Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-29

There was deep grief at Helen's heart,
but she strove to look cheerful as she sat
down by Ned Bowers. The stranger then
oficiously presented each of them with cof'
fee, the invigoratiug odour of which was
specially inviting.
sNow We shall do he said when they
had each partaken of about half cup of
coffee. will you allow me, Miss, to ask
your name? Is it, or is it not Helen Sin
clair p
You know me, sir?'
Then it is! And yours, my good sir ?
sNed Bowers
'Any connection or relationT
NO sir. I was second mate on board the
Wave-that's all
sAh,. then it was the Wave, from Vera
Cruz, that was wrecked on our coast last
night?'
1T was, and all owing to a false light
which was hung out hereaway
sYes-.I expected that would do your
business !!
You Expected ="
Certainly The light was mine! Take
a little more coffee, and I will tell you an
amusing incidentv The stranger slipped
has coffee quite leisurely, and went on calm
ly, as before &:
IF I have one popularity greater than
another, it consists in my candour-my ex
cessive candour. l am we'll aware that there
are persons who, when they have great OBJ
jects to accomplish affect .fnesse and du-
plicity. am not one of those persons +!
Your name, young lady, is Sinclair-I knew
that before You, and your father and
motber-after seven years residence in
Mexico, and sending your cousin Charles,
four weeks ago to New York. with the bulk
of your fortane-four hundred thousand
dollars,-took passage for the same city in
the Wave You are wrecked, my dear
young lady, on the worst and almost only
rocky portion of the Florida coast !! You
are attempted to be slain on the beach-an
attempt frustrated by the sagacity of your
fine dog! You there meet with country
gentleman who invites you to his house
That is myself! You there change your
apparel, and meet the generous sailor, who
has brought you through the waves, at the
breakfast table! Your kind host then tells
you candidly that by series of circum-
stances he cannot just now mention, be has
become possessed of the whole of the mon-
ey sent from Mexico He also tells you
that your continued existence is inimical to
bis interests
Helen Sinclair made an attempt to rise
to her feet, but sense of sudden oppres.
sion on the brain restrained her, and she
could only excaiu in accents of terror:
my friend-my preserver !! save me yet
from this man Why do you not move or
speak p
He cannot ! said the stranger.
Ned Bowers, with deep sigh, let his
head sink on to the table, and was motion.
less. Helen began to feel as if her limbs
were turned to lead A rush, as of the sea
was in her ears; and it was only family,
that the strangers voice reached her, as he
said:
THAT phenomenon is easily explained
q powerful narcotic in the coffee
Help! Observation-Disclosures! was
all she could gasp; and as she slid sense.
less to the floor, the stranger sprang to his
feet, his whole manner changed, and shout
ed in an excited tone:
what, ho Witch-fend ! Be you
who and what you may-see that | do your
work II will, al once, to see !-Ho-with-
in B.! KIN KAID waits for you, Oh, Haga !
Ere these loud.spoken words had ceased
to echo in the apartment, secret door
opened in panel, and an old decrepid wo.
man, with white, dishevelled locks, aud
leaning on staff, entered the room. She
was robed in a long black garment, which
had upon it strange hieroglyphics wrought
with some glistening material.
1t is bravely done-bravely! The young
blood will not be wanting now, Kin Kaid !
the worlds jewels, pure and unsulied,
shall now be yours! Helen Sinclair! Ha !
ha ! Sinclair My old lungs expand again
-ha ha! And the father and mother
how many fathoms deep lie they! All,
ha! How l hate such beauty!
She struck at the insensible form of Hell.
en- with her staff, and overbalancing her
self fell by the removal of its support from
her. Then, recovering herself by violent
effort, she continued:
Captain Kin Kaid-thus far you have
done we'll, but your task is not yet finished.
Do not kill, but hide. To the island at
once! To the island where you have stored
your gold-that gold which is but grain
of sand on the sea.shore to what can and
will give you! Take her there-and him !!
But he need not live Her-the Sinclair
touch not with violent hands I want
her g! She's mine !
sAnd him-shall | kill him here!'
No, not here. Hark The wind and
the waves begin to lash the shore! The
Gull is in the ofing. Tbere!'
The sullen boom of gun out at sea
came upon the morning air. 1t was soon
followed by one more.
lit is the Gull p said Kin Kaid. 1t is
my own gallant craft. | sicken of the shore
and long once more to ride upon the foam
of the deep! When I was cast friendless