Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-10-06
q Serial Sturw.
FIVE MILLION POUNDS.
ny T. WEMYss REID.
CHAPTER V-CoNTrNUED. ,

turn to Scarborough
Daisy blushed ana said nothing. I saw
that she was nervously playing with the
tassel Of her parasol.
ave must not wait till we return to Scar
borough before seeing Mr.. Fenton again."
said Mauleverer to his niece. 3He must
come to Great Lorton Hall. You have never
seen it, thinki Well, you will find 1t
worth the trouble Of q visit"
had hardly words to express my graft
tude. Everything seemed clear before me.
now that was not to be cut off absolutely
from further communication with Daisy.
As for her, there was look Of unfeigned de-
HIGHT In her face also when she heard her
uncle's proposal. But too quickly it faded
away, and observed again the anxious ex-
preston I had so often seen during the Last
few days She knit her brows and seemed
lost in thought
Iheard q footstep near US, and looked up
Branksome was standing before us, with
good humored smile on his face, as his eye
Travelled from Daisy to myself. That was
the end Of my dream Of joy at Scar
borough.
Itwas long and sad week that followed
their departure; but am not going to in
fict upon my reader, an account OF the
love sick moods in which wandered about
the places where we had been won't to meet,
recalling, so far as I could. every separate
occasion upon which we had been together,
and every word that she had spoken. only
knew that wa3 more deeply in love with
her than ever. and that nothing but the OPP
pressive sense Of her uncle's wealth kept mo
! from telling my secret forthwith.
But one happy morning all my misery was
brought to an end by the receipt Of a letter.
the first letter had ever received in her
handwriting-inviting me to Great Lorton
Hail Here It is:
GREAT LoR-oN HAIL, Sept q.
DEAR Mr. FENToN: My uncle asks me
70 say that he has not forgotten your promise
to pay us visit here. He wishes to know II
It win te convenient to you to come on
Thursday next and 10 stay few days /
hope that you have no engagement to pre-
vent your doing so. You will, am sure,
like to see this place. Both the house and
the grounds are most romantic. There Is .
haunted cham'er, but no ghosts have been
seen as yet Perhaps they are waiting till
you arrive, in order TO do honor to your
visit. Indeed we shall ALL both ghosts and
living. be glad to welcome you It is rather
dull here My uncle and DR.. Branksome arc
engaged all the morning over their business
affairs, so that see little, of them. MIR: Fos-
dyke has returned to town. I assure you,
feel the contrast between this place and
Scarborough. There are no bright mornings
here, spent in listening to the music OF the
band and watching the sea in the bay.
Kind1u 1of Hnoyp bv yrhof fra vnrI aTSa
to arrive, and you shall be met at the sta
tion. Both my uncle and DR.. Branksoms
desire to be remembered to you. Believe
me, dear Mr. Feuton, yours very sincerely,
DAISY SrANcLIEFE
There was not much in this letter, perhaps
mot much on which to build whole castle
Of delightful hopes But, such as it was IL
served for me- I read it and re-read it .
hundred times on that happy day, and
pressed my lips again and again 10 the spot
on which with her own hand she had signed
her name.
The journey by rail from Scarborough to
Great Lorton Hall-or rather to Little
Lorton, the nearest railway station on the
Northeastern line-is long and tedious
one; for though the distance between the
two places, as the crow flies, is q little more
than thirty miles, there is no direct route. I
learned, when left Scarborough, that I
must change carriages at Nation, and there
intrust myself to The tender mercies Of
local line, the trains on which, judging by
the time table / had studied beforehand,
were limited to something like the speed at
tanned by the old stage coaches before the
locomotive had swept them out Of existence.
A. Mo1% Nayoo cSx,tfk
and pleasant had a compartment to my
self, and spent my time in ruminat;ng upon
the past with all its memories Of sweetness,
and anticipating the future with the eager
ness Of lover. The train into which was
transferred at Nation was very short one.
1t was evident that the Lorton branch was
not one Of those for which the managers Of
the Northeastern railway deemed it neces-
sary to make any very extensive provision.
took my seat in the carriage to which the
porter directed me and awaited the depart
ure of the train. There were few passengers
besides myself, md apparently none who
were likely to travel first class. So, at least,
thought, until, almost at the moment when
the train was starting. man whose face /
had seen only once before, but whom was
never likely to forget, suddenly emerged
from waiting room, and advancing quickly
towards the compartment IN which wa
seated, entered it and closed the door behind
him. 1t WAS the person whom I had knocked
down in the York railway station on the
day on which first saw Daisy.
1t would not have been easy then for me
to leave the carriage, even if such course
had been consistent with my self-respect;
sincerely hoped, however, that my old
antagonist would not recognize me. The
notion of travelling in his company was any
thing but pleasant l saw, now that I was
able to regard him more attentively than
could do in the hurried encounter at York,
that he was about thirty years Of age, and
that, while his face bore the stamp Of
vicious self indulgence it was weak rather
than wicked in its expression. He was
dressed In ciethes Of fashionable cut; but
they were somewhat the worse for wear.
When he entered the carriage he had
lifted his hat to me- and had then seated
himself in the farthest corner, where he ap.
peared to be intently occupied in gazing out
Of the window upon the red tiles Of the
Nation houses. My hope that he did not
know me again grew. 1t was soon dispelled.
The moment the train had begun to move
from the platform he turned toward me
and, again lifting his hat, greeted me with
bow and an ronical smile. said nothing,
though I wondered much what his next
move would be- had not long to wait He
rose from the corner seat he had occupied
and took that directly opposite to me.
@Well, my friend!' he said. still with the
disagreeable smile upon his lips. "You did
not expect to see me to-day, did you? sup
DOSE that you and the rest of your gang
thought that / was far enough away by this
time-too far to disturb you in your opera
tions"
He apparently expected me to make some
reply to this, for he ceased to speak, and con-
tented himself with staring into my face in
an ostentatiously offensive manner:
@You really have the advantage of me-" I
said. II don't know what you are talking
about"
aOh, indeed!' he laughed mockingly. "You
did not even know what you were doing
when YOU tried to murder me at York, / sup
pose"
"Dont talk nonsense, sir" ] replied hotly.
@You know that you struck ME first"
Possibly; and you, sir, know why you re-
fused to allow me to enter that carriage in
which had better right to be than your
self, or any other man living" He spoke
with savage emphasis which I should
hardly have expected from one whose face
betokened so much weakness Of character.
What was his right to enter the carriage
where Daisy wasl l confess that my heart
was beating more quickly as put this ques-
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