Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-05-23

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come and see you. I got off the train with
the man, and he brought me to your gate"
"It was Mr.. Wright, presume. He has
been to Savannah lately"
eyes, Wright; that's the name"
"Why did henot come in with you ?" asked
Mrs. Elliott
"He said he had been from home several
days, and must go on; but would come over
during my stay"
II am really obliged to him." said Mr..
Elliott, "for bringing you from the depot and
am glad chance threw you two together"
"He seems to be man of very fine mind !;
with that strong good sense which looks at
facts, and is not blinded by the noise and show
by which so many are dazzled and deceived" :"
"I think him sensible man, but have seen
too little of him to be correct judge Of his
character and principles. He stands high
among his neighbors,' was Mr.. Elliott's replyI
but Mrs. Elliott added
"I have seen him number Of times, and
can confirm your estimate ofhis mind. l like
his wife very much, too, and hardly know
what Grace would have done for society out
here in the country, if it had not been for e.
len, their daughter. Then Susan is a good
playmate for Alice"
"Is there none of the family foryou to claim
as a friend ?" asked Mr.. Henry Of Conway,
who did not look so interested as her sister.
eve generally have some Of our relatives,
or city friends with us, and I rarely form &C
quaintances outside of our own circle. 1t has
been unusually dull lately with us, but we
shall have company before Christmas"
Mr.. Henry looked at her a moment, and
read, as plainly as if written on her counte-
nance, "These Wrights do not belong to our
set;" and as if in answer to her thoughts, he
said
II make it rule to gain friend in every
one who is thrown by Providence in my i'm
mediate neighborhood. do not admit all to
my intimacy, nor crowd into theirs; but l
have found some of my most valued acquain-
tances in unexpected places, and in various
stations"
If this was intended as rebuke, it was Civ
en- with too much delicacy to offend even Con-
way, whose temper was high but not hateful;
proud but not overbearing.
"That must be your rule, Georgia" said
Mr.. Elliott, looking fondly at his wife. "You
find, or make friend of every one you meet"
"Georgia!' said Mr.. Henry musingly.
"Didn't you write, in the last letter you sent
me, something about a Miss Georgia, who had
sent your old flame in New York back toward
the artic regions, and was making your heart
turn toward the tropicsS"
"I might have done so, though I've forgot
ten what wrote-for my wife was Miss Geor-
gia Church, of Georgia, and married her in
little more than year after Miss Van Ritter
Tilted me-"
"I heard you Airted with that New York
belle, but if it was the same Miss Blanche
Van Ritter I met, the year before, at the
Springs, you made happy exchange, if looks
are criterion" and Mr.. Henry bowed grace
fully to the ladies, who so we'll sustained the
reputation of their mothers family for beauty.
No handsomer ladies than Mrs. Elliott, and
her oldest daughter, Georgia, were ever seen
in Charleston, till Conway and Grace became
their rivals. Conway knew and reoiced
that she was fully as beautiful as her mother,
and had more regal air and manner !; but
Grace could not believe she should ever equal
her mother and Georgia. in face, form, or sweet
ness of disposition; though many Of her
friends and relatives knew she was the flower
of the family.
81 was not flirting" said Mr.. Elliott 81
was in real earnest, and Miss Van Ritter
would now have been Mrs. Elliott, if two mil
lions, offered her by one of the "nouvea,tr
riches" had not been more potent than my
name and family, with half that sum to back
it."
The happy look Mr.. Elliott gave his wife,
showed Mr.. Henry that being Tilted had not
hurt him, and her answering glance as she
said, my children and I have reason to thank
Miss Van Ritter" spoke volume of trust
and affection.
"You have been married twice, think 2"
said Mr.. Elliott.
eyes. My first wife was Miss Strother,
of Virginia. She left one child, son,
who is now a strong unionist, as his mothers
family all are. Though we differ on political
subjects, we have agreed to disagree, and not
let our affection be lessened."
"Few persons could do that, 1 fear," said
MIR. Elliott.
"Yet it is the best way, when people differ
honestly" added Mrs. Elliott.
"My family has been singularly blest in
being one in love, considering how we are d.
vided in other respects for my present wife,
whose two sons are in Lees army, was nor
thern lady. We have four daughters, one of
whom has married a Federal officer since the
war commenced, and one is engaged to Major
Hunt of our own army"
"Your family is the most mixed up of any
I've heard Of" said Mr.. Elliott. "And yet
you say you are united in affection ?"
Entirely, and perfectly. I think Strother
loves his step-mother better than he does me"
"Is she unionist ?" asked Grace.
"No, indeed. Strother laughs at her, and
says she is a renegade and traitor for turning
against her fatherland; but she replies, that
her country is that of her husband and sons.
He threatens to confscate her property, which
is invested at the North, and she retorts, she
is able to lose it. Her happiness does not de-
pend on money. She is an heiress in her own