Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-02-15

me that love him =
sOh Susan Susan ? exclaimed Ellen,
bursting into tears and clinging to the ex-
cited and lovely girl, who had been her
dearest friend and companion from child
hood, sdo not tell me that ! Before God,
I am innocent of the unjust and cruel
charge Captain Faulkener is to me the
dearest and most valued friend in all the
world, and as such, 1 love him; but no
more, Susan AS hope for mercy at the
hands of God, I do not love him as you
think 1 do, nor does he love me as he loves
you. Oh! Susan! we could, indeed we
could, make all this plain and satisfactory !;
and so we will-but not now, not now
sAud why not now, Ellen p asked Susan,
in a calmer tone looking down upon the
weeping girl.
Because he does not wish me to do so,
said Ellen.
Indeed = said Susan, ironically. 'Not to
relieve my heart of its burden? Not to
open way for renewal of our past as
sociatious, and make me happy in the con-
sciousness of your innocence and the faith,
fulness of his hearts allegiance and loyalty
to me p
NO, no, no; not even for that, dear Su.
san p Then suddenly erecting herself and
tossing back the curls from her beautiful
face, she said, sBut am conscious of my
innocence, Susan, and Captain Faulkener
is conscious of his; and if impossible to
make you believe it, We must be content
without it. But, dear Susan, when the un.
deniable proof of all this shall come-when
our innocence shall be made manifest as
the light, and your lovers allegiance and
honor be as visible as the MONDAY sun, are
you quite sure that you can take up the
story of life just where you leave off now 2
i understand you very well, Ellen said
Susan, a sudden flush of crimson, mantliug
her brow. you mean to say, that you
think my conduct so cruel and uDjusti6able
to the parties concerned, that they may
deem it sufficient reason for casting me off
altogether, when the cause of my present
conduct is removed, and steps taken on my
part to resume former associations and re.
lations Or, in plain words, when l feel
disposed to make it up with you and Cap.
tain Faukener, may meet with repulse
which will make me regret, and be pun
ishment for my present course of action
This is what you intend to insinuate, Ell
lem
Il intend to insinuate no such thing, dear
Susan. No, NO; that would be cruel and
unjustin the extreme. But Captain Faalke.
ner is about to rejoin his regiment, which
is under marching orders, aud about to
leave Fort Sumter for the interior of the
State, probably to meet Sherman's advan.
cling columns. How do you know what fate
is in reserve for him? How do you know
that his love for you and the complete vim.
dication of his honor, loyalty and allegiance,
may not come too late Dear Susan, am
incapable of decieving you, and love you
too much to bring so much sorrow upon your
heart. Believe me! Captain Faulkeuer
loves you, and that nothing in my conduct,
however strange it may have appeared, has
anything whatever to do with the relation
ship formerly existing between you. Come,
Susan tell him good bye, at least
mo, Ellen, 1 shall do no such thing,
said Susan, firmly. IF Captain Faulkener
has it in his power to explain conduct, which
is the cause of this estrangement, and yet,
stubbornly withholds that explanation,
though he is conscious of the unhappiness
he thereby occasions me, l cannot, consis-
tently with my own selfrespect, make any
advances toward the renewal of our former
intimacy. Iu justice to himself, in justice
to you, Ellen, an explanation is demanded;
and until that explanation is given and ap-
proved, Captain Faulkener and myself are
more than strangers to each other-much
more
Ellen silently arose from her seat and left
the room, but, after the lapse of few mo-
ments returned. when I think how easi-
ly all this mystery can be dispelled,' she
said, 'all this unhappy arrangement done
away with, and all parties made happy a.
gain iu each others love and confidence, it
seems very hard, Susan, to leave you thus.
And why leave me thus, Ellen? Why
so much mystery where nothing is to be
concealed?'
sAlas something Is to be concealed, dear
Susan; some fact, the bare statement of
which, would make you so very happy and
drive from your suffering heart all this dis
trust and vile suspicion, which so distracts
it now
'And you will not do that much for me,
Ellen p
Not now, Susan, not now, because l
cannot; but rest assured, that one of these
dsys-very soon, perhaps-you shall Know
all, and be made sorry for these cruel and
unjust suspicious
Dear Ellen, l will not hide from you the
assurance, that what you so earnestly say
does, in a measure, relieve my mind; but
Notwithstanding all this, I repeat that Cap.
tain Faulkener must first clear away all
mystery on the subject, before will even
consent to grant him an interview. Now,
leave me- Then, as Ellen was leaving
the room, Susan added: Bid him good bye
for me, and tell him | wish him WELL