Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-04-29
"You may write if you please, Colonel.

"You may write if you please, Colonel.
will not leave before morning"
Graham glanced at Mr.. Willoughby, hi
hightoned breeding not comprehending the
want of delicacy that should so boldly extor
hospitality. But Mr.. Willoughby was toe
we'll practiced in the art of the times to be
other than the conciliating and courteous host
Calling Jerry to attend the unceremonious
guest to a chamber, he, for while, dismissed
the intruder.
II do not wonder," said Graham, unable
longer to restrain his impatience, 'that the
British officers character has fallen into such
odiun, when such men as Hardy are invested
with the dignity. How do you suffer such
impertinences And to have your house
made common hostelry; it is notifying in
the extreme"
"Oh we are used to ii" said Mr.. Willough n.
BY, "We have ceased to look upon it as a
nuisance. 1t is now necessity that we meet
patiently, because unavoidable"
"What miserable policy" cried Graham.
"How infatuated our commanders are ! The
more see of it, the more 1 am compelled to
wonder at their blindness. But what was the
meaning of those allusions to Ellen p
"Oh?' said Mr.. Willoughby, striving to
speak unconcernedly, 1T was very natu-
raj interposition of Ellen's Davie, who was
here on some business matters, was caught by
a party of Hardy's troopers and they were on
the point of executing summary judgment
Oh him, when I, and then Ellen, interposed
for his life"
"Good God, Mr.. Willoughby, you don't tell
me they would have murdered him?"
81 believe they would" replied Mr.. vii
loughby. ,
"How can you speak so calmly of it7 And
they let him off on your interposition
Indeed, no. They would have strung him
up, had not his own troop came to the rescue. "
"Hung him? Horrible And Hardy was
the nstigator of this? He shall be reported.
By heavens, such barbarous cruelty shall not
60 unpunished."
"Alas! he read Corvallis order to the ef-
feet that every rebel should be Immediately
hanged. The order was peremptory, and ad-
mitted of no evasion"
"You cannot believe, Mr.. Willoughby, that
such rigor as this was intended. Why such
measures would kill the purest cause in the
world. No wonder our conquering arms give
US but barren ground"
81 do not believe such rigor was intended ;
but believe it would have been winked at,
replied Mr.. Willoughby. .
"Strange, never heard of this before"
said Graham. "Why was it kept from me p
"My dear Graham, it is useless to wound
your ears with these terrible tales" replied
Mr.. Willoughby, in some confusion. "Bet-
ter let them be forgotten"
"I cannot understand why Hardy should
be so bitter against Davie. He's blood.
thirsty villain, it's true; but never knew him
to be engaged in such a wanton murder as
this would have been."
"Oh, that is easily explained" ," replied Mr..
Willoughby, anxious to be rid of the subject
"He has been aspiring to Ellen's hand for
some time, and he fancied If Davie were out
of the way, he would stand some chance"
"The brutal idiot, to dare raise his eyes to
her, and to imagine he could gain her by
such means. But it shows the coarseness Of
his nature could not endure him before /;
but this makes me despise him to positive
loathing.''
81 do trust, Graham, you will not let him
see it. He is bad and evil disposed man,
and would not hesitate to injure you if it lay
in his power. pray you be careful"
"The viper l would crush him as l would
any other reptile" replied Graham, grinding
his heel as if he were already under its power.
eyes but it is instructive to shun the
loathsome reptile that bears its poison in its
sting. l would not court danger that
might be deadly.
"And l shun only those that lack the
charm" said the high-spirited youth.