Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-01-11

reserved thantaxsrs and ~ sort of settled mel
ancholy tookpossssio sof her, which there
was no counteraeslhk ibAuence to dspel. She
would not, for world Essye acknowledged the
cause but hsr mas Ell d penetration easily dis.
covered it, and hsn s. d one Of her sharp
moods, che would, pmssimes, throw out hints
about her "dissppoi4taient," which cut her to
the quick, stihgisg hers snsitive spirit almost
beyond end6ss1ee, did drove her more and
more excluaissi int hstsslf:
Years weat n. bssarjuzs with them impor.
tant changes ;r8s Hslrourts' property,
through the tailuls oes Along established
banking firm, Wss Almost sntirely swept away,
leaving them COMPS sfisslyd destitute. Beech
croft had to be yol% and shsy purchased a
country house near ths ssSsrbs of London,
which they we're ahls ae fnraiph handsome
ly from the wreck'Of ihsir former possessions,
and, for short mes continusd to live in
some degree ofstyls Bntths effort soon had
to be abandoissd an "A! Msi Harcourt, bitterly
mortified at tRa tat ehasSe in their circum-
stances, shut hsfs /, and daughter almost
entirely out fromtA sdid, and became a
prey to melanchul and asisable discomfort.
AS Fortunes wheeil tnrAss e5me ascend while
others are cast d0wH3Gfdlb fits revolutions.
Changes equally sHkjlgabal of contrast
ing character. had, neea,kIe, occurred in
the Mortimer famhA dfough succession
of deaths, lofeg ts3tle an splendid estate
had been transI1zstas 1n q toeH Helonel Mortimer,
and suosequentlg, ,n4soa y Idecease, to his son,
who was now te1th Earl # fDesborough and
one of the wealshles PesE Ip England.
1t was through aers qiaent that Lord
Desborough sud aaSidfssh had met again,
after separation ofl Hssliy twelve long years,
and the latter "e1df Thether it were pos
sible that this cold; silent nsr, with his air of
melancholy resesya aad h,uREty indifference,
could really het litAs3 George Mortimer,
whose image Was It'll AIsSrly Impressed upon
her memory, II nnt NH hssrt Certainly
there seemed I'd bs no Soint bf resemblance
between the tpos sful III Inv vestiges of that
old dream ha red in her mind, very
brief period zsged intercourse
would have sufcsd3 Is Scattsr them to the
winds. ~ F ss.essF4
But Mrs, HsyEos1ss 6sls ssrv sas differently on
the subject; and itsI..os sediatelv entered
her schemine BRAN, IS .Iss;ss sIa some method by
which this ~salthsl lE.sl'hbuld be prom,ted
to carry out now, in| ~ snlepdor Of his pros.
perity, the plan setI III m.tiop in the DAYS of
his necessity, 6y hislf.i,ss nd mother. Hon.
she worked til d Sl.a 4 would not be easv
to describe. sBas, smsi,av or other it came
to Lord Desbpipugl 4 eas one day that cer-
tain lady, Of arGsod Est;cDirth but fallen for.
tune, who had 6nss Lnovo and liked him we'll,
would be willing q enouph, now to accept his
hand if he chSss ts piacs 4 at her dis posal.
Coupled with t4is. ..nt IL came such accounts of
her poverty, heI p1tssysoas, @
excited his sym ad ~ akened his gen.
erous impulses must Be- confessed that,
up to this time no. kSagkt Sak IF matrimony had
entered his head tfhe lad not found Ger
aldine especially sarsstivs at twenty-one
years Of age, Nih ths' fsIapsss' at least of
youth about her, ha cartaiinlE would not have
been drawn toward M now when, at thirty.
three, but seeming Sssnsolaes she was plain,
faded. almost wort booking and embittered
in mind by the frsts Il ftr rpoverss and the wear
and tear of ceastsns daiestis Jars. But he
could not get Ibid: az ths jSes Which had been
presented toy him IS s .hsppeued after
WHILE to Mr.. sresarts siintense triumph and
delieh ht and Gers,dinssin surprise, that
he made th uhexpected proposal of mar
riage, .whichsh haf n -blsn made in by.gone
days, Hsrecipient Wo6la uppouestionably and
unhesisatinrlg hase aeoeyted.
u,vE;s vs. ~; ved 81 1oco rded now
the readsr ba, alrssdyTssn Hsd Geraldine
h.on no I,,;s.ad:ts q ioa u;ll ber 70
fmssl @ wosI1 1bssyd n yd' ssss ..a,,ot md nosit;vs
T. ~ was lo5g ers sks l mi 81 n,sva;,ed mnon
~ cbanoe bssls,m I'M; ,ls so,td shs nsrhsns
have ultimately done so bat fsr.,he one start.
lins inducementt et toffsret rs AZ condition Of
her motbeIr,s health swshlcb .ssssuad to make it
q matter Of duts f5r hlr to caase to oppose
her will.
And po# ii only is rei liine,i u sett]e the time
for the marriage. which f,ba s,r;de elect would
fa;n have indeEnitely ts.s1s s1ssaSa hut il was
decreed Otherwise sbei,a; . ba tbs ruliDp powers
Mro Hs ree,o,nIrt ffonnd III ...if 5od IN ha,
IssgI.2 q .a!FYsTss..sifs.Tl f.,
Earl himself who sxprss.ssd M anr;etv to
re,urn shortly to bh ooo,,,r,s,v,S .eat and do.
LtS:as s4 ~ - 80, ~,