Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-01-07

he determined to marry: Having beer
married half q dozen times-taken half
dozen raW ones, s.one might sayt--he va.
nstusally quite miserable when deprived o.
tie gentle Influences ef the sex for anJ
Length oftimestild g.':ST asrsq ;d 'itss,.s :.
One Of his neighbors Vas q widow Lady
who had two very beautifuD and highly &C
coppHshsd daushs a They could play
the piano, harp, and seyen-up, sad work
embroidery and pisnchstte elegantly: ..',12s =.
II this widow lady Blue Beard applies
fofthe hand and general rsnstomy Of one el
her daughters, leaving hss to decide Ehief
one she, would give. him. Although the
ssstsmps5 he had pleaded loudly in bis fa,
yer, Al they de yet, althesgh this Wss 9
great many years ago; yet thsf dreadful
Beard Was against him, and neither Of The
young women desired toShsyei it againsl
her &Blue wasn't fashionable for boards:
if it had been ismigttn hsSe been different
0nei iofthem Rept bitterly because it would
be- several hundred years yet before hsil
dye would be- discovered, so that he could
have bis whiskers colored ,.'@,.sg.l,s ..,5 ; ~,
aAnother circumstance rendered them shy
Of him He, was having q wedding every
once IN awhile at the castle, but no fiias.
rak Wedding cake had been ordered
from the eonfectienefs several times, but
no undertaken had had 9 job there YET No
matter how many times . man IS left q
widower, if he correspondingly patronises
some respectable owner Of 4 hearse; but
repeated gedlock Without funerals is Ger.
tainly suspicious circumstance.
Blue Beard cunningly invited the family
andaksh frisedds to the castle, Where they
passed the week so delightfully."- that the
youngest daughter begah 70 think blue was
8 pretty good color for Rhiskers after a
particularly when their possessor could
keep up such an establishment as that,
where tkay'Rsd hrse meak q ihy, besides
alunch every morning from. ten o'clock IN
til eleven. She looked with contempt on a
red-whiskered beau Of hers she used to
asked him Why he didn didn II rub indigo ffdi1gyo II into
'eril EN- 'f r. The upshot Of the business was,
she consented To- become Mrs. B. Beard,
and the wedding was celebrated with great
eclst. ....-..i
1.-THE expiration 81 Of. the, honeymoon,
Blue Beard pretended to his wife that busi.
ness Of Importance called Rhim taxaysto a
distant city. BE would be absent for seye:
raf weeks, and an che mean sms shne could
invite company and enjoy herself as much
as possible. He gave her bunch of keys,
enabling her st any time to open his safe,
and feast her. eyes upon the, diamonds {he
loaned money on "collateral sometimes
greenbacks, seven -thirties, revenue stamps
and receipted gas bills deposited there-al-
80 sgiying access. to the wine cellar, store
room, picture gallery, billiard room, ten
pin alley, corn house, &c., &c. But one
little key opened room in the basement
that she must not approach save upon her
peril. She promised, and he took street
car for the depot. = i.-s- q .. .... ns
From the time thAt Mother Ere odisre.
garded the injunction against certain tree
ID Eden's orchard and partook Of a Rhode
island pippiny thereby INTRODUCING various
things into the world never before dreamed
Of, curiosity mas been an absorbing passion
with the fair sex, and we need hardly in.
form the intelligent reader that her hus.
band was scarcely out of sight before Mrs
B. B. had unlocked tbe. door of the forbid.
den room. -. Eye
"a But what spectacle met her affrighted
gaze! There, suspended on hooks like &c
many gowns in a clothes-press, were the
bodies of the murdered Mrs. Blue Boards,
whose funerals had been indefinitely post.
poned, while the floor was clotted with
their blood She would have swooned, but
the. phrase wasn't known at the time. Ter.
-ribly agitated, she dropped the key on the
floor, staining it with blood, which she was
afterward unable to wash out, even with
the aid of patent wringer. ss.r
Blue Beard returned unexpectedly as
every body might have expected, and thu
blood upon the key told the story of hi
wife's disobedience ; for blood, you know
swill tell ...
ssMust L" he cried, wringing his hand
in anguish, 'smust I again become widow
er, and so soon ? After one short montl
Of welded Bliss drawing his cimeter AM
carefully feeling its edge must this lates
and dearest one be torn from my arms, AM
7 left alone-alone? Bo-ho-ho-hoo!'
''Not if I can help it, remarked Mrs
B. to herself. 3D. p" p. .
81 never nursed dear gazelle," Blu
Beard blubbered, as he proceeded to whe
his scythes on the stove hearth, to glad M
with its soft black eyes, but when it came tt
know. mewel-".T ECEE& ..-<
-. t.Now, Blue Beard, i don't want to die.
" prepare J" yelled Blue Beard, enrage'
that she did not at once accept the situa
ton. 'r11 o a.a 81 [',~5.','.' .'..9''' }...
4SiHce I must die, said she, t'grant m
aquarter of an hour in which to write
farewell letter to the press. " . ',..,,
He could not refuse so reasonable q re
quest, 80 he granted it, although he va
not originally q Grant man. Going to he
room, she told her sister Anna to ascend t,
the top of the tower and see if her brother
(who, supposing Blue Beard was away, wer
coming to smoke his cigars and drink VI
his whiskey) we're yet in sight. There wa
q cloud of dust in the road, but it was onl..
flock of sheep on their way to the Stat
Fair.
ssTime's up!" shouted Blue Beard, VIII,