Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-08-21

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to it, please?"
81 am afraid the boys are a mile
away by this time, Mrs. Ellery," " he re-
turned, with grudging civility. 1--WE
think we are OH the track of the thieves,
and every moment counts now" " adding
this last by way of broad hint, which
he felt was excusable under the circum-
stances.
But Mrs. Ellery was so comfortably
persuaded of the entire reasonableness
Of her purpose that she could scarcely
have imagined such an anarchlcal con-
dition of things as that anybody should
seriously object to furthering her de-
sires "Indeed?" she said, smiling In
consequentially. "Then if you are ac-
tually on the trail few minutes one
way or the other won't count for much.
Perhaps you will not mind slipping the
saddle on my horse before you 90. Ar
talissa has just discovered that she IS
all out Of yeast cakes" adding the ex-
PLANTATION with a smiling pretense of
apology. 1--WE must have bread, you
know, whether a horse is left on the
place or no, and Miss Ellery has offered
to ride over to Campbell's and borrow
some if you will kindly bring round the
horse for her."
For Miss Ellery! With all his fierce
impatienoe to be off, that put differ
ent face upon it. Certainly, Mrs. Ell
lery. shall be glad" he said, turning
back to the barns. He had but just fin
ished saddling when Miss Ellery, in her
riding dress came hurrying across the
lawn.
"Iwanted to see you Ihave run away
from Mrs. Ellery," she breathlessly e1-
claimed as he met her at the gate
"You have not mentioned that you
heard the noises last night?'
"No. felt a little cheap, to tell the
truth, to have been fairly upon the
ground and then have let them run off
my own horse from under my very
nose. And BESIDES" his eyes seeking
hers in deprecating inquiry, II did not
know. I was afraid that perhaps Mrs.
Ellery might have heard you as you
went in. I could hardly afford to take
chances Of that sort. "
"Oh, she didr' she said in voice of
agony, her cheeks aflame. 81 stumbled
over q chair. Was there ever such luck?
The noise was enough to wake the dead.
Nelsine came flying in, thinking l had
a nightmare, perfectly dumfounded to
find me still dressed and out of bed. l
told her that had only fallen asleep in
the hammock. It was horrible to have
to fib like that and to think that now it
may all come OUT
"But why should anything come out,
Miss Ellery?" he eagerly protested. Il
assure you"-
'rYou will not tell Of it?" she cried
in an anguish of entreaty. Promise me
that you will not whatever comes up. !"
"How can you ask such thing? How
can you imagine such a possibility?
Don't you know that I would die q
thousand deaths before would let you
have moments annoyance because of
last night2" he protested, with sort of
furious tenderness. 1t seemed to him
that this sting Of her doubt, added to
his physical pain, must we'll nigh drive
him mad "How can you hurt me by
limiting such thing, when you know
how can you help knowing?-that |
am yours body and soul; that I could
not be unfa.thful to you? Why will you
torture me so?"
"Hush, you must not, " she whispered
brcathlessly, hurriedly turning toward
her horse, which had strayed the length
of the long bride rein and was now
quietly nipping grass. A mass of wild
sunfowers grew rankly beside the corral
gate, and in her sudden turn she had
stepped back among them. The ragged
petals Of a flower brushed one hot cheek
with touch like an insect, and as she
put up her hand to the spot she sudden
ly paused as though turned to stone. 1t
seemed to Brown as If some thought
had struck her which she was impul-
sively considering, hesitating, yet per-
haps longing to express, and he waited
with wild, unexpressed hope f1uttering
at his heart, looking at her with dumb
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spot, she raised her finger and pointed.
-"My Godr' he hoarsely calculated,
thrusting her aside with such rude force
thai she almost fell to the ground, while
he furiously bent himself to trampling
down the softly glittering coil of mot
tied browns which now he saw for the
first time 1t was such combat as he
had met numberless times before in his
life upon the plains, but now, in the
sudden perception of the danger, with
the time lost in the instructive move
ment to save her, and with his stiften-
ed, almost useless right foot, his cun-
ming failed him by just so much as he
left the ugly, swaying head free to
throw itself against his ankle just at
the point where he had cut loose the
boot but moment before. He had been
pale, but now he was CHASTITY, his sun
burned face like carving in old ivory,
but ne calmly ground his heel upon the
quivering coil, nor stopped until its slow
surrender to death was well assured,
even reaching down then, from force of
cowboy habit. to break off the rattles