Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07


he had ever experienced, and that
"'pon my word it did, by Jovel"-it
gave his past pleasures such sickening
taste that he chucked them one and all
from sheer disgust
He reached Victoria in plenty of time
and had been standing on the arrival
platform quite 10 minutes when the
train steamed in. He soon caught sight
of Gladys, who thrust her head out OF
the window Of third class carriage,
and hurried forward to greet her. AS
he held her hand and looked down into
her uplifted eyes he detected traces of
tears "What was the matter?' he won
dered. tie was not long left In gno-
rance.
1--WE must sec about riy luggage first,
Jim, she said 1t is iii the van next
the engine"
Your luggage, Gladdie? Are you
coming to stay in town, then?'
'Yes, II have left Aunt Louisa,
Jim"
LEFT Aunt Louisal" he calculated.
"How is that?'
81 should like to go for walk with
you, jim, and tell you all about it, but,
first of all, let US put my luggage in the
cloalroom. must leave it there until
until know whare it is to be sent "
|. This task was soon completed, with
the assistance of suave porter, who
took Jim's shilling with the affected
abstraction characteristic Of his order
Then the two set out from the station
and turned down one of the GCieter
streets AS they walked, Gladys told her
tale
"It was only this morning, Jim, she
said, that Aunt Louisa asked ME
point blank whether or not | was EN-
gagged to you. told her that I was, and
you can't think how furious she became.
She said all kinds OF furious things
about us both-told Inc that if | mar
ried you your uncle would cut you of
with a shilling, and that she had no
idea of helping us-as if / had ever
asked her-aud that l must either
break off my engagement with you I'M
mediately or leave the shelter of her
roof forever II chose the latter alter
native, Jim, and here am, you see" "
"My darlingl' he said fondly, press.
ing the little hand that lay upon his
coatsleeve. "Do you know have had
much the same interview with Uncle
Obed this morning. He ordered me to
give you up or abandon all hope Of help
from him. / gave him beans for his in.
sulting proposition and left the house
under the ban of his avuncular curse
and here am, you see. "
"But what shall you do, Jim?"
"Don't know. Suppose I shall knock
along somehow A man can always
fend for himself. 1t is you whom we
must think about. What shall you do,
Gladdie?"
II have some great friends living in
Thurloe square-the Greenaways. You
know them, don't you? 1 shall 60 up
and see them and ask them to put me
up for short time, and then, of course,
I must look out at once for something to
do. Perhaps l could get situation as
governess. or lady clerkship, Or
Don't, Gladdiel l can't bear to
think of such a thing for you. I-I-say
(Jim's color heightened, and his eye
sparkled with the sudden brilliancy of
fine idea), I-I-say, Gladdie, We've
could face this wretched world better
in-in-company, couldn't we? Why
why shouldn't we be married at once?'
"Oh, Jim''-what q rosy color suf-
fused the brown little face-''it is i'm
possible!'
mo such thing, Gladdie. We need
only wait week or two to comply with
the legal formalities and then goody
forever to all attempts to sever us.
Won't you-won't you consent?"
Jim was very persuasive, and Gladys
was very lonely, and love was very
strong. And somehow between the three
it was practically settled by the time
they reached Thurloe square. The awful
inlprudcnce, the desperate faulty OF
this sudden step, which good, motherly
Mrs. Greenaway tried to impress upon
them both, they simply lost sight of in
their ridiculously childish happiness.
And that tender hearted matron, after
scolding them both soundly for their
folly and prophesying the most miser-
able results from so rash a marriage, en-
forced her lesson by offering Gadys
temporary home and permission to be
married from Thurloe square, if she
really was bent upon that insane step.
''It would look very bad for you, my
dear, circumstanced as you are, to be
married from lodgings or hotel" Mrs
Greenaway said. "And though l am
strongly opposed to this most imprudent
union, yet if it is to take place, as you
both seem obstinately determined, l
should like to see it celebrated in re-
spectacle way"
The good lady further insisted upon
one condition, which both Jim and
Gladys willingly accepted. This was
that each should write, the one to his
uncle, the other to the aunt, apprising
them of the intended marriage. She i'm
pressed upon them-even these foolish
young people saw the wisdom of her re-
marks-that any appearance of secrecy
in the matter would be the worst posi-
bic thing for them, and that moreover
it would be entirely useless, since they