Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-05-10

and dat somebody else stop de bullet
upon whom could be have fired p asked
Minnie. Certainly not upon my fathers
spirit, else why this long track of blood p
Dinah looked thoughtfully down upon
the carpet few moments; then, after
helping herself to pinch of snuff, she
said in low undertope, 'Spose dat ting in
de black coat amt no ghost at all, an dat
Mass Edgar find um out. What depl
Tink e. no shoot um 2
Il fear that your thoughts upon that point
are correct, and that cruel deception has
been practiced upon me- said Minnie, after
a thoughtful pause, 'but, dear maumma,
who could have been guilty of such an un-
heard of artifce and sin, and what possible
object could the party implicated have bad
in view, which may not have been accom-
plisbed otherwise?' Then, after another
thoughtful pause, she added But, surely
Edgar's character is not of that peculiar
shade, as to rake an act so desperate, likely
to OCCUR. God forbid that he should i'm
bue his hands in blood for my sake, or be
guilty of murder in moment Of ungovern
able rage or jealousy! No, mol know
him too we'll for that
Berry well, den, said Dinah, twisting
the corner of her apron, pervously, while
an expression of Mingled sadness and per-
plexity fitted over her sable countenance.
Il dunno what more fuh say. hope'in
de Dressed Lord dat no harm come poe
Mass Edgar!
At that moment Mr. Harcourt entered
unceremoniously into the room, his counte-
nance pale as death and his eyes half start
ing from their sockets. Throwing himself
into chair; and. lifting both hands above
his head, be exclaimed, 'Merciful heavens !!
what sightp
What is the matter, uncle p asked Min
ME, taking his trembling hand and falling
down upon her knees before him. What
have you seen?
'Get up, Minnie get up! said the old
man, helping her to rise. sit down here
and I will tell you what thus affects me. ,
He then, to her horror, but partial relief
of mind, related that Sir Richard and him
self had tracked the bloody footprints
across the main walk in the garden, but,
owing to the high grass had lost sight of
them on the beds. Determined, if possible,
to institute thorough search, the baronet,
at his request, obtained a trained hound,
which was no sooner put upon the scent at
the foot of the old back staircase, than the
animal bounded off towards the front part
of the house, then across the walk, over
the beds, and, finally entered an old, aban-
doned summer. house near the wall, where
it yelped and h0wled, until the gentlemen
came up Here, to their utter surprise and
horror, they discovered cloaked figure ly.
ing at'full length upon the ground, which,
upon examination, proved to be the dead
body of Barney Flannighan, an intelligent
Irish servant, who had been for the last
two days in MIR. Harcourt'scnploy. Lying
at his feet was pale, heavily whiSkered
mask, in which Mr.. Harcourt recognized an
exact likeness to the supposed apparition
which had stalked into his library some
months before, representing itself to be the
spirit of his brother, and Minnie's father.
This unfortunate fellow, upon application
for employment, had been strontly recon-.
mended by Sir Richard Beverly, who, ever
since, had manifested noticeable degree
of interest in him, amounting to something
very much like frieudsbip-possibly CO..
partnership. That there was some conpec.
tion between the parties, for some specific
object, the reader cannot fail to discover,
who recollects the impression which the
pretended ghost endeavored to make both
upon Mr.. Harcourt and Minnie, in refer
ence to Sir Richard.
Minnie heard the old gentleman through.
out in thoughtful silence; then, with down
cast eyes, and wildly beating heart, she
asked who did the deed, uncle? Is
any Que suspeCteu!
Mr.. Harcourt could not imagine who was
the guilty party, and so far as suspecting
any particular person, there was no founda.
tion for any particular suspicion at all. So,
at least, Minnie inferred from his reply.
do you know, my DEAR he said, after a
protracted silence, that it strikes me forci-
bly,, that the poor fellow came to his death
BY his own hands There was nobody in
the house at the time of the discharge of
the pistol but yourself, Sir Richard and
me-
Minnie changed color.
of course, I cannot tell how the poor
fellow shot himself, no more than can fur
nish satisfactory reason or explanation for
the singular conduct he has been guilty of,
in representing himself to be the spirit of
your poor father
Sand what does Sir Richard say about
the matter p asked Minnie, still looking
down upon the floor:
Sir Richard says but little on the sub
ject,' replied Mr.. Harcourt. In fact, my
dear, l am of the opinion that the less he
says the better for him. That ghost ar
rangement, now that the deception has been
exposed, speaks very badly for the baronet,
and looks very suspicious
What do you mean, uncle AdamF asked
Minnie, looking eagerly up into the old
mans face.
'Well, my dear, it is but natural to sup