Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-02-13
with dread. He must have some sinister mo
tive for his conduct.

"How long am | to be kept hereT
"That I cannot positively say. 1tdepends
wholly upon circumstances"
"You will be forced to restore me to my
home," she Indignantly rejoined. "Do you
think the outrage you have committed will
be allowed to 90 unpunished ?"
"Not if it is found out" he coolly rejoined.
aBut it will be my special care to guard
against such contingency" ..
"Do you suppose such an act can escape
detection?" Every one, in few hours
time, will be searching for me. | know that
my guardian will not rest until he has found
me-" said poor Mildred, trying hard to keep
down the swelling in her throat, as the
thought of that dear, kind guardian, and all
the loved circle at home, nearly overmastered
her. -." '" .
"Your guardian will do all he can, have
no doubt" said DR.. Carey. "But he must be
an uncommonly clever fellow if he proves a
match for me- Clarissa," he sharply contin-
ued, turning to his sister with suddenness
that made her shrink and start, "did you get
the room ready, as ordered you?
"Yes," faltered Clarissa, almost below her
breath. r.. ..........st . ...
'Then take Miss Rathbone to it at once.
It is getting late, and, no doubt, she feels the
need of repose."
"You need not take the trouble to prepare
a room for me-" said Mildred. 81 shall not
close my eyes while in this house" ...
"Then 1 am afraid you will keep them
open long time," said DR.. Carey. AT all
events, you will allow me to conduct you to
your room. You may put it to its intended
use or not, as you please" . '. -
II prefer to remain here" said Mildred,
unwilling to face new dangers.
"Here! Impossible! could not permit it.
Come, my fair cousin, resistance, l assure
you, will be vain. Be convinced, when 1
warn you that it will only entail upon you a
rigor of treatment which l am very unwilling
to exercise. Yield implicitly to my wishes,
and you have no personal hardships to fear.
I promise you that you will be kindly treat
ed, and my sister, hereto whom. by the
way, I have neglected to introduce you-will
devote herself to your service. She knows
what is expected of her, and will, I venture
to say, not fail in her duty
The poor little woman seemed to under
stand the threat conveyed in this concluding
sentence. Mildred, convinced of the utter
impracticability of offering, at least for the
present, any eAectual opposition to her cap.
tors will, hesitated but moment longer,
and then silently yielded herself to his guild.
ance.
She was conducted by the pair-or, I SHOULD
rather say, by the worthy Joshua, his sister
following his lead in mute submission-into
an apartment at some distance from the first,
the way to it being through passage, and
sort of little open porch at the rear Of the
house. This apartment was furnished with
tolerable comfort as bedroom, though its
appearance seemed dingy and inhospitable
enough after the luxurious appointments of
her spacious chamber in her guardians house.
81 am afraid" said Joshua, setting upon a
table lighted candle he had brought with
them, that cannot offer you as handsome
quarters as you have doubtless been accus-
toned to; but you must take the will for the
deed. Here shall leave you, hoping you
will enjoy a good nights rest, and hoping,
also, that the morning will find you in some
degree reconciled to your change Of life. Is
there anything that you wish done for you be-
fore retiring? If so, my sister is at your SER
vice."
II do not intend to retire" replied Mildred.
~ wish only to be left alone"
"Very good. Clarissa, we will now leave
our young cousin to herself Goodnight,
ma belle cousine," he added, offering his hand,
which Mildred disdainfully refused to accept.
"You won't be friendly yet, see! Well,
we'll, hope friendly feeling will be estab-
lished between US before long. Once more
goodnight! Come, Clarissa."
Mildred made no response to his parting
salutation. And as he left the room with his
meek attendant, she heard the key of the
door, which he closed after him, softly turned
in the lock. A moment more, and the echo
of their retreating footsteps had died away.
Left alone, she had leisure to reflect upon
the situation in which she found herelf 1t
was certainly perplexing one, and the very
uncertainty which hung over her fate, render
ed it as alarming as it was perplexing The
more she revolved it in her mind, the more
utterly at loss she felt to account, in any
way, for DIR. -Carey's conduct If he was
really her cousin, as he claimed to be, why
had he forced acquaintanceship upon her in
so startling and unprecedented manner {?
That some motive must exist for the violence
he had practiced upon her, seemed clearly
probable but what this motive could be- she
was unable to conjecture. He had spoken of
having been badly treated by her family.
Could it be, that an unworthy desire for re-
venge had prompted him to visit their con.
duct toward him upon her, their sole remain
ing and unofending representative If so,
he must be base indeed. She we'll believed
that she could hope for no clemency at his
hands. Something in his countenance too
clearly indicated his character, to leave room
for belief that any efforts on her part could
move him to grant her prayers; and she
proudly resolved that she would never de-
grade herself by Offering petition, only to
meet with the modification of refusal. The
hope was high in her heart that her guardian