Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-02

ton. But she struggled against her secret
dissatisfaction, and so far succeeded in sub
DUNG it, that she was able to talk cheerfully
during the short walk home; and Harry
did not guess how keenly she felt the with
holding of his confidence, which seemed all
the harder to bear, because of the entire free
dom with which they had hitherto talked
together of his plans.
II am to be paid weekly" he announced
to her the next day as he was getting ready
to 60 out. o.,
"Yes? Do you 60 to work this morling?'
~ am to be there this morning for few
hours will be back early in the afternoon,
and take you out for walk if you would
like to Co."
Elizabeth said she would like it very
much. She had had so little opportunity of
going out with him, during his eager search
after business, that the anticipation was par
ticularly pleasant to her. So she put on her
prettiat dress, and wore her brightest LOOKS
to greet him on his return and they went
off together as happy as children on a holi-
day. After all, she could not but admit that
it was very pleasant to be freed from the
load of care that had weighed on them all
along; and when Harry took her to con-
fectioner's to eat ice-cream, and she found
herself in an arbor, in marble paved court,
where fountain played, with canary birds
singing all around, and watched the gaily
dressed people come and 60, she felt almost
as if she was in fairyland, so joyous was the
atmosphere of rest and brightness about her.
She did feel lonely when evening came,
and Harry gave her a goodbye kiss, with
the injunction mot to sit up for him, as he
couldn't be at home until LATE" She did sit
up until near eleven, watching the clock,
and listening to every approaching football !;
then her weariness overpoWered her and
she went to bed, and never knew when he
came in.
And so it was, each successive evening
the time that they had hitherto always spent
together, no matter how many hours they
were apart during the day. She began to
dread the evenings, they were so dreary and
so long. 1t was true, she had good deal
of Harry's society during the day, and that
was some compensation for the loss OF it
after nightfall. He took her out frequently,
and this cheered her, and gave her some
thing to occupy her thoughts.
One evening as she sat alone, trying to
amuse herself with newspaper, Miss Sphinx
presented herself again. They had not
chanced to meet since her previous visit,
and Elizabeth, in whose mind the memory
of that interview still rankled, froze over
instantly at the sight of her.
"Good eveing, my DEAR" said Miss Sphinx
in a friendly tone. 81 have brought you a
few magazines and things, which 1 thought
you might like to read"
She had, in fact, bundle of books on her
arm; and Elizabeth could not, without
rudeness, forbear to ask her in. She accep-
ted the invitation promptly, and was soon
the room contained. She was probably anx-
ious to make amends for her former indis-
cretion; for she talked pleasantly and per-
sistently on various subjects, until Eliza
beth, who really had q forgiving disposition,
thaWed under the influence of her genial
manner, and responded to her efforts. Miss
Sphinx was an intelligent woman, and would
have been very agreeable one but for her
great love of gossip, and fondness for med
ding in what did not concern her. She
had taken fancy to Elizabeth, and seemed
most desirious of making favorable i'm
preston upon her.
81 have pleasant little suite of rooms on
the lower floor, my DEAR" she said when
she rose to leave, "and shall be very happy
to have you come in and spend an hour or
two with me sometimes, when you have
nothing better to do"
"Thank you," replied Elizabeth. "1shall
be glad to come in sometimes ofan evening,
if that time will suit you"
She was surprised when her visitor had
gone to find how quickly the evening had
passed; it was already ten o'clock, and not
feeling at all sleepy, she decided to sit up
until Harry's return. She therefore took
up one of the magazines Miss Sphinx had
brought her, and soon became engrossed IN
it's contents.
At last she heard Harry come in, and
eagerly opened her room door to welcome
him.
ssStill up, my lovev' he exclaimed. "You
ought to be asleep. You know 1 have al
ways asked you not to wait for me-"
"Well, but was not sleepy tonight, as
it happenss,", she replied. "duess who has
been here?'
81 can't imagine-We have so few vlsl-
tors"
"Miss Spinkm
"What, did she come to offer you some
farther suggestions relative to my be-
havior 2"
"Oh no, she was very pleasant this time,
and did not even mention you; and see
here whats a lot of books she brought me-"
GAS a peace offering, 1 Suppose" said
Harry laughing. He had taken seat near
the table, and reached out his hand for one
of the books. AS he did so, Elizabeth no.
ticed an odd blush mark on his wrist, just
above where the edge of his cuff usually
came. =.
"You have got something on your arm" ,"
she said. ''Let me rub it off,"
"Oh, never mind," he rejoined, hastily
pulling down his sleeve. "I'll wash it of
before 60 to bed"
"Why, what a curious mark it has
made?" said Elizabeth bending over to ex-
anime it critically. "a perfect ring around
your wrist, just as if you had had on a
handcuff."
Nonsense" replied Harry, rather short
ly, and he began to talk of the pictures in
the number Of Harper that he held. EliZ-
abeth was surprised at his manner, which
more nearly approached crossness than it
had ever done before.
"Do you feel badly, dear?" she asked
gently. :,
"Why, of course not! what should make
YOU suppose 500" was his rejoinder as he
put his arm around her. II am very tired,
however. l think we had better not sit up
any longer. Oh, by the way, Elizabeth, |
have been thinking that we will have to
change our room; one on the lower floor
would be so much more convenient"
"But they are more expensive, you
know"
"Well, we can afford to pay lite more.
We ought, in fact, to have two rooms; we
need little sitting room, and above all
we should have more Closets"
"Closets ~ repeated Elizabeth.
eyes, of courSe-are not closets useful ~
"Well, but we have so few things to
stowaway."
II don't know about that. 1t seems to
me we have good many odds and ends
Iv;nn around and hate to live in trunk.