Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-09-22

pleased-a month ago I should have been
ready to laugh at myself; but for me this
was the one woman Of all women-my love,
my life, my fate. knew it now, if I had
not realized it during the long days Of rest
less torture which had passed since last
saw her.
Her face was paler than it had been then,
I saw, and her whole expression was more
subdued, more pensive than it was when we
conversed in the railway carriage. There
was something in her eyes which could not
understands far-away, dreamy look, as
though the mind were engaged upon quite
other scenes than those which were impressed
upon the retina. A pang Of jealousy shot
through my breast as I noticed this.
How dear she was to me! That was what
I whispered to my heart. 1t seemed as
though had known her and loved her all the
days of my life; and when once, with
gesture which had observed when sat op-
posite to her in the railway carriage, she ad-
justed one of the dark brown tresses Of her
hair, the sweet familiarity of the movement
made 10y eyes moist with sudden emotion.
Her companion was little man, plainly,
almost shabbily, dressed. whose gray hair
and bent frame indicated that he was ad-
anced in life, and who showed by the man.
ner in which lie used his glasses that he was
shortsighted. I could trace no resemblance
to her in his features: Once or twice she
spoke to him, and saw that when she did
so he always turned toward her with quick
movement Of attention. and that his withered
old face lighted up with smile Of love.
I stood half hidden by pillar, feasting my
eyes upon the sight that was SO dear to me,
and absorbed in it to the complete exclusion
Of everything else.
Somebody touched my arm. turned and
saw Harding standing beside me with
cynical smile unon his face.
"This is worse than expected" lie said in
bantering tones; "I never thought that you
Of all men would have succumbed so quickly;
but have been watching you for the last
ten minutes, and III swear you have never
taken your eyes off him for the whole Of that
time"
"Him: About whom are you speaking!" I
asked, impatient at the interruption.
He laughed. "What innocence What
blissful ignorance! AS if there could be
anybody here this morning worth looking at
save the man of goli Your instinct did not
deceive you. You are quite right in suppos-
ing that shabby old gentleman sitting beside
the pretty girl in navy blue to be Mauleverer,
the millionaire"
"You don't mean to tell me-" began in
dismay.
HThat the specialized gentleman in the gray
coat and the venerable felt hat is Maulever-
err Yes ! do But surely you knew it be-
forehand for you have looked at nobody
else since joined you, and you were so cora-
pletely absorbed in studying him that you
never saw ME till touched you: arm."
From the height of joy felt myself sud
denly plunged into the icy-co!d depths OF
despair. The man beside whom the girl I
loved was sitting was none othor than tho
millionaire himself. 1t seemed rs though q
great gulf had been instantaneously opened
up between us. l could still see every feature
Of the dear face, but she herself had been
removed to distance from which she was
inaccessible to me.
Harding eyed me closely.
"You do not look SO we'll as you did when
you came into the grounds, he said presently.
"Are you unwell! Let US 60 back to the
seat where you met me. We shall see them
pass when they 60 to the hotel"
He put his arm in mine, and led ME away.
I made no resistance; and yet felt as though
were leaving the best part Of my life behind
me. By an effort nerved myself and said:
@Do you know anything of the lady who
was with nimF'
u know that she is wonderfully good
looking-quite the prettiest girl on the
ground-and that he seems devoted to her.
But we shall soon know all about their rela-
tionship, if there is one, and whether she Is
or is not likely to carry off the grand prize.
Trust the matrons Of Scarborough to find
out everything on that subject"
sat silent and perturbed The thought
that was uppermost in my mind was that I
had only found her again in order to lose
her altogether.
And even as I was chewing the cud Of this
bitter reflection. Harding lightly touched
my arm and whispered in my ear something
which could not catch. looked up quickly,
and there, approaching US at a distance Of
not more than dozen feet. were Mauleverer
and the girl whom I loved. Suddenly she
saw ME. The pallor which had noticed on
her face disappeared. and a rich blush dyed
her cheeks; for a moment her eyes met mine,
and she bowed with smile that made tho
sunshine itself seem dark beside it, and then
she was gone.
1 had seen nothing but her as she passed
me. Her companion. so far as any con-
sciousness of mine told me anything, might
have faded into space at the moment when
she smiled unol me. But Harding had
noticed him. He turned to me with q look
of bewilderment
$50 you know the young lady, do you, my
quiet friend' You ought to be proud Of hav-
ing produced that scowl of jealousy which
saw upon Mr.. Maqqleverer's face just now:
1t is not every day, you know, that man Of
your age is allowed the privilege of running,
eyen in n Io,iur race AGAINST q millionaire