Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-01-22

row; see that to.day? answered Llde' IN
slow, agonized tones
"Chrst! don't be a fool You have found
out there's no use fighting against Fate! You
might as we'll have made money by the Nc
Donald man as not Now, it is too late; and
he will take you without price!'
"What mean you? Why are you here p
II live here-am the matron-and the
friend of DR.. Stansbury. You two were sold
beautifully. The other woman is doomed, and
so are you-one to die; the other-to live y
And she broke out in devilish laugh that
made Lides blood run cold. "Come Kiss
me, and make yourself at home. Remember
that all things work together for good to those
who love--Irving Mcdonald and Dr. Stans'
bury!"
AS the wicked creature uttered these words,
she leaned toward Lide, as if to caress her
but the pure girl shuddered and shrank from
her polluting touch, as she would have shrunk
from that of some poisonous reptile. At that
instant she would gladly have accepted death
itself, rather than have lovingly greeted her
unworthy and debased sister. But she knew
that she could do nothing to avert her fate,
at present, whatever it might be; so she sat
there before her sister in the silence of appre-
hension and woe.
After awhile she was shown to comforta-
BILE room but tired as she was, and needtul
of food and rest as she was, she neither slept
nor ate thinking of her poor unhappy friend.
All night she sat, looking out at the tuli'
bright moon as she flooded the earth with sill
verv light. When the gray dawn of morning
came, and the cold white stars paled before
the golden beams of the rising sun, she sat IN
the same chair and in the same attitude in
which she had fallen the day previous to the
capture and captivity of her revered friend,
and refused to be comforted.
Then DR.. Stanshury appeared.
"Will you take me to my friend?" Lide
ventured, timidly, seeing kind smile upon
his face
"You cannot see her. You are more fond
than she; she has never asked for you. But
YOU must not fret and chafe this is to be
your home"
"Home !" echoed Lille, with cold shver.
But she was a girl of the finest and quickest
perceptions She knew she must be wary,
and closely watch every maneuvre, and catch
every chance word. Despair, she inwardly
vowed she auould not So pretending to be
pleased with his overture, she unbent and
finally abandoned her reserve to an ease and
grace of gesture and speech which she could
see delighted Stansbury.
On this hte-a-ttte the breakfast.bell charged
the sound of interruption. At the table the
men-the widest, fercest looking Lide had
ever seeu-cast questioning glances at stans-
bury and his fair companion, who in her rich
dress, with her soft, white hands, and delicate
" tinted, lustrous-eyed face, formed strange
picture amongst the half-savage group about
the tables. And the women scowled, and ut
tered Jealous mutterings-especially Miriam,
the sister of the beref and beautiful girl.
"I see now why you have brought her
here!" cried Miriam, approaching them and
addressing Stansbury, as he escorted Lide
back to the parlor; "she another mans light
GLOVE, with whose safe keeping he has entrust-
ed you-and paid you in gold l under
stand-I understand"
"Hold your tongue, Miriam!" returned
Stansbury, brusquely.
"I will be answered when I spcak!' she re.
piled, stormily.
"You will be fool, as you always were p
said he, scornfully.
"Better be a fool than knave; and you're
that-you we'll know; so do I.
"Well, if you know it, let that knowledge
satisfy you" growled the man.
"Then you have brought her here for your
self-because she's beautiful ?" persisted Mi
riam, following close on their steps, as he led
the trembling girl toward sofa at the extreme
end of the great drawing-room; "you always
went crazy over beauty in women!"
"Hardly, Miriam, else I should never have
chosen so ugly a wretch as you to share my
solitary hoursw w retorted Stansbury, sharply,
ending his speech with mocking laugh.
"DevilT exclaimed she. And in another
instant she had snatched out of its sheath a
knife she wore by her side, and was brandish-
ing it in the air.
On seeing the sharp blade glistening high
in her sisters hand, Lide shreked out loudly,
and would have dropped to the ground in
terror, had not Stansbury thrown protecting
arm about and upheld her.
"Curse you vixen" " cried Stansbury,
in an awful rage; "would you seek to injure
your own sister, and McDonald's love, arhen
he is IN the house :"
"In the house?" repeated Miriam, at once
lowering the knife and softening the tones of
her voice in the most marvellous manner ;
"what? Is he here?"
Stansbury made her no reply; but pursu-
ing his way to the sofa, still supported Llde
with his strong arm.
"Let me stay with her-1 can attend to
her." said Miriam, still jealous, and disliking
to see stansbury paying attention to any
woman save herself
The man paid no heed to her words, but
steadily pursued his way, and with great os-
tentation of courtesy and admiration, seated
the trembling girl.
"Oh he!" exclaimed Miriam, 81 under
stand-I understand"
"May the devil lay hold of and shorten
that internal tongue of thine!" muttered the
mon trrnino round to her and shakinp his