Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-01-11

saved, owing to the accident to himself,
which detained the boat too long.
Such is the captains brief story of this
tragic occurrence, which left poor little Su-
san an inoonsolable orphan, away from her
native land, among strangers, and upon the
painless waste of waters. What was to be
done with her in this desolation? The
child was questioned in reference to her
relatives in England, but could give no
definite information, except that she had a
brother few years older than herself, who
was living with her uncle at Liverpool. Mr..
and Mrs. Rogers, after some little consulta.
sion, backed by the earnest entreaties Of
little Ellen, concluded to constitute them.
selves guardians of the little orphan, until
some inquiries could be made ip England,
in regard to the remaining relatives. The
captain had no objections to this arrange
ment, provided the parties would, upon re-
ception Of the baggage belonging to the
deceased parents, give him an anknowledg.
meut in writing, also statement of the
safe delivery of the child, accompanied by
the signatures Of some three or four passen.
gers as witnesses. This was done and
from that hour to the time at which our
story opens, Susan, now in her sixteenth
year, was an inmate of Mr.. Rogers family
the old mans pride and blessing, and
Ellen's dearest friend.
Strange to say, though Mr.. Rogers had
often written to Manchester, the native city
of Susan, he had received no reply !;
and neither were Susah's letters to her
brother, in Liverpool, ever answered to.
That the unfortunate parents of the girl
we're wealthy at the time Of their deaths,
there could be no doubt, not only from the
information impaired by Susan, herself, but
from the actual contents of their trunks
The quantity and quality of the jewels and
dresses, together With the large amount of
gold and silver coin and bills of exchange
which these TRUNKS contained, proved con-
clusigely that Susan's parents were much
more than ordinary travellers. Most Of this
money had been deposited, by Mr.. Rogers,
in one Of the banks of the city of Charles.
ton, but, was afterward, invested In Oo6.
.federate Bonds. The. jewels, however, are
still in Susan's possession, and are little
fortune in themselves. 80 much then for
Susan Mansfield, by way of introduction.
Ellen Rogers was most beautiful girl
of seventeen summers. Mrs. Rogers was
fond Of her as child is fond Of toy-a
boy of bis new jacket She delig hted to be
seen with Ellen and, strapgad to gay, re-
allied intense satisfaction at the admiration
elictsd by Ellsp's beauty. Does the rea.
der understand this? !? [ cannot SPY that EE
len was loved by Mrs. Rogers, in the tue
-ssoss of the word, love; fer suOb was not
the case. And yet she loved her society,
admired her loveliuess as one sdmires a
fine landscape, and seemed to be attracted
towards her by an irresitable potency. If
the reader can imagine what frame feels
for its picture, OF easket for Its jewel
supnosinS5 theV could feel-seme idea may
be- formed Of what Mrs. Rogers felt .tosSards
Ellen bat as no such idea can be formed,
neither can Mrs. Rogers be understood in
any of her feelings or fancies. Ellen con.
tributed to her happiness, added to her
pleasures and increased the sense of her
enjoyments; and it was the happiness, the
pleasure and enjoyments that she loved
not Ellen.
To say that Mr.. Rogers lo0ed his only
daughter, would be saying far too little
There was idolatry in his heart towards
her, almost sinful ip its intensity not be-
cause the fame.was kindled from unholy
firss, but because the smoke arising from
that fame blinded him to the beauty above
him, and shut out from his vision the image
of Him who hath said : The Lord thy
God is JEALOUS God
It was stated that Ellen was the only
daughter of Mr.. Rogers, but not his only
child. A son, few years older than Ell
len, left the paterual roof Immediately after
the marriage of bis father on account of
some remarks of Mrs. Rogers which be did
not feel disposed to take as coolly as his
father could have wished, and, up to the time
at WHICH our story opens, nothing whatever
had been heard Of him. The old man had
used every effort to ascertain his wherea.
bouts, but all in vain; aud, to the credit Of
his step-mother, be it said, she too had
quite exhausted her ingenuity in efforts and
fruitless plans to bring back to the arms of
his father and sister, the homeless wanderer.
Suffer me to INTRODUCE another character
before resuuing my story, in whom the read
er, no doubt, already feels some interest
Edwin Williams, native of Providence,
Rhode Island, hearing of 8 situation as
book-keeper, in large mercantile estab-
lishment in Charleston, and having been
advised by bis family physician to seek a
warmer climate, came to the city about
year previous to the war aud succeeded in
obtaining the situation at quite a lucrative
salary, Bringing letters of Introduction to
some of the best families in the city, twas
not long before he found himself moving
10 quite an agreeable circle of friends, and
though diligent in business during the day,
his evenings were mostly taken up among
his young lady friends at some party or
soiree, to which he was constantly invited.
Mr.. Williams was handsome, agreeable in
manners. intelligent and we'll Informed to a