Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-02-01

into the air, nearer than ever, by jingo,
and - Hello here comes another! and
he hurriedly closed the shutters and diVed
under the bed.
This was quite an unanswerable argu.
ment as to the propriety and necessity of an
immediate removal One of the shells had
buried itself directly opposite the front
door of Mr.. Rogers house, and several had
fallen in the immediate neig ighborhood. No
sooner had the bombardment ceased, than
Mr.. Rogers stole tremblingly from under
the bed, and, to the surprise of the family
and the infinite delight of Aristotle, gave
orders for an immediate removal into the
country by the very next train.
Mrs. Rogers protested very warmly a.
gainst SUCH sudden movement, but finding
all her arguments and entreaties vain,
quietly submitted to her fate Mr.. Rogers
hustled about among the trunks quite ex.
citedly, getting in everybody's way, and
making confusion doubly more confused by
his contradictory orders. In the midst of
all this, crash, followed by a dull rum
bling sound, startled the family. Mr.. Ro-
gers made for the bed, dropping the hatch
ct upon the toe of his better half, and
crushing beneath him a pile of bandboxes
much to the grief and CONSERVATION of the
girls. A moment after Aristotle came
limping into the room, who explained the
crash, which had 30 much alarmed Mr..
Rogers, as having been occasioned BY the
poor fellow tumbling down the stairs with
q heavy trunk on his back This informa-
tion, much to the surprise of Aristotle,
seemed to afford Mr.. Rogers great deal of
satisfaction, who, very inuocently called
out for somebody to help him move trunk
from under the bed, as he could not do it
without help.
Leaving this interesting family to com.
plete their Preparations for removal alone,
which, by the way, they succeeded in doing
in time for the night train, let US follow our
hero to his new stage Of action, and en-.
deavor to find something of more peculiar
interest to our story.
X
Stop q moment, Lizzie said fair young
girl of seventeen summers, playfully put
ting her hand over her little sisters mouth,
who was singing Just before the battle,
mother with very sweet voice, Il Ger
tainly heard the stage horn
'And pray, Miss Alice said a young
man, beside her, 'how many times have you
said precisely the same thing before. tell
you, for the seventeenth time, I believe
that the stage is not due until nine o'clock,
and it is now only little after eight?'
but, are you quite sure that some of
brothers friends will not drive him out in
private conveyanceT
Not sure of that, of course replied the
young man 'but have little patience,
and, either by stage or buggy, he will be
with you after awhile. Now, please do not
interrupt little Lizzie again, or the poor
child will not be able to finish her song to-
night
go on Liszie,' said Alice; but the child
had scarcely sung the first line, when the
sound of an approaching vehicle fell upon
the ear of Alice, who started from her
chair with an exclamation of delight, and
ran eagerly to the door.
Now, what in the world has come over
her.! exclaimed the young man, getting up
and following Alice to the door.
Il told you so 7 said Alice, as young
man alighted from the buggy which bad
stopped at the door; and the next moment
the brother and sister were locked in each
others arms. Come in Edwin she said,
diseugagiug herself from his arms. This
is my very particular friend, Mr.. Arthur
Mansfield, she said looking upon the young
man, who, by this time, had come out upon
the piazza, bringing lighted candle with
him.
Il am most happy to make your acquain-
tauce, Mr.. Mansfield said Edwin Will
liams cordially; then, after cycling the
young stranger for awhile with peculiar in.
terest, he added, Pardon me, sir; but you
bear such striking likeness to young
lady down South, that cannot help asking
if you have relatives in that section
God forbid replied Mansfield warmly,
as the party seated themselves around the
glowing stove. The only relative l have
in the world is an old rich uncle, who in
sists upon living, Notwithstanding all my
prayers to the contrary
sAh then, in that case must be mista-
ken, of course; but the resemblance is so
striking that could have sworn that you
we're the brother of Miss Susan Mansfield
Susan Mansfield ! exclaimed the young
man, starting and looking eagerly up, why,
sir, that is the name of my sister,
'Your sister, said Williams, in a tone of
surprise, why, my dear sir, you said only
a moment ago, that the only relative you
had in the world, was an old rich uncle
Because had long since given up all
hope of seeing my sister in this world. She
came over to this country from England
several years ago, when mere child, hav-
ing the sad misfortune to lose her parents
while crossing the Atlantic and here be
looked sadly down and brushed tear from
his cheek when the tidings reached Llv-
erpool, ! made it my business to see the
captain of the steamer, in which my un.
fortunate parents had taken passage to
America. From the information gathered