked the rose to find ever
made hist night regarding yourself. The peo-
Its beauty and fragrance iecrease,
plo believe you to bp a criminal when you are
an honest strangerin this neighborhood., Nev- As the flush of passion is mellowed
ortheiess the law is powerless to protect you. In love's unmeasured peace.
for the time being, and your only safety lies
in holding yourself beyond roach of the mitt- Who secs in the step a lightness;
guided inen.until stops can be taken to estab- •
lish,youridentity: My father is doing his ut-
Who finds in the form a grace;
most, but he may not succeed in time. Know- Who reads an unaltered brightness
ing that you must be in nod of food, I have =
In the sweetness of the face.
sent our servant in (meet of you, bearing this
note of explanation and with little hope that
he will succeed. in delivering either, •Siiould I.
he do se I desire to say to you, speaking for He Didn't Laugh.
you. will be given a cordial.weloorne under our Stranger—You are the only gentle -
my father, Colonel Mansley, and myself, that :
roof and will be defended to the last;
. : - • ' EsmOsa IIANSLET. man in the room.
HoW eharlicterietic, this letter Of a Guest—In what way, sir?
true sauthernavoman I And how char- Stranger—When I tripped in the
asferistic, too, of her 'salient father, the danee, and went sprawling on the
Confederate veteran! ' Having ' become floor, tearing my fair partner's dress,
satisfied of: the truth and my grieyoh
gno. .you didwenretohtlite onlyugi.ione in the room
peril, they were readyto defend Inc
never aeon, me and I had tion eichauged Guest—The lady is 111V wife, and
the death, minx though the parent had
I paid for the dress.
. a word with the daughter. It Was sell-
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ble wrong impended for their sympa-
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her chivalrous . feelings toward me, it or excess, Mental Worry, Excessive use of To-
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Hank Beyer, the cause of all the anis-
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ing the mystery and oentradietions, of a
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choice' between sacrifioing The or hnn.
whioh would she choose? 'With that
Willful unreasonableness often: monis :
fasted. by a bright Weirton,. Wotild ,sl.le '
hot bo ruled by her emotions and her,
affectiou? The problem was beyond my
solution, and my footsteps lagged, for I
Wes uncertain whether to go an or tura
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Me meetly handed it to tries
had a long talk togeder clismawhniti,
and den he had no saddle de big bo
bang, and he jumped on his batik and
rode away like de deblail."
"Where was he going?".
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beyond the immediate vicinity of the . eel
real situation, he might otganize a force
that mild defy the mob, but to do that "st;
required at least several hours, and my tls
'fate must be decided in the meantime.
turned about and .8h -idled the swamp
now at a considerable distance to the
rear. Still it gave no sign. What could 1
it all mean? Where were those wee and I
their bloodhouiide that were so clamor- i
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open and offered the most inviting op-
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made no attempt to do me berm.
We and now advanced ho fat that tho,
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Menden surrounded by trees, was in
eight, with the winding Highway in
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to the Year 1 should have changed tuy
Zine of flight se as to pass to 4Jewsido
of the dweiling and grounds, while
sought safety somewhere eine, but With
the coast tic:wit seemed that it Wag my
duty to call at the dwelling and pev-
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elm had already done and for the inter-
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